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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 03, 2012
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 08146215 | Sadeck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible connection and release device which allows quick release while under load. The device includes a first link; a second link; a first sling having one end attached to the first link; a second sling having one end attached to the second link; a tab attached to the first sling; a grommet contained in the tab; a curved length of a first flexible cable connected between two fixed points in the first sling on either side of the tab; a second flexible cable; and a pin or a third flexible cable. The links are connected together with multiple turns of the second flexible cable which forms a loop at its center. The curved length of the first flexible cable is passed through the loop in the second flexible cable and through the grommet so that a part of the first flexible cable protrudes from the grommet. The pin or third cable is passed through the protruding part of the first flexible cable to lock the first flexible cable in place. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053365 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. 024/573.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146282 | Cabahug et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prototype Productions, Inc. (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric F. Cabahug (Fairfax, Virginia); James S. Dodd (Linden, Virginia); Ben Feldman (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A firearm may have a plurality of power-consuming accessories that can be attached to the weapon. In order to reduce the weight of these power-consuming accessories, as well as the proliferation of their batteries, the Weapons Accessory Power Distribution System provides a common power source to power the power-consuming accessories attached to the weapon. One or more powered rails are provided on the handguard, which encircles the barrel of the weapon, to provide a point of mechanical and electrical interconnection for the power-consuming accessories to provide quick connect mounting and dismounting of the power-consuming accessory, absent the use of connectors with their tethering cables, which are susceptible to entanglement. The powered rail(s) are electrically interconnected with a power source, which typically is a battery mounted in the butt stock of the weapon. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/950979 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146283 | Genes 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) | Mark A. Genes (South Mills, North Carolina); Brandon R. Clarke (Bloomington, Indiana); Christopher Austin (Shirley, Indiana); Michael Holzmeyer (Bloomfield, Indiana); Daniel V. Jones (Mitchell, Indiana); Jeremy M. Knepp (Montgomery, Indiana); Lucius A. Taylor (French Lick, Indiana); Barry Gatewood (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An adapter for mounting on a weapon. The adapter illustratively includes a plurality of mounting rails for removably coupling with a variety of accessories, such as sights, illumination devices, and laser aiming devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/651198 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146300 | Bystricky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composites, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Bystricky (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding section, is capable of deforming during an earthquake or blast loading. The gauge section is differentially heat treated from the ends so that the gauge section has a lower yield strength than the ends. The casing provides containment of the core to prevent buckling of the core. A metal foil interface or unbonding layer is provided between the deformable core and the casing so that the deformable core does not bind to the casing. The buckling restrained brace provides significant performance improvements over prior art BRBs coupled with simplified assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718359 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/167.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146301 | Bystricky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composites, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Bystricky (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding section, is capable of deforming during an earthquake or blast loading. The gauge section is differentially heat treated from the ends so that the gauge section has a lower yield strength than the ends. The casing provides containment of the core to prevent buckling of the core. A metal foil interface or unbonding layer is provided between the deformable core and the casing so that the deformable core does not bind to the casing. The buckling restrained brace provides significant performance improvements over prior art BRBs coupled with simplified assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725852 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/167.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146401 | Frey, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Frey, Jr. (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The system includes a mobile vessel having a body axis and a steering mechanism. A three-axis gyroscope is mounted within the vessel. A three-axis magnetometer is mounted within the vessel. A programmable device communicates with the three-axis gyroscope, the three-axis magnetometer, and the steering mechanism. The three-axis gyroscope may include three single axis gyroscopes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/211923 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146408 | Snow |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barton Hunter Snow (Wyoming, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for testing a cooling system for use in a gas turbine engine control system is provided. The method includes connecting an inlet of the cooling system to a differential pressure sensor, connecting an outlet of the cooling system to the differential pressure sensor, and determining whether or not a difference in pressure exists between the inlet and outlet, wherein such a pressure difference is indicative of whether cooling fluid is flowing through the cooling system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032958 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/112.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146411 | Burgess et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig L. Burgess (Watauga, Texas); Joy Green (Benbrook, Texas); Stephen Kissling (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for simulating rotation of a wheel on a vehicle having a rotatable wheel rotation sensor. A motor is coupled to a rotatable portion of the rotation sensor, and is operated to rotate the rotatable portion of the rotation sensor according to a pulse train simulating a wheel skid. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727281 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/118.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146446 | Wick |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles H. Wick (Darlington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A concentrator device and method of concentrating a liquid sample may be provided. The concentrator device may include a pressure vessel and a filter element disposed within the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel may include an inlet configured to introduce pressurized air into a first portion of the pressure vessel and a first outlet fluidly coupled with a second portion of the pressure vessel. The first outlet may be adapted to be selectively opened and closed. A second outlet may be configured to receive a capillary tube inserted into the first portion of the pressure vessel. The filter element may be configured to receive a liquid sample to be concentrated. The filter element may substantially separate the first portion of the pressure vessel from the second portion of the pressure vessel and may define a retentate side adjacent to the first portion and a filtrate side adjacent to the second portion. When pressurized air is introduced through the inlet and the first outlet is open, a filtrate of the liquid sample received in the filter element may pass from the retentate side to the filtrate side such that a concentrated retentate of the liquid sample remains on the retentate side. When the first outlet is closed, the concentrated retentate of the liquid sample may be forced out through the capillary tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401013 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146476 | Schneider 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) | John Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Robin Cromwell (Mitchell, Indiana); Donald Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective structure for a vehicle having an opening on an upper surface is provided. One embodiment of the invention has at least a partial enclosure around an area defined laterally by the vehicle opening with an overhead and side protective capability. An embodiment of the invention has an overhead cover that is formed to substantially enclose a top area of the enclosure and having multiple panels that may be locked into place or opened by an occupant for exit through a top area of the enclosure. The multiple panels in this embodiment extend upwardly and inwardly from a section of the enclosure's side walls. Ballistic windows are provided on the protective structure such that an occupant can view laterally and vertically through the enclosure and overhead cover. A shield or protective plate can be mounted on one side of the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/547815 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146480 | Schneider 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) | John Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Robin Cromwell (Mitchell, Indiana); Donald Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective structure for a vehicle having an opening on an upper surface is provided. One embodiment of the invention has at least a partial enclosure around an area defined laterally by the vehicle opening with an overhead and side protective capability. An embodiment of the invention has an overhead cover that is formed to substantially enclose a top area of the enclosure and having multiple panels that may be locked into place or opened by an occupant for exit through a top area of the enclosure. The multiple panels in this embodiment extend upwardly and inwardly from a section of the enclosure's side walls. Ballistic windows are provided on the protective structure such that an occupant can view laterally and vertically through the enclosure and overhead cover. A shield or protective plate can be mounted on one side of the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/844899 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146867 | Jordan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AeroAstro, Inc. (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis G. Jordan (Charles Town, West Virginia); Thomas W. Vaneck (Gloucester, Massachusetts); Scott A. McDermott (Washington, District of Columbia); Jonathon Miller (Sterling, Virginia); Simon Morris Shand Weiss (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert A. Summers (Dayton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A spacecraft architecture and accompanying standard allows for the creation of a spacecraft using an assortment of modules that comply with the standard. The standard preferably includes both mechanical and electrical compatibility criteria. To assure physical/mechanical compatibility, the structure of each module is constrained to be compatible with any other compatible module. To minimize the interference among modules, the extent of each module in select dimensions is also constrained. To assure functional compatibility, a common communication format is used to interface with each module, and each public-function module is configured to respond to requests for function capabilities that it can provide to other functions. Each module is preferably designed to provide structural support to the assemblage of modules, and an anchor module is provided or defined for supporting the entire assemblage and coupling the assemblage to other structures, such as a launch vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151906 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/159.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146992 | Brown 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) | Christopher Allen Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew Juhl (Springville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An operator support assembly supported for rotation. The operator support assembly includes a seat bottom suspended below a rotatable member and a support coupling the seat bottom to the rotatable member. The support illustratively includes a shock absorbing device to dampen shock impulse between the rotatable member and the seat bottom. A quick release mechanism may be provided to cause the seat bottom to pivot downwardly about a pivot coupler. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/510221 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/344.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146993 | Schneider 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) | John F. Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Matthew Juhl (Springville, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A seat assembly supported for rotation and including a foot control supported below a seat base for rotation with a rotatable support member. The foot control illustratively includes a right control pedal configured to cause the actuator to drive the rotatable member in a clockwise rotation, and a left control pedal configured to cause the actuator to drive the rotatable member in a counterclockwise direction. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/533969 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/344.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147133 | Ellison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Ellison (Odon, Indiana); Ryan Ubelhor (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A measured system for use with a calorimeter and related methods of operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/471694 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147163 | Bare et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exponent, Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cleve Ivan Bare (Peoria, Arizona); Brian John Smyth (Phoenix, Arizona); John David Pye (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for inhibiting the motion of a vehicle comprising a housing having a cavity, the cavity adapted to contain a net so that the net may be made available for release on command; tire engagement spikes supported by the housing, the spikes being movable to a first position to engage the tires of an oncoming vehicle, the spikes also being movable to a second position to avoid tire engagement, the spikes being positioned to grasp the net when in the first position; and an actuator for moving the spikes between the first and the second positions on command, wherein the spikes comprise at least two barbs adapted to penetrate a pneumatic tire, the spikes also having a hook for grasping a loop of the leading edge of the net. The method of the invention is a method of inhibiting the motion of a moving vehicle comprising the steps of providing a housing in the path of the vehicle, the housing being adapted to releasably contain a net having spikes arranged at a leading edge of the net; transmitting an electronic command manually to a motor that exposes the spikes to the moving vehicle; engaging the tires of the moving vehicle with the spikes by puncturing them; pulling the net from the housing by wrapping the net around the tires as the tires continue to move forward; and limiting continued forward motion by tightening the net around the axles thereby ultimately constraining the tires from further rotation. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354673 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147178 | Ottaviano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus Joseph Ottaviano (North Reading, Massachusetts); Robert John Parks (Ipswich, Massachusetts); John Lawrence Noon (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Mark Michael D'Andrea (Belmont, Massachusetts); Thomas Michael Regan (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Aaron Todd Williams (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine centrifugal compressor axial forward thrust apparatus bleeds impeller tip aft bleed flow from between an annular centrifugal compressor impeller of a high pressure rotor and a diffuser directly downstream of the impeller. The apparatus then uses the aft bleed flow to pressurize an annular cavity extending radially between an inner combustor casing and the rotor and extending axially between forward and aft thrust balance seals. Forward and aft thrust balance lands are in sealing engagement with the forward and aft thrust balance seals on the high pressure rotor respectively. An annular stator plenum in fluid communication with the annular cavity is bounded in part by a forward end wall having conical diffusion holes therethrough which may be axially or circumferentially or axially and circumferentially angled. The forward thrust balance seal may be on an aft conical arm of the impeller. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/342972 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147192 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Vern Jones (Fairfield, Ohio); James Harvey Laflen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Richard William Albrecht (Fairfield, Ohio); Dustin Alfred Placke (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine shroud includes a shroud hanger having an arcuate panel from which three inner hooks extend inwardly, and from which two outer hooks extend outwardly therefrom. The two outer hooks effect a statically determinate configuration of the shroud. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233847 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/209.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147194 | Heywood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Heywood (Phoenix, Arizona); Edward S. Wright (Plactas, New Mexico); James D. Prost (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine component includes a shaft and two sets of hollow radial plates. The shaft includes an axial section forming a portion of a main passage having a substantially uniform diameter. The axial section has two ends and a center located substantially halfway between the two ends. The first set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a first axial location between the center and a first end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate is hollow and has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage. The second set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a second axial location between the center and a second end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266150 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/216.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147659 | Lal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh K. Lal (Isla Vista, California); Likun Shen (Goleta, California); Umesh Kumar Mishra (Montecito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gated electrode structure for altering a potential and electric field in an electrolyte near at least one working electrode is disclosed. The gated electrode structure may comprise a gate electrode biased appropriately with respect to a working electrode. Applying an appropriate static or dynamic (time varying) gate potential relative to the working electrode modifies the electric potential and field in an interfacial region between the working electrode and the electrolyte, and increases electron emission to and from states in the electrolyte, thereby facilitating an electrochemical, electrolytic or electrosynthetic reaction and reducing electrode overvoltage/overpotential. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/943363 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/228.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147668 | Pollack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina); Hong Ren (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses for mixing droplets, such as a binary mixing apparatus, are provided. The binary mixing apparatus includes an array of electrodes and a conducting element positioned in relation to at least one of the electrodes to enable a droplet placed in electrical communication with the at least one electrode to electrically communicate with the conducting element. The binary mixing apparatus additionally includes an electrode selector for sequentially biasing one or more selected electrodes of the array to move a droplet disposed on the array into contact with another droplet. The apparatus further includes a first droplet supply area communicating with the array and a second droplet supply area communicating with the array. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/585618 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147732 | Beard |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Porous Power Technologies, LLC (Lafayette, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirby W. Beard (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides microporous polymers and methods for producing and using the same. In particular, microporous polymers of the present invention are highly porous as indicated by a Gurley air permeability flow rate of about 4 seconds or less per mL of air flow per 25 micron of microporous polymer thickness per square inch. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040277 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147735 | Buschmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Buschmann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyamide membrane comprising reaction product of an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, at least one polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst; and an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional aromatic amine-reactive reactant comprising one ring. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising the polyamide membrane on a porous support. A method of making a composite semipermeable membrane by coating a porous support with an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, a polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst, to form an activated pre-polymer layer on the porous support and contacting the activated pre-polymer layer with an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive reactant to interfacially condense the amine-reactive reactant with the polyfunctional secondary amine, thereby forming a cross-linked, interfacial polyamide layer on the porous support. A method of impregnating a composite semipermeable membrane with nanoparticles selected from heavy metals and/or oxides of heavy metals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170036 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147749 | Reynolds |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Reynolds (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter comprises, in combination, in weight percent: a largest content of nickel; at least 16.0 percent cobalt; and at least 3.0 percent tantalum. The composition may be used in power metallurgical processes to form turbine engine turbine disks. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623862 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys or metallic compositions 420/448 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147760 | Huvard et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Huvard (Chesterfield, Virginia); Richard Imbruce (Westport, Connecticut); Kevin R. Ward (Glen Allen, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable apparatus is provided which generates high purity breathable oxygen. The oxygen is produced in a reaction chamber from the reaction between an oxygen generating composition and a water/catalyst solution. The reaction chamber comprises a first compartment containing an oxygen peroxide adduct and a temperature stabilizing material formulated into controlled release tablets and a second sealed compartment containing a catalyst dispersed in an aqueous solution. The temperature stabilizing material undergoes an endothermic reaction upon dissolution in the solution. The tablets dissolve in the solution releasing hydrogen peroxide at a constant rate. The hydrogen peroxide is further decomposed into oxygen and water from contact with the catalyst. A first membrane made from a hydrophobic and gas permeable material, lets oxygen through while containing the reaction materials. A second membrane made of hydrophilic superabsorbent material and impregnated with catalyst particles absorbs any unreacted hydrogen peroxide letting high purity oxygen through. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197782 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147775 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy (Lake Zurich, Illinois); Jianiun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are disclosed for mixing and self-cleaning elements in microfluidic systems based on electrothermally induced fluid flow. The apparatus and methods provide for the control of fluid flow in and between components in a microfluidic system to cause the removal of unwanted liquids and particulates or mixing of liquids. The geometry and position of electrodes is adjusted to generate a temperature gradient in the liquid, thereby causing a non-uniform distribution of dielectric properties within the liquid. The dielectric non-uniformity produces a body force and flow in the solution, which is controlled by element and electrode geometries, electrode placement, and the frequency and waveform of the applied voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552914 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147943 | Byrd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Byrd (Huber Heights, Ohio); Victor M. Birman (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal protection system capable of withstanding impact loads without a detrimental effect to its main function, i.e. a protection of the vehicle from high temperature during re-entry or flight in the atmosphere. The system consists of the outer ceramic matrix composite shield, a ceramic tile sandwiched between the shield and the skin of the vehicle and fasteners joining the system and the protected structure. The ceramic matrix composite fasteners are capable of working in the same high-temperature environment as the rest of thermal protection system. They are also strong and stiff due to the presence of ceramic fibers. Cracks in the outer shield produced by impact cannot propagate into the ceramic tile since the shield and tile materials are discontinuous along the interface. The tile cannot disintegrate from the vehicle since it is pressed to its skin by the outer shield. The system can easily be disassembled for inspection and/or repair. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/411598 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147991 | Jenny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Ronald Jenny (Wake Forest, North Carolina); David Phillip Malta (Raleigh, North Carolina); Hudson McDonald Hobgood (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Stephan Georg Mueller (Durham, North Carolina); Mark Brady (Carrboro, North Carolina); Robert Tyler Leonard (Raleigh, North Carolina); Adrian Powell (Cary, North Carolina); Valeri F. Tsvetkov (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for producing a high quality bulk single crystal of silicon carbide in a seeded growth system by reducing the separation between a silicon carbide seed crystal and a seed holder until the conductive heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder dominates the radiative heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder over substantially the entire seed crystal surface that is adjacent the seed holder. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772254 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148019 | Tender |
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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) | Leonard M Tender (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating power from the voltage gradient naturally found in marine sediments. A pump flows sediment porewater to an anode, and a cathode is exposed to marine water. The arrangement can power a circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044166 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148020 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rongzhong Jiang (Olney, Maryland); Charles W. Walker, Jr. (Olney, Maryland); Judy Walker, legal representative (Olney, Maryland); Deryn Chu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal-air battery has an anode in which the electrochemically active material is molybdenum. The molybdenum may be in the form of a bulk body of material or it may comprise a particulate material dispersed with or in another material. In some instances, the molybdenum may comprise a member of an alloy or mixture. Also disclosed is a modular battery system which may include the molybdenum-based anode material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/416309 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148161 | Higgins 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) | Bernadette A. Higgins (Alexandria, Virginia); Duane L. Simonson (Brandywine, Maryland); Viet Nguyen (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jennifer L. Stepnowski (Alexandria, Virginia); R Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composition having: a polymer having a carbosilane or siloxane backbone and pendant hydrogen-bond acidic groups; and a filler material having polar groups. The polymer is not covalently bound to the filler material. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434107 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Cuppoletti (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is directed to methods for ionophorically screening pore forming bacterial protein toxins and receptors. The method includes: a) forming a membrane comprising a lipid and a receptor, b) contacting the membrane with the pore forming bacterial protein toxin and an ion solution, and c) measuring ion flow through the membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/832868 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148202 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Arthur R. Zingher (San Diego, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an integrated circuit chip, including an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a back face opposite the active face. The integrated circuit chip additionally comprises an electromagnetic via that facilitates communication between signal pads on the integrated circuit chip and signal pads on a second integrated circuit chip. The electromagnetic via couples a signal pad on the active face of the integrated circuit chip to the back face of the integrated circuit chip so that the integrated circuit chip can communicate with the second integrated circuit chip while the back face of the integrated circuit chip is adjacent to the active face of the second integrated circuit chip. Moreover, the electromagnetic via operates by facilitating non-conductive signaling through the integrated circuit chip. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/026479 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148276 | Nejhad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi Nejhad (Honolulu, Hawaii); Vinod P. Veedu (Honolulu, Hawaii); Anyuan Cao (Honolulu, Hawaii); Pulickel Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York); Davood Askari (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional composite reinforcement, a three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposite, and methods of manufacture of each are disclosed. The three dimensional reinforcement comprises a two dimensional fiber cloth upon which carbon nanotubes have been grown, approximately perpendicular to the plane of the fiber cloth. The nanocomposite comprises the three-dimensional reinforcement and a surrounding matrix material. Examples illustrate improvements in the through-thickness mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of the nanocomposite, in addition to substantial improvements in geometrical stability upon temperature changes and vibrational damping, compared to baseline composites reinforced with the two-dimensional fiber cloth alone. Embodiments of the nanocomposite may also be configured to perform multiple functions simultaneously, such as bearing a thermal or mechanical load simultaneously or bearing a mechanical load while also monitoring the state of damage within the nanocomposite. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523731 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148320 | Kotula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leszek Kotula (Marlboro, New Jersey); Xiaoling Xiong (Fresh Meadows, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are purified compounds comprising SEQ ID NO:1, where the tyrosine at residue (10) is phosphorylated. Also provided are purified compounds comprising SEQ ID NO:1, where the amino acid sequence of the compound is less than 400 amino acids. Additionally provided are methods of determining whether an agent is a candidate inhibitor of an AbI kinase. Further provided are methods of inhibiting an AbI kinase. Also provided are methods of treating a patient having a condition characterized by a mutant AbI kinase. Additionally provided are methods of treating a patient at risk for a condition characterized by a mutant AbI kinase. Methods of labeling an AbI kinase are also provided. Additionally, methods of isolating an AbI kinase from a tissue are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/095728 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148605 | Medford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | June Medford (Fort Collins, Colorado); Mauricio S. Antunes (Fort Collins, Colorado); Kevin J. Morey (Windsor, Colorado); Homme W. Hellinga (Durham, North Carolina); James Jefferson Smith (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A eukaryotic input circuit: computationally designed receptors, synthetic eukaryotic signal transduction pathways, and a synthetic signal sensitive promoter that allow highly specific transcriptional induction in response to an externally provided ligand is disclosed. The input circuit is able to specifically bind a targeted substance and transmit a signal to the nucleus where transcription of a gene is activated. An output circuit serves as a simple readout system of the substance detected by the input circuit. The readout circuit exemplified here is a degreening circuit which causes plants to turn white. Activation of the degreening circuit can be detected by eye, or remotely with a variety of machines (hand-held, aircraft or satellite based) and is also resettable. When linked the input circuit if operably linked to the output circuit, produces a functional plant detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789560 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148802 | Collazo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramon R. Collazo (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zlatko Sitar (Apex, North Carolina); Rafael Dalmau (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of protecting a surface of an aluminum nitride substrate. The substrate with the protected surface can be stored for a period of time and easily activated to be in a condition ready for thin film growth or other processing. In certain embodiments, the method of protecting the substrate surface comprises forming a passivating layer on at least a portion of the substrate surface by performing a wet etch, which can comprise the use of one or more organic compounds and one or more acids. The invention also provides aluminum nitride substrates having passivated surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/028505 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149039 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pingshan Wang (Central, South Carolina); Chaojiang Li (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A picosecond pulse generator apparatus and methodology is disclosed. A pulse generator is provided by forming a transmission line and a switching element on a common semiconductor substrate or semiconductor chip. The transmission line and the switching element can be provided on the common CMOS semiconductor substrate using standard CMOS technology. A voltage is applied to the transmission line to charge the transmission line. An input pulse is applied to the switching device to trigger the switching device to cause the transmission line to discharge an output pulse across a load resistor. The pulse width of the output pulse depends in major part on the length of the transmission line. Additional components can be provided on the common semiconductor substrate or chip to shape the input pulse to the switching device to ensure a fast rise time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570349 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149153 | Wieneke 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) | Garry Wieneke (Jasper, Indiana); Ameer Beitvashahi (Bloomington, Indiana); Dent Matthew (Orlean, Indiana); Gerry Miller (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An instrumentation structure includes a sensor array and a support structure. The sensor array is rotatable around multiple axes. Radar absorbent material (RAM) is adapted to conform to non-planar exterior surfaces of the instrumentation structure. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/172216 |
| 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 342/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149154 | Habib et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wassim S. Habib (Dover, Massachusetts); Yuchoi F. Lok (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving first track information comprising data for a particular aircraft track. The method further includes receiving a first radar plot comprising first location information corresponding to first aircraft identification information and first location information corresponding to second aircraft identification information. The method further includes associating the first aircraft identification information with the particular aircraft track. The method further includes accessing historical association information comprising a first association history variable corresponding to one or more previous associations between the first aircraft identification information and the particular aircraft track and a second association history variable corresponding to one or more previous associations between the second aircraft identification information and the particular aircraft track. The method further includes updating the first association history variable in response to the association of the first aircraft identification information with the particular aircraft track. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/468447 |
| 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 342/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Yang (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rapid convergence of radar target state includes the steps of using range acceleration to estimate perpendicular velocity and jump-starting a Cartesian state filter with the estimated perpendicular velocity. The improved estimate in the Cartesian state filter allows improved coasting of the range-state. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250207 |
| 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 342/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter E. Buxa (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable phased array beamsteering control system to beamsteer a phased array antenna. The control system includes an overlord controller, a plurality of master controllers and a plurality of groups of slave controllers arranged in a daisy chain configuration. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726624 |
| 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 342/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149170 | Burke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Burke (Irvine, California); Christopher Rutherglen (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nano-tube based variable frequency patch antennas which utilizes a dense network of semiconducting carbon nanotubes as the antenna patch is provided. In preferred embodiments, the resonant frequency of the antenna can be tuned electrically by adjusting appropriate sections of its back-gate, thus altering the effective size of the patch antenna and radiation beam direction can be formed and stirred. In one embodiment, a patch antenna comprises a dense network or thick layer of semiconducting carbon nanotubes grown or deposited on an oxide layer to form a carbon nanotube patch and a partitioned backgate is positioned below the oxide layer with a ground-plane formed from a thin layer of metal. In other embodiments, a patch antenna includes an array of carbon nanotube patches and the ground-plane doubles as the backgate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/337473 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149177 | Callus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Callus (Elwood Vic, Australia); John D. C. de LaHarpe (London, Ohio); James M. Tuss (Centerville, Ohio); William G. Baron (Springfield, Ohio); David G. Kuhl (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A slotted waveguide antenna stiffened structure for an aircraft having an aircraft skin. The slotted waveguide antenna stiffening structure including a structural stiffening element reinforcing the aircraft skin; the structural element connected to a radio frequency feed source, the source providing energy with electromagnetic bandwidth to a slotted waveguide antenna having a plurality of slots. The antenna conformal to the aircraft skin and the structural stiffening element, the structural stiffening elements functioning as waveguides for the electromagnetic bandwidth. The slots may include a slot sealant enclosing the plurality of slots. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435603 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149245 | Buck 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) | David L. Buck (San Diego, California); Brian T. Williams (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method may include the steps of segmenting an image into a plurality of tiles, calculating an upper clip limit and a lower clip limit for each tile of the plurality of tiles based upon a user input standard deviation, generating a lookup table for each tile of the plurality of tiles by linearly mapping the pixels of the image based upon the calculated upper clip limit and lower clip limit, processing each tile of the plurality of tiles based upon the generated lookup table, and generating a processed image by combining each of the processed tiles. The method may include the steps of scaling the image between zero and one and/or scaling the image based upon the display type. The method may be stored on a computer readable medium and may be used in an image processing system having memory, a processor, and a display. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/336300 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149268 | Meyers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); David Lawrence Rosen (Rockville, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of determining three-dimensional data for an object by performing optical flow analysis to calculate surface profile analysis for a group of monocular component images that vary wavelength distribution, and determining three-dimensional data relating to the object from the component images and the surface profile analysis. Stereo image features are obtained from a single monocular polychromatic raw image or multiple monocular grayscale images having known spectral imaging collection data. Apparatus are described which allow three-dimensional data for an object to be determined from one or more two-dimensional images of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940240 |
| ART UNIT | 2485 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry G. Brown (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A simulation system for predicting a likelihood of whether a target object positioned in an environment will be detected by a detection system when illuminated by a laser source. The simulation system may be used for a laser rangefinder application and a laser designator application. The simulation system may provide a detection probability of the target object at a specified range to the detection system or a plurality of detection probabilities as a function of the range to the detection system. The simulation system may provide an indication of an overlap of the beam provided by the laser source on the target object. The simulation system may determine the effect of vibration on the detection of the target object at a specified range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/414764 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149415 | Sanders et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Thomas Sanders (Madison, Wisconsin); Thilo Kraetschmer (Spraitbach, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | An absorption spectrometer provides improved rejection of background radiation signal by employing a frequency-swept laser signal without frequency dithering and performing an effective differentiation of output light from a test cell to eliminate these constant or slowly varying background radiation levels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/699332 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149417 | Tarleton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Gerard Tarleton (Glendale, Arizona); Stephan Enzone (Tempe, Arizona); David A. Doheny (Clearwater, Florida); Derek Mead (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A synchronous fiber optic gyroscope includes a light source, an optical coupler in optical communication with the light source, an optical modulator in optical communication with the coupler, and a fiber optic coil in optical communication with the modulator. A detector is configured to receive an optical signal from the coupler and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal. A loop closure signal processor has a first input configured to receive the electrical signal from the detector. A phase lock loop has an output operatively connected to a second input of the processor. A direct digital synthesizer is operatively coupled to an input of the phase lock loop, with the synthesizer configured to generate a low-frequency signal that is transmitted to the phase lock loop. The phase lock loop converts the low-frequency signal to a high-frequency signal that is transmitted to the second input of the processor, and the phase lock loop provides signal modulation that is synchronous with signal demodulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694744 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Scott E. Spence (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) is provided for photon beam-splitting and beam-combining with accurate super-positioning of the outgoing beams, which creates the interference. The MZI includes a complimentary pair of right-isosceles triangular prisms, and several reflector units. The triangular prisms are configurable to physically join together along associated hypotenuse surfaces that form a beam-splitter interface, thereby producing a rectangular prism having a square cross-section with four outer side surfaces. Each reflector unit forms a right-isosceles mirror that rigidly faces a corresponding surface of the four outer side surfaces of the rectangular prism. The MZI further includes a spacer disposed between the corresponding surface and the each reflector unit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228322 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149508 | Ferren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Minds, LLC (Glendale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bran Ferren (Beverly Hills, California); Douglas B. Schwartz (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An immersive dome includes a number of novel features designed to enhance the performance of the immersive dome over presently-known immersive dome environments. Projectors are mounted in a multi-tier tower, out of sight beneath a viewing platform positioned to provide optimal wrap-around viewing. The projection surface consists of open-cell foam that allows passage of behind-surface sound into the dome while allowing unwanted ambient noise within the dome to escape. A visually-reflective coating, in conjunction with the open cell structure, provides a textured surface that acts as a micro-baffle and suppresses cross-reflection of projected imagery. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/941665 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149612 | de Jong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan L. de Jong (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory array having a plurality of memory cells is disclosed, where each memory cell comprises a first inverter having a first transistor coupled between a reference voltage and a first node for receiving input data and a second transistor coupled between the first node and ground; a first inverter comprising a first transistor coupled between a reference voltage and a first node for receiving input data and a second transistor coupled between the first node and ground; a second inverter comprising a third transistor coupled between the reference voltage and a second node for storing inverted input data and a fourth transistor coupled between the second node and ground, the second node being coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor. The memory array further comprises a third inverter and a fourth inverter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085420 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149716 | Ramanathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subramanian Ramanathan (Westford, Massachusetts); Prithwish Basu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard Earl Hansen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christine Elaine Jones (Spokane Valley, Washington); Rajesh Krishnan (North Billerica, Massachusetts); Regina Rosales Hain (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems and methods described herein include adaptive routing processes for packet-based wireless communication networks. This routing approach works both in MANETs (when a contemporaneous end-to-end path is available) and in DTNs (when a contemporaneous end to end path is not available, but one of formed over space and time). In particular, the methods include adaptively selecting a routing process for transmitting a packet through a node in the network based on available information on the network topology and/or the contents of the packet. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229039 |
| ART UNIT | 2473 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149733 | Basu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prithwish Basu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lillian Lei Dai (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jason Keith Redi (Belmont, Massachusetts); William Nii Tetteh (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In many aspects, the invention relates to systems and methods for synchronizing a communication network, particularly a slotted communication network, having a plurality of nodes. In slotted communication networks, the nodes are configured to transmit or receive data during selected time slots. During a selected time slot, each node transmits a synchronization message that is received by a neighboring node. The neighboring node adjusts its time slot boundary to coincide with the time of receipt of the synchronization message, thereby synchronizing each node with a neighboring node. Such systems and methods are energy efficient, accurate, fast, fault tolerant and easy to implement. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/895527 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149956 | Su |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An automatic zero-crossing signal demodulation and classification device for rapidly identifying an unknown modulation in a signal identifies an unknown modulation in a signal, demodulates differential phase shift keying signals and automatically recognizes certain phase shift keying signals. This is accomplished by eliminating the unknown term fc in differential phase estimation, introducing a symbol rate tracking mechanism, applying hysteresis nonlinearity to eliminate the phase shaping effect and using a weighted average to estimate the phase difference. Better estimates are accomplished by using the hysteretic nonlinear function to detect the zero-crossing points in eliminating the false detecting of the zero-crossing points caused by the additive noise, and calculating differential phase without directly using the center frequency to simplify the estimation process. The present invention also encompasses an automated zero-crossing signal surveillance demodulation and classification device for rapidly identifying an unknown modulation in a signal and a method for automatic zero-crossing demodulation and classification of an unknown modulation signal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789130 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150033 | Javidi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Ahouzi Esmail (Rabat, Morocco); Guanshen (Eric) Zhang (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of encrypting a set of data is disclosed. The method may include encoding a set of data with a first encryption key, and transforming the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include using a second encryption key to encode the transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include transforming the encoded transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key generating thereby and encrypted set of data. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867570 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150100 | Javidi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut, Center for Science and Technology Commercialization (Farmington, Connecticut); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Seokwon Yeom (Seoul, South Korea); Edward Alan Watson (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for recognition of a target three-dimensional object is disclosed. The system may include a photon-counting detector and a three-dimensional integral imaging system. The three-dimensional integral imaging system may be positioned between the photon-counting detector and the target three-dimensional object. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/938434 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150101 | Haanpaa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cybernet Systems Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Haanpaa (Dexter, Michigan); Charles J. Cohen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Glenn J. Beach (Brooklyn, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/938484 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150223 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an optical device, an array of optical devices, and a technique for fabricating the optical device or the array are described. This optical device is implemented on a substrate (such as silicon), and includes a thermally tunable optical waveguide with a high thermal resistance to the surrounding external environment and a low thermal resistance to a localized heater. In particular, the thermal resistances associated with thermal dissipation paths from a heater in the optical device to an external environment via electrodes and via the substrate are increased, while the thermal resistance between the optical waveguide and the heater is decreased. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415882 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150266 | Drost |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs differential signaling through parallel ports in a manner that reduces noise caused by coupling between neighboring ports. The system includes parallel ports for transmitting differential signals from a sender to a receiver, wherein the parallel ports are organized in a two-dimensional grid. Each differential signal is transmitted through a first port and a second port that carry complementary positive and negative components of the differential signal. The first and second ports of a differential pair are diagonally adjacent to each other in the two-dimensional grid. Because the first and second ports transition in opposite directions, coupling noise is cancelled on a neighboring port that is horizontally adjacent to the first port and vertically adjacent to the second port. Moreover, a transition on the neighboring port couples equally to the first port and second port and is consequently rejected as common-mode noise by a corresponding differential receiver. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660861 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150325 | Prichard |
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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) | Brad A. Prichard (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary signal interference control system is disclosed that utilizes a computer system, such as programmable logic circuits or computer controlled logic gates, to generate blanking or control signals for various types of radio frequency receiver and transmitter combinations. Control signals are generated based on signal characteristic information stored in a memory including a delay following receipt of a pre-trigger signal from a radio frequency transmitter and a pulse width of control signal(s) generated for specified receivers, frequencies or systems. In one embodiment, information can be retrieved from a memory and used to generate an interference control signal. One or more control signals can be routed to a related or associated receiver to reduce or eliminate interference effects. Data representing associated radio frequency transmitters and receivers can be determined, synchronized and stored in data structures during testing operations until the received interference signals are properly aligned, synchronized or controlled at an associated receiver. Modified control signal data such as delay and interference control signal width information can be stored in a memory and used for future control signal generation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/137834 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/63.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150621 | Phillips et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represeneted by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Phillips (King George, Virginia); David B. Hanger (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An operating system is provided for controlling an unmanned vehicle. The system includes a stratified plurality of instruction layers, a behavior axiom block and a set of operation parameters. The instruction layers are substantially arranged in descending priority order. Each layer provides an information signal to either an adjacent descending layer or an operation device on board the unmanned vehicle. The behavior axiom block provides an independent protocol signal to a first instruction layer in said stratified plurality. The operation parameters provide an environmental condition that neighbors the unmanned vehicle to a second instruction layer. Preferably, the behavior axiom block includes prioritization adjustment to an instruction layer for overriding the information signal from an adjacently ascendant layer, such as by an interrupt signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/386181 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150794 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J Johnson (Alexandria, Virginia); Christian P Minor (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A data fusion framework is provided for wide-area assessments of unexploded ordnance. One or more wide-area survey data sources representing assessments of geographic sites that may contain unexploded ordnance (UXO) can be analyzed by a data source module as part of the data fusion framework. The data sources can include a geographic registration and a degree of belief and the data source module can register the data sources to a common map grid. A feature layer module can extract a plurality of feature layers from the wide-area survey data sources. A feature map module can generate a plurality of feature maps for each of the plurality of feature layers based on the degree of belief. Finally, a data fusion module can combine the plurality of feature maps and generate a plurality of output maps. This output maps can then be used by UXO site managers to support decisions regarding remediation efforts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490107 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08151255 | Gustafson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phyllis E. Gustafson (Pleasanton, California); Miguel Angel Lujan Moreno (Mountain View, California); Michael H. Paleczny (San Jose, California); Christopher A. Vick (San Jose, California); Olaf Manczak (Hayward, California); Jay R. Freeman (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a dependence violation in an application that involves executing a plurality of sections of the application in parallel, and logging memory transactions that occur while executing the plurality of sections to obtain a plurality of logs and a plurality of temporary results, where the plurality of logs is compared while executing the plurality of sections to determine whether the dependence violation exists. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/474889 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2268 | Gutting 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) | Bradford W. Gutting (Spotsylvania, Virginia); Ryan S. Mackie (Spotsylvania, Virginia); George A. Andrews, Jr. (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A lid assembly is provided for mitigation or removal of meniscus along the periphery of sample liquid in the cavity wells of a microtiter plate. The assembly includes a lid plate having a mount surface, an array of plugs corresponding to the array of wells, and a plurality of posts. Each plug extends below from the mount surface and is insertable into the periphery of a counterpart well for contact with the liquid. The plurality of posts suspends the lid plate above the microtiter plate. Each post optionally passes through an orifice through the mount surface, with each post including an adjustable clamp to support the lid plate. The mount surface optionally includes an array of cavities that correspond in disposition to the array of plugs. Each plug is independently insertable through the mount surface to adjust depth of each plug into its counterpart well. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322958 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/305.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A powered orthosis, adapted to be secured to a corresponding body portion of the user for guiding motion of a user, the orthosis comprising a plurality of structural members and one or more joints adjoining adjacent structural members, each joint having one or more degrees of freedom and a range of joint angles. One or more of the joints each comprise at least one back-drivable actuator governed by a controller for controlling the joint angle. The plurality of joint controllers are synchronized to cause the corresponding actuators to generate forces for assisting the user to move the orthosis at least in part under the user's power along a desired trajectory within an allowed tolerance. One embodiment comprises force-field controllers that define a virtual tunnel for movement of the orthosis, in which the forces applied to the orthosis for assisting the user may be proportional to deviation from the desired trajectory. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062903 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 62/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147440 | Tamari |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of a blood reservoir that incorporates a separate chamber designed to trap condensing water vapor. The blood chamber and the vapor trap are in fluid communication along their top assuring that vacuum applied to the top of the vapor trap is equally applied to the blood chamber. The combination is also structured to prevent condensate water accumulating in the vapor trap chamber from overflowing into the blood chamber as well as provide a structure that allows the end user to empty the water in the vapor trap chamber. |
| FILED | Sunday, September 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563147 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147823 | Acland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gaineville, Florida); Cornell Research Foundation Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Acland (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania); Gustavo D. Aguirre (Ithaca, New York); Jean Bennett (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); William W. Hauswirth (Gainesville, Florida); Samuel G. Jacobson (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Albert M. Maguire (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating an ocular disorder characterized by the defect or absence of a normal gene in the ocular cells of a human or animal subject involves administering to the subject by subretinal injection an effective amount of a recombinant adeno-associated virus carrying a nucleic acid sequence encoding the normal gene under the control of a promoter sequence which expresses the product of the gene in the ocular cells. The ocular cells are preferably retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, and the gene is preferably an RPE-specific gene, e.g., RPE65. The promoter is one that can express the gene product in the RPE cells. Compositions for subretinal administration are useful in this method. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/832282 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147828 | Eriksson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York); University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulf Eriksson (Stockholm, Sweden); Daniel Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Enming Joe Su (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dudley Strickland (Brookeville, Maryland); Manuel Yepes (Atlanta, Georgia); Linda Fredriksson (Hagersten, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating blood-neural barrier (BNB) for the treatment of CNS conditions such as edema, and for increased drug delivery efficacy across the BNB. The present invention further relates to improved tPA treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular and related diseases in combination with antagonism of the PDGF signaling pathway. The inventive method and composition is particularly suitable for conjunctive therapy of ischemic stroke using tPA and an anti-PDGF-C antagonist or an anti-PDGFR-α antagonist. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/736499 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147840 | Ofek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gilad Ofek (Washington, District of Columbia); Peter D. Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia); Richard Wyatt (Rockville, Maryland); Min Tang (N. Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel peptide immunogens that generate an immune response in mammals against HIV gp41, to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such immunogens, and to methods of treating Immunodeficiency disease, especially HIV infection and AIDS, that employ such pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/596494 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/188.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold R. Castro (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and devices for the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies and the diagnosis of disease, for example, syphilis, are described. In particular, a method for immobilizing a lipoidal antigen, comprising cardiolipin, lecithin, and cholesterol, on a solid support (such as a nitrocellulose membrane) is described. The ability to immobilize a lipoidal antigen on a membrane satisfies a long-felt need for a membrane-based assay for the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies. Also described are immunoassay devices for concurrently performing treponemal and non-treponemal tests for syphilis. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433626 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148069 | Croce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of solid cancers. The invention also provide methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160061 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148074 | Behrens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota); General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy W. Behrens (Burlingame, California); Robert R. Graham (San Francisco, California); David Altshuler (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials involved in diagnosing SLE are provided herein. The methods and materials can be used to diagnose SLE and/or assess a mammal's susceptibility to develop SLE, based on the presence or absence of one or more IRF-5 variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/565480 |
| 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 08148082 | Drayna et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Drayna (Potomac, Maryland); Un-Kyung Kim (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Mark Leppert (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic and amino acid sequences of a taste cell receptor that serves as a sensor for the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), antibodies to such PTC taste receptor, methods of detecting such nucleic and amino acid sequences, and methods of screening for modulators of such PTC taste receptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690286 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148083 | Penner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhold Penner (Honolulu, Hawaii); Andrea Fleig (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods useful in identifying candidate agents that modulate insulin secretion from an insulin secreting cell, where such molecules modulate TRPM4 activity and expression in the insulin secreting cell. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/753914 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 08148084 | O'Connor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. O'Connor (Braintree, Massachusetts); David A. Hafler (Newton, Massachusetts); Kai W. Wucherpfennig (Brookline, Massachusetts); Katherine McLaughlin (Watertown, Massachusetts); William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Lawrence Steinman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating autoimmune disease, e.g., acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/766608 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 08148086 | Zetter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporatioin (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce R. Zetter (Wayland, Massachusetts); Sabarni K. Chatterjee (Salem, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods for predicting the resistance of cancer to members of the taxoid family by measuring the levels of prohibitin. Methods for treating cancer and taxoid family member resistant cancers using inhibitors of prohibitin, as well as therapeutic complexes that target prohibitin are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/085125 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 08148094 | Nolan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry P. Nolan (San Francisco, California); Omar D. Perez (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for simultaneously detecting the activation state of a plurality of proteins in single cells using flow cytometry. The invention further provides methods and compositions of screening for bioactive agents capable of coordinately modulating the activity of a plurality of proteins in single cells. The methods and compositions can be used to determine the protein activation profile of a cell for predicting or diagnosing a disease state, and for monitoring treatment of a disease state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/372670 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148095 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); The University of Vermont College of Medicine (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Solomon H. Snyder (Baltimore, Maryland); Alex Huang (Baltimore, Maryland); Cory Teuscher (South Burlington, Vermont); Sangwon Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The atypical antipsychotic drugs (AAPDs) have markedly enhanced the treatment of schizophrenias but their use has been hindered by the major weight gain elicited by some AAPDs. We found that orexigenic AAPDs potently and selectively activate hypothalamic AMP kinase (AMPK), an action abolished in mice with deletion of histamine H1 receptors. These findings afford a means of developing better therapeutic agents and provide insight into the hypothalamic regulation of food intake. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/441986 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.910 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148097 | Gross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Gross (Chesterfield, Missouri); Christopher Jenkins (Richmond Heights, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An in vitro screening method for identifying a compound with iPLA2β modulating activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/269515 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148098 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Jefferson Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Derek Jantz (Durham, North Carolina); Homme W. Hellinga (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Rationally-designed LAGLIDADG meganucleases and methods of making such meganucleases are provided. In addition, methods are provided for using the meganucleases to generate recombinant cells and organisms having a desired DNA sequence inserted into a limited number of loci within the genome, as well as methods of gene therapy, for treatment of pathogenic infections, and for in vitro applications in diagnostics and research. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246376 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148105 | Vora et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Carlos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harmit Vora (South San Francisco, California); James McIntire (Castro Valley, California); Pawan Kumar (Mountain View, California); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the production of gram to kilogram quantities of pro-EP-B2 (proenzyme form of EP-B2) in a lyophilized form. The methods include scalable fermentation, refolding and purification processes, which processes may be combined with lyophilization to yield a stable product. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/531037 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148110 | Blau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); KaloBios, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Robert F. Balint (Palo Alto, California); Thomas S. Wehrman (Redwood City, California); Jeng-Horng Her (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting molecular interactions, particularly protein-protein interactions, using at least two inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments are provided. The invention allows detection of such interactions in eukaryotic and mammalian cells, in situ or in vitro. Detection of molecular interactions in mammalian cells is not limited to the nuclear compartment, but can be accomplished in the cytoplasm, cell surface, organelles, or between these entities. Methods provided utilize novel compositions comprising fusion proteins between molecules of interest and inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments. Association of the molecules of interest brings the corresponding complementary β-lactamase fragments into close enough proximity for complementation to occur and β-lactamase activity to be observed. The invention is useful in the study of protein-protein interactions, functional genomics, agonist and antagonist screening and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/330811 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148124 | Stallcup et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Stallcup (Los Angeles, California); Dagang Chen (Hacienda Heights, California); Heng Hong (Carmel, Indiana); Dana W. Aswad (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence of the Coactivator Associated arginine (R) Methyltransferase protein, CARM1. A method is described for the use CARM1 to regulate gene expression in vivo. CARM1 has also been used to methylate arginine residues of histones, synthetic peptides, and other proteins. A method to use CARM1 to screen for drugs that inhibit its methyltransferase activity is also described, as is a method to screen for drugs that modulate CARM1's interactions with other proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/736504 |
| 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 08148125 | Schimmel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising truncated tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides useful for regulating angiogenesis, as well as nucleic acids encoding such tRNA synthetase polypeptides are described. Methods of making and using such compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007714 |
| 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 08148129 | Frankel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Frankel (Mill Valley, California); Robert Nakamura (San Francisco, California); Chandreyee Das (Brookline, Massachusetts); Ivan D'Orso (San Francisco, California); Jocelyn Grunwell (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for regulating gene expression using transcription factors linked to proteins that localize to the transcriptional machinery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765592 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148130 | Alving et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl R. Alving (Bethesda, Maryland); Venigalla Rao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | T4 bacteriophages are bound to substrates such as liposomes using a binder. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039803 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148146 | Glorioso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Glorioso (Blawnox, Pennsylvania); Darren Wolfe (Verona, Pennsylvania); David Krisky (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a cell line complementing HSV ICP4, ICP27, and UL55 genes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418062 |
| 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 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148149 | Nigam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjay Kumar Nigam (Del Mar, California); Hiroyuki Sakurai (San Diego, California); Kevin T. Bush (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for constructing stable mammalian embryonic epithelial tissues and organs as well as constructing kidney tissue, and treating renal failure. Disclosed are methods of using an active epithelial growth factor having the capability of effectuating induction of growth and morphogenesis is cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/009030 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148154 | Cheung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York); Hong-fen Guo (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for identifying cells expressing a target single chain antibody (scFv) directed against a target antigen from a collection of cells that includes cells that do not express the target scFv, comprising the step of combining the collection of cells with an anti-idiotype directed to an antibody specific for the target antigen and detecting interaction, if any, of the anti-idiotype with the cells, wherein the occurrence of an interaction identifies the cell as one which expresses the target scFv. This invention also provides a method for making a single chain antibody (scFv) directed against an antigen, wherein the selection of clones is made based upon interaction of those clones with an appropriate anti-idiotype, and heretofore inaccessible scFv so made. This invention provides the above methods or any combination thereof. Finally, this invention provides various uses of these methods. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/709848 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148170 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester, Michigan); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for binding an analyte of interest in a sample are provided. The apparatus comprises a substrate with an exposed surface with an compound, that is electrostatically charged or capable of forming hydrogen bonds, provided bound to the solid substrate. A recombinant single chain antibody (scFv) molecule specific for the analyte of interest, having one or more amino acids with charged or hydrogen-bond forming sidechains in a linker polypeptide portion, is bound to the layer on the solid substrate. When the analyte of interest is present in the sample the scFv binds the analyte to the solid substrate. The apparatus can be used with an immunoglobulin layer to detect Fc receptors, so as to detect microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus having protein A or protein G. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/931801 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148302 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deb K Chatterjee (Potomac, Maryland); Kalavathy Sitaraman (Frederick, Maryland); James L Hartley (Frederick, Maryland); Cassio Baptista (Frederick, Maryland); David J Munroe (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a microarray and methods for producing a protein microarray. The array comprises multiple nucleic acid molecules immobilized on a substrate, each comprising (i) a protein-binding domain and (ii) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a fusion protein comprising a polypeptide of interest and a DNA-binding protein that binds the protein-binding domain, and one or more fusion proteins produced from the multiple nucleic acid molecules. Each fusion protein is immobilized on the substrate via binding to a nucleic acid sequence comprising the protein-binding domain present on the nucleic acid molecule from which the fusion protein is produced or on the substrate. The invention also provides a method of analyzing protein interactions with, for example, other proteins, lipids and drugs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/252735 |
| 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 | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148320 | Kotula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leszek Kotula (Marlboro, New Jersey); Xiaoling Xiong (Fresh Meadows, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are purified compounds comprising SEQ ID NO:1, where the tyrosine at residue (10) is phosphorylated. Also provided are purified compounds comprising SEQ ID NO:1, where the amino acid sequence of the compound is less than 400 amino acids. Additionally provided are methods of determining whether an agent is a candidate inhibitor of an AbI kinase. Further provided are methods of inhibiting an AbI kinase. Also provided are methods of treating a patient having a condition characterized by a mutant AbI kinase. Additionally provided are methods of treating a patient at risk for a condition characterized by a mutant AbI kinase. Methods of labeling an AbI kinase are also provided. Additionally, methods of isolating an AbI kinase from a tissue are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/095728 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148322 | Szeto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hazel Szeto (New York, New York); Kesheng Zhao (Jackson Heights, New York); Hugh Robertson (New York, New York); Alex Birk (Woodhaven, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to carrier complexes and methods for delivering molecules to cells. The carrier complexes comprises a molecule and an aromatic cationic peptide in accordance with the invention. In one embodiment, the method for delivering a molecule to a cell comprises contacting the cell with a carrier complex. In another embodiment, the method for delivering a molecule to a cell comprises contacting the cell with a molecule and an aromatic cationic peptide. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631048 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148323 | Remaley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Remaley (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen J. Demosky (Gaithersburg, Maryland); John A. Stonik (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Marcelo J. A. Amar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Edward B. Neufeld (Washington, District of Columbia); H. Bryan Brewer (Potomac, Maryland); Fairwell Thomas (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are peptides or peptide analogs with multiple amphipathic α-helical domains that promote lipid efflux from cells via an ABCA1-dependent pathway. Also provided herein are methods of using multi-domain amphipathic α-helical peptides or peptide analogs to treat or inhibit dyslipidemic disorders. Methods for identifying non-cytotoxic peptides that promote ABCA1-dependent lipid efflux from cells are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/766761 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148328 | Fogelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Fogelman (Beverly Hills, California); Mohamad Navab (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the surprising discovery that salicylanilides, e.g., niclosamide and/or niclosamide analogues when orally administered in conjunction with a peptide pharmaceutical (e.g., a class A amphipathic helical peptide as described herein) significantly increases the bioavailability of that peptide. Methods of peptide delivery using such “delivery agents” and pharmaceutical formulations are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835338 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148330 | Barres et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben A. Barres (Stanford, California); Beth A. Stevens (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | C1q is shown to be expressed in neurons, where it acts as a signal for synapse elimination. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of synapse loss. These findings have broad implications for a variety of clinical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Friday, December 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636001 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148335 | 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); Charles Paul Plested (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides compositions methods and composition relating to the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancers having a cell surface de-N-acetylated sialic acid antigen, e.g., an at least partially de-N-acetylated ganglioside and/or a de-N-acetylated sialic acid-modified cell surface protein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645255 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148340 | Krieg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur M. Krieg (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Alfred D. Steinberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Oligonucleotides containing unthylated CpG dinucleotides and therapeutic utilities based on their ability to stimulate an immune response in a subject are disclosed. Also disclosed are therapies for treating diseases associated with immune system activation that are initiated by unthylated CpG dinucleotides in a subject comprising administering to the subject oligonucleotides that do not contain unmethylated CpG sequences (i.e. methylated CpG sequences or no CpG sequence) to outcompete unmethylated CpG nucleic acids for binding. Further disclosed are methylated CpG containing dinucleotides for use antisense therapies or as in vivo hybridization probes, and immunoinhibitory oligonucleotides for use as antiviral therapeutics. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/888089 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148345 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Health Sciences University Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yin-Xiong Li (Augusta, Georgia); Michael J. Farrell (Canoga Park, California); Margaret J. Kirby (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Introduction of double stranded RNA into cells, cell culture, organs and tissues, and whole organisms, particularly vertebrates, specifically attenuates gene expression. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/422640 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 08148347 | Tao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuanxiang Tao (Baltimore, Maryland); Roger A. Johns (Reisterstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | PSD-95/SAP90 antisense-treated animals not only experience a significant decrease in MAC for isoflurane, but also experience an attenuation in the NMDA-induced increase in isoflurane MAC. PSD-95/SAP90 appears to mediate the role of the NMDA receptor in determining the MAC of inhalational anesthetics. Suppression of the expression of PSD-95/SAP90 in the spinal cord significantly attenuates responses to painful stimuli mediated through the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation. In spinal cord neurons PSD-95/SAP90 interacts with the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits 2A/2B. Activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in spinal hyperalgesia results in association of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor with PSD-95/SAP90. PSD-95/SAP90 is required for hyperalgesia triggered via the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor at the spinal cord level. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073238 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 08148352 | Nizet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Nizet (San Diego, California); George Y. Liu (Irvine, California); Eric Oldfield (Urbana, Illinois); Yongcheng Song (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compounds and methods to treat bacterial pathogenesis, and demonstrates that the S. aureus pigment is a virulence factor and potential novel target for antimicrobial therapy. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299934 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/95 |
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| US 08148428 | Hruby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (Keizer, Oregon); Sean Amberg (Corvallis, Oregon); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain novel compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by hemorrhagic fever viruses is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Arenaviridae (Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, Lassa, Tacaribe, and Pichinde), Filoviridae (Ebola and Marburg viruses), Flaviviridae (yellow fever, Omsk hemorrhagic fever and Kyasanur Forest disease viruses), and Bunyaviridae (Rift Valley fever). |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281081 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/615 |
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| US 08148500 | Cox, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods for using the cysteine variants of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886876 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 08148877 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRS Technologies, Inc. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoning Jiang (State College, Pennsylvania); Wesley S. Hackenberger (State College, Pennsylvania); Kevin A. Snook (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric composite micromachined ultrasound transducer including single and multilayer 1-D and 2-D arrays having through-wafer-vias (TWVs) that significantly decreased electrical impedance per element, and hence the improved electrical impedance matching to T/R electronics and improved signal to noise ratio is disclosed. The TWVs facilitate integrated interconnection in single element transducers (positive and negative contact on the same side) and array transducers (contact pads array for integration with T/R switches and/or pre-amplifier circuits). |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082958 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/334 |
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| US 08148982 | Witschey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter R. T. Witschey (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mark A. Elliott (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Ari Borthakur (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ravinder Reddy (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A spin locked balanced steady-state free precession (slSSFP) pulse sequence combines a balanced gradient echo acquisition with an off-resonance spin lock pulse for fast MRI. The transient and steady-state magnetization trajectory is solved numerically using the Bloch equations and is shown to be similar to balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) for a range of T2/T1 and flip angles, although the slSSFP steady-state could be maintained with considerably lower RF power. In both simulations and brain scans performed at 7T, slSSFP is shown to exhibit similar contrast and SNR efficiency to bSSFP, but with significantly lower power. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426703 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148984 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Alexey A Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for magnitude constrained phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. The method utilizes an assumption that the image magnitude is shared across a series of images reconstructed from a set of phase contrast enhanced k-space data. In this manner, one common magnitude image and a plurality of phase images are reconstructed substantially contemporaneously from the acquired image data. The method is further applicable to other phase contrast MRI methods, such as phase contract velocimetry. Moreover, simultaneous phase contrast velocimetry and chemical shift imaging, in which water and fat signal separation is achieved, is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/573508 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148985 | Zelinski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C Zelinski (Watertown, Massachusetts); Kawin Setsompop (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Vivek Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reducing maximum local specific absorption rate (“SAR”) in a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system is disclosed. More specifically, a plurality of candidate radio frequency (“RF”) pulses are designed and the manner in which they are applied to a subject is determined such that the maximum local SAR is substantially reduced relative to applying the candidate RF pulse that produces the lowest maximum local SAR alone. Put another way, this “time-multiplexing” of a set of RF pulses that each produce approximately the same excitation pattern yields a lower maximum local SAR than does transmitting the individual RF pulse having the lowest local SAR over many repetition times (“TRs”). A convex optimization method is utilized to determine the manner in which the RF pulses are multiplexed in time such that a substantially lower maximum local SAR is achieved. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580076 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149399 | Lundquist et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Lundquist (San Jose, California); Denis Zaccarin (San Jose, California); Yves Lacroix (San Jose, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); John Dixon (Moss Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for real-time monitoring of optical signals from arrays of signal sources, and particularly optical signal sources that have spectrally different signal components. Systems include signal source arrays in optical communication with optical trains that direct excitation radiation to and emitted signals from such arrays and image the signals onto detector arrays, from which such signals may be subjected to additional processing. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/103278 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/317 |
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| US 08150111 | Borland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Borland (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Clarke (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Russell M. Taylor, II (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing three-dimensional image data to render an image from a viewpoint within or beyond an occluding region of the image data are disclosed. According to one method, a set of three-dimensional image data is accessed. The image data includes image data for a surface of interest and image data for a region occluding the surface of interest from a desired viewpoint. The viewpoint may be within or beyond the occluding region. A plurality of rays is cast from the viewpoint to the surface. Along each ray, an occlusion determination is made independent from a volume rendering transfer function definition to render voxels within the occluding region as transparent or partially transparent. The volume rendering transfer function is applied along a portion of each ray outside of the occluding region to render voxels defining surface of interest as visible. The voxels that define the surface are displayed as visible. The voxels within the occluding region are shown in a transparent or partially transparent manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/886207 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
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| US 08150128 | Konofagou 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) | Elisa E. Konofagou (New York, New York); Simon Fung-Kee-Fung (Buffalo, New York); Shougang Wang (New York, New York); Wei-Ning Lee (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for composite elastography and wave imaging are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D or 3D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered or gated using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal. The data from the various N sectors can be synchronized in time using the ECG signals, and the ultrasound signals from each of the N sectors combined to generate a series of composite ultrasound images at the frame rate of the individual sectors. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention such a composite image can be further processed to estimate displacement between consecutive frames, remove noise, accumulate displacement with time for an entire cardiac cycle, and derive strain in the cardiac muscle, vessel or any other organ or tissue under motion. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention the derived strain data can be overlaid onto all or part of the composite ultrasound images, and one or more of such overlaid images can be displayed to a user. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899004 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
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| US 08150523 | Schiff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas D. Schiff (New York, New York); Keith Purpura (New York, New York); Steven Kalik (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for improving cognitive function or for improving coordination of function across a patient's cortical regions. The method includes applying electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's subcortical structures involved in the generation and control of generalized efference copy signals. Internally generated movement of the patient is then detected and, in response to such internally generated movement, application of electrical stimulation is controlled. The method of the present invention has a number of benefits, including increasing flexibility in identifying targets for stimulation, improving the probability of successfully treating brain injury, and permitting patient biofeedback and self-regulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435598 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/45 |
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| US 08150534 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode array attached to neural tissue, such as the retina, necessarily has graded pressure exerted on the tissue, with higher pressure near the attachment point. Greater pressure improves contact between the electrodes and neural tissue while too much pressure may damage neural tissue. Hence it is advantageous to obtain equal pressure across the array field. In the present invention multiple and selective attachment points are provided on an electrode array allowing a surgeon to select the attachment points providing the best electrode tissue contact. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/029955 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
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| US 08150626 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Bing Fan (San Diego, California); Marina Bibikova (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identification of differentially methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences within genomic target sequences that are associated with cancer in an individual by comparing the level of methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences in the sample to a reference level of methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/973783 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150627 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Bing Fan (San Diego, California); Marina Bibikova (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identification of differentially methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences within genomic target sequences that are associated with cancer in an individual by obtaining a biological sample comprising genomic DNA from the individual measuring the level or pattern of methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences for two or more of the genomic targets in the sample, and comparing the level of methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences in the sample to a reference level of methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences, wherein a difference in the level or pattern of methylation of the genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences in the sample compared to the reference level identifies differentially methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences associated with cancer. As disclosed herein, the methods of the invention have numerous diagnostic and prognostic applications. The methods of the invention can be combined with a miniaturized array platform that allows for a high level of assay multiplexing and scalable automation for sample handling and data processing. Also provided by the invention are genomic targets and corresponding nucleic acid probes that are useful in the methods of the invention as they enable detection of differentially methylated genomic CpG dinucleotide sequences associated with adenocarcinomas of the lung. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259546 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
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| US 08150795 | Montgomery, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr. (Middleton, Wisconsin); He Huang (Madison, Wisconsin); Amir H. Assadi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for clustering of multi-dimensional data allow unsupervised grouping of multi-dimensional data points into clusters having like characteristics. The methods may be usefully applied to extracellular action potentials (neuronal spikes) measured from the brain, whereby spike data may be grouped in accordance with dimensions such as spike period, spike shape, etc., to assist in identification and location of individual neurons and/or regions of the brain. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/722229 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garima Bhatia (Bangalore, India); Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter with multiple zones, an electric heater and a control module. The electrical heater includes heater segments, which each correspond with a respective one of the zones. The electrical heater is arranged upstream from and is proximate with the PM filter. The control module selectively applies a first energy level to a first one of the zones via a first one of the heater segments to initiate regeneration in the first zone. The control module also selectively applies a second energy level that is less than the first energy level to a second one of the zones via a second one of the heater segments to initiate regeneration in the second zone. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146827 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146661 | Bravo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Luis Bravo (Houston, Texas); Albert Destrehan Harvey, III (Kingwood, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of treating a gas stream are described. A method of treating a gas stream includes cryogenically separating a first gas stream to form a second gas stream and a third stream. The third stream is cryogenically contacted with a carbon dioxide stream to form a fourth and fifth stream. A majority of the second gas stream includes methane and/or molecular hydrogen. A majority of the third stream includes one or more carbon oxides, hydrocarbons having a carbon number of at least 2, one or more sulfur compounds, or mixtures thereof. A majority of the fourth stream includes one or more of the carbon oxides and hydrocarbons having a carbon number of at least 2. A majority of the fifth stream includes hydrocarbons having a carbon number of at least 3 and one or more of the sulfur compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250378 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146669 | Mason |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley Leroy Mason (Allen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for installing a horizontal or inclined subsurface heater includes placing a heating section of a heater in a horizontal or inclined section of a wellbore with an installation tool. The tool is uncoupled from the heating section. A lead in section is mechanically and electrically coupled to the heating section of the heater. The lead-in section is located in an angled or vertical section of the wellbore. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250297 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/378 |
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| US 08147121 | Lacy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Balachandar Varatharajan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Gilbert Otto Kraemer (Greer, South Carolina); Ertan Yilmaz (Albany, New York); Patrick Benedict Melton (Horse Shoe, North Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Christian Xavier Stevenson (Inman, South Carolina); David Kenton Felling (Greenville, South Carolina); Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine includes a main body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion and an exterior wall that collectively establish at least one fluid delivery plenum, and a plurality of fluid delivery tubes extending through at least a portion of the at least one fluid delivery plenum. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes at least one fluid delivery opening fluidly connected to the at least one fluid delivery plenum. With this arrangement, a first fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one fluid delivery plenum, passed through the at least one fluid delivery opening and mixed with a second fluid flowing through the plurality of fluid delivery tubes prior to being combusted in a combustion chamber of a turbine engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/169865 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147196 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Jay A. Morrison (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine with a cooling system and a compliant dual wall configuration configured to enable thermal expansion between inner and outer layers while eliminating stress formation in the outer layer is disclosed. The compliant dual wall configuration may be formed a dual wall formed from inner and outer layers separated by a support structure. The outer layer may be a compliant layer configured such that the outer layer may thermally expand and thereby reduce the stress within the outer layer. The outer layer may be formed from a nonplanar surface configured to thermally expand. In another embodiment, the outer layer may be planar and include a plurality of slots enabling unrestricted thermal expansion in a direction aligned with the outer layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435662 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/96.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147699 | Goldsmith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HPD, LLC (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Goldsmith (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A filtration apparatus that separates a liquid feedstock mixed with a gas into filtrate and retentate, the apparatus including at least one filtration device comprised of at least one monolith segment of porous material that defines a plurality of passageways extending longitudinally from a feed face of the structure to a retentate end face. The filtration device contains at least one filtrate conduit within it for carrying filtrate toward a filtrate collection zone, the filtrate conduit providing a path of lower flow resistance than that of alternative flow paths through the porous material of the device. The filtration device can also be utilized as a membrane support for a device for microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, or pervaporation. Also disclosed is a method for using such a filtration apparatus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/853976 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147735 | Buschmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Buschmann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyamide membrane comprising reaction product of an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, at least one polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst; and an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional aromatic amine-reactive reactant comprising one ring. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising the polyamide membrane on a porous support. A method of making a composite semipermeable membrane by coating a porous support with an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, a polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst, to form an activated pre-polymer layer on the porous support and contacting the activated pre-polymer layer with an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive reactant to interfacially condense the amine-reactive reactant with the polyfunctional secondary amine, thereby forming a cross-linked, interfacial polyamide layer on the porous support. A method of impregnating a composite semipermeable membrane with nanoparticles selected from heavy metals and/or oxides of heavy metals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170036 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147788 | Rönnebro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ewa Carin Ellinor Rönnebro (Kennewick, Washington); Godwin Severa (Honolulu, Hawaii); Craig M. Jensen (Kailua, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for directly preparing an alkaline earth metal borohydride, i.e. Mg(BH4)2, from the alkaline earth metal boride MgB2 by hydrogenating the MgB2 at an elevated temperature and pressure. The boride may also be doped with small amounts of a metal chloride catalyst such as TiCl3 and/or NiCl2. The process provides for charging MgB2 with high pressure hydrogen above at least 70 MPa while simultaneously heating the material to about 350° C. to about 400° C. The method is relatively simple and inexpensive and provides a reversible hydride compound having a hydrogen capacity of at least 11 wt %. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553633 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147796 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Lu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zhigang Zak Fang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Hong Yong Sohn (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | As a promising clean fuel for vehicles, hydrogen can be used for propulsion, either directly or in fuel cells. Hydrogen storage compositions having high storage capacity, good dehydrogenation kinetics, and hydrogen release and uptake reactions which are reversible are disclosed and described. Generally a hydrogen storage composition of a metal aluminum hexahydride and a metal amide can be used. A combined system (Li3AIH6/3LiNH2) with a very high inherent hydrogen capacity (7.3 wt %) can be carried out at moderate temperatures, and with approximately 95% of that inherent hydrogen storage capacity (7.0%) is reversible over repeated cycling of release and uptake. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282831 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148011 | Thackeray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An uncycled, preconditioned positive metal-oxide or lithium-metal-oxide electrode for a non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell, the electrode being preconditioned in an aqueous or a non-aqueous solution containing stabilizing cations and anions that are etched into the electrode surface to form a protective layer. Methods of preconditioning the electrodes are disclosed as are electrochemical cells and batteries containing the electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/809133 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148013 | Chiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Sung-Yoon Chung (Incheon, South Korea); Jason T. Bloking (Mountain View, California); Anna M. Andersson (Vasteras, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound comprising a composition Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(XD4)z, Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(DXD4)z, or Ax(M′1-aM″a)y(X2D7)z, and have values such that x, plus y(1−a) times a formal valence or valences of M′, plus ya times a formal valence or valence of M″, is equal to z times a formal valence of the XD4, X2D7, or DXD4 group; or a compound comprising a composition (A1-aM″a)xM′y(XD4)z, (A1-aM″a)xM′y(DXD4)z (A1-aM″a)xM′y(X2D7)z and have values such that (1−a)x plus the quantity ax times the formal valence or valences of M″ plus y times the formal valence or valences of M′ is equal to z times the formal valence of the XD4, X2D7 or DXD4 group. In the compound, A is at least one of an alkali metal and hydrogen, M′ is a first-row transition metal, X is at least one of phosphorus, sulfur, arsenic, molybdenum, and tungsten, M″ any of a Group IIA, IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA, VIIIA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, and VIB metal, D is at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, or a halogen, 0.0001<a≦0.1, and x, y, and z are greater than zero. The compound can have a conductivity at 27° C. of at least about 10−8 S/cm. The compound can be a doped lithium phosphate that can intercalate lithium or hydrogen. The compound can be used in an electrochemical device including electrodes and storage batteries and can have a gravimetric capacity of at least about 80 mAh/g while being charged/discharged at greater than about C rate of the compound. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901463 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148103 | Tang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Yu Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Christian Isak Jorgensen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893536 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148154 | Cheung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York); Hong-fen Guo (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for identifying cells expressing a target single chain antibody (scFv) directed against a target antigen from a collection of cells that includes cells that do not express the target scFv, comprising the step of combining the collection of cells with an anti-idiotype directed to an antibody specific for the target antigen and detecting interaction, if any, of the anti-idiotype with the cells, wherein the occurrence of an interaction identifies the cell as one which expresses the target scFv. This invention also provides a method for making a single chain antibody (scFv) directed against an antigen, wherein the selection of clones is made based upon interaction of those clones with an appropriate anti-idiotype, and heretofore inaccessible scFv so made. This invention provides the above methods or any combination thereof. Finally, this invention provides various uses of these methods. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/709848 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148293 | Vajda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Vajda (Lisle, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Christopher L. Marshall (Naperville, Illinois); Randall A. Winans (Downers Grove, Illinois); Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer (Roggentin, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly uniform cluster based nanocatalysts supported on technologically relevant supports were synthesized for reactions of top industrial relevance. The Pt-cluster based catalysts outperformed the very best reported ODHP catalyst in both activity (by up to two orders of magnitude higher turn-over frequencies) and in selectivity. The results clearly demonstrate that highly dispersed ultra-small Pt clusters precisely localized on high-surface area supports can lead to affordable new catalysts for highly efficient and economic propene production, including considerably simplified separation of the final product. The combined GISAXS-mass spectrometry provides an excellent tool to monitor the evolution of size and shape of nanocatalyst at action under realistic conditions. Also provided are sub-nanometer gold and sub-nanometer to few nm size-selected silver catalysts which possess size dependent tunable catalytic properties in the epoxidation of alkenes. Invented size-selected cluster deposition provides a unique tool to tune material properties by atom-by-atom fashion, which can be stabilized by protective overcoats. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869459 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148294 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsing-Lin Wang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sea Ho Jeon (Dracut, Massachusetts); Nathan H. Mack (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal-polymer composites, and methods of making and use thereof, said composites comprising a thermally-cured dense polyaniline substrate; an acid dopant; and, metal nanostructure deposits wherein the deposits have a morphology dependent upon the acid dopant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196735 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148495 | Harris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Michael Rey (Davis, California); Hanshu Ding (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material and for producing a substance from a cellulosic material. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/504582 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148510 | Altier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Johnston, Iowa); E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Altier (Granger, Iowa); Glen Dahlbacka (Oakland, California); Irina Ellanskaya (Kyiv, Ukraine); Natalia Ellanskaya, legal representative (Kyiv, Ukraine); Rafael Herrmann (Wilmington, Delaware); Jennie Hunter-Cevera (Elliott City, Maryland); Billy F. McCutchen (College Station, Texas); James K. Presnail (Avondale, Pennsylvania); Janet A. Rice (Wilmington, Delaware); Eric Schepers (Port Deposit, Maryland); Carl R. Simmons (Des Moines, Iowa); Tamas Torok (Richmond, California); Nasser Yalpani (Johnston, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from microbial fermentation broths. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795770 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148553 | Dumesic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Juan Carlos Serrano Ruiz (Madison, Wisconsin); Ryan M. West (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method to make liquid chemicals, such as functional intermediates, solvents, and liquid fuels from biomass-derived cellulose. The method is cascading; the product stream from an upstream reaction can be used as the feedstock in the next downstream reaction. The method includes the steps of deconstructing cellulose to yield a product mixture comprising levulinic acid and formic acid, converting the levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone, and converting the γ-valerolactone to pentanoic acid. Alternatively, the γ-valerolactone can be converted to a mixture of n-butenes. The pentanoic acid so formed can be further reacted to yield a host of valuable products. For example, the pentanoic acid can be decarboxylated yield 1-butene or ketonized to yield 5-nonanone. The 5-nonanone can be hydrodeoxygenated to yield nonane, or 5-nonanone can be reduced to yield 5-nonanol. The 5-nonanol can be dehydrated to yield nonene, which can be dimerized to yield a mixture of C9 and C18 olefins, which can be hydrogenated to yield a mixture of alkanes. Alternatively, the nonene may be isomerized to yield a mixture of branched olefins, which can be hydrogenated to yield a mixture of branched alkanes. The mixture of n-butenes formed from γ-valerolactone can also be subjected to isomerization and oligomerization to yield olefins in the gasoline, jet and Diesel fuel ranges. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490129 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148583 | Underwood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Paul Underwood (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Alexander Makitka, III (Hatfield, Pennsylvania); Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxygen ion transport membrane process wherein a heated oxygen-containing gas having one or more contaminants is contacted with a reactive solid material to remove the one or more contaminants. The reactive solid material is provided as a deposit on a support. The one or more contaminant compounds in the heated oxygen-containing gas react with the reactive solid material. The contaminant-depleted oxygen-containing gas is contacted with a membrane, and oxygen is transported through the membrane to provide transported oxygen. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774941 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/959 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149128 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachery W. Allen (Mandan, North Dakota); Gary A. Zevenbergen (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for detecting ground potential rise (GPR) comprising positioning a first electrode and a second electrode at a distance from each other into the earth. The voltage of the first electrode and second electrode is attenuated by an attenuation factor creating an attenuated voltage. The true RMS voltage of the attenuated voltage is determined creating an attenuated true RMS voltage. The attenuated true RMS voltage is then multiplied by the attenuation factor creating a calculated true RMS voltage. If the calculated true RMS voltage is greater than a first predetermined voltage threshold, a first alarm is enabled at a local location. If user input is received at a remote location acknowledging the first alarm, a first alarm acknowledgment signal is transmitted. The first alarm acknowledgment signal is then received at which time the first alarm is disabled. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401033 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/662 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150603 | Willi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin L. Willi (Dunlap, Illinois); Scott B. Fiveland (Metamora, Illinois); David T. Montgomery (Edelstein, Illinois); Weidong Gong (Dunlap, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for an engine having a cylinder is disclosed having an engine valve movable to regulate a fluid flow of the cylinder and an actuator associated with the engine valve. The control system also has a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of an air/fuel mixture remaining within the cylinder after completion of a first combustion event and a controller in communication with the actuator and the sensor. The controller may be configured to compare the amount with a desired amount, and to selectively regulate the actuator to adjust a timing of the engine valve associated with a subsequent combustion event based on the comparison. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/292836 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150643 | Morrison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Butte, Montana); Qualtech Systems, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Morrison (Butte, Montana); William H. Morrison (Manchester, Connecticut); Jon P. Christophersen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Real-time battery impedance spectrum is acquired using a one-time record. Fast Summation Transformation (FST) is a parallel method of acquiring a real-time battery impedance spectrum using a one-time record that enables battery diagnostics. An excitation current to a battery is a sum of equal amplitude sine waves of frequencies that are octave harmonics spread over a range of interest. A sample frequency is also octave and harmonically related to all frequencies in the sum. The time profile of this signal has a duration that is a few periods of the lowest frequency. The voltage response of the battery, average deleted, is the impedance of the battery in the time domain. Since the excitation frequencies are known and octave and harmonically related, a simple algorithm, FST, processes the time record by rectifying relative to the sine and cosine of each frequency. Another algorithm yields real and imaginary components for each frequency. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/217013 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Narayan Bhattarai (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Alginate nanofibers, scaffolds that include alginate nanofibers, implantable devices that include alginate nanofibers, and methods for making the alginate nanofibers by electrospinning. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/239478 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148031 | Luepke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gunter Luepke (Williamsburg, Virginia); Erik J. Spahr (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A proton conductor system includes a solid oxide having at least one hydrogen vibrational mode defined by a bandwidth and resonance frequency. A light source irradiates the solid oxide with infrared light in a wavelength band having a center frequency matching the resonance frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/617387 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148065 | Wallace |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Bruce Wallace (Greenbrae, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for the identification of point mutations by a template-dependent ligation procedure. Also described is a template-dependent ligase chain reaction procedure for the amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 24, 1992 |
| APPL NO | 07/996771 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148133 | Elias et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwayne Alexander Elias (Knoxville, Tennessee); Melanie Rose Mormile (Rolla, Missouri); Matthew Brett Begemann (Madison, Wisconsin); Judy Davis Wall (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated haloalkaliphilic microorganism designated as strain sapolanicus belonging to the genus Halanaerobium, which is capable of producing hydrogen from biomass. Methods of producing biohydrogen comprising the fermentation of the microorganism with alkaline pretreated biomass are also provided. Fermentation is preferably carried out without neutralization of the pretreated biomass and at a pH of greater than or equal to about 10. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151031 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148138 | Johnson |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Johnson (Buffalo, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A seed treated with a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination and a seed assembly comprising a seed and a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination. The fungal/bacterial antagonist combination comprises a Trichoderma virens fungal antagonist and a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacterial antagonist for controlling plant pathogens as a biocontrol agent, bio-pesticide or bio-fungicide. In preferred embodiments, the invention produces an increase in plant yield. Control of early and late season stalk and root rot caused by fungi such as Fusarium, Phythium, Phytophthora and Penicillium in tomatoes, peppers, turf grass, soybeans, sunflower, wheat and corn is achieved. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228696 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148159 | Randall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg Randall (Methuen, Massachusetts); Patrick Doyle (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are described for achieving uniform stretching of polynucleotides in hybrid electrophoretic-gel, micro-constricting microfluidic channels. Polynucleotides in normally relaxed configurations are driven by an electric field along a microfluidic channel. The polynucleotides thread through a porous gel barrier formed in the channel and extend into a constriction where an electric field gradient exists. The combined action of the gel and field gradient acts to extend the polynucleotide configuration fully for direct linear analysis of the molecule. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868174 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148264 | Henry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institue of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Henry (Altadena, California); Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabrication of high aspect ratio micropillars and nanopillars are described. Use of alumina as an etch mask for the fabrication methods is also described. The resulting micropillars and nanopillars are analyzed and a characterization of the etch mask is provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/711992 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/668 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148276 | Nejhad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi Nejhad (Honolulu, Hawaii); Vinod P. Veedu (Honolulu, Hawaii); Anyuan Cao (Honolulu, Hawaii); Pulickel Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York); Davood Askari (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional composite reinforcement, a three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposite, and methods of manufacture of each are disclosed. The three dimensional reinforcement comprises a two dimensional fiber cloth upon which carbon nanotubes have been grown, approximately perpendicular to the plane of the fiber cloth. The nanocomposite comprises the three-dimensional reinforcement and a surrounding matrix material. Examples illustrate improvements in the through-thickness mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of the nanocomposite, in addition to substantial improvements in geometrical stability upon temperature changes and vibrational damping, compared to baseline composites reinforced with the two-dimensional fiber cloth alone. Embodiments of the nanocomposite may also be configured to perform multiple functions simultaneously, such as bearing a thermal or mechanical load simultaneously or bearing a mechanical load while also monitoring the state of damage within the nanocomposite. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523731 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148360 | Brewer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen J. Brewer (Blacksburg, Virginia); Brenda Winkel (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Supramolecular complexes that target and cleave DNA are provided. The supramolecular complexes include at least one metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) light absorbing unit, at least one Pt based DNA binding unit, and at least one bridging unit that serves to connect the components. The Pt-based DNA binding unit binds the complex to DNA, and the MLCT unit absorbs light, thereby sensitizing molecular oxygen to produce reactive oxygen species in close proximity to the complex and the bound DNA. The reactive oxygen species cleave the bound DNA. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/851689 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148706 | Hirsa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Hirsa (Clifton Park, New York); Carlos A. Lopez (Coahulla, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillating liquid lens and imaging system and method employing the lens are provided. The liquid lens includes a substrate with a channel opening extending therethrough between a first and second surface. A liquid drop is disposed within the channel and is sized with a first droplet portion, including a first capillary surface, protruding away from the first surface, and a second droplet portion, including a second capillary surface, protruding away from the second surface. The liquid lens further includes an oscillator operatively coupled to either the first droplet portion or the second droplet portion for oscillating the liquid drop within the channel. The imaging system, in addition to the oscillating liquid lens, also includes an image sensor coupled to an image path which passes through the first and second droplet portions for capturing one or more images through the oscillating liquid drop. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487328 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/573 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148874 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huikai Xie (Gainesville, Florida); Shane T. Todd (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS vertical displacement device for vertically displacing and tilting a vertically displaceable platform. The vertically displaceable platform may be displaced using a plurality of recurve actuators configured to provide vertical displacement without horizontal movement. The vertically displaceable platform may be tilted about two axes to yield tilting that is advantageous in numerous applications. The recurve actuators may be thermal, piezoelectric or formed from other appropriate materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/817378 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149397 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Yu Lu (Riverside, California); Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jaeyoun Kim (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to metallic nanophotonic crescent structures, or “nanocrescent SERS probes,” that enhance detectable signals to facilitate molecular detections. More particularly, the nanocrescent SERS probes of the disclosure possess specialized geometries, including an edge surrounding the opening that is capable of enhancing local electromagnetic fields. Nanosystems utilizing such structures are particularly useful in the medical field for detecting rare molecular targets, biomolecular cellular imaging, and in molecular medicine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/886390 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149961 | Tewfik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Tewfik (Edina, Minnesota); Ebrahim Saberinia (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | System and methods include transmitting the same signal in all sub-bands in different time intervals and processing the corresponding received signals to achieve a time resolution proportional to the inverse of the whole bandwidth as opposed to that of a single sub-band. The systems and methods refine the coarse resolution that is achieved by conventional approaches, such as the correlation method, in a single sub-band by aligning the outputs of the matched filters to the received signals from all sub-bands and applying a fast Fourier Transform (FFT) in each time bin along the sub-band index. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/912515 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150033 | Javidi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Ahouzi Esmail (Rabat, Morocco); Guanshen (Eric) Zhang (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of encrypting a set of data is disclosed. The method may include encoding a set of data with a first encryption key, and transforming the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include using a second encryption key to encode the transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include transforming the encoded transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key generating thereby and encrypted set of data. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867570 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150268 | Leeb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B. Leeb (Belmont, Massachusetts); Roderick Hinman (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii); Al-Thaddeus Avestruz (Waltham, Massachusetts); Gary Livshin (Burlington, Massachusetts); John Rodriguez (Somerville, Massachusetts); Nels Peterson (Bellevue, Washington); Elmer C. Lupton (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the dual-use of radiation, for example, but not limited to, visible or infrared light, for both a conventional application, e.g., illumination, combined with the additional or “dual-use” application of transmitting information without wires. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497951 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08151116 | van der Horst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy van der Horst (Provo, Utah); Kent Seamons (Cedar Hills, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for authenticating users through multiple communication channels. The authentication method of the present invention may be used to supplement password systems or replace password authentication, effectively enabling secure sharing, auditing, delegation, and revocation of authority. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/760742 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08146300 | Bystricky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composites, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Bystricky (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding section, is capable of deforming during an earthquake or blast loading. The gauge section is differentially heat treated from the ends so that the gauge section has a lower yield strength than the ends. The casing provides containment of the core to prevent buckling of the core. A metal foil interface or unbonding layer is provided between the deformable core and the casing so that the deformable core does not bind to the casing. The buckling restrained brace provides significant performance improvements over prior art BRBs coupled with simplified assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718359 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/167.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08146301 | Bystricky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composites, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Bystricky (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding section, is capable of deforming during an earthquake or blast loading. The gauge section is differentially heat treated from the ends so that the gauge section has a lower yield strength than the ends. The casing provides containment of the core to prevent buckling of the core. A metal foil interface or unbonding layer is provided between the deformable core and the casing so that the deformable core does not bind to the casing. The buckling restrained brace provides significant performance improvements over prior art BRBs coupled with simplified assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725852 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/167.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147440 | Tamari |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of a blood reservoir that incorporates a separate chamber designed to trap condensing water vapor. The blood chamber and the vapor trap are in fluid communication along their top assuring that vacuum applied to the top of the vapor trap is equally applied to the blood chamber. The combination is also structured to prevent condensate water accumulating in the vapor trap chamber from overflowing into the blood chamber as well as provide a structure that allows the end user to empty the water in the vapor trap chamber. |
| FILED | Sunday, September 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563147 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147699 | Goldsmith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HPD, LLC (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Goldsmith (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A filtration apparatus that separates a liquid feedstock mixed with a gas into filtrate and retentate, the apparatus including at least one filtration device comprised of at least one monolith segment of porous material that defines a plurality of passageways extending longitudinally from a feed face of the structure to a retentate end face. The filtration device contains at least one filtrate conduit within it for carrying filtrate toward a filtrate collection zone, the filtrate conduit providing a path of lower flow resistance than that of alternative flow paths through the porous material of the device. The filtration device can also be utilized as a membrane support for a device for microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, or pervaporation. Also disclosed is a method for using such a filtration apparatus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/853976 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147735 | Buschmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Buschmann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyamide membrane comprising reaction product of an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, at least one polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst; and an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional aromatic amine-reactive reactant comprising one ring. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising the polyamide membrane on a porous support. A method of making a composite semipermeable membrane by coating a porous support with an anhydrous solution comprising an anhydrous solvent, a polyfunctional secondary amine and a pre-polymer deposition catalyst, to form an activated pre-polymer layer on the porous support and contacting the activated pre-polymer layer with an anhydrous, organic solvent solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive reactant to interfacially condense the amine-reactive reactant with the polyfunctional secondary amine, thereby forming a cross-linked, interfacial polyamide layer on the porous support. A method of impregnating a composite semipermeable membrane with nanoparticles selected from heavy metals and/or oxides of heavy metals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170036 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147775 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy (Lake Zurich, Illinois); Jianiun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are disclosed for mixing and self-cleaning elements in microfluidic systems based on electrothermally induced fluid flow. The apparatus and methods provide for the control of fluid flow in and between components in a microfluidic system to cause the removal of unwanted liquids and particulates or mixing of liquids. The geometry and position of electrodes is adjusted to generate a temperature gradient in the liquid, thereby causing a non-uniform distribution of dielectric properties within the liquid. The dielectric non-uniformity produces a body force and flow in the solution, which is controlled by element and electrode geometries, electrode placement, and the frequency and waveform of the applied voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552914 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08147765 | Muradov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazim Z. Muradov (Melbourne, Florida); Franklyn Smith (Orlando, Florida); Ali Tabatabaie-Raissi (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel process and apparatus is disclosed for sustainable, continuous production of hydrogen and carbon by catalytic dissociation or decomposition of hydrocarbons at elevated temperatures using in-situ generated carbon particles. Carbon particles are produced by decomposition of carbonaceous materials in response to an energy input. The energy input can be provided by at least one of a non-oxidative and oxidative means. The non-oxidative means of the energy input includes a high temperature source, or different types of plasma, such as, thermal, non-thermal, microwave, corona discharge, glow discharge, dielectric barrier discharge, or radiation sources, such as, electron beam, gamma, ultraviolet (UV). The oxidative means of the energy input includes oxygen, air, ozone, nitrous oxide (NO2) and other oxidizing agents. The method, apparatus and process of the present invention is applicable to any gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon fuel and it produces no or significantly less CO2 emissions compared to conventional processes. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/288802 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147788 | Rönnebro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ewa Carin Ellinor Rönnebro (Kennewick, Washington); Godwin Severa (Honolulu, Hawaii); Craig M. Jensen (Kailua, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for directly preparing an alkaline earth metal borohydride, i.e. Mg(BH4)2, from the alkaline earth metal boride MgB2 by hydrogenating the MgB2 at an elevated temperature and pressure. The boride may also be doped with small amounts of a metal chloride catalyst such as TiCl3 and/or NiCl2. The process provides for charging MgB2 with high pressure hydrogen above at least 70 MPa while simultaneously heating the material to about 350° C. to about 400° C. The method is relatively simple and inexpensive and provides a reversible hydride compound having a hydrogen capacity of at least 11 wt %. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553633 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08147920 | Smits 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) | Jan M. Smits (Littleton, Colorado); Russell A. Wincheski (Williamsburg, Virginia); JoAnne L. Patry (Dulles, Virginia); Anthony Neal Watkins (Hampton, Virginia); Jeffrey D. Jordan (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube (CNT) attraction material is deposited on a substrate in the gap region between two electrodes on the substrate. An electric potential is applied to the two electrodes. The CNT attraction material is wetted with a solution defined by a carrier liquid having carbon nanotubes (CNTs) suspended therein. A portion of the CNTs align with the electric field and adhere to the CNT attraction material. The carrier liquid and any CNTs not adhered to the CNT attraction material are then removed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370755 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08150643 | Morrison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Butte, Montana); Qualtech Systems, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Morrison (Butte, Montana); William H. Morrison (Manchester, Connecticut); Jon P. Christophersen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Real-time battery impedance spectrum is acquired using a one-time record. Fast Summation Transformation (FST) is a parallel method of acquiring a real-time battery impedance spectrum using a one-time record that enables battery diagnostics. An excitation current to a battery is a sum of equal amplitude sine waves of frequencies that are octave harmonics spread over a range of interest. A sample frequency is also octave and harmonically related to all frequencies in the sum. The time profile of this signal has a duration that is a few periods of the lowest frequency. The voltage response of the battery, average deleted, is the impedance of the battery in the time domain. Since the excitation frequencies are known and octave and harmonically related, a simple algorithm, FST, processes the time record by rectifying relative to the sine and cosine of each frequency. Another algorithm yields real and imaginary components for each frequency. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/217013 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08147788 | Rönnebro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ewa Carin Ellinor Rönnebro (Kennewick, Washington); Godwin Severa (Honolulu, Hawaii); Craig M. Jensen (Kailua, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for directly preparing an alkaline earth metal borohydride, i.e. Mg(BH4)2, from the alkaline earth metal boride MgB2 by hydrogenating the MgB2 at an elevated temperature and pressure. The boride may also be doped with small amounts of a metal chloride catalyst such as TiCl3 and/or NiCl2. The process provides for charging MgB2 with high pressure hydrogen above at least 70 MPa while simultaneously heating the material to about 350° C. to about 400° C. The method is relatively simple and inexpensive and provides a reversible hydride compound having a hydrogen capacity of at least 11 wt %. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553633 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149539 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (San Ramon, California); Ganping A. Ju (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Julius K. Hohlfeld (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Duane C. Karns (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amit V. Itagi (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); William A. Challener (Glenville, New York); Hua Zhou (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a magnetic layer, a heat sink layer, and a thermal resistor layer between the magnetic layer and the heat sink layer. The apparatus may be configured as a thin film structure arranged for data storage. The apparatus may also include an interlayer positioned between the magnetic layer and the thermal resistor layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962928 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/125.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149652 | Erden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Fatih Erden (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Priyadarshee Deeptarag Mathur (Shakopee, Minnesota); William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Edward Charles Gage (Mars, Pennsylvania); Wei Peng (Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania); Terry Wayne McDaniel (Volcano, California); Tim Rausch (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a storage medium, a recording head, a source of electromagnetic radiation, and a control circuit for modulating the source of electromagnetic radiation in response to a static deviation of a spacing between the recording head and the storage medium. A method of compensating a static deviation of a spacing between a recording head and a storage medium performed by the apparatus, and a method of precompensating for nonlinear transition shifts in a heat assisted magnetic recording system, are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/400865 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/13.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Hawke (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Esteban Soto (Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
| ABSTRACT | An attenuated bacteria has been made by an insertion mutation in the iglC gene of Francisella asiatica, by allelic exchange. The attenuated strain proved to be an effective vaccine by providing protection against an infection of F. asiatica in tilapia, and is believed would at least partially immunize fish from other species of Francisella. The vaccine of the attenuated Francisella asiatica ΔiglC mutant can also serve as vectors to present antigens from other pathogens to the fish, thereby serving as vaccines against other pathogens as well. In addition, a highly sensitive and specific assay that can be used for the specific identification of F. asiatica in fish has been developed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/881855 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08148609 | Koprowski et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hilary Koprowski (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Natalia Pogrebnyak (Highland Park, New Jersey); Maxim Golovkin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of in vitro propagation of plants of the genus Eriodictyon are described, including, in particular embodiments, plants of the species E. californicum, E. trichocalyx and E. sessilifolium. Methods of producing transgenic plants of the genus Eriodictyon are also described, along with methods of producing recombinant proteins in such plants. Compositions and methods for administering recombinant proteins produced in these plants are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487942 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08148084 | O'Connor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. O'Connor (Braintree, Massachusetts); David A. Hafler (Newton, Massachusetts); Kai W. Wucherpfennig (Brookline, Massachusetts); Katherine McLaughlin (Watertown, Massachusetts); William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Lawrence Steinman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating autoimmune disease, e.g., acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/766608 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08150033 | Javidi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Ahouzi Esmail (Rabat, Morocco); Guanshen (Eric) Zhang (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of encrypting a set of data is disclosed. The method may include encoding a set of data with a first encryption key, and transforming the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include using a second encryption key to encode the transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key. The method may also include transforming the encoded transformation of the set of data encoded with the first encryption key generating thereby and encrypted set of data. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867570 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08150705 | Walls |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Walls (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and method of identifying shipping anomalies are provided. One anomaly detection module is configured to access data related to items in a delivery environment and determine the occurrence of anomalies based on the accessed data. The detected anomalies are evaluated with other accessed data to identify source, destination or routing errors and to correct same. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039570 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08147562 | Vacanti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Borenstein (Holliston, Massachusetts); Mohammad R. Kaazempur-Mofrad (Lafayette, California); Eli Weinberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for the design and fabrication of biological constructs, such as organ simulants or organ replacements, which contain complex microfluidic architecture. Designs of the present invention provide increased space in the lateral dimension, enabling a large number of small channels for small vessels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/528737 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08149160 | Bray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Systems and Materials Research Corporation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan V. Bray (Spicewood, Texas); Sean McNeal (Austin, Texas); Jesse McDaniel (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact, distance traveled measurement system (DTMS) to calculate speed and distance traveled by a vehicle over rails—more specifically, by trains traveling on standard railroad tracks. Preferably, a pair of short range (near field) microwave-based transmitters/sensors (transceivers) are mounted on the underside of the train and used to key on rail-bed features such as cross ties or tie plates. Preferred embodiments also include infrared sensors as a redundant channel that is less sensitive to moisture in the track bed. Data from the sensors is correlated to determine the time delay between the first and second sensors' passage over objects on the rail bed such as cross-ties or tie-plates. From this time delay, nearly instantaneous velocity can be computed at each given target such as a tie plate (metal target) or a tie (dielectric contrast target). Velocity versus time curves can be integrated over time to derive distance traveled. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/913666 |
| 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 342/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 03, 2012.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2012/fedinvent-patents-20120403.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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