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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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| US 08091419 | Vontell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Vontell (Manchester, Connecticut); Ronald W. Brush (Ringwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fixture includes a housing assembly defined along an axis. A pressure bar assembly is mounted to the housing assembly for movement relative the axis. A bladder assembly is mounted at least partially within the housing assembly such that pressurization of the bladder assembly is operable to exert a force on a workpiece along the axis with the pressure bar assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/408155 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091430 | Cochran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Cochran (Falls Church, Virginia); Michael Deeds (Port Tobacco, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for protecting a diaphragm of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a housing coupled to the MEMS device such that its sensing diaphragm is surrounded thereby. A perforated barrier in the housing is adjacent to the sensing diaphragm. A protection diaphragm in the housing has its first side exposed to an external environment of interest, and has its second side facing the perforated barrier and spaced apart therefrom. A fluid is disposed contiguously between the second side of the protection diaphragm and the sensing diaphragm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924027 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/706 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091460 | Hainze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean A. Hainze (Huntsville, Alabama); Donald E. Davis (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention efficiently and effectively secures and releases a rail-launched missile. An asymmetrical secure-release wheel (70) is defined by several surfaces which extend radially outward from a pivot hole (70K). The surfaces include a wheel unlatch surface (70H), a wheel notch stop surface (70D), a wheel detent surface (70G), a clockwise stop surface (70C) and a counterclockwise stop surface (70B). The wheel (70) is rotatable within a wheel housing (72). When a missile is loaded onto the launch rail, the middle shoe of the missile engages the detent surface (70G) of the wheel. During missile launch, the plume of the missile moves a trigger (110) which pulls a connecting rod (52) aft which results in a wheel lock (78) being disengaged from the detent surface (70G). A microswitch (56) provides a signal indicating whether the wheel (70) is in a latched or unlatched state. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770413 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.806 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091461 | Buescher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. Buescher (San Diego, California); Christopher D. Mailey (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan M. Stenson (Washington, District of Columbia); Daniel A. Sura (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a support structure having a compressed air tank therein, a pneumatic launch assembly coupled to the support structure, and an inflatable bladder disposed around at least a portion of a region defined by the support structure and the pneumatic launch assembly. The angle of the pneumatic launch assembly with respect to the support structure is adjustable. The pneumatic launch assembly comprises a launch tube, a compressed air manifold contained within the launch tube and in fluid connection with the compressed air tank, the compressed air manifold having an air outlet, a telescoping guide rod connected to the compressed air manifold, and a shuttle slidably coupled to the telescoping guide rod and at least partially disposed over the air outlet. The system may include a collapsible stabilizing weight coupled to the support structure, as well as communications and control circuitry within the launch tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/336020 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091478 | Khuc et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd D. Khuc (Wharton, New Jersey); Barry Schwartz (Newton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A target discrimination system monitors an acceleration switch signal to determine an impact of a projectile on a target. During a sample period of approximately 1.0 milliseconds, the system repeatedly samples the acceleration switch signal, compares the sampled acceleration sensor signal with a reference voltage, and sets a comparator data output to logic one if the sampled signal exceeds the reference voltage. Otherwise, the comparator data output is set to logic zero. The system counts the instances that comparator data output equals logic one during the sample period and executes a selected delay. The selected delay is approximately 50 milliseconds if the counted number of instances exceeds a predetermined threshold of approximately two-thirds of the samples and, otherwise, the selected delay is approximately 10 milliseconds. The selective delay enables target discrimination and selective detonation of a projectile. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141277 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091964 | Carter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Carter (Bedford, Massachusetts); Donald MacLeod (Millbury, Massachusetts); Patrick Callahan (Maynard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A blast mitigating seat features a base and a seat frame. The seat frame includes a pan and a backrest including an open area for gear worn by a user. A first damping subsystem between the base and the seat frame has a first force/stroke relationship and a second damping subsystem between the base and the seat frame has a second force/stroke relationship. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454892 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/216.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092020 | Kolanko et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Kolanko (Morgantown, West Virginia); Lance R. Molnar (Wheeling, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for diagnosing a disease state in a subject, including examining the subject's eyes in order to determine whether the subject exhibits one or more symptoms of the disease state. Symptoms of the disease state include altered ocular characteristics, such as pupil size, pupil motility, ocular blood vessel coloration, and strobe light cutoff frequency. By evaluating changes to ocular characteristics, a disease state can be diagnosed in a subject. In addition, the severity of the disease state also can be determined. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718342 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092160 | Shi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Kevin E. Green (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Shaoluo L. Butler (Manchester, Connecticut); Gajawalli V. Srinivasan (South Windsor, Connecticut); Glenn N. Levasseur (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A shroud suitable for use in a gas turbine engine exhibits substantially uniform thermal growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/617425 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092164 | Moon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut); Lars H. Vestergaard (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Richard W. Monahan (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite engine case with an axial interface. One configuration includes an alternating mix of full length and partial plies, in order to provide the total thickness needed for the axial overlap. Another configuration provides only full-length structural plies with a flyaway insert adjacent the axial interface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/847432 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092490 | Redmond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Redmond (Brookline, Massachusetts); Irene E. Kochevar (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue and/or tissue graft, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The methods are useful for tissue adhesion, such as in wound closure, tissue grafting, skin grafting, musculoskeletal tissue repair, ligament or tendon repair and corneal repair. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204958 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092620 | Sadhukhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padmanava Sadhukhan (Hillsboro, Oregon); Gregory B. Olson (Riverwoods, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An austenitic TRIP steel consisting essentially of, in weight %, 0.14 to 0.18% Al, 2.8 to 3.2% Ti, 23.5 to 23.8% Ni, 3.8 to 4.2% Cr, 1.1 to 1.3% Mo, 0.29 to 0.31% V, 0.01 to 0.015% B, 0.01 to 0.02% C, and balance Fe and incidental impurities exhibits combined high yield strength and high strain hardening leading to improved stretch ductility under both tension and shear dynamic loading conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/460508 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092623 | Cramer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall J. Cramer (Alexandria, Virginia); Magdy Bichay (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An igniter composition is provided including metal fuel particles having a predetermined average diameter and metallic oxide oxidizer particles having a predetermined average diameter. The metal fuel particles are mixed substantially homogeneously with the metallic oxide oxidizer particles and, upon initiation of the igniter composition, actively participate in an exothermic reaction with the metallic oxide oxidizer particles. Also provided are methods and devices containing the igniter composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152120 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092628 | Hong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenbin Hong (Rolla, Missouri); Dongshun Bai (Rolla, Missouri); Tony D. Flaim (St. James, Missouri); Rama Puligadda (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a cycloolefin copolymer dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system, and can be used to bond an active wafer to a carrier wafer or substrate to assist in protecting the active wafer and its active sites during subsequent processing and handling. The compositions form bonding layers that are chemically and thermally resistant, but that can also be softened or dissolved to allow the wafers to slide or be pulled apart at the appropriate stage in the fabrication process. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/263120 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092855 | Armani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea M. Armani (Pasadena, California); Akinleye C. Alabi (Pasadena, California); Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Richard C. Flagan (Pasadena, California); Scott E. Fraser (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Micro-cavity resonant sensors have outer surfaces that are functionalized using click chemistry, e.g., involving a cycloaddition reaction of an alkyne functional group and an azide functional group. A first polymer linking element binds to an outer surface of the micro-cavity and has an azide functional group, which bonds to an alkyne functional group of a second polymer linking element as a result of a cycloaddition reaction. A functionalization element such as an antibody, antigen or protein for sensing a target molecule is bound to the second linking element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/324605 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092894 | Maguire |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Maguire (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for making strong load-bearing plastics which includes, forming a mixture of magnetically tagged, electrically tagged, and untagged polymeric rods and flowing the mixture of the three types of rods through a forming tool across which, electric and magnetic fields are applied, to form a plastic article or structure with 3-D orientation of the molecules therein and thus a product of high strength in 3 dimensions. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152125 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092988 | Parker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill E. Parker (Floresville, Texas); Johnathan L. Kiel (Universal City, Texas); Homer Gifford (Hardy, Arkansas); John L. Alls (Floresville, Texas); Pedro J. Morales, legal representative (Floresville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new strain of Bacillus anthracis derived from the Sterne vaccine strain of Bacillus anthracis by growth on a high-nitrate-concentration, 3-amino-L-tyrosine growth medium. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/820039 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 08093013 | Sukumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saraswati V. Sukumar (Columbia, Maryland); Scott L. Kominsky (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of breast cancer, and of metastatic brain cancer, are provided The diagnostic and prognostic methods involve the immunohistochemical detection of the level of expression of the proteins claudin 1, 3, 4, and 7 in tissue or cell samples. Claudins 1 and 7 are underexpressed in the majority of breast cancers, and claudins 3 and 4 are overexpressed. The methods of treatment involve the use of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (or a variant thereof) to lyse metastatic cancer cells in the brain and bone that overexpress claudins 3 and 4. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/044031 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093064 | Shah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of utilizing magnetic particles or beads (MBs) in droplet-based (or digital) microfluidics are disclosed. The methods may be used in enrichment or separation processes. A first method employs the droplet meniscus to assist in the magnetic collection and positioning of MBs during droplet microfluidic operations. The sweeping movement of the meniscus lifts the MBs off the solid surface and frees them from various surface forces acting on the MBs. A second method uses chemical additives to reduce the adhesion of MBs to surfaces. Both methods allow the MBs on a solid surface to be effectively moved by magnetic force. Droplets may be driven by various methods or techniques including, for example, electrowetting, electrostatic, electromechanical, electrophoretic, dielectrophoretic, electroosmotic, thermocapillary, surface acoustic, and pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465935 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093065 | Poponin |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Poponin (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical sensor and method for use with a visible-light laser excitation beam and a Raman spectroscopy detector, for detecting the presence chemical groups in an analyte applied to the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a substrate, a plasmon resonance mirror formed on a sensor surface of the substrate, a plasmon resonance particle layer disposed over the mirror, and an optically transparent dielectric layer about 2-40 nm thick separating the mirror and particle layer. The particle layer is composed of a periodic array of plasmon resonance particles having (i) a coating effective to binding analyte molecules, (ii) substantially uniform particle sizes and shapes in a selected size range between 50-200 nm (ii) a regular periodic particle-to-particle spacing less than the wavelength of the laser excitation beam. The device is capable of detecting analyte with an amplification factor of up to 1012-1014, allowing detection of single analyte molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/794622 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093216 | Clinton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gail M. Clinton (Wimberley, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed an initial identification of an N-terminally truncated HER-2/neu product. This product is a 95 kDa polypeptide having in vitro kinase activity (as determined by western blotting). Moreover, immunoprecipitations using domain specific antibodies was able to utilize this specific polypeptide from intracellular fragments as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator of adenomacarcinomas without the severe dilution effects encountered by measuring ECD. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/228145 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093360 | Casey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. (Pine Brook, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie S. Casey (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an antibody which binds to B. anthracis with toxin, formulations for administration of such antibodies intramuscularly, and methods of administering such antibodies prophylactically or therapeutically. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904882 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093393 | Bielawska et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); Lina M. Obeid (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); Besim Ogretmen (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cationic ceramides, their dihydro-analogs and aromatic analogs and their derivatives, comprising a pyridinium group. Also provided are methods for making cationic ceramides comprising a pyridinium group, and their use for treating or preventing diseases associated with cell overproliferation and sphingolipid signal transduction, such as cancer, inflammation, and stenosis. The compounds are also useful as mitochondritropic agents that are localized to mitochondria carrying with them chemical cargoes, such as drugs, or signaling molecules, such as fluorophores for probing organelle structure and functions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666518 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093487 | Kimerer, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil B. Kimerer, Jr. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A removable protective nose cover for a submersible structure having a nose section is disclosed. The removable protective nose cover can include a plurality of shell members, each of the shell members having a forward end and an aft end. Each shell member can also be dimensioned to fit adjacent to and around the nose section of the submersible structure and thereby form a protective shell. A central nose member having a locking member can also be included, the locking member being operable to attach the central nose member to each of the forward ends of the shell members. The aft ends of the shell members can be attached to each other using a plurality of attachment clips such that the attachment of the central nose member to each of the forward ends of the shell members and the attachment of the adjacent aft ends of the shell members form the removable protective nose cover for the submersible structure. The attachment clips can be operable to release the plurality of shell members from being held adjacent to the submersible structure when the structure moves through a liquid at a predefined speed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/360981 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/20.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093569 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Centre (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Miller (Oriental, North Carolina); Steve K. McAllaster (Rancho Cucamonga, California); Jerry D. Slater (Redlands, California); Nickolas S. Rigney (Redlands, California); Daniel C. Anderson (Loma Linda, California); Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation treatment system (100) for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient (108) that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner (114). The modular patient support system includes a modularly expandable patient pod (200) and at least one immobilization device, such as, for example, a rigid moldable foam cradle (350). The patient pod (200) includes a generally hemi-cylindrical support shell (212) that extends longitudinally between proximal edge (214) and distal edge (216), and transversely between two lateral edges (222, 224). In one embodiment, the lateral edges (222, 224) are tapered to minimize edge effects that result when radiation beams traverse the lateral edges (222, 224). |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758645 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093582 | Perera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. G. Unil Perera (Mableton, Georgia); Steven George Matsik (Chamblee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual band photodetector for detecting infrared and ultraviolet optical signals is disclosed. Aspects include homojunction and heterojunction detectors comprised of one or more of GaN, AlGaN, and InGaN. In one aspect ultraviolet/infrared dual-band detector is disclosed that is configured to simultaneously detect UV and IR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907518 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093588 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); He Yan (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Dielectric compositions comprising siloxane and polymeric components, as can be used in a range of transistor and related device configurations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562800 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093624 | Renzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Bernard B. Kosicki (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodiode is provided by the invention, including an n-type active region and a p-type active region. A first one of the n-type and p-type active regions is disposed in a semiconductor substrate at a first substrate surface. A second one of the n-type and p-type active regions includes a high-field zone disposed beneath the first one of the active regions at a first depth in the substrate, a mid-field zone disposed laterally outward of the first active region at a second depth in the substrate greater than the first depth, and a step zone connecting the high-field zone and the mid-field zone in the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/354799 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093781 | Chiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Massachusetts); Timothy E. Chin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems, devices, and related methods, involving electrochemical actuation. In some cases, application of a voltage or current to a system or device of the invention may generate a volumetric or dimensional change, which may produce mechanical work. For example, at least a portion of the system may be constructed and arranged to be displaced from a first orientation to a second orientation. Systems such as these may be useful in various applications, including pumps (e.g., infusion pumps) and drug delivery devices, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960224 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093783 | Rosenthal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Rosenthal (Pacifica, California); Qibing Pei (Temecula, California); Neville A. Bonwit (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled electroactive polymer and at least two electrodes to provide the mechanical/electrical energy conversion. Prestrain is typically applied to the polymer. In one embodiment, a rolled electroactive polymer device employs a mechanism, such as a spring, that provides a force to prestrain the polymer. Since prestrain improves mechanical/electrical energy conversion for many electroactive polymers, the mechanism thus improves performance of the rolled electroactive polymer device. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786010 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093802 | Grote |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. Grote (Yellow Springs, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention uses a DNA-based biopolymer material as a host for phosphor guest materials that are used for solid state lighting. The DNA-biopolymer replaces the epoxies, which are typically used as the hosts for these phosphors. The resulting DNA-biopolymer phosphor can either be deposited directly on the light emitting diode die by casting or onto the inside of the lens or dome placed on top of the LED by casting, spin depositing, electro-spinning or vapor deposition. The purpose of the invention is to enhance the light output and efficiency of solid state lighting and to red shift the light emission or shift the emission to longer wavelength. This would render brighter solid state lighting that operates at lower input power, generate less heat and have longer lifetimes. It would also reduce or eliminate the cold or blue tinted color of solid state lighting by warming or red shifting the emission of these devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578609 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093872 | Kiamilev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fouad Kiamilev (Hockessin, Delaware); Nicholas Andrew Waite (Nassau, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) a photovoltaic cell by a power converter that provides an output current at voltages useful to operate electronics or charge batteries. This invention also relates to a method for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) multiple photovoltaic cells by a power combiner that combines the output of the multiple photovoltaic cells into a single output. The power combiner is comprised of multiple power converters, one for each photovoltaic cell. Each power converter used in these methods has an input-regulating element that has an output wave form with a characteristic that is related to the photovoltaic cell voltage and current. As a result only the photovoltaic cell voltage is directly measured in these methods and the photovoltaic cell current is determined indirectly. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496941 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093873 | Kiamilev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fouad Kiamilev (Hockessin, Delaware); Nicholas Andrew Waite (Nassau, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) a photovoltaic cell by a power converter that provides an output current at voltages useful to operate electronics or charge batteries. This invention also relates to a method for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) multiple photovoltaic cells by a power combiner that combines the output of the multiple photovoltaic cells into a single output. The power combiner is comprised of multiple power converters, one for each photovoltaic cell. Each power converter used in these methods has an input-regulating element that has an output wave form with a characteristic that is related to the photovoltaic cell voltage and current. As a result only the photovoltaic cell voltage is directly measured in these methods and the photovoltaic cell current is determined indirectly. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959875 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093908 | Smith, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Rosson Smith, Jr. (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, the relative positioning of two press members is mechanically adjustable so that their respective flat surfaces remain parallel at selectively closer or further distances apart. During immersion or partial immersion of the two press members in a fluid of interest, a fluid sample is bounded by the two opposing flat surfaces. The present invention can thus achieve small thicknesses of its fluid samples, which represent “thin fluid films” suitable for measurement of one or more electrical characteristics (e.g., impedance, or impedance-related characteristics such as permittivity). Data acquisition can be performed by generating electrical pulses and receiving data signals from probes contiguous with the fluid sample. Measurements can be taken of fluid samples characterized by varying thicknesses and/or varying pressures. As distinguished from conventional methodologies, which are beset with “bubble-bursting” transience and fragility, the inventive methodology provides thin fluid films that are stable and robust. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/221146 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094012 | Tran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nghia Tran (San Diego, California); Michael R. Blackburn (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An object localization and tracking system includes a plurality of tags that are placed on respective objects. Each tag includes a transceiver and at least three orthogonal antennas to receive RF energy in a three dimensions. The tag transceiver and antennas cooperate with other tag antennas and transceivers to establish a tag (object) RF network. Each tag further includes a microprocessor, and sensors that determine tag position and relative position of other tags in the tag RF network. A user interface is connected to one of the tag microprocessors. A predetermined algorithm, which describes desired positional information for each tag in the RF network (and its corresponding object), is input into one of the microprocessors through the user interface. A tag audible or visual alert activates when the actual positional information of the tag (and the attached object) do not correspond to the desired positional information. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466645 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094083 | Tam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California); John W. Rockway (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-band antenna comprising a tree and a plurality of current probes coupled around the tree. Each current probe is designed to receive and transmit in a substantially different frequency band than the other current probes. The current probes are positioned on the tree so as to effectively create a plurality of transmit/receive antennas such that each respective antenna has a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of less than or equal to approximately 3:1 for a given range within each respective frequency band. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/330307 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/788 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094154 | Silberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Silberg (Potomac, Maryland); Phong Hua Nguyen (Reston, Virginia); Daniel P. Everson (Bethesda, Maryland); Naipei P. Bi (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, a baseline describing a statistical distribution is established for a set of historical occurrences of an event. Comparison is made between the baseline and at least one current occurrence of the same event. Any current occurrence that is anomalous vis-à-vis the baseline is considered a possible leading indicator. According to some inventive embodiments of graphical presentation of such comparison, at least one graphical baseline comparative display component is rendered that includes a “bar” (describing a historical statistical distribution with respect to a criterion pertaining to occurrence of an event) and a “slider” (describing one or more current occurrences of the event). The bar includes at least one band representing a statistical mean range, and at least one band representing a statistical outlier range. Situation of the slider along the bar indicates whether and to what extent the current occurrence(s) is/are anomalous vis-à-vis the baseline. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/006753 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094314 | Tetz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Tetz (Brentwood, Tennessee); Lin Pang (San Diego, California); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and techniques for using nanostructures such as nanohole metal films to construct SPP sensors for sensing various substances. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/091051 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094317 | Ptasinski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (San Diego, California); Stephen Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasmonic router can include a first surface plasmon guide and a second surface plasmon guide. A surface plasmon can be generated in either of the plasmon guides. Each plasmon guide has an energy barrier, which can be selectively decreased to allow selective propagation of the generated surface plasmon through the plasmon guide. The generated surface plasmon has an evanescent wave that extends outwardly from the plasmon guide by a spatial extent. To allow for surface plasmon propagation between plasmon guides, the plasmon guides can be spaced apart by a predetermined gap that is less than the spatial extent of the surface plasmon. When that occurs, the surface plasmon will “jump” the predetermined gap and propagate from one plasmon guide to the other plasmon guide. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793271 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094361 | Hampp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Hampp (Santa Barbara, California); Amanda L. Holt (Santa Cruz, California); Justin Gordon Adams Wehner (Goleta, California); Daniel E. Morse (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions and devices operable for infra-red transmission and blocking comprising a layered structure having a first electrically conducting layer, a conjugated electrochromic polymer layer, an electrolyte layer and a second electrically conducting layer, wherein the first and second electrically conducting layers have an infrared transparency and the conjugated electrochromic polymers may be operable to be electrically switched between a transparent state that transmits infrared light to an opaque state that does not transmit infrared light. In some embodiments, a device of the disclosure may also have one or more outer substrates sandwiching the other layers. Some embodiments relate to single-layered devices. Some embodiments relate to combined layers. Compositions and devices of the disclosure may be integrated into a wide variety of infrared systems for transmission, shuttering and calibration applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652584 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094377 | Kessler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIS, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kessler (Rochester, New York); Minoo Bablani (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A see-through head-mounted optical apparatus for a viewer has at least one display module, each display module having a display energizable to form an image and a positive field lens optically coupled to the surface of the display and disposed to direct imaged light from the display toward a first surface of a prism. A curved reflector element is in the path of the imaged light through the prism and disposed at a second surface of the prism, opposite the first surface. The curved reflector element has a refractive surface and a curved reflective surface disposed to collimate imaged light received from the display and direct this light toward a beam splitter that is disposed within the prism and that is at an oblique angle to the collimated reflected light. The beam splitter redirects the incident collimated reflected light through the prism to form an entrance pupil for the viewer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776901 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/631 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094378 | Kildishev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander V. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A design method, apparatus, and fabrication method for structures for controlling the flow of electromagnetic energy at a sub-wavelength scale is disclosed. Transformational optics principles are used as a starting point for the design of structures that operate as, for example, hyperlenses or concentrators such that evanescent waves at a first surface are radiated in the far field at a second surface. Plane waves incident at a first surface may be focused to a spot size substantially smaller than a wavelength, so as to interact with objects at the focal point, or be re-radiated. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/605021 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/642 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094453 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Levi A. Campbell (Poughkeepsie, New York); Richard C. Chu (Hopewell Junction, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. (Lagrangeville, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Robert E. Simons (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compliant conduction rail assembly and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics structure. The rail assembly includes a first thermally conductive rail mounted to a surface of the electronics structure, a second thermally conductive rail thermally conductively interfaced to the first rail, and a biasing mechanism biasing the second rail away from the first rail. The first and second rails and the biasing mechanism are configured for slidable insertion into a housing with the electronics structure, the housing containing a liquid-cooled cold plate(s). With insertion of the electronics structure into the housing, the second rail engages the liquid-cooled cold plate and is forced by the biasing mechanism into thermal contact with the cold plate, and is forced by the cold plate towards the first rail, which results in a compliant thermal interface between the electronics structure and the liquid-cooled cold plate of the housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570215 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094490 | Sundstrom |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance L. Sundstrom (Pinellas Park, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonvolatile loop magnetic memory having a magnetically writeable nonvolatile magnetic memory element and a loop magnetic shunt. The loop magnetic shunt has a slot through a loop of the loop magnetic shunt, the slot forming first and second ends in the loop magnetic shunt, the first and second ends arranged to focus a magnetic field on the magnetically writeable nonvolatile magnetic memory element. The magnetically writeable nonvolatile magnetic memory element is located between the first and second ends of the loop magnetic shunt. A magnetic write coil is wrapped around the loop magnetic shunt. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/461228 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094519 | Lagakos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Lagakos (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph A. Bucaro (Herndon, Virginia); Jacek Jarzynski (Bethesda, Maryland); Barbara Jarzynski, legal representative (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic hydrophone has a reflective diaphragm having an exposed face and a reflective protected face, at least one transmitting multimode optical fiber having an end spaced apart from the protected face of the diaphragm positioned to emit light toward the diaphragm housing, and a reservoir. A cavity is defined by the diaphragm and the interior surface of the housing. Silicone oil and a compliant elastomeric material with embedded air bubbles are located in the cavity. Ports between the cavity and the reservoir and the reservoir and the exterior of the hydrophone allow static pressure communication between the cavity and the exterior of the hydrophone. The fiber optic probe can have one transmitting multimode optical fiber and six receiving multimode optical fibers, or more or fewer optical fibers. A grating can protect the diaphragm from environmental damage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210925 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094771 | Tsang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Global Technologies, Inc. (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Yu-Hei Tsang (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Tristan Dieter Juergens (Telluride, Colorado); Yale Deon Harker (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kwan Sze Kwok (Brooklyn, New York); Nathan Newman (Scottsdale, Arizona); Scott Arden Ploger (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes a product and a method for generating electrical power directly from nuclear power. More particularly, the invention describes the use of a liquid semiconductor as a means for efficiently converting nuclear energy, either nuclear fission and/or radiation energy, directly into electrical energy. Direct conversion of nuclear energy to electrical energy is achieved by placing nuclear material in close proximity to a liquid semiconductor. Nuclear energy emitted from the nuclear material, in the form of fission fragments or radiation, enters the liquid semiconductor and creates electron-hole pairs. By using an appropriate electrical circuit an electrical load is applied and electrical energy generated as a result of the creation of the electron-hole pairs. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/720035 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094834 | Brungart |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Brungart (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a means for two or more remotely-located individuals to communicate information about the spatial coordinates of a location of mutual interest in a more rapid, robust, and intuitive manner than is possible with any current voice communication system. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/313037 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095107 | O'Neill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. O'Neill (Woodinville, Washington); Michael P. Snow (Langley, Washington); Brad W. Offer (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A voice radio communication system prioritizes radio voice communications so that higher priority voice transmission is given precedence. The communication system comprises a transmitter that inserts a digital watermark into a voice communication. Software in a receiver decodes the digital watermark to determine a priority requested by the sender, and other information about the sender and the message. The software determines the message priority based on multiple factors. Voice transmissions are digitally recorded and played in order of priority. Options exist for the user to control the playback. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614373 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/404.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095210 | Burdick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Jorge G. Cham (Pasadena, California); Zoran Nenadic (Irvine, California); Edward A. Branchaud (Lawrence, Massachusetts); Michael T. Wolf (Pasadena, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomously isolating and maintaining neural action potential recordings. The algorithm may be used in connection with a neural interface microdrive capable of positioning electrodes to record signals from active neurons. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625230 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095250 | Hanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Hanson (Plymouth, Minnesota); Drew A. Karnick (Blaine, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of estimating bias errors for an air vehicle in flight under high spin conditions is provided. The method comprises collecting a first set of data samples at a first time and collecting a second set of data samples at a second time. The first time and the second time occur after deployment of the air vehicle and before canard shock. The first and second sets of data samples comprise roll rate data from at least a first gyroscope and acceleration data from at least a first accelerometer. At least a first estimated accelerometer bias from the first and second sets of data samples is calculated. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470237 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095313 | Blackburn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Blackburn (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the risk of an object collision. The method includes transmitting a signal and analyzing a received signal that is indicative of the presence of a remote object. The signal is then analyzed to determine an initial azimuth value and an initial range for the remote object. Subsequent received signals are continuously analyzed to continuously determine subsequent azimuth values, azimuth value velocities and accelerations, as well as subsequent range values, range value velocities and range value accelerations. The factors are then input into a predetermined formula to yield a risk assessment of collision P. The formulas for determining P can be adjusted to account for such factors as number and proximity of remote objects, as well as the speed and maneuverability of both the remote objects and the vehicle that is avoiding collisions with the remote object(s). |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/144019 |
| ART UNIT | 3625 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/301 |
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| US 08095337 | Kolbet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kolbet (Scottsdale, Arizona); Qingqiu Ginger Shao (Oro Valley, Arizona); Randy Magnuson (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bradley John Barton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Akhilesh Maewal (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining a probabilistic loss of function of a system includes the steps of determining a plurality of failure mode probabilities, ranking a plurality of functions pertaining to the failure mode probabilities, and identifying a likely function at least substantially lost by the system based at least in part on the plurality of failure mode probabilities and the ranking. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/244637 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095491 | Dillon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. Dillon (Warsaw, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a corresponding computer-readable medium are provided for optimizing a decision assignment based on a sought benefit. The optimization operations include mapping agents to actors into pairs, designating a benefit to each pair for a set of nodes, arranging the nodes into heaps (with each heap corresponding to an agent), selecting the node with the sought benefit as the head of the heap for all the heaps, and summing each benefit of the heads to establish a cumulative benefit. The benefit designation further includes associating the node with the benefit, action and agent that correspond to that pair, and disposing the node into the heap that corresponds to the agent. Arranging the heap further includes comparing first and second nodes to determine which has the sought benefit within the heap, and ordering the peak node as the head of the heap. Further operations include deconflicting first and second heaps that have heads with equal benefit, and truncating tail nodes from the head of each heap. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316559 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/46 |
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| US 08095494 | Andrade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); James Robert Harold Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis Ralph Degenaro (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for cross-triggering transitions in independent finite state machines is provided. For a given plurality of finite state machine definitions having a plurality of states and a plurality of transitions among the states, two or more independent instances of the plurality of finite state machine definitions are created. In addition, associations between two or more of the independent finite state machine instances are identified. The method uses cross-triggering rules that identify a condition in a first one of the associated independent finite state machine instances that triggers a transition action in a second one of the associated independent finite state machine instances. Each cross-triggering rule is triggered upon an occurrence of the cross-triggering rule condition, and the transition action in the second associated independent finite state machine instance is performed in response to the triggering of the cross-triggering rule. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/252515 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
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| US 08095543 | Gupta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anjum Gupta (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a method for determining a similarity between two data sets is disclosed, the steps of which include determining a first list of data clusters for a first hierarchically-organized data set, determining a second list of data clusters for a second hierarchically-organized data set, and determining a similarity between the first and second data sets by calculating a maximum flow between the first list of data clusters and the second list of data clusters. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/183926 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/749 |
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| US 08095733 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); Michael Siegel (Raleigh, North Carolina); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system includes an interconnect fabric, a system memory coupled to the interconnect fabric and including a virtual barrier synchronization region allocated to storage of virtual barrier synchronization registers (VBSRs), and a plurality of processing units coupled to the interconnect fabric and operable to access the virtual barrier synchronization region. Each of the plurality of processing units includes a processor core and a cache memory including a cache controller and a cache array that caches VBSR lines from the virtual barrier synchronization region of the system memory. The cache controller of a first processing unit, responsive to a memory access request from its processor core that targets a first VBSR line, transfers responsibility for writing back to the virtual barrier synchronization region a second VBSR line contemporaneously held in the cache arrays of first, second and third processing units. The responsibility is transferred via an election held over the interconnect fabric. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/419343 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/119 |
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| US 08095739 | Cummings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Cummings (Round Rock, Texas); Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); Harmony L. Helterhoff (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system employing a weakly ordered storage architecture includes first and second sets of processing units coupled to each other and data storage by an interconnect fabric. Each processing unit has a processor core having an associated cache hierarchy including at least a level one, level two and level three cache memories. A request to perform an update to a portion of a first image of memory contained in the level three cache memory of a first processing unit while at last one kill-type command is pending at the first processing unit, the cache hierarchy of the first processing unit permitting the update to be exposed to any first processor core only after the at least one kill-type command is complete. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/422698 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095758 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Robert S. Blackmore (Poughkeepsie, New York); Chulho Kim (Poughkeepsie, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Hanhong Xue (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system has a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and an asynchronous memory mover coupled to the processor. The asynchronous memory mover has registers for receiving a set of parameters from the processor, which parameters are associated with an asynchronous memory move (AMM) operation initiated by the processor in virtual address space, utilizing a source effective address and a destination effective address. The asynchronous memory mover performs the AMM operation to move the data from a first physical memory location having a source real address corresponding to the source effective address to a second physical memory location having a destination real address corresponding to the destination effective address. The asynchronous memory mover has an associated off-chip translation mechanism. The AMM operation thus occurs independent of the processor, and the processor continues processing other operations independent of the AMM operation. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024613 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold E. Bedell (Houston, Texas); Jianliang Tong (Houston, Texas); Stanley Y. Woo (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and systems to screen for subjects at risk for retinal-associated eye diseases or to monitor the progression/regression thereof. Generally, the method comprises simultaneously or sequentially displaying to a potentially at-risk individual targets of parallel and nonparallel lines, obtaining an orientation discrimination threshold based on the subject's selections and correlating an increase in the threshold compared to that of a normal control or to a previous threshold measured for the subject as indicative of risk for a retinal-associated eye disease or a progression of the eye disease. Also provided are program storage devices and computer program products effective to store instructions or source code to perform the methods. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660191 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092531 | Centanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Centanni (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compositions for wound closure. More specifically, the present invention provides human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides (e.g., antimicrobial polypeptides and keratinocyte growth factor 2) and compositions and methods for making human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. In addition, the present invention provides methods for treatment of wounds with human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690160 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/15.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092585 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schwartz (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael J. Avaltroni (Staten Island, New York); Kim S. Midwood (London, United Kingdom); Jean E. Schwarzbauer (Princeton, New Jersey); Ellen Gawalt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907823 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/287.290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092697 | Branton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jene A Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for fabricating a molecule characterization device, there is formed an aperture in a support structure, and electrical contact pads are formed on a selected surface of the support structure for connection to molecular analysis circuitry. Then at the aperture is provided at least one carbon nanotube. An electrically insulating layer is deposited on walls of the aperture to reduce an extent of the aperture and form a smaller aperture, while depositing substantially no insulating layer on a region of the nanotube that is at the aperture. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214046 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092780 | Livingston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip O. Livingston (New York, New York); Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York, New York); Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a polyvalent vaccine comprising at least two conjugated antigens selected from a group containing glycolipid antigen, polysaccharide antigen, mucin antigen, glycosylated mucin antigen and an appropriate adjuvant. This invention also provides a multivalent vaccine comprising at least two of the following: glycosylated MUC-1-32mer, Globo H, GM2, Ley, Tn(c), sTN(c), and TF(c). This invention provides the vaccine above, wherein the adjuvant is saponin-based adjuvant. This invention provides a method for inducing immune response in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of the vaccine above to the subject. Finally, this invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an appropriate amount of the vaccine above to the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/262729 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.570 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092791 | Federoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard J. Federoff (Rochester, New York); William J. Bowers (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for producing herpes simplex virus (HSV) amplicon particles which includes co-transfecting a host cell with the following: (i) an amplicon vector comprising an HSV origin of replication, an HSV cleavage/packaging signal, and a heterologous transgene expressible in a patient, (ii) one or more vectors individually or collectively encoding all essential HSV genes but excluding all cleavage/packaging signals, and (iii) a vhs expression vector encoding a virion host shutoff protein; and then isolating HSV amplicon particles produced by the host cell, the HSV amplicon particles including the transgene. Also disclosed are a system and a kit for preparing HSV amplicon particles, HSV amplicon particles prepared according to the process of the present invention, and their use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/296551 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092805 | Gopi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hosahudya Gopi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Irwin Chaiken (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, which inhibit the binding of gp120 to CD4 as well as 17b and methods for their use in inhibiting the HIV fusion process, are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/638725 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092809 | FitzGerald |
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| 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) | David FitzGerald (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides Pseudomonas exotoxin A-like chimeric immunogens that include a non-native epitope in the Ib domain of Pseudomonas exotoxin. Methods of eliciting an immune response using these immunogens also are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/962007 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/236.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092812 | Arulanandam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard P. Arulanandam (San Antonio, Texas); Ashlesh K. Murthy (San Antonio, Texas); Guangming Zhong (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides Chlamydia proteins and compositions and methods of use in the treatment/prevention of chlamydial infection in a subject, for eliciting an immune response in a subject and for reducing the likelihood of infertility and reducing the incidence and/or degree of hydrosalpinx due to Chlamydia infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971729 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092992 | Kuwabara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomoko Kuwabara (Ibaraki, Japan); Fred H. Gage (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for modulating gene expression by contacting a cellular system with a double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecule capable of associating with a regulatory machinery that controls transcription of one or more genes, wherein the association results in altered expression of the one or more genes. The invention is further directed to method for directing the differentiation of neuronal stem cells into neurons by contacting a cellular system with a double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecule capable of associating with a regulatory machinery that controls transcription of one or more genes involved in neuronal differentiation and directing the transcription of the one or more genes. In related embodiments, the invention provides particular compositions of double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecules as well as therapeutic and screening applications of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857784 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092995 | De Lanerolle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Primal De Lanerolle (Oak Park, Illinois); Yoo Jeong Han (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Selective expression of a pseudogene of myosin light chain kinase is found in cancer cells and tissues but not in normal cells and tissues. The pseudogene is expressed, and when expressed it inhibits expression of the ancestral myosin light chain kinase. This widespread expression among cancer cell types and the selective expression in cancer cells versus normal cells opens the door to many diagnostic and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/651810 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 08093000 | Weaver et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valerie M. Weaver (San Francisco, California); Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors that were treatment resistant. The present invention provides methods of prognosis and diagnosis of multidrug resistant tumors through detection of the expression levels of nuclear co-repressor 2 (“N-CoR2”), histone deacetylases 3 (“HDAC3”), and their associated gene expression biomarkers. The present invention also provides methods of sensitizing tumors to anti-tumor therapeutics by disrupting HDAC3 activation, abrogating the N-CoR2-HDAC3 interaction, inhibiting the activity of either protein, or by down-regulating the expression of either protein. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/464040 |
| 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 08093001 | Katz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruth Katz (Houston, Texas); Feng Jiang (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Gene probes for specific regions of chromosome 3 (3p21.3) and chromosome 10 (10q22) have been found to be tools for the diagnosis and prognosis of smoking related cancers such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). For example, these probes can be used with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and used to stratify smokers into high and low risk groups, as well as determine a patients susceptibility to the development of smoking related cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761134 |
| 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 08093009 | Halperin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for mass spectrometry and other methods to determine levels of glycated CD59 in subjects. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/917271 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08093021 | Hurtado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alicia Hurtado (New York, New York); Daniel Meruelo (Scarborough, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are new defective Sindbis viral vectors made from a novel Helper plasmid, with differences in envelope proteins between JT vectors and consensus Sindbis virus sequences, and also between JT and Ar-339 vectors. Also disclosed are vectors produced using the plasmid, methods for producing the vectors, methods for treating mammals suffering from tumors and pharmaceutical formulations for use in the treatment methods. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/484818 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 435/91.400 |
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| US 08093028 | Thorson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon S. Thorson (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gavin J. Williams (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard W. Gantt (Roswell, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase enzymes and method for making and using the same possessing an expanded substrate specificity as compared to corresponding non-mutated glycosyltransferase enzymes. Such enzymes expand the variety of substrates that can be used in enzymatic glycosylation methods, including enzymatic glycorandomization, thereby providing increased diversity in chemical products. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/179531 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
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| US 08093030 | Schoenfeld et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucigen Corporation (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Schoenfeld (Madison, Wisconsin); Vinay K. Dhodda (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert A. Difrancesco (Waunakee, Wisconsin); David A. Mead (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermostable viral polymerases exhibiting a combination of activities selected from, proofreading (3′-5′) exonuclease activity, nick translating (5′-3′) nuclease activity, synthetic primer-initiated polymerase activity, nick-initiated polymerase activity, reverse transcriptase activity, strand displacement activity, and/or decreased discrimination against incorporation of nucleotide analogs. Also provided are compositions including the polymerases, polynucleotides encoding the polymerases and methods of using the polymerases. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/089221 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
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| US 08093043 | Pagano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michele Pagano (New York, New York); Elinor Dehan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to modulating BimEL levels (Bcl-2-Interacting Mediator of cell death, Extra Long isoform) to sensitize cancer cells to cell death or apoptosis. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to increasing BimEL levels. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors of at least one of β-TrCP1/2 or RSK1/2 proteins that sensitize tumor cells to chemotherapy-induced death or apoptosis. Additionally, the invention relates to cancer therapies, diagnostics, and methods for identifying novel drugs or drug candidates for increasing BimEL levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478003 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08093046 — CVN-12p1: a recombinant allosteric lectin antagonist of HIV-1 envelope gp120 interactions
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation d/b/c Drexel University College of Medicine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karyn McFadden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Irwin M. Chaiken (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a recombinant multi-functional chimera of CVN and 12p1. Chimeras of CVN and 12p1 present a model for targeting gp120 at two discrete sites, by two different modes of inhibition and with increasing potency versus either component alone. A chimera of the invention combines the high affinity suppression of viral activity by CVN with the allosteric suppression of viral envelope binding to both CD4 and co-receptor by 12p1. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756567 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093062 | Winger |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Winger (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to droplet actuator devices and assay methods. The method may include, among other things, a method of conducting enzymatic assays using umbelliferone substrates with cyclodextrins in droplets in oil, the method including incubating a droplet in oil, the droplet preferably comprising an umbelliferone substrate, a sample, and a cyclodextrin compound. The methods may further include a method of substantially eliminating cross-contamination between droplets in enzymatic containing substrate-based bioassays. The method may include immobilization of the enzymatic substrate including forming an inclusion complex with the substrate for stabilizing the substrate within an aqueous environment, wherein the inclusion complex may be formed using cyclodextrins. In yet another embodiment, the invention may provide a method of enhancing hydrolysis of enzymatic substrates. The methods may further include a method of forming an inclusion complex with the substrate for stabilizing the substrate within an aqueous environment, wherein the substrate may be a 4-MU- or HMU containing substrate. The inclusion complex may be formed using cyclodextrin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/012831 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093064 | Shah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of utilizing magnetic particles or beads (MBs) in droplet-based (or digital) microfluidics are disclosed. The methods may be used in enrichment or separation processes. A first method employs the droplet meniscus to assist in the magnetic collection and positioning of MBs during droplet microfluidic operations. The sweeping movement of the meniscus lifts the MBs off the solid surface and frees them from various surface forces acting on the MBs. A second method uses chemical additives to reduce the adhesion of MBs to surfaces. Both methods allow the MBs on a solid surface to be effectively moved by magnetic force. Droplets may be driven by various methods or techniques including, for example, electrowetting, electrostatic, electromechanical, electrophoretic, dielectrophoretic, electroosmotic, thermocapillary, surface acoustic, and pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465935 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093209 | Laskowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognosci, Incorporated (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Laskowitz (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William D. Matthew (Durham, North Carolina); Michael McMillian (Rareton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of suppressing the activation of microglial cells in the Central Nervous System (CNS), methods of ameliorating or treating the neurological effects of cerebral ischemia or cerebral inflammation, and methods of combating specific diseases that affect the CNS by administering a compound that binds to microglial receptors and prevents or reduces microglial activation are described. ApoE receptor binding peptides that may be used in the methods of the invention are also described, as are methods of using such peptides to treat peripheral inflammatory conditions such as sepsis. Also described are methods of screening compounds for the ability to suppress or reduce microglial activation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328625 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093216 | Clinton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gail M. Clinton (Wimberley, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed an initial identification of an N-terminally truncated HER-2/neu product. This product is a 95 kDa polypeptide having in vitro kinase activity (as determined by western blotting). Moreover, immunoprecipitations using domain specific antibodies was able to utilize this specific polypeptide from intracellular fragments as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator of adenomacarcinomas without the severe dilution effects encountered by measuring ECD. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/228145 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093217 | Toole et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan P. Toole (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Suniti Misra (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Shibnath Ghatak (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for sensitizing multi-drug resistant cancer or radiation resistant cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents are provided. Compositions include ligands of hyaluronan receptors, including glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronan oligomers and derivatives of these oligomers, hyaluronan binding proteins, antibodies specific for hyaluronan receptors, hyaluronan mimetics, inhibitors of hyaluronan synthesis, and stimulators of hyaluronan degradation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/835511 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093223 | Czech et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Czech (Westborough, Massachusetts); Aimee Powelka (Framingham, Massachusetts); Adilson L. Guilherme (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Andrew D. Cherniack (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibition of RIP140 increases glucose transport. Compounds that inhibit RIP140 expression or activity are useful for treating disorders associated with aberrant glucose transport (e.g., diabetes), treating obesity, increasing metabolism (e.g., fatty acid metabolism), and increasing brown fat. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575981 |
| 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 08093247 | Ungashe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemocentryx, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Solomon Ungashe (Fremont, California); Zheng Wei (Union City, California); Arindrajit Basak (Mountain View, California); Trevor T. Charvat (San Jose, California); Wei Chen (Fremont, California); Jeff Jin (Fremont, California); Jimmie Moore (Redwood City, California); Yibin Zeng (San Mateo, California); Sreenivas Punna (Sunnyvale, California); Daniel Dairaghi (Palo Alto, California); Derek Hansen (San Francisco, California); Andrew M. K. Pennell (San Francisco, California); John J. Wright (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/582001 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093269 | Kem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Kem (Gainesville, Florida); Ferenc Soti (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the design and synthesis of 3-arylidene-anabaseine compounds that exhibit enhanced selectivity toward alpha7 nicotinic receptors. The compounds are expected to be useful in treating a wide variety of conditions, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, neurodevelopmental diseases such as schizophrenia, and certain peripherally located inflammations mediated by macrophage infiltration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/921832 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/333 |
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| US 08093274 | Tamanoi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Ohyun Kwon (Los Angeles, California); Masaru Watanabe (Iwate, Japan); Hannah Fiji (Fontana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel compounds. These compounds can be useful in inhibiting the activity of GGTase I. The compounds can also be used as anti-cancer therapeutics including as part of methods for treating cancer, in assays, and in kits. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/293993 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093286 | Liggett et al. |
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| 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 | 11/838142 |
| 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 08093287 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana); Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mijoon Lee (Mishawaka, Indiana); Masahiro Ikejiri (Osaka, Japan); Mayland Chang (Granger, Indiana); Rafael Fridman (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Shahriar Mobashery (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel compounds of formulas I-IX, as described herein. Also provided are compositions of compounds of formulas I-IX, methods of making compounds of formulas I-IX, and methods of using compounds of formulas I-IX. The compounds of the invention can be used to inhibit matrix metalloproteinases, and are useful to treat conditions and diseases associated therewith. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047605 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093288 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chen-Yu Zhang (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Bradford B. Lowell (Southborough, Massachusetts); John A Porco, Jr. (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ruichao Shen (Boston, Massachusetts); Cheng T. Lin (Fresh Meadow, New York); Stefan Krauss (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Genipin derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that inhibit the activity of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) and are useful in treating deficient first-phase insulin secretion, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and ischemia in a mammal are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622296 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093343 | Hrabie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Hrabie (Frederick, Maryland); Frank DeRosa (Nanuet, New York); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides for novel nitric oxide-releasing polymers that comprise at least two adjacent units derived from acrylonitrile monomer units and containing at least one carbon-bound diazeniumdiolate. The diazeniumdiolated acrylonitrile-derived polymers can be used in medical devices therapeutically. Accordingly, the invention also provides a method of treating a biological disorder and a method of promoting angiogenesis that includes administering a medical device comprising a nitric oxide-releasing polymer comprising at least two adjacent units of acrylonitrile before exposure to nitric oxide and at least one nitric oxide releasing N2O2− group, wherein the N2O2− group is attached directly to the polyacrylonitrile backbone, to a specific location on or within the mammal in an amount effective to treat the biological disorder or promote angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111613 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093360 | Casey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. (Pine Brook, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie S. Casey (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an antibody which binds to B. anthracis with toxin, formulations for administration of such antibodies intramuscularly, and methods of administering such antibodies prophylactically or therapeutically. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904882 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093393 | Bielawska et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); Lina M. Obeid (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); Besim Ogretmen (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cationic ceramides, their dihydro-analogs and aromatic analogs and their derivatives, comprising a pyridinium group. Also provided are methods for making cationic ceramides comprising a pyridinium group, and their use for treating or preventing diseases associated with cell overproliferation and sphingolipid signal transduction, such as cancer, inflammation, and stenosis. The compounds are also useful as mitochondritropic agents that are localized to mitochondria carrying with them chemical cargoes, such as drugs, or signaling molecules, such as fluorophores for probing organelle structure and functions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666518 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093417 | Van Dyke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Van Dyke (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California); Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides new lipoxin analogs, compositions containing analogs, and methods of using these compounds and compositions for treating and preventing oral inflammation, including gingivitis, periodontitis, and other forms of periodontal disease. The invention also provides for methods of treating and preventing oral inflammation, including gingivitis, periodontitis, and other forms of periodontal disease with compositions containing COX-2 inhibitors. Further, the invention provides methods for preventing systemic diseases beyond theoral cavity that are related to periodontal disease using the composition containing lipoxin analogs, COX-2 inhibitors, or both. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892872 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093568 | Mackie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Mackie (Verona, Wisconsin); Michael William Kissick (Madison, Wisconsin); Ryan Thomas Flynn (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation therapy system for heavy ions employs a rocking motion of a fan beam used to treat the patient, the fan beam having individually modulated beamlets, the rocking limited in angular extent to provide improved conformance of the dose to a tumor while shielding distal tissue from radiation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/438255 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093782 | Hossack |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Hossack (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Backing substrates for reducing parasitic echoes produced within a ultrasonic transducer are provided comprising a polymeric material, for example, an epoxy having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from about 10 to 50° C.; or an epoxy having an acoustical attenuation that increases by at least about 2 dB/mm at 5 MHz in a temperature range of about 5° C. to 40° C. Transducer assemblies comprising the backing substrates and methods for producing the assemblies are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/191839 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094907 | Meyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Weitian Chen (Union City, California); Christopher T. Sica (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fast conjugate phase reconstruction method for MRI is based on a polynomial expansion of the off-resonance phase accrual term. The expansion is truncated and can be a Taylor or Chebyshev expansion. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114307 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095210 | Burdick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Jorge G. Cham (Pasadena, California); Zoran Nenadic (Irvine, California); Edward A. Branchaud (Lawrence, Massachusetts); Michael T. Wolf (Pasadena, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomously isolating and maintaining neural action potential recordings. The algorithm may be used in connection with a neural interface microdrive capable of positioning electrodes to record signals from active neurons. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625230 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095350 | Chen et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaojiang Chen (Los Angeles, California); Myron Goodman (La Canada, California); Courtney Prochnow (Culver City, California); Ronda Bransteitter (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Three-dimensional structure of APOBEC-2 and other structure models of APOBEC proteins obtained by computer modeling that bear similarity with a root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of 2.0 with the APOBEC-2 monomer, dimer or tetramer. Uses of the three-dimensional structure of APOBEC-2 and models of APOBEC proteins particularly for structure-based drug design of compounds, peptides or mutant APOBEC proteins designed to treat Hyper-IgM-2 Syndrome, B cell lymphomas and lentivirus infections, particularly the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Methods for identifying a compound that binds to any fragment of an APOBEC protein. The method includes obtaining the three dimensional structure of the APOBEC-2 monomer, dimer or tetramer and identifying or designing one or more compounds that bind, mimic, enhance, disrupt, or compete with interactions of APOBEC family proteins with themselves, their nucleic acid substrates and other cellular or viral proteins based on the three dimensional structure of the APOBEC-2 protein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/340526 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming an ordered array of nanocrystals where a hydrophobic precursor solution with a hydrophobic core material in an organic solvent is added to a solution of a surfactant in water, followed by removal of a least a portion of the organic solvent to form a micellar solution of nanocrystals. A precursor co-assembling material, generally water-soluble, that can co-assemble with individual micelles formed in the micellar solution of nanocrystals can be added to this micellar solution under specified reaction conditions (for example, pH conditions) to form an ordered-array mesophase material. For example, basic conditions are used to precipitate an ordered nanocrystal/silica array material in bulk form and acidic conditions are used to form an ordered nanocrystal/silica array material as a thin film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038037 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092626 | Nadella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishna V. Nadella (Seattle, Washington); Dustin Miller (Seattle, Washington); Vipin Kumar (Seattle, Washington); William F. Kuykendall (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Probert (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for reducing the density of thermoplastic materials and the articles made therefrom having similar or improved mechanical properties to the solid or noncellular material. Also disclosed are improvements to foaming methods and the cellular structures of the foams made therefrom, and methods for altering the impact strength of solid or noncellular thermoplastic materials and the shaping of the materials into useful articles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047263 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093027 | Turos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Thomas J. Koob (Tampa, Florida); Kerriann Robyn Greenhalgh (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns a biocomposite useful in artificial tissue replacement, methods for its production, and methods of use. The biocomposite can be implanted into humans or animals as an artificial tissue for treatment of a tissue defect. The biocomposite can be formed or manipulated into a desired shape for implantation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901209 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093030 | Schoenfeld et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucigen Corporation (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Schoenfeld (Madison, Wisconsin); Vinay K. Dhodda (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert A. Difrancesco (Waunakee, Wisconsin); David A. Mead (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermostable viral polymerases exhibiting a combination of activities selected from, proofreading (3′-5′) exonuclease activity, nick translating (5′-3′) nuclease activity, synthetic primer-initiated polymerase activity, nick-initiated polymerase activity, reverse transcriptase activity, strand displacement activity, and/or decreased discrimination against incorporation of nucleotide analogs. Also provided are compositions including the polymerases, polynucleotides encoding the polymerases and methods of using the polymerases. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/089221 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08093041 — Method and apparatus for membrane-based, two-stage gas production from solid biomaterials
| US 08093041 | Nirmalakhandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nagamany Nirmalakhandan (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Geoffrey Smith (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention preferably relate to a method and apparatus for a two-stage membrane-based production of gas, preferably hydrogen gas or the like, from solid biological materials, preferably organic waste materials or the like, comprising anaerobic hydrolysis and fermentation and photofermentation using microorganisms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/011121 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/292.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093177 | Hamers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Hamers (Madison, Wisconsin); Bo Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Elizabeth C. Landis (Madison, Wisconsin); Ryan A. Franking (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for functionalizing metal oxides, including tin dioxide. The methods comprise contacting at least one linker precursor comprising a first functional group to a metal oxide and exposing the linker precursor to UV light. The first functional group covalently binds to the metal oxide via a UV light induced reaction. The linker precursor may be an alkene having a vinyl group or an alkyne having an ethynyl group. Other molecules, such as biomolecules and dye molecules, may be bound to the linker precursors. The functionalized metal oxides may be used alone or as coatings on a substrate and find use in a variety of devices, including biosensors and dye sensitized solar cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266130 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093351 | Coates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithica, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); Stephen Lee (Ithaca, New York); Zengquan Qin (Copley, Ohio); Nicolas J. Robertson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Copolymers of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide and homopolymers of propylene oxide are made using two dimensional double metal cyanide complexes having the formula Co[M(CN)4] or hydrated or partially dehydrated form thereof. There is no propylene carbonate by product in the copolymerization. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/889236 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/412 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093582 | Perera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. G. Unil Perera (Mableton, Georgia); Steven George Matsik (Chamblee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual band photodetector for detecting infrared and ultraviolet optical signals is disclosed. Aspects include homojunction and heterojunction detectors comprised of one or more of GaN, AlGaN, and InGaN. In one aspect ultraviolet/infrared dual-band detector is disclosed that is configured to simultaneously detect UV and IR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907518 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093588 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); He Yan (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Dielectric compositions comprising siloxane and polymeric components, as can be used in a range of transistor and related device configurations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562800 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093628 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Rongrui He (El Cerrito, California); Joshua Goldberger (Berkeley, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Deyu Li (Albany, California); Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluidic nanotube devices are described in which a hydrophilic, non-carbon nanotube, has its ends fluidly coupled to reservoirs. Source and drain contacts are connected to opposing ends of the nanotube, or within each reservoir near the opening of the nanotube. The passage of molecular species can be sensed by measuring current flow (source-drain, ionic, or combination). The tube interior can be functionalized by joining binding molecules so that different molecular species can be sensed by detecting current changes. The nanotube may be a semiconductor, wherein a tubular transistor is formed. A gate electrode can be attached between source and drain to control current flow and ionic flow. By way of example an electrophoretic array embodiment is described, integrating MEMs switches. A variety of applications are described, such as: nanopores, nanocapillary devices, nanoelectrophoretic, DNA sequence detectors, immunosensors, thermoelectric devices, photonic devices, nanoscale fluidic bioseparators, imaging devices, and so forth. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027428 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093786 | Shi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Shi (Nutley, New Jersey); Shiyou Xu (Harrison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Piezoelectric nanostructures, including nanofibers, nanotubes, nanojunctions and nanotrees, may be made of piezoelectric materials alone, or as composites of piezoelectric materials and electrically-conductive materials. Homogeneous or composite nanofibers and nanotubes may be fabricated by electrospinning. Homogeneous or composite nanotubes, nanojunctions and nanotrees may be fabricated by template-assisted processes in which colloidal suspensions and/or modified sol-gels of the desired materials are deposited sequentially into the pores of a template. The electrospinning or template-assisted fabrication methods may employ a modified sol-gel process for obtaining a perovskite phase in the piezoelectric material at a low annealing temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806969 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094314 | Tetz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Tetz (Brentwood, Tennessee); Lin Pang (San Diego, California); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and techniques for using nanostructures such as nanohole metal films to construct SPP sensors for sensing various substances. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/091051 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094610 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Charles W. Bostian (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | High quality communications among a diverse set of cognitive radio (CR) nodes is permitted while minimizing interference to primary and other secondary users by employing Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) in a Dynamic Cellular Cognitive System (DCCS). Diverse device types interoperate, cooperate, and communicate with high spectrum efficiency and do not require infrastructure to form the network. The dynamic cellular cognitive system can expand to a wider geographical distribution via linking to existing infrastructure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392419 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094810 | Hohenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan R. Hohenberger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kevin Fu (Hadley, Massachusetts); Giuseppe Ateniese (Timonium, Maryland); Matthew Green (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing unidirectional proxy re-encryption includes generating a first key pair comprising a public key (pk) and a secret key (sk) and generating a re-encryption key that changes encryptions under a first public key pka into encryptions under a second public key pkb as rkA→B. The method further includes performing one of the group consisting of encrypting a message m under public key pka producing a ciphertext ca, re-encrypting a ciphertext ca using the re-encryption key rkA→B that changes ciphertexts under pka into ciphertexts under pkb to produce a ciphertext cb under pkb, and decrypting a ciphertext ca under pka to recover a message m. The method also includes encrypting a message m under a public key pk producing a first-level ciphertext c1 that cannot be re-encrypted, and decrypting a first-level ciphertext c1 using secret key sk. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/347794 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094841 | Trusov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Trusov (Irvine, California); Andrei M. Shkel (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The illustrated embodiment of the invention includes a capacitive detection method in a MEMS resonator comprising the steps of: vibrating a resonator with a drive signal; sensing vibration of the resonator by detecting a plurality of sidebands of an electromechanical amplitude modulation signal in a capacitive detector; and extracting amplitude of motion from a ratio of two simultaneously sensed sidebands of different order. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/971767 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094910 | Xu et al. |
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| 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 image function on the basis of a plurality of projection profiles corresponding to a plurality of projection directions through a region of investigation, each projection profile including a series of value positions, wherein measured projection values corresponding to projection lines parallel to the respective projection direction are assigned to respective value positions and a plurality of remaining value positions are empty, comprises the steps of (a) assigning first interpolation values to the empty value positions for constructing a plurality of interpolation profiles on the basis of the projection profiles, wherein the first interpolation values are obtained from a first interpolation within a group of measured projection values having the same value position in different projection profiles, and (b) determining the image function by applying a predetermined reconstruction algorithm on the interpolation profiles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282877 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095085 | Song et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hang Song (Tempe, Arizona); James T. Aberle (Tempe, Arizona); Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A closed-loop controlled antenna tuning unit (ATU) system includes a return loss detector connected to sample an RF signal generated by a signal source to provide a return loss signal. A matching state searching circuit is connected to receive the return loss signal and, in response, selectively store a return loss value and an impedance matching state. A central controller is connected to provide a switch control signal and apply an optimum matching state to the impedance synthesizer at the conclusion of the matching state search. An impedance synthesizer is responsive to the switch control signal for coupling a radio frequency signal and matching the impedance of an antenna to a signal source. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/134438 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095210 | Burdick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Jorge G. Cham (Pasadena, California); Zoran Nenadic (Irvine, California); Edward A. Branchaud (Lawrence, Massachusetts); Michael T. Wolf (Pasadena, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomously isolating and maintaining neural action potential recordings. The algorithm may be used in connection with a neural interface microdrive capable of positioning electrodes to record signals from active neurons. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625230 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095344 | Ghaboussi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamshid Ghaboussi (Urbana, Illinois); Youssef M. A. Hashash (Urbana, Illinois); David Pecknold (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for modeling material behavior includes using empirical three dimensional non-uniform stress and strain data to train a self-organizing computational model such as a neural network. A laboratory device for measuring non-uniform stress and strain data from material includes an enclosure with an inclusion in it. As the enclosure is compressed, the inclusion induces a non-uniform state of stress and strain. A field testing device includes a body having a moveable section. When the body is inserted in a material and the moveable section moved, a non-uniform state of stress and strain can be characterized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250936 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan-Carlos Jakaboski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chance G. Hughs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven N. Todd (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid blade disablement (FBD) tool that forms both a focused fluid projectile that resembles a blade, which can provide precision penetration of a barrier wall, and a broad fluid projectile that functions substantially like a hammer, which can produce general disruption of structures behind the barrier wall. Embodiments of the FBD tool comprise a container capable of holding fluid, an explosive assembly which is positioned within the container and which comprises an explosive holder and explosive, and a means for detonating. The container has a concavity on the side adjacent to the exposed surface of the explosive. The position of the concavity relative to the explosive and its construction of materials with thicknesses that facilitate inversion and/or rupture of the concavity wall enable the formation of a sharp and coherent blade of fluid advancing ahead of the detonation gases. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/486888 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092490 | Redmond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Redmond (Brookline, Massachusetts); Irene E. Kochevar (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue and/or tissue graft, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The methods are useful for tissue adhesion, such as in wound closure, tissue grafting, skin grafting, musculoskeletal tissue repair, ligament or tendon repair and corneal repair. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204958 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092595 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming an ordered array of nanocrystals where a hydrophobic precursor solution with a hydrophobic core material in an organic solvent is added to a solution of a surfactant in water, followed by removal of a least a portion of the organic solvent to form a micellar solution of nanocrystals. A precursor co-assembling material, generally water-soluble, that can co-assemble with individual micelles formed in the micellar solution of nanocrystals can be added to this micellar solution under specified reaction conditions (for example, pH conditions) to form an ordered-array mesophase material. For example, basic conditions are used to precipitate an ordered nanocrystal/silica array material in bulk form and acidic conditions are used to form an ordered nanocrystal/silica array material as a thin film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038037 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092672 | Ganguli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy Catalysis Incorporated (Bordentown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha S. Ganguli (Princeton, New Jersey); Alfred G. Comolli (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for catalytic hydroconversion processing of less volatile carbonaceous material to volatile liquid products is disclosed. The process is carried out in a plug-flow reactor system using nanosize metallic catalyst particles dispersed in the reactant slurry with compressed hydrogen/hydrogen-sulfide at a temperature between about 275° C. and 525° C. at a pressure of between about 800 psi and 6000 psi and a residence time in the reactors between about 1 minute and 4 hours. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082522 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092768 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Miller (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Ye Zhuang (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Jay C. Almlie (East Grand Forks, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for collection and removal of particulate matter, including fine particulate matter, from a gas stream, comprising a unique combination of high collection efficiency and ultralow pressure drop across the filter. The apparatus and method utilize simultaneous electrostatic precipitation and membrane filtration of a particular pore size, wherein electrostatic collection and filtration occur on the same surface. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814046 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/215.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092954 | Frey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Gregory M. Haugen (Edina, Minnesota); Phat T. Pham (Little Canada, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies and fuel cell polymer electrolyte membranes are provided comprising manganese oxides which demonstrate increased durability. Methods of making same are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/621795 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093474 | Zaidi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saleem Zaidi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California); Ganesh Vanamu (Sunnyvale, California); Rajiv Prinja (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure includes a nanowire having metallic spheres formed therein, the spheres being characterized as having at least one of about a uniform diameter and about a uniform spacing there between. A nanostructure in another embodiment includes a substrate having an area with a nanofeature; and a nanowire extending from the nanofeature, the nanowire having metallic spheres formed therein, the spheres being characterized as having at least one of about a uniform diameter and about a uniform spacing there between. A method for forming a nanostructure is also presented. A method for reading and writing data is also presented. A method for preparing nanoparticles is also presented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051681 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093494 | Gur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilan Gur (San Francisco, California); Delia Milliron (Berkeley, California); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California); Haitao Liu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for forming functionalized nanorods. The process includes providing a substrate, modifying the substrate by depositing a self-assembled monolayer of a bi-functional molecule on the substrate, wherein the monolayer is chosen such that one side of the bi-functional molecule binds to the substrate surface and the other side shows an independent affinity for binding to a nanocrystal surface, so as to form a modified substrate. The process further includes contacting the modified substrate with a solution containing nanocrystal colloids, forming a bound monolayer of nanocrystals on the substrate surface, depositing a polymer layer over the monolayer of nanocrystals to partially cover the monolayer of nanocrystals, so as to leave a layer of exposed nanocrystals, functionalizing the exposed nanocrystals, to form functionalized nanocrystals, and then releasing the functionalized nanocrystals from the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/667101 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093628 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Rongrui He (El Cerrito, California); Joshua Goldberger (Berkeley, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Deyu Li (Albany, California); Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluidic nanotube devices are described in which a hydrophilic, non-carbon nanotube, has its ends fluidly coupled to reservoirs. Source and drain contacts are connected to opposing ends of the nanotube, or within each reservoir near the opening of the nanotube. The passage of molecular species can be sensed by measuring current flow (source-drain, ionic, or combination). The tube interior can be functionalized by joining binding molecules so that different molecular species can be sensed by detecting current changes. The nanotube may be a semiconductor, wherein a tubular transistor is formed. A gate electrode can be attached between source and drain to control current flow and ionic flow. By way of example an electrophoretic array embodiment is described, integrating MEMs switches. A variety of applications are described, such as: nanopores, nanocapillary devices, nanoelectrophoretic, DNA sequence detectors, immunosensors, thermoelectric devices, photonic devices, nanoscale fluidic bioseparators, imaging devices, and so forth. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027428 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093840 | Douglas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Douglas (York County, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using off-axis particle beam injection in energy-recovering linear accelerators that increases operational efficiency while eliminating the need to merge the high energy re-circulating beam with an injected low energy beam. In this arrangement, the high energy re-circulating beam and the low energy beam are manipulated such that they are within a predetermined distance from one another and then the two immerged beams are injected into the linac and propagated through the system. The configuration permits injection without geometric beam merging as well as decelerated beam extraction without the use of typical beamline elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316059 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/505 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094023 | El-Kady et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ihab F. El-Kady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Phononic crystals that have the ability to modify and control the thermal black body phonon distribution and the phonon component of heat transport in a solid. In particular, the thermal conductivity and heat capacity can be modified by altering the phonon density of states in a phononic crystal. The present invention is directed to phononic crystal devices and materials such as radio frequency (RF) tags powered from ambient heat, dielectrics with extremely low thermal conductivity, thermoelectric materials with a higher ratio of electrical-to-thermal conductivity, materials with phononically engineered heat capacity, phononic crystal waveguides that enable accelerated cooling, and a variety of low temperature application devices. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394831 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094301 | Saveliev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei V. Saveliev (Chicago, Illinois); Serguei A. Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); David M. Rue (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for real-time monitoring of the interior of a combustor or gasifier wherein light emitted by the interior surface of a refractory wall of the combustor or gasifier is collected using an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end. Color information in the light is captured with primary color (RGB) filters or complimentary color (GMCY) filters placed over individual pixels of color sensors disposed within a digital color camera in a BAYER mosaic layout, producing RGB signal outputs or GMCY signal outputs. The signal outputs are processed using intensity ratios of the primary color filters or the complimentary color filters, producing video images and/or thermal images of the interior of the combustor or gasifier. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/180676 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094689 | Koplow |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser apparatus includes a plurality of pumps each of which is configured to emit a corresponding pump laser beam having a unique peak wavelength. The laser apparatus includes a spectral beam combiner configured to combine the corresponding pump laser beams into a substantially spatially-coherent pump laser beam having a pump spectrum that includes the unique peak wavelengths, and first and second selectively reflective elements spaced from each other to define a lasing cavity including a lasing medium therein. The lasing medium generates a plurality of gain spectra responsive to absorbing the pump laser beam. Each gain spectrum corresponds to a respective one of the unique peak wavelengths of the substantially spatially-coherent pump laser beam and partially overlaps with all other ones of the gain spectra. The reflective elements are configured to promote emission of a laser beam from the lasing medium with a peak wavelength common to each gain spectrum. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184499 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094886 | Roskovensky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Roskovensky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Prabal Nandy (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brian N Post (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-automated method for detecting a vessel in water based on an image of a portion of Earth includes generating a thermal anomaly mask. The thermal anomaly mask flags each pixel of the image initially deemed to be a wake pixel based on a comparison of a thermal value of each pixel against other thermal values of other pixels localized about each pixel. Contiguous pixels flagged by the thermal anomaly mask are grouped into pixel clusters. A shape of each of the pixel clusters is analyzed to determine whether each of the pixel clusters represents a possible vessel detection event. The possible vessel detection events are represented visually within the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/574741 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095585 | Bhanot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gyan V. Bhanot (Princeton, New Jersey); Dong Chen (Croton-On-Hudson, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Mount Kisco, New York); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present in invention is directed to a method, system and program storage device for efficiently implementing a multidimensional Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of a multidimensional array comprising a plurality of elements initially distributed in a multi-node computer system comprising a plurality of nodes in communication over a network, comprising: distributing the plurality of elements of the array in a first dimension across the plurality of nodes of the computer system over the network to facilitate a first one-dimensional FFT; performing the first one-dimensional FFT on the elements of the array distributed at each node in the first dimension; re-distributing the one-dimensional FFT-transformed elements at each node in a second dimension via “all-to-all” distribution in random order across other nodes of the computer system over the network; and performing a second one-dimensional FFT on elements of the array re-distributed at each node in the second dimension, wherein the random order facilitates efficient utilization of the network thereby efficiently implementing the multidimensional FFT. The “all-to-all” re-distribution of array elements is further efficiently implemented in applications other than the multidimensional FFT on the distributed-memory parallel supercomputer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931898 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095811 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda A. Peters (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for reducing power consumption while synchronizing a plurality of compute nodes during execution of a parallel application that include: beginning, by each compute node, performance of a blocking operation specified by the parallel application, each compute node beginning the blocking operation asynchronously with respect to the other compute nodes; reducing, for each compute node, power to one or more hardware components of that compute node in response to that compute node beginning the performance of the blocking operation; and restoring, for each compute node, the power to the hardware components having power reduced in response to all of the compute nodes beginning the performance of the blocking operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/129223 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08091445 | Stevens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Stevens (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Robert F. Handschuh (North Olmsted, Ohio); David G. Lewicki (Avon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-speed transmission having an input shaft and an output shaft, the transmission being capable of transitioning between fixed ratios, the high-range ratio being direct 1:1 and the low-range ratio being about 2:1. The transmission is a simple lightweight, yet robust, configuration utilizing only two gear meshes, being comprised of an input gear, a cluster gear, and an output gear. The transmission is controlled with a clutch and a sprag and with the input and output shafts turning in the same direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/431456 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08091481 | Floyd |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Floyd (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A staged rocket apparatus includes first and second stages connected by a releasable connector. A plurality of pressurized gas struts are connected between the first and second stages and provide a separating force urging the first and second stages apart. The gas struts are held in a telescopingly collapsed first position by the releasable connector. The separating force is maintained at a minimum value so long as the releasable connector holds the struts in their first position. When the releasable connector is disconnected the separating force increases due to gas flow through a metering passage having a progressively increasing flow area from a high pressure chamber to a low pressure chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434388 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092031 | Antonille et al. |
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| 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) | Scott R. Antonille (Beltsville, Maryland); Thomas E. Wallace (Parkton, Maryland); David A. Content (Bowie, Maryland); Shane W. Wake (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for mounting a mirror for use in a telescope includes attaching the mirror to a plurality of adjustable mounts; determining a distortion in the mirror caused by the plurality adjustable mounts, and, if the distortion is determined to be above a predetermined level: adjusting one or more of the adjustable mounts; and determining the distortion in the mirror caused by the adjustable mounts; and in the event the determined distortion is determined to be at or below the predetermined level, rigidizing the adjustable mounts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569090 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/871 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092622 | Clausen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Clausen (Chuluota, Florida); Cherie Geiger (Geneva, Florida); Michael Sigman (Oviedo, Florida); Rebecca Fidler (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Bimetallic alloys prepared in a ball milling process, such as iron nickel (FeNi), iron palladium (FePd), and magnesium palladium (MgPd) provide in situ catalyst system for remediating and degrading nitro explosive compounds. Specifically, munitions, such as, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), cyclo-1,3,5-trimethylene-2,4,6-trinitramine (RDX), nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine that have become contaminants in groundwater, soil, and other structures are treated on site to remediate explosive contamination. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478413 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092774 | Khabashesku et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Haiqing Peng (Houston, Texas); John L. Margrave (Bellaire, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward compositions comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are sidewall-functionalized with amino acid groups, and to amino acid compositions comprising carbon nanotubes. The present invention is also directed to simple and relatively inexpensive methods for the preparation of such compositions. Such compositions are expected to greatly extend the bio-medical applications of CNTs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/585591 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093064 | Shah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of utilizing magnetic particles or beads (MBs) in droplet-based (or digital) microfluidics are disclosed. The methods may be used in enrichment or separation processes. A first method employs the droplet meniscus to assist in the magnetic collection and positioning of MBs during droplet microfluidic operations. The sweeping movement of the meniscus lifts the MBs off the solid surface and frees them from various surface forces acting on the MBs. A second method uses chemical additives to reduce the adhesion of MBs to surfaces. Both methods allow the MBs on a solid surface to be effectively moved by magnetic force. Droplets may be driven by various methods or techniques including, for example, electrowetting, electrostatic, electromechanical, electrophoretic, dielectrophoretic, electroosmotic, thermocapillary, surface acoustic, and pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465935 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093094 | Stahle et al. |
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| 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) | Carl M. Stahle (Severna Park, Maryland); Bradford H. Parker (Columbia, Maryland); Sachidananda R. Babu (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for applying blocking contacts on an n-type CdZnTe specimen includes cleaning the CdZnTe specimen; etching the CdZnTe specimen; chemically surface treating the CdZnTe specimen; and depositing blocking metal on at least one of a cathode surface and an anode surface of the CdZnTe specimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/137844 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093348 | Chuang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun-Hua Chuang (Brecksville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the compositions and processes for preparing thermoset and thermoplastic polyimides derived from novel asymmetrical dianhydrides: specifically 2,3,3′,4′ benzophenone dianhydride (a-BTDA), and 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (a-6FDA). The a-BTDA anhydride is prepared by Suzuki coupling with catalysts from a mixed anhydride of 3,4-dimethylbenzoic acid or 2,3-dimethylbenzoic acid with 2,3-dimethylphenylboronic acid or 3,4-dimethylphenylboronic acid respectively, to form 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethylbenzophenone which is oxidized to form 2,3,3′,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid followed by cyclodehydration to obtain a-BTDA. The a-6FDA is prepared by nucleophilic triflouoromethylation of 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethylbenzophenone with trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane to form 3,4′-(trifluoromethylmethanol)-bis(o-xylene) which is converted to 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene-bis(o-xylene). The 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)-bis(o-xylene) is oxidized to the corresponding tetraacid followed by cyclodehydration to yield a-6FDA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894290 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/271 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093588 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); He Yan (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Dielectric compositions comprising siloxane and polymeric components, as can be used in a range of transistor and related device configurations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562800 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094008 | Solie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Sensor Research and Development Corporation (Arnold, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leland P. Solie (Chetek, Wisconsin); Jacqueline H. Hines (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for distinguishing between sensors that are to be wirelessly detected is provided. An interrogator device uses different, distinct time delays in the sensing signals when interrogating the sensors. The sensors are provided with different distinct pedestal delays. Sensors that have the same pedestal delay as the delay selected by the interrogator are detected by the interrogator whereas other sensors with different pedestal delays are not sensed. Multiple sensors with a given pedestal delay are provided with different codes so as to be distinguished from one another by the interrogator. The interrogator uses a signal that is transmitted to the sensor and returned by the sensor for combination and integration with the reference signal that has been processed by a function. The sensor may be a surface acoustic wave device having a differential impulse response with a power spectral density consisting of lobes. The power spectral density of the differential response is used to determine the value of the sensed parameter or parameters. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/267153 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094306 | Park et al. |
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| 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) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Glen C. King (Williamsburg, Virginia); James R. Elliott (Vesuvius, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectrometer includes a micro-ring grating device having coaxially-aligned ring gratings for diffracting incident light onto a target focal point, a detection device for detecting light intensity, one or more actuators, and an adjustable aperture device defining a circular aperture. The aperture circumscribes a target focal point, and directs a light to the detection device. The aperture device is selectively adjustable using the actuators to select a portion of a frequency band for transmission to the detection device. A method of detecting intensity of a selected band of incident light includes directing incident light onto coaxially-aligned ring gratings of a micro-ring grating device, and diffracting the selected band onto a target focal point using the ring gratings. The method includes using an actuator to adjust an aperture device and pass a selected portion of the frequency band to a detection device for measuring the intensity of the selected portion. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487735 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094384 | Mungas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg S. Mungas (Arcadia, California); John Boynton (Pasadena, California); Cesar A. Sepulveda (Glendale, California); Alicia Nunes de Sepulveda, legal representative (Col. An Mexico City, Mexico); Yekta Gursel (Temple City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system comprising two lens cells, each lens cell comprising multiple lens elements, to provide imaging over a very wide image distance and within a wide range of magnification by changing the distance between the two lens cells. An embodiment also provides scannable laser spectroscopic measurements within the field-of-view of the instrument. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/961357 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/765 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094731 | Ray et al. |
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| 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) | Timothy J. Ray (Columbia, Maryland); Vuong T. Ly (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for coordinating communications between a ground station, a control center, and a spacecraft. The method receives a call to a simple, unified application programmer interface implementing communications protocols related to outer space, when instruction relates to receiving a command at the control center for the ground station generate an abstract message by agreeing upon a format for each type of abstract message with the ground station and using a set of message definitions to configure the command in the agreed upon format, encode the abstract message to generate an encoded message, and transfer the encoded message to the ground station, and perform similar actions when the instruction relates to receiving a second command as a second encoded message at the ground station from the control center and when the determined instruction type relates to transmitting information to the control center. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357081 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08095485 | Curtis |
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| 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) | Steven A. Curtis (Dayton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and computer readable-media for creating a stable synthetic neural system. The method includes training an intellectual choice-driven synthetic neural system (SNS), training an emotional rule-driven SNS by generating emotions from rules, incorporating the rule-driven SNS into the choice-driven SNS through an evolvable interface, and balancing the emotional SNS and the intellectual SNS to achieve stability in a nontrivial autonomous environment with a Stability Algorithm for Neural Entities (SANE). Generating emotions from rules can include coding the rules into the rule-driven SNS in a self-consistent way. Training the emotional rule-driven SNS can occur during a training stage in parallel with training the choice-driven SNS. The training stage can include a self assessment loop which measures performance characteristics of the rule-driven SNS against core genetic code. The method uses a stability threshold to measure stability of the incorporated rule-driven SNS and choice-driven SNS using SANE. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353637 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08092647 | Akhtar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masood Akhtar (Middleton, Wisconsin); William Robert Kenealy (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric Horn (Madison, Wisconsin); Ross E. Swaney (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method for producing a pulp from a fibrous lignocellulose material or source using a treatment or pretreatment step which exposes the material to oxalic acid derivatives, particularly dialkyl ester derivatives, particularly in the vapor phase. Once treated, the material may be refined using any one of the several pulping methods to produce a final pulp product and the production of the product is accompanied by strength increases in paper made from the pulp and energy savings in making the pulp, hi addition the treatment or pretreatment produces a soluble carbohydrate source and other components (e.g. acetic acid, other wood components) for further product development. In certain cases a pulp product is not produced and all of the carbohydrate present in the lignocellulose is converted into soluble sugars. |
| FILED | Monday, July 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/994375 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Paper making and fiber liberation 162/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092789 | Teal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter E. A. Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Don L. Silhacek (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition containing undecane, hexanal, 1-pentanol, decane, and 2-pentylfuran is an effective attractant for adult female Indian meal moths (Plodia interpunctella). The composition may be used alone or with a carrier component. The composition may be used in combination with any insect trapping means known in the art, as required for a specific application. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/362236 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08092080 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Mitchell (Oviedo, Florida); Anand A. Kulkarni (Oviedo, Florida); Ramesh Subramanian (Oviedo, Florida); Edward R. Roesch (Orlando, Florida); Rod Waits (Sunnyvale, California); Roberto Schupbach (Fayetteville, Arkansas); John R. Fraley (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Alexander B. Lostetter (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Brice McPherson (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Bryon Western (West Fork, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit affixed to a moving part of an engine for sensing and processing the temperature of the part. The circuit generates a signal representative of the temperature sensed by a thermocouple (110) and amplified by an amplifier (112). A square wave oscillator (113) with a temperature sensitive capacitor (C8) varies its frequency in response to changes of a local temperature of the circuit. A chopper (114, J27) converts the output of the amplifier into an alternating current signal. The chopper is gated by the square wave oscillator and a second input is coupled to an output of the amplifier. Thus, the chopper has an output signal having a frequency representative of the local temperature and an amplitude representative of the thermocouple temperature, whereby the combined signals represent the true temperature of the part. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192366 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094900 | Steines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ConforMIS, Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bijan Timsari (San Diego, California); Konstantinos Tsougarakis (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention there is provided methods for generating an isotropic or near-isotropic three-dimensional images from two-dimensional images. In accordance with the present invention the method includes, obtaining a first image of a body part in a first plane, wherein the first image generates a first image data volume; obtaining a second image of the body part in a second plane, wherein the second image generates a second image data volume; and combining the first and second image data volumes to form a resultant image data volume, wherein the resultant image data volume is isotropic or near-isotropic. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/614946 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08091854 | Kimbrew |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Department of Transportation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kade Allen Kimbrew (Electra, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for extracting broken delineators severed adjacent to a ground surface where the delineator was installed. A distal end of a delineator extractor may be positionable in a delineator conduit. At least a portion of the distal end of the delineator extractor may be configured to engage an interior surface of the delineator conduit when the delineator extractor is activated. Upon the delineator extractor engaging the delineator conduit, a user may activate a slide hammer of the delineator extractor to amplify a force applied by the user to assist in extracting the delineator conduit. A delineator extraction system may include an installer couplable to a distal end of an outer conduit of a delineator extractor. The installer may function to install or extract a delineator system. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723347 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094064 | Brenner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mats A. Brenner (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A processing function to monitor a horizontal delay gradient in satellite signals is provided. The processing function includes a satellite differencing module, a double differencing module, and a gradient estimator module. The satellite differencing module receives carrier phase measurements for at least two satellites from at least two reference receivers that have a known geometric relationship to each other. The satellites include a monitored satellite and at least one other satellite. The satellite differencing module determines differences in the carrier phase measurements between signals from the monitored satellite and at least one other satellite. The double differencing module forms double-differences between pairs of the at least two reference receivers; compensates the double-differences between the pairs for the known difference-in-position of the reference receivers; and averages the double differences. The gradient estimator module estimates a magnitude of the horizontal delay gradient based on the averaged compensated double-differences for the monitored satellite. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/717254 |
| 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 342/357.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08092531 | Centanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Centanni (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compositions for wound closure. More specifically, the present invention provides human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides (e.g., antimicrobial polypeptides and keratinocyte growth factor 2) and compositions and methods for making human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. In addition, the present invention provides methods for treatment of wounds with human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690160 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/15.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093582 | Perera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. G. Unil Perera (Mableton, Georgia); Steven George Matsik (Chamblee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual band photodetector for detecting infrared and ultraviolet optical signals is disclosed. Aspects include homojunction and heterojunction detectors comprised of one or more of GaN, AlGaN, and InGaN. In one aspect ultraviolet/infrared dual-band detector is disclosed that is configured to simultaneously detect UV and IR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907518 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08091854 | Kimbrew |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Department of Transportation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kade Allen Kimbrew (Electra, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for extracting broken delineators severed adjacent to a ground surface where the delineator was installed. A distal end of a delineator extractor may be positionable in a delineator conduit. At least a portion of the distal end of the delineator extractor may be configured to engage an interior surface of the delineator conduit when the delineator extractor is activated. Upon the delineator extractor engaging the delineator conduit, a user may activate a slide hammer of the delineator extractor to amplify a force applied by the user to assist in extracting the delineator conduit. A delineator extraction system may include an installer couplable to a distal end of an outer conduit of a delineator extractor. The installer may function to install or extract a delineator system. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723347 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08094910 | Xu et al. |
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| 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 image function on the basis of a plurality of projection profiles corresponding to a plurality of projection directions through a region of investigation, each projection profile including a series of value positions, wherein measured projection values corresponding to projection lines parallel to the respective projection direction are assigned to respective value positions and a plurality of remaining value positions are empty, comprises the steps of (a) assigning first interpolation values to the empty value positions for constructing a plurality of interpolation profiles on the basis of the projection profiles, wherein the first interpolation values are obtained from a first interpolation within a group of measured projection values having the same value position in different projection profiles, and (b) determining the image function by applying a predetermined reconstruction algorithm on the interpolation profiles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282877 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08094303 | Denney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Denney (Columbus, Ohio); Jay R. Eastman (Westerville, Ohio); Ta-Chieh Huang (Hilliard, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A detection system is used during irradiation of an interaction region of a structure with laser light. The structure includes embedded material. The detection system includes means for receiving light emitted from the interaction region. The detection system further includes means for separating the received light into a spectrum of wavelengths. The detection system further includes means for analyzing at least a portion of the spectrum for indications of embedded material within the interaction region. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986897 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08094610 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Charles W. Bostian (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | High quality communications among a diverse set of cognitive radio (CR) nodes is permitted while minimizing interference to primary and other secondary users by employing Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) in a Dynamic Cellular Cognitive System (DCCS). Diverse device types interoperate, cooperate, and communicate with high spectrum efficiency and do not require infrastructure to form the network. The dynamic cellular cognitive system can expand to a wider geographical distribution via linking to existing infrastructure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392419 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
08093041 — Method and apparatus for membrane-based, two-stage gas production from solid biomaterials
| US 08093041 | Nirmalakhandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nagamany Nirmalakhandan (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Geoffrey Smith (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention preferably relate to a method and apparatus for a two-stage membrane-based production of gas, preferably hydrogen gas or the like, from solid biological materials, preferably organic waste materials or the like, comprising anaerobic hydrolysis and fermentation and photofermentation using microorganisms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/011121 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/292.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08093624 | Renzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Bernard B. Kosicki (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodiode is provided by the invention, including an n-type active region and a p-type active region. A first one of the n-type and p-type active regions is disposed in a semiconductor substrate at a first substrate surface. A second one of the n-type and p-type active regions includes a high-field zone disposed beneath the first one of the active regions at a first depth in the substrate, a mid-field zone disposed laterally outward of the first active region at a second depth in the substrate greater than the first depth, and a step zone connecting the high-field zone and the mid-field zone in the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/354799 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08095494 | Andrade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); James Robert Harold Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis Ralph Degenaro (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for cross-triggering transitions in independent finite state machines is provided. For a given plurality of finite state machine definitions having a plurality of states and a plurality of transitions among the states, two or more independent instances of the plurality of finite state machine definitions are created. In addition, associations between two or more of the independent finite state machine instances are identified. The method uses cross-triggering rules that identify a condition in a first one of the associated independent finite state machine instances that triggers a transition action in a second one of the associated independent finite state machine instances. Each cross-triggering rule is triggered upon an occurrence of the cross-triggering rule condition, and the transition action in the second associated independent finite state machine instance is performed in response to the triggering of the cross-triggering rule. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/252515 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08095797 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia); Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia); Michael J. McGrath (Fairfax, Virginia); Isadore Schoen (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/457683 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08092128 | Bray et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alan V. Bray (Spicewood, Texas); Denise Dama Deppe (Austin, Texas); Gary Schmidt (Austin, Texas); John Lee Massingill (San Marcos, Texas); Clois E. Powell (Seguin, Texas); Pulinkumar Navinbhai Patel (San Marcos, Texas); Vijaykumar Madhawrao Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fastener suitable for use in airplane manufacture or repair that is coated with a pre-mixed moisture cure sealant. The sealant layer is coated with a frangible moisture barrier that will break apart when the fastener is installed, thus exposing the sealant to atmospheric moisture. Once exposed to moisture, the sealant will begin to cure. Preferred embodiments also provide a moisture indicator that provides a visual indication that the outer moisture resistant layer has been damaged. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/034636 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener 411/82.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08092990 | Voorhees |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent J. Voorhees (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for detection of microorganisms in a sample. Methods and apparatus of the invention are based on the specificity that phage, for example bacteriophage, have for target microorganisms, for example bacterium. Typically, phage adsorption to target microorganisms act as signal, or a signal target, for the presence of the target microorganism. Typically, the phage are labeled with a detectable signal. Apparatus of the invention are directed toward concentrating the phage adsorbed microorganisms at a predetermined site for flag dependent observation. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394936 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093430 | Sisler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward C. Sisler (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of applying cyclopropene amine derivatives and compositions thereof to inhibit ethylene receptors in plants and plant material are disclosed. Methods include applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of at least one cyclopropene amine compound or composition thereof. Cyclopropene amine compounds, enantiomers, stereoisomers or salts thereof are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/138548 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093565 | Herrero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeromautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Federico A. Herrero (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Theodore T. Finne (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind and temperature spectrometer (WTS) may detect the angular and energy distributions of neutral atoms/molecules and ions in two mutually perpendicular planes. The measured energy distribution at a known angle near the peak may be used to infer the full wind vector W. A WTS having a single ion source may be used in conjunction with a crossed small-deflection energy analyzer (SDEA). The crossed SDEA may combine the angular and energy distributions in the two mutually perpendicular planes into a single spectrometer with a single optical axis. A WTS having a single ion source may use less energy and occupy less space than a WTS with two ion sources. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695478 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/397 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08093956 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoxin Feng (Shakopee, Minnesota); Jeffrey Loukusa (Hamel, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature-compensated-resistance (TCR) circuit, which may be part of an integrated circuit, is provided. The TCR circuit consists of two resistors and a diode. The two resistors are connected in parallel and the diode is connected in series with one of the resistors. The two parallel legs of the TCR circuit may be connected to a reference voltage source, such as a ground. No specialized devices, such as bipolar transistors, Zener or Schottky diodes, or specially-processed resistors, are required by the TCR circuit. The resistors and the diode of the TCR circuit may be chosen to adjust for temperature variations in the resistance values of the resistor, leading to a negative, zero, or positive temperature coefficient of resistance for the circuit. A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit is described as an application of the TCR circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352100 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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