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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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| US 08096119 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Republic, Missouri); Zhiwei Yang (Richardson, Texas); Daniel J. Seyer (Ballwin, Missouri); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Jiyoung Oh (Dallas, Texas); Hui Xie (Richardson, Texas); Joselito Razal (Wollongong, Australia); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas); Alan G. MacDiarmid (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Robin B. McConnell, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Gayle P. Gentile, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); William Alexander Macaulay (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel-powered actuators are described wherein actuation is a consequence of electrochemical processes, chemical processes, or combinations thereof. These fuel-powered actuators include artificial muscles and actuators in which actuation is non-mechanical. The actuators range from large actuators to microscopic and nanoscale devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281411 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096224 | Martin 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) | Curtis A. Martin (Damascus, Maryland); Gilbert F. Lee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jeffry J. Fedderly (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's stratified composite material system of armor, as typically embodied, comprises a strike stratum and a backing stratum. The strike stratum includes elastomeric matrix material and inventive ceramic-inclusive elements embedded therein and arranged (e.g., in one or more rows and one or more columns) along a geometric plane corresponding to the front (initial strike) surface of the strike stratum. More rigid than the strike stratum, the backing stratum is constituted by, e.g., metallic (metal or metal alloy) material or fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix material. Some inventive embodiments also comprise a spall-containment stratum fronting the strike stratum. The inventive ceramic-inclusive elements geometrically describe any of various inventive modes, including: first mode, having a flat front face and a textured back face; second mode, having a pyramidal front section and a prismatoidal (especially, prismoidal, e.g., truncated pyramidal or prismatic) body section; hybrid mode, combining features of first and second modes. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731675 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096253 | Ruffa |
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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) | Anthony A. Ruffa (Hope Valley, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for automatically applying fairings to a cable as the cable is deployed from a winch are provided. Each fairing has two halves, with each half having a recess, or groove, to accommodate the cable. Like halves are connected together and the two halves are stored on separate spools. Counter-rotating wheels adjacent to and on opposite sides of the cable serve to feed the fairing halves from the spools to the cable as the cable is deployed. As the fairing halves approach the cable, magnets in the fairing halves are attract each other and bring the two halves together around the cable and firmly hold the two halves together. When the cable is retrieved, guides align the fairings such that a wedge can pry the two halves apart. The halves can be picked up by the wheels and fed back onto the spools. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/701007 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096254 | Bauer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of American as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bauer (San Diego, California); Kelly Krueger (La Mesa, California); Paul Ferrell (San Diego, California); James Arthur (El Cajon, California); Ryan Davis (Davenport, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In one preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a system for launching and recovering one or more unmanned, underwater vehicles. The system includes a surface vessel having a generally low waterline for transporting, launching and recovering the unmanned vehicles. The system provides the ability to transport, launch and recover unmanned vehicles from either the port or starboard sides of the surface vessel, utilizing an A-frame hoist assembly which can be moved laterally in a controlled manner between the port and starboard sides of the surface vessel for lifting the unmanned vehicles, and which can be pivoted in a controlled manner to provide the launch and recovery operations. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748530 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096256 | Mackie |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Mackie (Mansfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A passively-actuated lanyard clamp is disclosed that provides an improved ability to deploy a terminal weight or anchor in a body of water without some of the disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a mechanically-bistable latch for clamping a lanyard, wherein the latch is passively-actuated by a force that develops as a result of the terminal weight reaching the bottom of the body of water. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467179 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096350 | Drucker |
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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) | Andrew S. Drucker (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adjustable depth air sparging well system having a fixed depth or secondary air injection point and an adjustable depth or primary air injection point for injecting compressed air into saturated or groundwater regions of the soil's subsurface to remove volatile contaminants from the soil's subsurface. At least one flow-through air sparge packer which is slidably mounted within the well casing of the air sparging well system allows a user to adjust the depth at which the adjustable depth air injection point is set. The flow through air sparge packer is available in one, two and one half and five foot lengths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235961 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096712 | Solomon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property II, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Solomon (Dayton, Ohio); Donald Johnson (Fairborn, Ohio); Steven Mersch (Germantown, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A splicing method and splicing kit are suitable for creating a multimode mechanical splice. The splice may be used, for example, in Aircraft Battle Damage Repair operations. The splice utilizes two cylindrical inner crimp sleeves and an outer crimping assembly. The inner crimp sleeves are placed over prepared fiber cable ends, and the fiber core is cleaved. The cable ends are then inserted into an outer cannula of the outer crimping assembly. The cannula guides the inner crimp sleeves, and the cleaved fiber ends enter a glass ferrule in the cannula. The glass ferrule has a triangular bore containing an index matching gel. A window in the cannula and a magnifying viewer are provided to visually confirm the splice quality. The fibers may be cleaved by forming a circumferential score on the fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/977022 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08096808 | Trotsky 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) | Joey Trotsky (Oxnard, California); Jeff Karrh (Ventura, California); Joseph Saenz (Camarillo, California); Leslie Ann Karr (Oak View, California); Luis Javier Malvar (Newbury Park, California); James E. Tancreto (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An alternative steel and concrete target configurable to represent a wide variety of military surplus vehicles is described herein. The alternative steel and concrete target is used as a hard target for training on high explosives bombing ranges. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/186736 |
| ART UNIT | 3711 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097173 | Sailor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Yang Yang Li (Irvine, California); Nathan Trujillo (San Diego, California); Jason Dorvee (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides porous particles that produce a predetermined optical response and that may be manipulated magnetically. A preferred particle of the invention has a porous structure that produces a predetermined optical response and magnetic material adhered to the particle. Another preferred particle is amphiphilic. The optical response provided by a particle of the invention enables particles of the invention to be used in sensing, labeling, signaling, display and many other applications. The magnetic nature of the present magnetic particles permits the particles themselves to be manipulated, e.g., vibrated, moved and re-oriented. The porous particles can also be used to control, move, and/or deliver small volumes of liquids and solids associated with the particles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632914 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097242 | Santin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro D. Santin (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | TADG-12 and CA125 are two proteins expressed with high specificity in ovarian cancer tumors. They thus would be potential antigens for immunotherapy in ovarian cancer. The invention is based on the discovery of peptides in TADG-12 and CA125 that can be used to induce an autologous T cell response that lyses ovarian cancer cells expressing TADG-12 or CA125. The peptides are contacted with dendritic cells in vitro to generate peptide-loaded dendritic cells. The peptide-loaded dendritic cells are contacted with T cells in vitro to amplify CD8+ T cells that recognize the peptide. At least one CA125 peptide and at least one TADG-12 peptide were found that amplified CD8+ T cells, even from cancer patients, that lysed autologous CA125-expressing or TADG-12-expressing tumor cells. The peptide-loaded dendritic cells can be administered to a cancer patient to amplify CD8+ T cells in vivo that attack the cancer cells. Alternatively, autologous CD8+ T cells can be amplified ex vivo and then infused into the cancer patient. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973132 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097303 | Perepezko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Joon S. Park (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing multilayered, oxidation-resistant structures on substrates are provided. The methods comprise depositing silicon dioxide on a substrate comprising molybdenum and boron and annealing the silicon dioxide at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a coating comprising a borosilicate scale on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474977 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097343 | Mahmud et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triton Systems, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); DSM IP Assets B.V. (, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khaled Mahmud (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Franciscus Johannes Marie Derks (Heythuysen, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes compositions and methods for trapping/capturing and/or destroying dangerous substances such as chemical and biological warfare agents. The present invention relates to dendritic polymers, specifically, to quaternary ammonium functionalized dendritic polymers and N-Halamine functionalized dendritic polymers. Such dendrimers are useful for the capture and neutralization of biological and chemical warfare agents. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/423580 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097454 | Spiegelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir S. Spiegelman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Neehar Bhatia (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A model system for screening and identification of compounds that interfere with Gli2 dependent tumorigenesis and provide potential use as anticancer agents is provided. In particular, the invention includes a Gli2 protein having an S662A point mutation that interferes with binding by the ubiquitin-ligase β-TrCP. The mutation inhibits Gli2 degradation by the ubiquitin pathway. Gli2 stability and half-life are increased in the host cell resulting in an increase in Gli2-dependent transcription and concomitant neoplasia and tumorigenesis. Expression of the Gli2 mutant allows for the high throughput screening of compounds that interfere with the tumorigenesis thereby identifying anticancer agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739182 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — 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 |
| US 08097455 | Larkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sarah Calve (Chicago, Illinois); Tatiana Y. Kostriminova (Schererville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming a skeletal muscle construct include primary muscle cells provided on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, the cells cultured in vitro such that the cells form a confluent monolayer; at least two anchors secured to the monolayer in spaced relationship; and at least one secondary tissue, such as neural or tendon tissue, provided in contact with the monolayer such that the monolayer detaches from the substrate and self-organizes to at least partially surround the at least one secondary tissue, thereby forming a three-dimensional skeletal muscle construct having a functional interface with the secondary tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025147 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097456 | Borenstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); David Carter (Maynard, Massachusetts); Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to tissue engineered compositions and methods comprising nanotopographic surface topography (“nanotopography”) for use in modulating the organization and/or function of multiple cell types. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/568574 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097588 | Fukuda |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Fukuda (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for promoting sperm motility, promoting embryonic stem cell formation, promoting trophoblast formation, or promoting neuronal growth. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that bind trophinin, inhibit bystin-mediated arrest of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, and promotes EGF receptor autophosphorylation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/026810 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097683 | Keller 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) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoset and method of making such by crosslinking a mixture of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane having pendent siloxane groups or unsaturated carbon bonds and a siloxylcarborane compound having unsaturated carbon bonds. |
| FILED | Monday, January 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/692724 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/326.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097741 | Webster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Dipak Chattopadhyay (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to solvent-containing two-component polyurethane moisture cured hybrid sol-gel coating formulation comprising 1) an epoxy-functional binder with carbamate functionality and 2) a blended curing component comprising at least one sol gel precursor and an amine crosslinker. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/593716 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097877 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Lian Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Yang (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inorganic semiconducting compounds, composites and compositions thereof, and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/642217 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098070 | Lopez et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Lopez (Dixon, California); Ingo Cyliax (Woodland, California); Michael Caisse (Cameron Park, California); Darrell R. Word (Leander, Texas); Rod Sorenson (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The instrument utilizes at least one electromagnetic signal transmitter and at least one electromagnetic signal receiver with the receiver detecting a receiver signal responsive to the transmitter signal and indicative of subterranean details adjacent to the instrument. The instrument is attachable to a tow vehicle for transport and includes a GPS antenna and tags data gathered by the instrument with GPS position information. The instrument is formed in modular sections which can be removably attached for collapsing into a smaller space and to allow for flexible configuration of the instrument in various different ways. A wheeled carriage is provided to carry the instrument over the ground. Antennas for the transmitter and receiver, as well as circuitry and cooling systems are all provided to supply the instrument with high resolution and a clear signal indicative of the position and characteristics of subterranean details of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220617 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098155 | Gloo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Assured Information Security, Inc. (Rome, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Michael Gloo (Mohawk, New York); Jacob Michael Baker (Rome, New York); Alexander James Williams (Schenectady, New York); Jason S. Lashure (Marcy, New York); Robert James Durham (Rome, New York); Nicholas Lawrence Owens (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for locating a target wireless device is disclosed. At least one directional antenna is swept through a field of view at each of a plurality of sensing locations. A position is determined for each of the plurality of sensing locations. During the sweep at each of the plurality of sensing locations, a set of signal strength data for the target wireless device and a set of bearing information are collected. A plurality of lines of bearing are determined, one from each of the plurality of sensing locations to the target wireless device, based on the determined position, the collected set of signal strength data, and bearing information for each of the plurality of sensing locations. A target location of the target wireless device is determined based on an intersection of at least two lines of bearing from the plurality of lines of bearing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/472060 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098183 | Pedersen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard N. Pedersen (Toms River, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method conveys information over a network to client processors, each with a maximum analysis rate. Sensed signals include target track updates generated at an aggregate track update rate depending on the number of targets and sensors. The track updates are prioritized. The prioritized updates are analyzed, for each client, in view a channel-priority representing the time rate of updates previously sent to the client. The selected higher-priority updates are destined for the client at an average rate no greater than the maximum analysis rate of the client. The lower-priority track updates not destined for the client are deleted. The selected updates are transmitted to their client processors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/403733 |
| 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 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098196 | Feria |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erlan H. Feria (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The time compression processor coding methodology gives rise to an exceedingly fast clutter covariance processor compressor (CCPC). The CCPC includes a look up memory containing a very small number of predicted clutter covariances (PCCs) that are suitably designed off-line (e.g., in advance) using a discrete number of clutter to noise ratios (CNRs) and shifted antenna patterns (SAPs), where the SAPs are mathematical computational artifices not physically implemented. The on-line selection of the best PCC is achieved by investigating for each case, e.g., each range bin, the actual CNR, as well as the clutter cell centroid (CCC), which conveys information about the best SAP to select. The advanced CCPC is a ‘lossy’ processor coder that inherently arises from a novel practical and theoretical foundation for signal processing, namely, processor coding, that is the time compression signal processing dual of space compression source coding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296908 |
| 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 342/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098248 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for modeling components of a stream processing application, includes: defining an input message pattern of a processing element, wherein the input message pattern includes variables representing data objects that must be included in a message input to the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects that must be included in the message input to the processing element; and defining an output message pattern of the processing element, wherein the output message pattern includes variables and new data objects, the variables and new data objects representing data objects that must be included in a message output from the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects in the message output from the processing element. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695457 |
| 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 08098474 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TASER International, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Arizona); Magne H. Nerheim (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A cartridge for a system that uses a stimulus signal for immobilizing a human or animal target includes a propellant and a projectile propelled away from about the cartridge by the propellant. The projectile includes a power supply, a waveform generator, and several electrodes. The waveform generator is powered by the power supply. The waveform generator includes a processor. The electrodes complete a stimulus delivery circuit to conduct a current through the target. The waveform generator generates the current to include a first series of pulses and a second series of pulses. The second series begins after the first series is completed. The first series has a first pulse repetition rate determined by the processor. Each pulse of the first series has a first pulse width of from about 10 to about 1000 microseconds. Each pulse of the first series delivers through the target a first charge per pulse of from about 50 to about 500 microcoulombs. The second series has a second pulse repetition rate determined by the processor to be less than the first pulse repetition rate. Each pulse of the second series delivers through the target a charge greater than a minimum charge per pulse. A product of the second pulse repetition rate and the minimum charge per pulse is greater than 250. |
| FILED | Friday, December 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/983159 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098702 | Freeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Will Freeman (Ridgecrest, California); Gamani Karunasiri (Pacific Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Quantum Cascade (QC) structure(s) for use in Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) that use step quantum well(s) in which the radiative and LO-phonon transitions are both vertical transitions and within the same step well. This approach allows for a high oscillator strength and uses LO-phonon scattering for fast depopulation of the middle state (lower lasing state) for maintaining a population inversion. The step also reduces unwanted injection into the lower lasing state due to spatial separation of the wavefunctions. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555597 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/46.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098713 | Baxley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert John Baxley (Atlanta, Georgia); John Eric Kleider (Atlanta, Georgia); Kelly Anderson (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment for wirelessly communicating a signal includes a transmitter generating and transmitting a wireless signal over a wireless communication channel. The wireless signal includes a guard band, data represented within a plurality of data-bearing subcarriers, and a plurality of pilot signals represented within a plurality of pilot subcarriers. In an embodiment, the plurality of pilot signals have variable pilot signal parameters selected from a group of parameters that includes pilot power and pilot spacing with respect to adjacent pilots. An embodiment further includes a receiver receiving a channel-affected version of the wireless signal, and producing a corrected signal by applying corrections to the received signal based on estimated channel perturbations within the received signal, where the estimated channel perturbations are determined based on the plurality of pilot signals. The receiver also produces an output data symbol from the corrected signal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/102677 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098886 | Koch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christof Koch (Pasadena, California); Laurent Itti (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of image salience in a visual display of an image. The image is analyzed at multiple spatial scales and over multiple feature channels to determine the likely salience of different portions of the image. One application for the system is in an advertising context. The detection may be improved by second order statistics, e.g. mean and the standard deviations of different image portions relative to other portions. Different edges may be considered as being extended edges by looking at the edges over multiple spatial scales. One set of feature channels can be optimized for use in moving images, and can detect motion or flicker. The images can be obtained over multiple spectral ranges the user can be instructed about how to maximize the saliency. This can be applied to automatically evaluate and optimize sales or advertisement displays. |
| FILED | Monday, May 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/430684 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098966 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Ankara, Turkey); Fabien Soren (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Winter Park, Florida); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy R. Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a thermal sensing fiber grid, including a plurality of rows and columns of thermal sensing fibers, each of which includes a semiconducting element that has a fiber length and that is characterized by a bandgap energy corresponding to a selected operational temperature range of the fiber in which there can be produced a change in thermally-excited electronic charge carrier population in the semiconducting element in response to a temperature change in the selected temperature range. There is included at least one pair of conducting electrodes in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator along the fiber length. An electronic circuit is provided for and connected to each thermal sensing fiber for producing an indication of thermal sensing fiber grid coordinates of a change in ambient temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818233 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098968 | Green et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Michael John Green (Astoria, New York); Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Yurii A. Vlasov (Katonah, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermally switched Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) photo electronic device includes a silicon layer including an optical waveguide and a silicide heating element horizontally adjacent to the waveguide. The waveguide has a refractive index that changes with heat applied to the waveguide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849591 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099147 | Parel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Marie Parel (Miami Shores, Florida); Fabrice Manns (Coral Gables, Florida); David S. Robinson (Kansas City, Missouri); Peter Milne (Miami, Florida); David B. Denham (Miami, Florida); Xochitl Gonzalez-Cirre (Madrid, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of thermally inducing and monitoring changes to localized regions of tissue illuminating a volume of tissue with a first beam of X-rays, detecting the portions of the first beam of X-rays that passed through the volume of tissue, generating a first X-ray image signal from the portions of X10 rays of the first beam detected, applying heat to at least a localized region of tissue within the volume of tissue after the illuminating and after the detecting, illuminating the volume of tissue with a second beam of X-rays, detecting portions of the second beam of X-rays that passed through the volume of tissue during the illuminating with the second beam of X-rays, generating a second X-ray image signal from the portions of X-rays of the second beam detected, and generating a difference image signal based upon a comparison of the first and second X-ray image signals. The difference image signal provides information of changes in X-ray attenuation by localized regions of tissue within the volume of tissue due to the application of heat. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/081278 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099681 | Flanagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Flanagan (Eastville, Virginia); Larry D. Auton (Stirling, New Jersey); Keith B. Bingaman (Randolph, New Jersey); Charles Fleischman (Virgina Beach, Virginia); Philip M. Ginsberg (Newport Coast, California); Robert Hargis (Alexandria, Virginia); Tom Lee (Middletown, New Jersey); Gary J. Murakami (New Providence, New Jersey); David A. Radi (Annapolis, Maryland); Kenneth R. Rodemann (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Gerald C. Vogel (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); David M. Weimer (Matawan, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present solution addresses the displaying of multiple levels of information in a constrained display footprint in a manner that allows a user to be vigilant over the information. Systems and methods are described herein for organizing data and information queries against data sources in a relational display with hierarchical grids, linked to query results, score displays, and alert monitoring. In an embodiment of the present solution, a system allows an analyst to view results and status from monitoring numerous and persistent queries against real-time data streams. Many of these queries may be inter-related and composed in a way to comprehensively analyze a problem. To display, monitor, and interact with a collection of queries, the present solution provides a relational display that makes use of a set of grids via a feature referred to as “grid of grids”. The grids may be arranged in a hierarchy of any number of levels. For example, the grids may be arranged as a directed acyclic graph to facilitate nesting of grids, in which the grids are expanded according to the complexity and levels of granularity in the decomposition of queries for a problem or domain of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024722 |
| ART UNIT | 2171 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/853 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099781 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Genady Grabarnik (Scarsdale, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Trent R. Jaeger (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary method is provided for managing and mitigating security risks through planning. A first security-related information of a requested product is received. A second security-related information of resources that are available for producing the requested product is received. A multi-stage process with security risks managed by the first security-related information and the second security-related information is performed to produce the requested product. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/508327 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099792 | Hersam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Evanston, Illinois); Benjamin Leever (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Atomic force photovoltaic microscopy apparatus and related methodologies, as can be used to quantitatively measure spatial performance variations in functioning photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319454 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bakker (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexey Shvarev (Corvalis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a reversible electrochemical sensor for polyions. The sensor uses active extraction and ion stripping, which are controlled electrochemically. Spontaneous polyion extraction is suppressed by using membranes containing highly lipophilic electrolytes that possess no ion-exchange properties. Reversible extraction of polyions is induced by constant current pulse of fixed duration applied across the membrane. Subsequently, polyions are removed by applying a constant stripping potential. The sensors provide excellent stability and reversibility and allow for measurements of heparin concentration in whole blood samples via protamine titration. The sensors can also monitor a polyion concentration and an enzyme activity, wherein the polyion decomposition is directly proportional to the enzyme activity in a sample. Additionally, the sensors can monitor an enzyme inhibitor activity. Also, an immunoassay can be used to detect analytes by employing one of a polyion and an enzyme as markers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/494885 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097173 | Sailor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Yang Yang Li (Irvine, California); Nathan Trujillo (San Diego, California); Jason Dorvee (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides porous particles that produce a predetermined optical response and that may be manipulated magnetically. A preferred particle of the invention has a porous structure that produces a predetermined optical response and magnetic material adhered to the particle. Another preferred particle is amphiphilic. The optical response provided by a particle of the invention enables particles of the invention to be used in sensing, labeling, signaling, display and many other applications. The magnetic nature of the present magnetic particles permits the particles themselves to be manipulated, e.g., vibrated, moved and re-oriented. The porous particles can also be used to control, move, and/or deliver small volumes of liquids and solids associated with the particles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632914 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097260 | Apicella et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Deborah Post (Fairfax, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides lipid A deficient mutant Neisseria meningitidis cells, pharmaceutical compositions incorporating such cells, and methods of using such cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254681 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/250.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097283 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Fisher (Scarsdale, New York); Zahi A. Fayad (New York, New York); Kevin J. Williams (Winnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to synthetic nanoparticles useful as imaging agents for use in MRI, CT, Gamma-scintigraphy, or optical imaging techniques. The synthetic nanoparticles comprise at least one apolipoprotein that is not an apoB lipoprotein, at least one amphipathic lipid, and at least one metallic or non-metallic contrast agent linked through a chelator to a component of the nanoparticle, wherein the one metallic or non-metallic contrast agent is present in an amount of between 5% to about 50% (w/w) of the nanoparticle, and the nanoparticle has a diameter of from about 5 nm to about 50 nm. Compositions and kits comprising the synthetic nanoparticles and methods of making and using the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/557094 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097295 | Roper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Keith Roper (Salt Lake City, Utah); Wonmi Ahn (Salt Lake City, Utah); Benjamin Jeppson Taylor (West Jordan, Utah); Analía G. Dall'Asén (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of gold nanoparticles disposed on a surface of a substrate includes nanoparticles having an average particle density greater than 1.8×1011 particles per squared centimeter of the surface. The gold nanoparticles include a monomodal diameter distribution and an average diameter capable of being arbitrarily controlled between about 5 nm to about 300 nm. The surface may be a three-dimensional surface or an internal surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038088 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097410 | Stafford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrborro, North Carolina); Tao Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, comprising detecting in the subject the presence of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the VKOR gene, wherein the single nucleotide polymorphism is correlated with increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, thereby identifying the subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924707 |
| 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 08097415 | Vance et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery M. Vance (Coral Gables, Florida); Pascal J. Goldschmidt (Miami, Florida); Simon G. Gregory (Durham, North Carolina); William E. Kraus (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Elizabeth R. Hauser (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of identifying a subject having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, comprising: a) correlating the presence of one or more genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31 with an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease; and b) detecting the one or more genetic markers of step (a) in the subject, thereby identifying the subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Also provided are methods of identifying subjects with cardiovascular disease as having a good or poor prognosis, as well as methods of identifying effective treatment regimens for cardiovascular disease, based on correlation with genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888937 |
| 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 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097416 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Vanessa Harpin (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Vista, California); Yun Jiang (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of sepsis-causing bacteria by molecular mass and base composition analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/754174 |
| 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 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097422 | Pegan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Pegan (Oak Park, Illinois); Paul A. Slesinger (San Diego, California); Senyon Choe (Solana, California); Prafulla Aryal (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a three-dimensional structure of an alcohol bound to an alcohol-binding site of an inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channel, Kir channel alcohol modulators and methods for identifying Kir channel modulators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141026 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097428 | Grompe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus Grompe (Portland, Oregon); Philip R. Streeter (Portland, Oregon); Craig Dorrell (Portland, Oregon); Stephanie L. Abraham (Clancy, Montana); Kelsea M. Shoop (Oregon City, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated monoclonal antibodies are disclosed herein that specifically bind a cell surface antigen expressed on the human pancreatic endocrine cells or a subset thereof, and/or a precursor thereof. Isolated monoclonal antibodies are also disclosed herein that specifically bind a cell surface antigen expressed on human pancreatic exocrine cells or human ductal cells. Humanized forms of these antibodies, and functional fragments of these antibodies, are also disclosed. The antibodies can be conjugated to an effector molecule, such as a detectable marker, a therapeutic agent, or a toxin. These antibodies are of use to detect and isolate pancreatic cells or a subset thereof. The antibodies can be used for in vitro or in vivo detection and/or isolation of pancreatic endocrine cells. Methods of treating a pancreatic tumor are also disclosed. In several examples, the isolated monoclonal antibodies bind pancreatic endocrine cells and can be used to detect diabetes or a pancreatic endocrine cell tumor. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010737 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097443 | Thorson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon S. Thorson (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides mutant RmlA enzymes possessing an increased purine/pyrimidine bias in nucleotide triphosphate substrate specificity as compared to a corresponding non-mutated RmlA enzyme. Such enzymes expand the types of substrates that can be used in enzymatic glycorandomization methods thereby increasing diversity of chemical libraries. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/103798 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097455 | Larkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sarah Calve (Chicago, Illinois); Tatiana Y. Kostriminova (Schererville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming a skeletal muscle construct include primary muscle cells provided on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, the cells cultured in vitro such that the cells form a confluent monolayer; at least two anchors secured to the monolayer in spaced relationship; and at least one secondary tissue, such as neural or tendon tissue, provided in contact with the monolayer such that the monolayer detaches from the substrate and self-organizes to at least partially surround the at least one secondary tissue, thereby forming a three-dimensional skeletal muscle construct having a functional interface with the secondary tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025147 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 08097585 | Bach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fritz H. Bach (Manchester-by-the-sea, Massachusetts); Pascal O. Berberat (Heidelberg, Germany); Simon C. Robson (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the treatment of disorders using heme oxygenase-1 and heme degradation products. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/511612 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097588 | Fukuda |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Fukuda (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for promoting sperm motility, promoting embryonic stem cell formation, promoting trophoblast formation, or promoting neuronal growth. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that bind trophinin, inhibit bystin-mediated arrest of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, and promotes EGF receptor autophosphorylation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/026810 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097591 | Moe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California); Brent T. Hagen (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of their production and use, including use in increasing de-N-acetyl sialic acid antigen of a mammalian cell and methods that exploit the increase in deNAc sialic acid antigen on such cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/167909 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
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| US 08097609 | Borbas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Eszter Borbas (Stockholm, Sweden); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Porphyrinic compounds that contain solubilizing groups are described, along with methods of making and using the same and compositions comprising such compounds. Examples of such compounds include compounds of Formula (I) wherein: Z is a porphyrinic macrocyclic, Alk1 and Alk2 are each independently an alkylidene chain; L is a linking group or is absent; R1 is preferably an ionic group or polar group; R2 is an ionic group, polar group, bioconjugatable group, or targeting group: R3 is present or absent and when present is a halo group, bioconjugatable group, or targeting group, n is O or 1 (that is, the CH group is present, or Alk1 and Alk2 are bonded directly to a carbon of the porphyrinic macrocycle Z); or a salt thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/064656 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/185 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Glick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, hyperproliferation, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/303272 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/221 |
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| US 08097645 | Wyss-Coray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anton Wyss-Coray (Stanford, California); Mary J. Tanga (Los Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of disorders and conditions characterized by reduced TGF-β signaling are described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/249577 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
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| US 08097650 | Feinmark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University In The City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J Feinmark (Haworth, New Jersey); Richard B Robinson (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and compositions for treating a condition associated with phosphorylation of TASK-1 in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount of an agent effective to overcome the phosphorylation dependent loss of TASK-1 function so as to thereby treat the condition. In a specific embodiment of the invention the agent is a TREK-1 agonist. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/498343 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/476 |
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| US 08097701 | Carrico et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac S. Carrico (Stony Brook, New York); Brian L. Carlson (Richmond, California); Peng Wu (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compositions and methods for site-specific modification of proteins by incorporation of an aldehyde tag. Enzymatic modification at a sulfatase motif of the aldehyde tag through action of a formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE) generates a formylglycine (FGly) residue. The aldehyde moiety of FGly residue can be exploited as a chemical handle for site-specific attachment of a moiety of interest to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/163565 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 08097709 | Peoples et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novobiotic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Peoples (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Qibo Zhang (Albany, New York); Charles Moore (Boston, Massachusetts); Lucy Ling (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mithra Rothfeder (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kim Lewis (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to novel macrolactams and their analogs, to processes for the preparation of these novel macrolactams, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel macrolactams; and to methods of using the novel macrolactams to treat or inhibit various disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/196714 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/17.400 |
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| US 08097722 | Lamango |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazarlus Saah Lamango (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of the enzyme prenylated methylated protein methyl esterase (PMPMEase), the last step in the prenylation process for many eukaryotic proteins, having the general structure R1-X-A-B(R2)-Y or R1-X-A(R2)-B-Y, where R1 is preferably a polyisoprenyl group, X is a linking group, Y is a group that promotes affinity interactions to the active site of PMPMEase and imparts hydrolysis resistance to the inhibitor, A and B are bridge atoms, and R2 is a characteristic-providing substituent. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418946 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/243 |
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| US 08097728 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Board Of Trustees Of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baohua Gu (Malvern, Pennsylvania); Timothy M. Block (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Robert M. Moriarty (Michigan City, Indiana); Mahendra N. Deshpande (Gurnee, Illinois); Rajendra C. Shah (Morton Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An anti-viral compounds effective against viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae family, wherein the anti-viral compounds are 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol derivative compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, acyl, benzyl, alkyl, aryl, sulfonyl, phosphonyl, silyl, R6 is at least one of alkyl or branched alkyl, heteroalkyl or aryl, R6′ is a bridging group selected from at least one of bicycle[2.2.1]heptyl, bicycle[3.2.1]octyl, oxa analogs, admonyl and cubyl, n′=2-10, n″=1-10, enantiomers and stereoisomers of said compounds and physiologically acceptable salts or solvates of said compounds, enantiomer or stereoisomer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112694 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097750 | Deng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Deng (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The instability of carbamate-protected alkyl imines has greatly hampered the development of catalytic asymmetric Mannich reactions suitable for the synthesis of optically active carbamate-protected chiral alkyl amines. A highly enantioselective Mannich reaction with in situ generation of carbamate-protected imines from stable α-amido sulfones catalyzed by an organic catalyst has been developed. This reaction provides a concise and highly enantioselective route converting aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes into optically active aryl and alkyl β-amino acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/954853 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/155 |
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| US 08098859 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fan-Gang Zeng (Irvine, California); Sheng Liu (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices and systems for improving hearing and for treating hearing disorders, such as auditory neuropathies. A hearing enhancement system of this invention generally comprises; an amplitude modulation processor, a frequency high-pass processor, a frequency upward-shifting processor and a formant upward-shifting processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/917320 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/316 |
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| US 08099149 | Carroll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Wanyong Shin (Baltimore, Maryland); Jessy J. Mouannes (Elmwood Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calculating quantitative perfusion measurements using an MRI system includes a pulse sequence that acquires perfusion weighted images and additionally measures T1 values before and after the administration of a contrast agent. T1 values are measured by rapidly sampling a longitudinal relaxation curve and employed to determine the blood volume in tissue. A correction factor for the effect of water diffusion between blood vessels and the extravascular space is determined. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/941735 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/419 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nusensors, Inc. (Tujunga, California); University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabeel Agha Riza (Oviedo, Florida); Frank Perez (Tujunga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon Carbide (SiC) probe designs for extreme temperature and pressure sensing uses a single crystal SiC optical chip encased in a sintered SiC material probe. The SiC chip may be protected for high temperature only use or exposed for both temperature and pressure sensing. Hybrid signal processing techniques allow fault-tolerant extreme temperature sensing. Wavelength peak-to-peak (or null-to-null) collective spectrum spread measurement to detect wavelength peak/null shift measurement forms a coarse-fine temperature measurement using broadband spectrum monitoring. The SiC probe frontend acts as a stable emissivity Black-body radiator and monitoring the shift in radiation spectrum enables a pyrometer. This application combines all-SiC pyrometry with thick SiC etalon laser interferometry within a free-spectral range to form a coarse-fine temperature measurement sensor. RF notch filtering techniques improve the sensitivity of the temperature measurement where fine spectral shift or spectrum measurements are needed to deduce temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/468359 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/130 |
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| US 08096751 | Arrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Arrell (Oviedo, Florida); Allister W. James (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A component for use in a turbine engine including a first member and a second member associated with the first member. The second member includes a plurality of connecting elements extending therefrom. The connecting elements include securing portions at ends thereof that are received in corresponding cavities formed in the first member to attach the second member to the first member. The connecting elements are constructed to space apart a first surface of the second member from a first surface of the first member such that at least one cooling passage is formed between adjacent connecting elements and the first surface of the second member and the first surface of the first member. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/183168 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
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| US 08097064 | Lapshina et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elena V. Lapshina (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Boris L. Zhuikov (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Suresh C. Srivastava (Setauket, New York); Stanislav V. Ermolaev (Obninsk, Russian Federation); Natalia R. Togaeva (Obninsk, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of chemical recovery of no-carrier-added radioactive tin (NCA radiotin) from intermetallide TiSb irradiated with accelerated charged particles. An irradiated sample of TiSb can be dissolved in acidic solutions. Antimony can be removed from the solution by extraction with dibutyl ether. Titanium in the form of peroxide can be separated from tin using chromatography on strong anion-exchange resin. In another embodiment NCA radiotin can be separated from iodide solution containing titanium by extraction with benzene, toluene or chloroform. NCA radiotin can be finally purified from the remaining antimony and other impurities using chromatography on silica gel. NCA tin-117m can be obtained from this process. NCA tin-117m can be used for labeling organic compounds and biological objects to be applied in medicine for imaging and therapy of various diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425038 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/393 |
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| US 08097065 | Bleifuss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney L. Bleifuss (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Iwao Iwasaki (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Donald R. Fosnacht (Hermantown, Minnesota); Mark M. Brandon (Charlotte, North Carolina); Bradford G. True (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A hearth furnace 10 for producing metallic iron material has a furnace housing 11 having a drying/preheat zone 12, a conversion zone 13, a fusion zone 14, and optionally a cooling zone 15, the conversion zone 13 is between the drying/preheat zone 12 and the fusion zone 14. A moving hearth 20 is positioned within the furnace housing 11. A hood or separation barrier 30 within at least a portion of the conversion zone 13, fusion zone 14 or both separates the fusion zone 14 into an upper region and a lower region with the lower region adjacent the hearth 20 and the upper region adjacent the lower region and spaced from the hearth 20. An injector introduces a gaseous reductant into the lower region adjacent the hearth 20. A combustion region may be formed above the hood or separation barrier. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418037 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/484 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Branagan (Iona, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a hard metallic material by forming a mixture containing at least 55% iron and at least one of boron, carbon, silicon and phosphorus. The mixture is formed into an alloy and cooled to form a metallic material having a hardness of greater than about 9.2 GPa. The invention includes a method of forming a wire by combining a metal strip and a powder. The metal strip and the powder are rolled to form a wire containing at least 55% iron and from two to seven additional elements including at least one of C, Si and B. The invention also includes a method of forming a hardened surface on a substrate by processing a solid mass to form a powder, applying the powder to a surface to form a layer containing metallic glass, and converting the glass to a crystalline material having a nanocrystalline grain size. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753162 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/320 |
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| US 08097142 | Willit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of simultaneously removing uranium and transuranics from metallic nuclear fuel in an electrorefiner. In the method, a potential difference is established between an anode basket containing the fuel and a solid cathode of the electrorefiner, thereby creating a diffusion layer of uranium and transuranic ions at the solid cathode, a first current density at the anode basket, and a second current density at the solid cathode. The ratio of anode basket area to solid cathode area is selected based on the total concentration of uranium and transuranic metals in a molten halide electrolyte in the electrorefiner and the effective thickness of the diffusion layer at the solid cathode, such that the established first and second current densities result in both codeposition of uranium and transuranic metals on the solid cathode and oxidation of the metallic nuclear fuel in the anode basket. |
| FILED | Monday, March 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395777 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/47 |
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| US 08097212 | Cooper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Cooper (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for the detection of contaminates of a fluid in a conduit. The conduit is part of a fluid distribution system. A chemical or biological sensor array is connected to the conduit. The sensor array produces an acoustic signal burst in the fluid upon detection of contaminates in the fluid. A supervisory control system connected to the fluid and operatively connected to the fluid distribution system signals the fluid distribution system upon detection of contaminates in the fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/186701 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
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| US 08097219 | Birdwell, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph F Birdwell, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Harold L. Jennings (Clinton, Tennessee); Joanna McFarlane (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Constantino Tsouris (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for providing reaction of fluids and separation of products with increased residence time. The apparatus includes a stationary shell, a rotating hollow cylindrical component disposed in the stationary shell, a residence-time increasing device external to the stationary shell, a standpipe for introducing fluid into an interior cavity of the hollow cylindrical component from the residence-time increasing device, a first outlet in fluid flow communication with the interior cavity of the hollow cylindrical component for a less dense phase fluid, and a second outlet in fluid flow communication with the interior cavity of the hollow cylindrical component for a more dense phase fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/540401 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/209 |
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| US 08097384 | Zafred et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paolo R. Zafred (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Robert Draper (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid oxide fuel cell (400) is made having a tubular, elongated, hollow, active section (445) which has a cross-section containing an air electrode (452) a fuel electrode (454) and solid oxide electrolyte (456) between them, where the fuel cell transitions into at least one inactive section (460) with a flattened parallel sided cross-section (462, 468) each cross-section having channels (472, 474, 476) in them which smoothly communicate with each other at an interface section (458). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/169261 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/497 |
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| US 08097440 | Buelter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colorado); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Buelter (Denver, Colorado); Peter Meinhold (Denver, Colorado); Reid M. Renny Feldman (San Francisco, California); Andrew C. Hawkins (Parker, Colorado); Jun Urano (Irvine, California); Sabine Bastian (Pasadena, California); Frances Arnold (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally provides recombinant microorganisms comprising engineered metabolic pathways capable of producing C3-C5 alcohols under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The invention further provides ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzymes which have been mutated or modified to increase their NADH-dependent activity or to switch the cofactor preference from NADPH to NADH and are expressed in the modified microorganisms. In addition, the invention provides isobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase enzymes expressed in modified microorganisms. Also provided are methods of producing beneficial metabolites under aerobic and anaerobic conditions by contacting a suitable substrate with the modified microorganisms of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, October 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269937 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/160 |
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| US 08097445 | Bower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin S. Bower (Palo Alto, California); Edmund A. Larenas (Palo Alto, California); Colin Mitchinson (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a heterologous exo-endo cellulase fusion construct, which encodes a fusion protein having cellulolytic activity comprising a catalytic domain derived from a fungal exo-cellobiohydrolase and a catalytic domain derived from an endoglucanase. The invention also relates to vectors and fungal host cells comprising the heterologous exo-endo cellulase fusion construct as well as methods for producing a cellulase fusion protein and enzymatic cellulase compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088306 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
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| US 08097448 | Suominen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Highland Ranch, Colorado); Merja Pentilla (Helsinki, Finland); Marja Ilmen (Helsinki, Finland); Laura Ruohonen (Helsinki, Finland); Kari Koivuranta (Vantaa, Finland); Kevin Roberg-Perez (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Cells of the species Issatchenkia orientalis and closely related yeast species are transformed with a vector to introduce an exogenous lactate dehydrogenase gene. The cells produce lactic acid efficiently and are resistant at low pH, high lactate titer conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/921161 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — 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 435/254.110 |
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| US 08097462 | Benner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Henry Benner (Danville, California); Ronald M Krauss (Berkeley, California); Patricia J Blanche (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical diagnostic method and instrumentation system for analyzing noncovalently bonded agglomerated biological particles is described. The method and system comprises: a method of preparation for the biological particles; an electrospray generator; an alpha particle radiation source; a differential mobility analyzer; a particle counter; and data acquisition and analysis means. The medical device is useful for the assessment of human diseases, such as cardiac disease risk and hyperlipidemia, by rapid quantitative analysis of lipoprotein fraction densities. Initially, purification procedures are described to reduce an initial blood sample to an analytical input to the instrument. The measured sizes from the analytical sample are correlated with densities, resulting in a spectrum of lipoprotein densities. The lipoprotein density distribution can then be used to characterize cardiac and other lipid-related health risks. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/966739 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/71 |
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| US 08097771 | Wan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators Of The University Of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinrong Wan (Columbia, Missouri); Gary Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Minviluz Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Xuecheng Zhang (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Perception of chitin fragments (chitooligosaccharides) is an important first step in plant defense response against fungal pathogen. LysM receptor-like kinases (LysM RLKs) are instrumental in this perception process. LysM RLKs also play a role in activating transcription of chitin-responsive genes (CRGs) in plants. Mutations in the LysM kinase receptor genes or the downstream CRGs may affect the fungal susceptibility of a plant. Mutations in LysM RLKs or transgenes carrying the same may be beneficial in imparting resistance against fungal pathogens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835328 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097802 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jihui Yang (Lakeshore, Canada); Xun Shi (Troy, Michigan); Shengqiang Bai (Shanghai, China PRC); Wenqing Zhang (Shanghai, China PRC); Lidong Chen (Shanghai, China PRC); Jiong Yang (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric material includes a multiple transition metal-doped type I clathrate crystal structure having the formula A8TMy |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434333 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/236.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097845 | Roach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Roach (Kennewick, Washington); Julia Laskin (Richland, Washington); Alexander Laskin (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and process are disclosed that deliver an analyte deposited on a substrate to a mass spectrometer that provides for trace analysis of complex organic analytes. Analytes are probed using a small droplet of solvent that is formed at the junction between two capillaries. A supply capillary maintains the droplet of solvent on the substrate; a collection capillary collects analyte desorbed from the surface and emits analyte ions as a focused spray to the inlet of a mass spectrometer for analysis. The invention enables efficient separation of desorption and ionization events, providing enhanced control over transport and ionization of the analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/722257 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098700 | Klimov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor I. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sergei A. Ivanov (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system employing amplification via a single exciton regime and to optical gain media having single exciton amplification is provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152554 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/44.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098789 | Nye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathon Andrew Nye (Decatur, Georgia); Robert Jerome Nickles (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to targets, systems and methods for the cyclotron production of 124I from aluminum telluride (Al2Te3) targets. The systems and methods utilize low energy proton cyclotrons to produce 124I by the 124Te(p,n) reaction from enriched Al2Te3 glassy melts. The 124I is recovered in high yield from the glassy melt by adapted methods of common thermal distillation techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223238 |
| 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 376/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098966 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Ankara, Turkey); Fabien Soren (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Winter Park, Florida); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy R. Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a thermal sensing fiber grid, including a plurality of rows and columns of thermal sensing fibers, each of which includes a semiconducting element that has a fiber length and that is characterized by a bandgap energy corresponding to a selected operational temperature range of the fiber in which there can be produced a change in thermally-excited electronic charge carrier population in the semiconducting element in response to a temperature change in the selected temperature range. There is included at least one pair of conducting electrodes in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator along the fiber length. An electronic circuit is provided for and connected to each thermal sensing fiber for producing an indication of thermal sensing fiber grid coordinates of a change in ambient temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818233 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099565 | Seelam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharami R. Seelam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Patricia J. Teller (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for allowing access to computer storage systems. Multiple requests from multiple applications can be received and processed efficiently to allow traffic from multiple customers to access the storage system concurrently. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/054598 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08096786 | Bullock |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lamar E. Bullock (Plymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed for the control of fluid flow in a micro-fluidic system, the system having: a substrate; at least one micro-fluidic channel having disposed in a microchannel layer atop the substrate; a conformable layer disposed on the micro-fluidic layer; a receiving cavity disposed within the at least one micro-fluidic channel; at least one occluding member disposed within the conformable layer, and configured to be received by the receiving cavity so as to occlude the micro-fluidic channel when depressed by an actuator. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394070 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/412 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097191 | Turng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lih-Sheng Turng (Madison, Wisconsin); Zbongbao Chen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An injection molding quality control system which seeks to ensure greater accuracy and consistency in parts, more specifically more accurate and consistent part weight, utilizes measured part weight to adjust mold separation to better achieve a desired part weight. The mold separation is controlled via both a cycle-to-cycle adjustment in switchover point (preferably based on injected mass within the cavity), and within-cycle adjustment of holding pressure. The system can result in superior accuracy and consistency in molded parts in both the long term (i.e., over many cycles) and in the short term (from cycle to cycle). |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/460758 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/40.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097295 | Roper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Keith Roper (Salt Lake City, Utah); Wonmi Ahn (Salt Lake City, Utah); Benjamin Jeppson Taylor (West Jordan, Utah); Analía G. Dall'Asén (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of gold nanoparticles disposed on a surface of a substrate includes nanoparticles having an average particle density greater than 1.8×1011 particles per squared centimeter of the surface. The gold nanoparticles include a monomodal diameter distribution and an average diameter capable of being arbitrarily controlled between about 5 nm to about 300 nm. The surface may be a three-dimensional surface or an internal surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038088 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097348 | Luebben et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Shawn Sapp (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Pi-conjugated organoboron polymers for use in thin-film organic polymer electronic devices. The polymers contain aromatic and or unsaturated repeat units and boron atoms. Pi-conjugated organoboron polymers which are end capped, derivatized with solubilizing groups or both exhibit improved solubility and handling properties beneficial for the formation of thin films useful for device fabrication. The vacant p-orbital of the boron atoms conjugate with the pi-conjugated orbital system of the aromatic or unsaturated monomer units extending the pi-conjugation length of the polymer across the boron atoms. The pi-conjugated organoboron polymers are electron-deficient and, therefore, exhibit n-type semiconducting properties, photoluminescence, and electroluminescence. The invention provides thin-film organic polymer electronic devices, such as organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs), organic diodes, organic photodiodes, organic thin-film transistors (TFTs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), printable or flexible electronics, such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, electronic papers, and printed circuit elements, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs), and energy storage devices employing the pi-conjugated organoboron polymers. In OLED and PLED applications these materials are used as the electron transport layer (ETL) to improve device efficiency. The polymers which exhibit photo- and electroluminescence are also useful as light-emitting material in PLEDs. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/293372 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097455 | Larkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sarah Calve (Chicago, Illinois); Tatiana Y. Kostriminova (Schererville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming a skeletal muscle construct include primary muscle cells provided on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, the cells cultured in vitro such that the cells form a confluent monolayer; at least two anchors secured to the monolayer in spaced relationship; and at least one secondary tissue, such as neural or tendon tissue, provided in contact with the monolayer such that the monolayer detaches from the substrate and self-organizes to at least partially surround the at least one secondary tissue, thereby forming a three-dimensional skeletal muscle construct having a functional interface with the secondary tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025147 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097457 | Abbott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffrey C. Mohr (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher J. Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Elise Huang (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Juan J. DePablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Nathan A. Lockwood (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sean P. Palecek (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to liquid crystalline substrates useful in the culture of cells and methods of their use. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods and devices for imaging changes (e.g., reorganization) of extracellular matrix components by living cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085846 |
| 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 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097709 | Peoples et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novobiotic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Peoples (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Qibo Zhang (Albany, New York); Charles Moore (Boston, Massachusetts); Lucy Ling (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mithra Rothfeder (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kim Lewis (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to novel macrolactams and their analogs, to processes for the preparation of these novel macrolactams, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel macrolactams; and to methods of using the novel macrolactams to treat or inhibit various disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/196714 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/17.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097877 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Lian Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Yang (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inorganic semiconducting compounds, composites and compositions thereof, and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/642217 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097983 | Karalis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andre B Kurs (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Moffatt (Reston, Virginia); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Peter H. Fisher (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/437641 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098886 | Koch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christof Koch (Pasadena, California); Laurent Itti (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of image salience in a visual display of an image. The image is analyzed at multiple spatial scales and over multiple feature channels to determine the likely salience of different portions of the image. One application for the system is in an advertising context. The detection may be improved by second order statistics, e.g. mean and the standard deviations of different image portions relative to other portions. Different edges may be considered as being extended edges by looking at the edges over multiple spatial scales. One set of feature channels can be optimized for use in moving images, and can detect motion or flicker. The images can be obtained over multiple spectral ranges the user can be instructed about how to maximize the saliency. This can be applied to automatically evaluate and optimize sales or advertisement displays. |
| FILED | Monday, May 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/430684 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098906 | Shuckers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University Research Corp., WVU Office of Technology Transfer and WVU Business Incubator (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephanie Shuckers (Canton, New York); Lawrence Hornak (Morgantown, West Virginia); Bozhao Tan (Potsdam, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a fingerprint image; extracting a region of interest from the fingerprint image; generating a histogram of the region of interest; determining a statistical feature of the histogram; and determining liveness of the fingerprint image based upon the statistical feature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870161 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098966 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Ankara, Turkey); Fabien Soren (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Winter Park, Florida); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy R. Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a thermal sensing fiber grid, including a plurality of rows and columns of thermal sensing fibers, each of which includes a semiconducting element that has a fiber length and that is characterized by a bandgap energy corresponding to a selected operational temperature range of the fiber in which there can be produced a change in thermally-excited electronic charge carrier population in the semiconducting element in response to a temperature change in the selected temperature range. There is included at least one pair of conducting electrodes in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator along the fiber length. An electronic circuit is provided for and connected to each thermal sensing fiber for producing an indication of thermal sensing fiber grid coordinates of a change in ambient temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818233 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099380 | Shahabi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Jaffar Khoshgozaran (Pasadena, California); Houtan Shirani-Mehr (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and techniques are described for blind evaluation of nearest neighbor queries. Locations of multiple users in an original space are received. The locations in the original space are encoded into encoded locations in a transformed space. A relative proximity of the encoded locations in the transformed space is maintained after the encoding. Multiple keys corresponding to the multiple users are generated. Each key enables a reverse transformation of an encoded user location in the transformed space to an original user location in the original space. The multiple keys are provided to the corresponding multiple users, and the encoded locations in the transformed space are provided to a device. An order of computations required to reverse transform the encoded locations in the transformed space to the locations in the original space in the absence of a key is greater than a computational threshold. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/129629 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099792 | Hersam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Evanston, Illinois); Benjamin Leever (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Atomic force photovoltaic microscopy apparatus and related methodologies, as can be used to quantitatively measure spatial performance variations in functioning photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319454 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08097141 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Manuel Joao Mendes (Madrid, Spain); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, a method for separating a first fraction of a single wall carbon nanotubes and a second fraction of single wall carbon nanotubes includes, but is not limited to: flowing a solution comprising the nanotubes into a dielectrophoresis chamber; applying a DC voltage, in combination with an AC voltage, to the dielectrophoresis chamber; and collecting a first eluent from the dielectrophoresis chamber, wherein the first eluent comprises the first fraction and is depleted of the second fraction, wherein the first and second fractions differ by at least one of conductivity, diameter, length, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281444 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097877 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Lian Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Myung-Han Yoon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Yang (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inorganic semiconducting compounds, composites and compositions thereof, and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/642217 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098060 | Howard 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) | David E. Howard (Hazel Green, Alabama); Dean C. Alhorn (Huntsville, Alabama); Dennis A. Smith (Athens, Alabama); Kenneth R. Dutton (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations determine the amplitude of an amplitude modulated signal, modulated by the position of an object being sensed. In some aspects, the apparatus accepts an excitation signal and the amplitude modulated signal and divides the amplitude modulated by the excitation signal to produce an output signal that is proportional to the position of the object being sensed. In other aspects, the division is performed only when the excitation signal is non-zero, such as close to the peaks in the excitation signal. In other aspects, the excitation signal and amplitude modulated signal are degraded due to an air gap and the degraded signals are used to correct for amplitude fluctuations due to the air gap, and produce an output signal, tolerant of the air gaps, that is proportional to the position of the object being sensed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173318 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/207.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098794 | Fernandez |
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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) | Kenneth R. Fernandez (Hampton Cove, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An x-ray imaging system and method for a moving article are provided for an article moved along a linear direction of travel while the article is exposed to non-overlapping x-ray beams. A plurality of parallel linear sensor arrays are disposed in the x-ray beams after they pass through the article. More specifically, a first half of the plurality are disposed in a first of the x-ray beams while a second half of the plurality are disposed in a second of the x-ray beams. Each of the parallel linear sensor arrays is oriented perpendicular to the linear direction of travel. Each of the parallel linear sensor arrays in the first half is matched to a corresponding one of the parallel linear sensor arrays in the second half in terms of an angular position in the first of the x-ray beams and the second of the x-ray beams, respectively. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558319 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08096119 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Republic, Missouri); Zhiwei Yang (Richardson, Texas); Daniel J. Seyer (Ballwin, Missouri); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Jiyoung Oh (Dallas, Texas); Hui Xie (Richardson, Texas); Joselito Razal (Wollongong, Australia); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas); Alan G. MacDiarmid (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Robin B. McConnell, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Gayle P. Gentile, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); William Alexander Macaulay (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel-powered actuators are described wherein actuation is a consequence of electrochemical processes, chemical processes, or combinations thereof. These fuel-powered actuators include artificial muscles and actuators in which actuation is non-mechanical. The actuators range from large actuators to microscopic and nanoscale devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281411 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097471 | Bedingham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bedingham (Woodbury, Minnesota); James E. Aysta (Stillwater, Minnesota); Barry W. Robole (Woodville, Wisconsin); Kenneth B. Wood (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for thermal processing of multiple samples at the same time are disclosed. The sample processing devices provide process arrays that include conduits useful in distributing sample materials to a group of process chambers located in fluid communication with the main conduits. The sample processing devices may include one or more of the following features in various combinations: deformable seals, process chambers connected to the main conduit by feeder conduits exiting the main conduit at offset locations, U-shaped loading chambers, and a combination of melt bonded and adhesively bonded areas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943389 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098381 | Gage et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Charles Gage (Mars, Pennsylvania); Duane Clifford Karns (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amit Vasant Itagi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dorothea Buechel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for measuring a distance such as, for example, a fly height distance. An apparatus includes a slider having an air bearing surface and an optical condenser assembly spaced apart from the air bearing surface of the slider. The optical condenser assembly includes an optical cap and an optical substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is spaced apart from the optical cap and the second surface is spaced apart from the air bearing surface of the slider. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926235 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/507 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08098248 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for modeling components of a stream processing application, includes: defining an input message pattern of a processing element, wherein the input message pattern includes variables representing data objects that must be included in a message input to the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects that must be included in the message input to the processing element; and defining an output message pattern of the processing element, wherein the output message pattern includes variables and new data objects, the variables and new data objects representing data objects that must be included in a message output from the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects in the message output from the processing element. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695457 |
| 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 08099104 | Loushine |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Licensing Company LLC (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Loushine (Loch Arbour, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining the physical location of a WLAN client includes making a request to a core network of an integrated cellular—WLAN network. Using an HLR and WLAN client identifier, the WLAN network in which the client is located is determined. A location request is then made to a MSC/SGSN servicing that WLAN network, the MSC/SGSN then forwarding the request to a gateway that interfaces the WLAN network to the core network. Alternatively, the location request is directly forwarded to the gateway. Upon receiving the request, the gateway uses a positioning procedure(s) to determine the client's physical location. This location is then returned to the core network. According to one example positioning procedure, a database containing access point physical locations is maintained. Here, a determination is made as to which access point(s) the client can communicate. The location of the access point(s), as obtained through the database, then forms a basis for the client's location. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067984 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/456.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08099781 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Genady Grabarnik (Scarsdale, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Trent R. Jaeger (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary method is provided for managing and mitigating security risks through planning. A first security-related information of a requested product is received. A second security-related information of resources that are available for producing the requested product is received. A multi-stage process with security risks managed by the first security-related information and the second security-related information is performed to produce the requested product. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/508327 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08096969 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Roberts (North Hills, California); David B. N. Lee (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A peritoneal-based (“bloodless”) artificial kidney processes peritoneal fluid without need for additional fluids (“waterless”). Fluid is separated into a protein-rich stream and a protein-free stream. The protein-rich stream is regenerated using a sorbent assembly, and its protein composition can be modified by removal of selected protein(s) (“dialysate-pheresis”). It is then reconstituted with additives and returned into the peritoneal cavity, thereby reducing protein-loss and providing oncotic-pressure for ultrafiltration. The protein-free stream is used to produce free water, and an alkaline or acid fluid for optimization of the composition of the regenerated stream. The unused protein-free stream can be used to “reverse flush” the separator to maintain its patency and the excess discarded for fluid-balance regulation. Compared to prior art, immobilization of urease allows more protein rich fluid to be regenerated and re-circulated into the peritoneal cavity for toxin removal and allows practicable development of portable and wearable artificial kidneys. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/773227 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097645 | Wyss-Coray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anton Wyss-Coray (Stanford, California); Mary J. Tanga (Los Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of disorders and conditions characterized by reduced TGF-β signaling are described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/249577 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08099733 | Birdwell et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Birdwell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tse-Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Roger D. Horn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Puneet Yadav (Fremont, California); David J. Icove (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using naturally occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the database by identifying clusters of similar DNA profiles and maps to parallel computer architecture, allowing scale up past to previously feasible limits. Key benefits of the new method are logarithmic scale up and parallelization. These benefits are achieved by identification and utilization of naturally occurring patterns and clusters within stored data. The patterns and clusters enable the stored data to be partitioned into subsets of roughly equal size. The method can be applied recursively, resulting in a database tree that is balanced, meaning that all paths or branches through the tree have roughly the same length. The method achieves high performance by exploiting the natural structure of the data in a manner that maintains balanced trees. Implementation of the method maps naturally to parallel computer architectures, allowing scale up to very large databases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/968367 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08097335 | Vasoya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stablcor Technology, Inc. (Huntington Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalu K. Vasoya (Santa Ana, California); Bharat M. Mangrolia (Santa Ana, California); William E. Davis (Hungtington Beach, California); Richard A. Bohner (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prepregs, laminates, printed wiring board structures and processes for constructing materials and printed wiring boards that enable the construction of printed wiring boards with improved thermal properties. In one embodiment, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with electrically and thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the prepregs have substrate materials that include carbon. In other embodiments, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the printed wiring board structures include electrically and thermally conductive laminates that can act as ground and/or power planes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/708459 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/299.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08096424 | Sikdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhas K. Sikdar (Cincinnati, Ohio); John O. Burckle (Cincinnati, Ohio); Binay K. Dutta (Petronas, Malaysia); Alberto Figoli (Lappano, Italy); Enrico Drioli (Naples, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Using the methods of the invention, an elastomeric polymer is dissolved in a suitable solvent, cast in one of the membrane casting techniques using a phase inversion technique, and immersed in a coagulation bath comprised of suitable solvent/non-solvent pairs (e.g., THF/water and ethanol). Asymmetric membranes having a dense discriminating layer and a thicker porous support layer suitable for application in pervaporation processes were obtained in a single step. An increase of the polymer concentration in the casting solution gives a more dense layer. When cast as formed using the methods of the invention, the membrane obtained is an integrally skinned membrane comprising a thin, dense separation layer over a porous support layer (asymmetric membrane) formed in a single casting operation. The resulting membrane is homogenous with respect to chemical composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598840 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/500.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08096119 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Republic, Missouri); Zhiwei Yang (Richardson, Texas); Daniel J. Seyer (Ballwin, Missouri); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Jiyoung Oh (Dallas, Texas); Hui Xie (Richardson, Texas); Joselito Razal (Wollongong, Australia); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas); Alan G. MacDiarmid (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Robin B. McConnell, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Gayle P. Gentile, legal representative (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); William Alexander Macaulay (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel-powered actuators are described wherein actuation is a consequence of electrochemical processes, chemical processes, or combinations thereof. These fuel-powered actuators include artificial muscles and actuators in which actuation is non-mechanical. The actuators range from large actuators to microscopic and nanoscale devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281411 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08096507 | Cain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Technology Applications (Chesterfield, Missouri); University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan B. Cain (Chesterfield, Missouri); Eric J. Jumper (Granger, Indiana); Donald J. Wittich, III (South Bend, Indiana); Edward J. Kerschen (Tucson, Arizona); David Cavalieri (Granger, Indiana); T. Terry Ng (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft turret and fairing assembly for facilitating transmission of a directed energy beam from a directed energy device includes a turret section for directing an energy beam. The assembly also includes a fairing section aft of and adjacent to the turret section. Each of the turret section and the aft fairing section are coupled to an aircraft. The assembly also includes at least one sensor for detecting air speed of the aircraft and air pressure. The turret section and the aft fairing section are configured and positioned relative to one another to direct airflow for generating an aeroacoustic resonance within a desired frequency range in an area aft of the turret section. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/359064 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08097432 | Ringold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Veterinary Diagnostics Institute, Inc. (Simi Valley, California); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy Ringold (West Hills, California); Renee Parker (Littleton, Colorado); Douglas H. Thamm (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to a method for detecting hemangiosarcoma in canines. The method includes the steps of: (1) obtaining a quantity of blood from the subject canine; (2) separating the quantity of blood into a serum portion and a non-serum portion; (3) contacting the serum portion of the blood with a detector to detect presence of an amount of Thymidine Kinase (TK); and (4) detecting the level of TK in serum and determining whether TK is present in amounts of about 8 units/mL or greater. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/260885 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08098097 | Abdelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Abdelli (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jeffrey Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices for receiving a differential input signal and generating a non-differential output signal are described herein. For example, an RF buffer is described that includes first and second transistor elements. The first transistor element receives a first polarity signal of a differential signal and drives a non-differential output of the RF buffer. A second transistor element receives a second polarity signal of the differential signal and drives the non-differential output of the RF buffer. The first and second transistor elements substantially simultaneously drive the non-differential output of the RF buffer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646329 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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