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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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| US 08176617 | Starzynski |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Starzynski (North Bend, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a resonating beam accelerometer (RBA). In an example process, a proof mass device and resonators are created from a quartz material. A direct bond is formed between the proof mass and the resonators by applying a predefined amount of pressure at a predefined temperature for a predefined amount of time. One or more damping plates are created from a quartz material. A direct bond is formed between the damping plates and the proof mass device. The proof mass device is created by applying a predefined amount of pressure at pressure at temperature to two bases, two proof mass portions, and a flexure. The proof mass bases are on opposite sides of the flexure. The proof mass portions are on opposite sides of the flexure. A gap is present between the proof mass bases and the proof mass portions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/751157 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/594 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176635 | Queheillalt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas T. Queheillalt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Haydn N. G. Wadley (Keswick, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems to manufacture lattice-based sandwich structures from monolithic material. Such methods and systems eliminate the bonding process which is conventionally used to join lattice based truss cores to facesheets to form sandwich structures. This bonded interface is a key mode of failure for sandwich structures which are subjected to shear or bending loads because the nodes transfer forces from the face sheets to the core members while the topology for a given core relative density dictates the load carrying capacity (assuming adequate node-bond strength exists). An aspect comprises a core and related structures that provide very low density, good crush resistance and high in-plane shear resistance. An aspect of the truss structures may include sandwich panel cores and lattice truss topology that may be designed to efficiently support panel bending loads while maintaining an open topology that facilitates multifunctional applications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/447166 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/897.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176801 | Gregory et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Griffin Analytical Technology, L.L.C. (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Gregory (Lafayette, Indiana); Jason L. Springston (Carmel, Indiana); Matthew Briscoe (Zionsville, Indiana); Garth E. Patterson (Brookston, Indiana); John W. Grossenbacher (Lafayette, Indiana); Dennis Barket, Jr. (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to devices for collecting and storing chemical samples and transferring those samples to analytical devices for analysis. In one implementation the device includes an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals. In another implementation, the device includes an analytical device having an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals with a sampling device. In another implementation, the device includes a sampling device having an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals with an analytical device. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/003312 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176803 | Willett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Willett (Fairlawn, Ohio); Greg S. Shaw (University Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a sensor interface or network of interfaces that utilizes high-temperature electronics to operate at elevated temperatures for applications that include but are not limited to aircraft and automobile engines, vehicle frames, refineries, nuclear and chemical production plants, and in downhole drilling for petroleum and natural gas. The interface or network provide connectors for a variety of sensors with analog and digital outputs, and can in turn provide data to an automated electronic control system or a monitor. Because the sensor interface may be placed in so-called “hot zones” nearer to the sensors being monitored than other systems that use conventional electronics, the sensor interface can increase noise immunity, increase reliability, decrease cost, reduce weight, and increase space. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220874 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/866.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176831 | Kucherov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nova Research, Inc. (Alexandria, Virginia); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan R. Kucherov (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K. Hubler (HIghland, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An armor plate transforms projectile energy into solid-state lattice waves and facilitates absorption of these waves at different wavelengths. For high frequency lattice waves, dopants are used for absorbing the lattice waves and converting them to thermal energy. Heavy dopants and layered materials can also be use for reflecting lattice waves to facilitate attenuation through absorption. A spreading layer can also be used for dispersing non-absorbed lattice waves. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/291063 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176832 | Rose 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) | Michael T. Rose (Royal Oak, Michigan); John J. Maniaci (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for obstruction deflection for a vehicle. The system generally includes a guide; and a support structure. The support structure includes one or more supports; one or more guide connectors; a fixed single support bracket; a tilt bracket; and a fixed multiple support bracket. The fixed single support bracket, the tilt bracket, and the fixed multiple support bracket are mounted to the vehicle, a first end of each of the supports is installed onto the fixed single support bracket, the tilt bracket, and the fixed multiple support bracket, a second end of each of the supports is installed onto the guide connectors, and the guide is rotatably attached to the guide connectors such that the guide is positioned longitudinally on the vehicle and the guide is curved with the vehicle on the inside of the curve. When the tilt bracket is locked to prevent tilting, and the vehicle is operated in either of a first direction and a second direction, and an obstruction is encountered by the guide, cooperative flexing of the guide and of the supports in combination deflects the obstruction away from the vehicle. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005814 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — 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 08176834 | Arevalo 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) | Michelle R Arevalo (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Geoffrey Bland (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining fratricide probability of projectile collision from a projectile launcher on a platform and an interception hazard that can be ejected or launched from a deployment position. The platform can represent a combat vessel, with the projectile launcher being a gun, the interception hazard being a missile, and the deployment position being a vertical launch cell. The projectile launcher operates within an angular area called the firing zone of the platform. The method includes determining the firing zone, calculating an angular firing area, quantifying a frontal area of the interception hazard, translating the resulting frontal area across a flight trajectory, sweeping the projectile launcher to produce a slew angle, combining the slew and trajectory, and dividing the combined interception area by the firing area. The firing and interception areas are calculated using spherical projection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134487 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176849 | Gold 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) | Vladimir M. Gold (Hillside, New Jersey); William Poulos (Park Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fragmentation warhead includes a cylindrical body, and an explosive charge disposed within the innermost part of the warhead body. Upon detonation of the explosive charge, the warhead body is ultimately caused to shear and break into fragments with controlled sizes, shapes. Metallurgical composition of the warhead body can be used to influence the size of fragments ultimately generated when the warhead breaks apart through detonation, since the size and positioning of fragments in the warhead body is preselected. Fabrication of explosive fragmentation ammunition with preformed fragment tungsten alloy fragmenting shells of complex shapes and small and medium calibers is provided in this invention. According to an embodiment of this invention, fabrication begins with “green” tungsten alloy fragment pellets of a given, full strength, enwrapped in a green lower strength matrix alloy. The product is said to be green because tungsten is largely used to replace other metals such as lead which may be considered more toxic. Next, in the process is pressing to the approximate shape desired of the bulk of the green fragments and matrix mix. This is ultimately followed up with sintering. According to an embodiment of this invention, the sintering process will ultimately result in full strength preformed fragments of tungsten alloy enwrapped in a low strength matrix of tungsten alloy, sized to a desired shell shape and thickness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730318 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176957 | Manesh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Resilient Technologies, LLC. (Wausau, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Manesh (Chicago, Illinois); Michael John Tercha (Weston, Wisconsin); Brian Meliska (Weston, Wisconsin); Fidelis Ceranski (Marathon, Wisconsin); Glenn Howland (Kronenwetter, Wisconsin); Louie Stark (Mosinee, Wisconsin); Karen Hauch (Wausau, Wisconsin); Todd Petersen (Ringle, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-pneumatic tire for supporting a load by working in tension comprising a generally annular inner ring, a generally annular outer ring, and an interconnected web having a plurality of web elements and comprising a plurality of generally polygonal openings. Web elements are sized, curved, oriented, and comprised of varying thicknesses of material which facilitates buckling when subjected to a compressive load. By buckling, those elements in a deformed portion of the tire between a wheel and a footprint region where the tire contacts a surface can assume a significantly reduced portion of the load, if any. This causes web elements in other portions of the interconnected web to operate in tension to support the load. |
| FILED | Monday, July 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/506169 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Resilient tires and wheels 152/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177199 | Carpin |
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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) | John C. Carpin (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerosol generator includes a saturator having an enclosure for passing a gas therethrough, and a porous substrate being adapted for retaining a non-vaporized form of an aerosol material, wherein the porous substrate is further adapted to release a vaporized form of the aerosol material for introduction into the gas within the enclosure, and a condenser adapted for receiving the gas containing the vapor from the saturator to produce an aerosol containing the aerosol material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570006 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas and liquid contact apparatus 261/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177423 | Fair 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) | Geoff E. Fair (Centerville, Ohio); Triplicane A. Parthasarathy (Beavercreek, Ohio); Ronald J. Kerans (Yellow Springs, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a thermal history sensor having a plurality of substrates positioned adjacent to an item. The substrates include different compositions, such that the substrates respond to thermal exposures with different changes in electrical conductivity or magnetic permeability. By measuring the electrical or magnetic properties of the substrates following thermal exposure, information about the thermal history may be obtained. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/154809 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177475 | Joco et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fidel Manalo Joco (La Palma, California); Marshall Saville (Torrance, California); Alan Kang (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal assembly for deflecting contaminated fluid flowing through the seal assembly from an upstream space to a downstream space includes an annular housing, at least one vent hole peripherally disposed on the annular housing, a first set of seals disposed within the annular housing adjacent to the downstream space, the first set of seals having an inclined surface to deflect the flow of contaminated fluid through the at least one vent hole, and a second set of seals mounted on the shaft, disposed within the annular housing, adjacent to the first set of seals and adjacent to the upstream space. The second set of seals may have larger inside diameter than the first set of seals. The seal assembly may prevent contaminated fluid from entering an air bearing cooling circuit, thereby preventing bearing wear, erosion and failure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114554 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177492 | Knapp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James N. Knapp (Sanford, Maine); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooled gas turbine engine component includes a cooling passage, one or more cooling inlet apertures in flow communication with a coolant supply and a first end of the cooling passage, and a coolant flow obstruction inside the cooling passage between the one or more cooling inlet apertures and a second end of the cooling passage and configured to direct a portion of coolant from the one or more cooling inlet apertures toward the first end of the cooling passage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/074501 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177595 | McCammon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SkySight Technologies LLC (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick R. McCammon (Leo, Indiana); Andrew J. Rekeweg (Woodburn, Indiana); Mark A. Holst (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoy that is adapted to resist entanglement with a trawler net that may be dragged over the anchor and buoy. The buoy may have an indentation on the body of the buoy that causes the buoy to pivot as a trawler net pulls the tether down and slides across the buoy. A lead-in ramp surface increases in thickness from the lower end to a transition area spaced from the lower end. A reorienting ramp surface extends from the transition area to the side of the housing that tips the buoy to a generally horizontal orientation as the object traverses the reorienting ramp surface. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691788 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices 441/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177721 | Antonelli 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) | Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Candida L. Desjardins (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention as disclosed is a non-contact method and apparatus for continuously monitoring a physiological event in a human or animal, such as blood pressure, which involves utilizing a laser-based interferometer system in combination with a laser tracking system and a signal processor to produce a waveform that is representative of a continuous physiological event such as blood pressure or respiration in a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131472 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177826 | Grahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the core body of a mammal are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a portion of the mammal, e.g. a limb or portion thereof, is placed in a sealed enclosure to produce an enclosed portion of the mammal. A surface of the enclosed portion of the mammal is then contacted with a low temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to provide for the desired core body thermal energy extraction. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, e.g. providing relief from temperature sensitive disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, and the treatment of hyperthermia, among other treatments. The subject methods and devices are particularly suited for use in enhancing the physical ability of a mammal. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/246915 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177884 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut); Haralambos Cordatos (Colchester, Connecticut); Slade R. Culp (Coventry, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for use in a fluid system includes a fuel channel for receiving fuel having dissolved gas therein. A gas permeable membrane supported by a porous support, the gas permeable membrane in communication with the fuel channel. A gas-removal channel adjacent the gas permeable membrane for receiving the dissolved gas from the fuel through the gas permeable membrane and the porous support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469656 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177932 | Becnel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Mezzo Technologies, Inc. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Becnel (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Jeffrey J. McLean (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including disposing a first end plate adjacent to a second end plate, wherein the first end plate and second end plate each define a pattern of apertures. The first end plate is aligned with the second end plate such that the pattern of apertures in the first end plate is substantially aligned with the pattern of apertures in the second end plate. The method includes placing an end portion of each of a plurality of micro tubes in contact with the first end plate, the micro tubes being substantially vertically disposed and substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the first end plate, so as to place the micro tubes on the first end plate, and vibrating at least one of the micro tubes while the micro tubes are on the first end plate, thereby causing the micro tubes to insert into and through respective aligned apertures of the patterns of apertures in the first end plate and the second end plate. The method further includes separating the first end plate from the second end plate while the micro tubes extend therethrough, until the first end plate and the second end plate are disposed proximate to respective end portions of the micro tubes extending therethrough, and affixing each end portion of the micro tubes to a respective end plate, thereby forming a pathway in a micro tube heat exchanger component for the flow of an internal fluid to be heated or cooled by external flow of an external fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/540985 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/73.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177941 | Adams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Sectretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Adams (Chula Vista, California); Candace Conwell (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen storage and recovery system includes a substrate having embedded hydrogen molecules and a grid of cells. Each cell includes an electron source for directing electrons onto the substrate, two orthogonal magnetic or electric fields that are oriented so that the electrons pass through both magnetic fields prior to striking the substrate, and an ion guide. A voltage source establishes a potential for the electrons that is equal to the ionization potential of the hydrogen molecules, so that hydrogen molecules are ionized when the electrons impinge on the substrate. The magnetic fields can be manipulated to deflect, or change, the direction of said electrons passing through the fields, so that electrons strike the substrate at different locations, which allows for more recovery of the embedded hydrogen molecules from the substrate. The ion guide uses an applied electric field to draw hydrogen ions that have been ionized for subsequent storage. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684014 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178104 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (LaJolla, California); Valentina Fogal (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting gC1q/p32 receptors. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to cancerous cells, and to areas of inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/777382 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178202 | Halas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas); Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Peter J. Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Yanpeng Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle comprising a shell surrounding a core material with a lower conductivity than the shell material, wherein the core center is offset in relation to the shell center. A method comprising providing a nanoparticle comprising a nonconductive core and a conductive shell, and asymmetrically depositing additional conductive material on the conductive shell. A method comprising providing a concentric nanoshell having a core and a shell, immobilizing the concentric nanoshell onto a support, and asymmetrically depositing a conductive material onto the shell to produce a nanoegg. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765862 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178317 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Roberts (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean Zhao (Brookline, Massachusetts); David E. Hill (Arlington, Massachusetts); William C. Hahn (Newton, Massachusetts); Jesse Boehm (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are nucleic acids, proteins, vectors, cells, kits, devices and methods useful for identifying regulatable proteins that are able to complement components of cellular signaling pathways. Also provided are compositions and methods using these complementing genes directly as markers for cancer diagnosis or prognosis and as targets for anti-neoplastic therapeutics. Further provided are methods for using changes caused by expression of the complementing genes to indirectly identify associated genes to be used as markers for cancer diagnosis or prognosis and as targets for anti-neoplastic therapeutics. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150941 |
| 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 08178355 | Acharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platypus Technologies, LLC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bharat Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin); Avijit Sen (Madison, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Kurt Kupcho (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of detection of components in gas phase, and in particular to detection of nitric oxide exhaled as a component of breath, using a liquid crystal assay format and a device utilizing liquid crystals as part of a reporting system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/560076 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178357 | Trogler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Forest Bohrer (San Diego, California); Andrew C. Kummel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensors, sensing systems and sensing methods of the invention provide for detection of peroxides, including for example, vapor-phase H2O2 and organic peroxides such as di-tert-butyl peroxide. A sensor and sensing method of the invention uses at least two phthalocyanines, one of which exhibits an oxidation reaction with peroxides and the other of which exhibits a reduction reaction with peroxides. A peroxide is readily identified by a sensor of the invention when one of the at least two phthalocyanines exhibits increased resistance to current flow and the other of the at least two phthalocyanines exhibits decreased resistance to current flow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/668953 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178400 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josephine B. Chang (Yorktown Heights, New York); Michael A. Guillorn (Yorktown Heights, New York); Isaac Lauer (Yorktown Heights, New York); Amlan Majumdar (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor fabrication method includes depositing a dummy gate layer onto a substrate, patterning the dummy gate layer, depositing a hardmask layer over the dummy gate layer, patterning the hardmask layer, etching a recess into the substrate, adjacent the dummy gate layer, depositing a semiconductor material into the recess, removing the hardmask layer, depositing replacement spacers onto the dummy gate layer, performing an oxide deposition over the dummy gate layer and replacement spacers, removing the dummy gate and replacement spacers, thereby forming a gate recess in the oxide and depositing a gate stack into the recess. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567963 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178429 | Lu 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) | Ryan P. Lu (Carlsbad, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fabrication of a semiconductor structure is achieved by using a Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) tip to apply a metal catalyst to a prepared substrate. The catalyst is applied in a predetermined pattern, and crystal growth is established at the catalyst site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569530 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178502 | Cheng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors have determined, contrary to the prior art and experience, how to successfully use triciribine to treat esophogeal adenocarcinoma by one or a combination of (i) administering triciribine only to patients which according to a diagnostic test described below, exhibit enhanced sensitivity to the drug; (ii) use of a described dosage level that minimizes the toxicity of the drug but yet still exhibits efficacy; or (iii) use of a described dosage regimen that minimizes the toxicity of the drug. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206468 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178743 | Britto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tetra Tech, Inc. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Britto (Collierville, Tennessee); Madhukant Patel (Cordova, Tennessee); Mikael L. Spangberg (West Hartford, Connecticut); Richard W. Arnseth (Knoxville, Tennessee); Franklin R. Bogle (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for remediating hazardous materials susceptible to nucleophillic attack is disclosed wherein sodium hydroxide is applied to a treatment zone in situ for raising the pH of the treatment zone to at least about 12.5 so that alkaline hydrolysis effectively breaks down the hazardous substance by replacing a leaving group with a nucleophile. The method is well suited for in situ use in the vadose zone to treat contaminated soil and groundwater. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/495430 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178863 | Tennant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Tennant (Thousand Oaks, California); Gerard J. Sullivan (Newbury Park, California); Mark Field (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/476226 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178888 | Chakraborty |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A packaged light emitting device (LED) includes a light emitting diode configured to emit primary light having a peak wavelength that is less than about 465 nm and having a shoulder emission component at a wavelength that is greater than the peak wavelength, and a wavelength conversion material configured to receive the primary light emitted by the light emitting diode and to responsively emit light having a color point with a ccx greater than about 0.4 and a ccy less than about 0.6. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024400 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178907 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas Rueckes (Boston, Massachusetts); Ernesto Joselevich (Jerusalem, Israel); Kevin Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surfaces for direction, via chemical vapor deposition. Chemical vapor deposition also can be used to form nanotubes in arrays in the presence of directing electric fields, optionally in combination with self-assembled monolayer patterns. Bistable devices are described. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/812653 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178908 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ross Greenberg (White Plains, New York); Jean-Olivier Plouchart (New York, New York); Alberto Valdes-Garcia (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical contact structure distributes current along a length thereof. The electrical contact structure includes a plurality of n metal rectangles on n levels of metal. The rectangle on one metal level is at least as wide in width and vertically covers in width the rectangle on the metal level immediately below. The rectangle on one metal level is shorter in length than and substantially aligned at a first end with the rectangle on the metal level immediately below. Rectangle first ends are substantially aligned. Features of an exemplary FET transistor of this invention are a source and drain terminal electrical contact structure, a multi-level metal ring connecting gate rectangles on both ends, and a wider-than-minimum gate-to-gate spacing. The invention is useful, for example, in an electromigration-compliant, high performance transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/116470 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179026 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jodie Lutkenhaus (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of electrodes; and a nanotube, a nanorod and/or a nanowire; the nanotube, nanorod and/or nanowire comprising a piezoelectric and/or pyroelectric polymeric composition; the pair of electrodes being in electrical communication with opposing surfaces of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire; the pair of electrodes being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551039 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179032 | Eden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Savoy, Illinois); Seung Hoon Sung (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides microcavity plasma devices and arrays that are formed in layers that also seal the plasma medium, i.e., gas(es) and/or vapors. No separate packaging layers are required and additional packaging can be omitted if it is desirable to do so. A preferred microcavity plasma device includes first and second thin layers that are joined together. A half ellipsoid microcavity or plurality of half ellipsoid microcavities is defined in one or both of the first and second thin layers, and electrodes are arranged with respect to the microcavity to excite a plasma within said microcavities upon application of a predetermined voltage to the electrodes. A method for forming a microcavity plasma device having a plurality of half or full ellipsoid microcavities in one or both of first and second thin layers is also provided by a preferred embodiment. The method includes defining a pattern of protective polymer on the first thin layer. Powder blasting forms half ellipsoid microcavities in the first thin layer. The second thin layer is joined to the first layer. The patterning can be conducted lithographically or can be conduced with a simple screen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235796 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/493 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179048 | Dayton, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teraphysics Corporation (Highland Hts., Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/035088 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179133 | Kornev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor K. Kornev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Igor I. Soloviev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Nikolai V. Klenov (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Oleg A. Mukhanov (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID) comprises a superconducting inductive loop with at least two Josephson junction, whereby a magnetic flux coupled into the inductive loop produces a modulated response up through radio frequencies. Series and parallel arrays of SQUIDs can increase the dynamic range, output, and linearity, while maintaining bandwidth. Several approaches to achieving a linear triangle-wave transfer function are presented, including harmonic superposition of SQUID cells, differential serial arrays with magnetic frustration, and a novel bi-SQUID cell comprised of a nonlinear Josephson inductance shunting the linear coupling inductance. Total harmonic distortion of less than −120 dB can be achieved in optimum cases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543482 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179186 | Flewelling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Flewelling (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Douglas S. Jansen (Pelham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for reducing off-state leakage current in a differential switching device. The techniques can be embodied, for example, in a method that includes receiving a differential input signal at a differential input of each of a primary switch and a dummy switch. In an enabled-state of the device, the method further includes passing the differential input signal to a differential output of the primary switch. In a disabled-state of the device, the method further includes canceling off-state leakage current at the differential output of the primary switch, by virtue of the dummy switch having its differential output reverse-coupled to the differential output of the primary switch. The method may further include preventing the dummy switch from passing signals other than off-state leakage signals. The techniques can be embodied, for instance, in a switching device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535596 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/379 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179231 | Varahramyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech Research Foundation (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khodadad Varahramyan (Ruston, Louisiana); Mangilal Agarwal (Ruston, Louisiana); Sudhir Shrestha (Ruston, Louisiana); Jeevan Kumar Vemagiri (Bothell, Washington); Aravind Chamarti (Painted Post, New York); Sireesha Ramisetti (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chipless RFID tag system having a transmitter sending an input signal and a tag substrate. The tag substrate has at least one microstrip and the microstrip has a first portion with a first impedance and a second portion with a second impedance different from the first impedance. The system further includes a receiver detecting at least two reflections from an interface of the first and second impedances and identifying relative time domain positions of the reflections to one another. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/864159 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/10.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179296 | Kelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Autonomously operating analog to digital converters are formed into a two dimensional array. The array may incorporate digital signal processing functionality. Such an array is particularly well-suited for operation as a readout integrated circuit and, in combination with a sensor array, forms a digital focal plane array. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415007 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179327 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Clark (West Topsham, Vermont); Norbert E. Yankielun (Deer Isle, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A subsurface deployable antenna array is provided which expands upon deployment and contracts for storage to provide an antenna array that can be stored in a comparatively compact space. Electronically interconnected antenna modules are connected by expandable/contractable connectors. A helically-organized bundle of optical cables and electrical wiring are utilized in the expandable/contractable connectors. Mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic means may be utilized to control the spacing between the antenna modules. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587327 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179581 | Samson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Samson (Largo, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Largo, Florida); Vandana Upadhyay (Melbourne, Florida); Rahul Agrawal (Clearwater, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an improved electrostatic micro actuator array system comprising a plurality of electrostatic micro actuators, each of the micro actuators further comprising at least one hold-down electrode and at least two pull-down electrodes positioned to actuate the micro actuator. A hold-down signal line is then coupled to each of the hold-down electrodes of each of the plurality of micro actuators and a plurality of first pull-down signal lines coupled to one of the at least two pull-down electrodes of each micro actuator and a plurality of second pull-down signal lines coupled to another of the at least two pull-down electrodes of each micro actuator, the first pull-down signal lines and the second pull-down signal lines configured in a cross-point matrix such that a unique pair of first pull-down signal lines and second pull-down signal lines is associated with each of the plurality of micro actuators. The system and method of the present invention reduces the number of driving lines required for the micro actuator array. In a particular embodiment, a reconfigurable microelectromechanical (MEMS) micromirror array system capable of deflecting incident light onto or away from a detector is described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/057915 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/200.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179594 | Tidwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Tidwell (Kirkland, Washington); Thomas H. Loftus (Seattle, Washington); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining of light from a plurality of high-power lasers (e.g., fiber MOPA lasers) that, in some embodiments, use substantially identical diffraction gratings in a 1-D non-parallel, mutually compensating configuration to combine non-parallel converging input beams in one plane each having a slightly different successively higher wavelength into a single output beam of high quality. In other embodiments, an output grating and one or more input gratings in a 1-D parallel, mutually compensating configuration combine non-parallel input beams in one plane into a single output beam of high quality. In other embodiments, a 2-D plurality of input gratings in a non-parallel configuration combine a plurality of non-parallel input beams not in one plane each having a slightly different successively higher wavelength into a set of converging beams in one plane directed towards an output grating that compensates for chromatic dispersions introduced by the input gratings. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/165651 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179661 | Goodson, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Goodson, III (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xingzhong Yan (Brookings, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic dielectric material comprises a branched and/or hyperbranched macromolecule having delocalized electrons. Such macro-molecular organic material systems have desirable delocalized charge and optionally one or more micro-crystalline regions. Organic dielectric materials include, for example, branched polyanilines and phthalocyanines. Delocalized excitations within the macromolecular framework of the organic dielectric material may be used in various applications, such as light harvesting, nonlinear optical, quantum optical, and electronic applications, e.g., capacitors. Electrical devices may comprise such dielectric materials, including capacitors that have very high energy density, storage, and transfer. Also provided are methods of preparing such materials. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215667 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179731 | Vigoda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts); Eric Nestler (Concord, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Bernstein (Middleton, Massachusetts); David Reynolds (Scarborough, Maine); Alexander Alexeyev (Gorham, Maine); Jeffrey Venuti (Somerville, Massachusetts); William Bradley (Somerville, Massachusetts); Vladimir Zlatkovic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage device includes a storage array having a group of storage elements. Each storage element can written to a discrete set of physical states. A read circuit selects one or more storage elements and generates, for each selected storage element, an analog signal representative of the physical state of the selected storage element. A signal processing circuit processes the analog signal to generate a plurality of outputs, with each output representing a degree of an association of the selected storage element with a different subset of one or more of the discrete set of physical states. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/537045 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/189.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179939 | Holonyak, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Gabriel Walter (Urbana, Illinois); Adam James (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A two terminal semiconductor device for producing light emission in response to electrical signals, includes: a terminal-less semiconductor base region disposed between a semiconductor emitter region and a semiconductor collector region having a tunnel junction adjacent the base region; the base region having a region therein exhibiting quantum size effects; an emitter terminal and a collector terminal respectively coupled with the emitter region and the collector region; whereby application of the electrical signals with respect to the emitter and collector terminals, causes light emission from the base region. Application of the electrical signals is operative to reverse bias the tunnel junction. Holes generated at the tunnel junction recombine in the base region with electrons flowing into the base region, resulting in the light emission. The region exhibiting quantum size effects is operative to aid recombination. |
| FILED | Friday, December 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/930199 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180053 | Canter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Canter (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure communications system has at least one processor and a control bus. A number of ports, each having a different fixed address, are coupled to the control bus. The processor assigns each port the address of another port whose data the port is permitted to receive when placed on a system data bus by the other port. A time slot generator outputs each fixed port address sequentially during corresponding time slots in a recurring manner, and a time slot bus is coupled to the time slot generator and to each of the ports. The ports are configured so that (a) when a given port detects its fixed address on the time slot bus, it writes desired outbound data on the data bus, and (b) when the given port detects its assigned port address on the time slot bus, the given port reads data off the data bus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/783614 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180154 | Collier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Techfinity, Inc. (Calabasas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarrell D. Collier (Sherman Oaks, California); Michael P. Davenport (Camarillo, California); H. K. John Armenian (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Object detection in an image using an image processing approach in which the image is updated based on an energy function. In one aspect, the exemplary image update process attempts to homogenize each region by associating each pixel with a particular region such that the total level of energy for the image based on the pixel located in that region is minimized with respect to the energy function. For example, the method of object detection in an image having a plurality of pixels by image segmentation includes dividing the image into a plurality of regions; assigning each pixel to one of the plurality of regions based on a characteristic; performing an energy reduction on the image based on a region reassignment of at least one pixel; and producing an output image based on the energy reduction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/055217 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180505 | Simburger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Simburger (Agoura, California); Daniel L. Rumsey (Inglewood, California); Simon H. Liu (Redondo Beach, California); John S. Halpine (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An onboard solar cell array current and voltage characteristic determination method is preferably used on small spacecraft and determines the solar cell orientation relative to the sun by a comparison between prelaunch solar cell characteristics with on-orbit solar cell characteristics well suited for spin axis determinations and monitoring the degradation of on-orbit solar cells over the operational life of a picosatellite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/983183 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — 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 71/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180595 | Daniels 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) | Jeffrey A. Daniels (Sagle, Idaho); Dave A. Mellick (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive embodiments, a compact data acquisition unit is modularly assembled of COT components, based on a PC-104 or other form factor of relatively small size. Inside a durable casing, a dc-dc converter increases battery-generated dc voltage for a computer processor that communicates with storage/memory and collects sensory information via an a-to-d converter. The inventive data acquisition unit can be implemented in either handheld (e.g., so as to include touchscreen interactivity) or situate (e.g., so as to be combined with sensory instrumentation) fashion. Especially propitious inventive practice involves wireless communication with an inventive “podded” device, remotely placed, that includes an inventive data acquisition unit, one or more sensors, and a pod containing the unit and the sensor(s). For underwater applications, a preferred embodiment of an inventive podded device is planoconvex, having a flat side for mounting on vehicular structure and an outwardly curved/rounded side for mitigating hydrodynamic penalties. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116164 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Duchon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kari Kelton (Louisville, Kentucky); Pacey Foster (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kara Orvis (San Marcos, California); Robert McCormack (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to methods and systems for comparing and maximizing the optimal selection of a first set of one or more data objects to a set of second data objects. In one embodiment, the first set of data objects represent one or more tasks to be fulfilled by a set of capabilities represented by the second data objects. In one embodiment, methods and systems are provided that apply topic modeling and similarity metrics to determine the optimal selection. In one embodiment, methods and systems are provided to determine the appropriateness of a set of second data objects to satisfy the requirements of a first data object given interaction attributes. Embodiments may be used to compare mission requirements with potential team members to determine the appropriateness of team members and teams for a given mission based on interaction attributes of the team members and teams. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910823 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/738 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Chiticarlu (Santa Cruz, California); Phokion Kolaitis (Los Altos, California); Lucian Popa (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products for interactive generation of integrated schemas. Exemplary embodiments include a method for schema integration, the method including recasting a first source schema into a first graph of concepts with HasA relationships, recasting a second source schema into a second graph of concepts with HasA relationships, identifying matching concepts in the first graph and the second graph based on correspondences between attributes of the concepts of the first and second graphs, producing an integrated schema, based on a fixed specification of matching concepts to merge, and generating a mapping from the first source schema to the integrated schema and from the second source schema to the integrated schema. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/195925 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/808 |
| 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) | Nikhil Dave′ (San Diego, California); Albert K. Legaspl (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synchronizing clocks between local and remote unix-like computers comprising: sending internet control message protocol (ICMP) ping packets between at least two computers in a network; archiving ICMP echo-request and echo-reply packets from the networked computers in an archive file with an ICMP packet capture utility; including information in each echo-request sent from a local computer to a remote computer comprising: (1) the local time stamp of when the last echo-request from the remote computer was received at the local computer, and (2) the local time stamp of when the corresponding echo-reply was sent from the local computer; calculating an approximate clock offset between the networked computers based on the time stamps; and synchronizing the clocks of the networked computers based on the approximate clock offset of the computers. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/020750 |
| ART UNIT | 2444 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180968 | O'Krafka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian W. O'Krafka (Austin, Texas); Roy S. Moore (Austin, Texas); Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for reducing cache flush time of a cache in a computer system. The method includes populating at least one of a plurality of directory entries of a dirty line directory based on modification of the cache to form at least one populated directory entry, and de-populating a pre-determined number of the plurality of directory entries according to a dirty line limiter protocol causing a write-back from the cache to a main memory, where the dirty line limiter protocol is based on a number of the at least one populated directory entry exceeding a pre-defined limit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/729527 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180997 | Burger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Burger (Austin, Texas); Stephen W. Keckler (Austin, Texas); Robert McDonald (Austin, Texas); Paul Gratz (Austin, Texas); Nitya Ranganathan (Austin, Texas); Lakshminarasimhan Sethumadhavan (Austin, Texas); Karthikevan Sankaralingam (Austin, Texas); Ramadass Nagarajan (Austin, Texas); Changkyu Kim (Austin, Texas); Haiming Liu (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for dynamically composing processor cores to form logical processors. Processor cores are composable in that the processor cores are dynamically allocated to form a logical processor to handle a change in the operating status. Once a change in the operating status is detected, a mechanism may be triggered to recompose one or more processor cores into a logical processor to handle the change in the operating status. An analysis may be performed as to how one or more processor cores should be recomposed to handle the change in the operating status. After the analysis, the one or more processor cores are recomposed into the logical processor to handle the change in the operating status. By dynamically allocating the processor cores to handle the change in the operating status, performance and power efficiency is improved. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/166439 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08181094 | Lastras-Montano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis A. Lastras-Montano (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Piyush C. Patel (Cary, North Carolina); Eric E. Retter (Austin, Texas); Barry M. Trager (Yorktown Heights, New York); Michael R. Trombley (Cary, North Carolina); Shmuel Winograd (Scarsdale, New York); Kenneth L. Wright (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to improve error correction includes a fast decoder to process data packets until the fast decoder finds an uncorrectable error in a data packet at which point a request for at least two data packets is generated. The system also includes a slow decoder to correct the uncorrectable error in a data packet based upon the at least two data packets. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023546 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08181222 | Thomsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | McAfee, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Jay Thomsen (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Richard O'Brien (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Jessica Bogle (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Charles Payne (Oakdale, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for defining and enforcing a security policy. Security mechanism application specific information for each security mechanism is encapsulated as a key and exported to a semantic layer. Keys are combined to form key chains within the semantic layer. The key chains are in turn encapsulated as keys and passed to another semantic layer. A security policy is defined by forming key chains from keys and associating users with the key chains. The security policy is translated and exported to the security mechanisms. The security policy is then enforced via the security mechanisms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/981333 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08181252 | Jajodia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Steven E Noel (Dale City, Virginia); Eric B Robertson (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system for correlating intrusion events using attack graph distances. The system includes an attack graph generator, an exploit distance calculator, an intrusion detector, an event report/exploit associator, an event graph creator, an event graph distance calculator, a correlation value calculator, and a coordinated attack analyzer. An attack graph is constructed for exploits and conditions in a network. The exploit distance calculator determines exploit distances for exploit pair(s). The intrusion detector generates event. Events are associated with exploits. Event graph distances are calculated. Correlation values are calculated for event pair(s) using event graph distances. The correlation values are analyzed using a correlation threshold to detect coordinated attacks. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758135 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio); Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Smith (Lyndhurst, Ohio); Markus Lorenz (Karlsruhe, Germany); David Dudzinski (Strongsville, Ohio); Hsiang Ming Chen (Latham, New York); Peter A. Chapman, Jr. (East Schodack, New York); Charles J. Prisco (Saratoga Springs, New York); Nicholas G. Vitale (Albany, New York); Stephan Weber (Lyndhurst, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A blood pump (26) includes a stator assembly including a fluid inlet (24) and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly (120) includes an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from the inlet (24) to the outlet (26). A motor (50) imparts rotation of the impeller (40) about the axis (44). The motor (50) includes a motor stator (52) fixed to the stator assembly (122), a motor rotor (54) fixed to the rotor assembly (120), and a radial motor gap (34) between the stator (52) and the rotor (54). The pump (20) is configured to direct a mixed blood flow from the fluid inlet (24) to the fluid outlet (26) and a wash flow through the motor gap (34). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447350 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177789 | Magill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Magill (Woburn, Massachusetts); Joseph R. Morency (Salem, Massachusetts); Leonard B. Kaban (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Maria Troulis (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for distraction osteogenesis are disclosed employing an energy storage device and a controlled release of energy to provide a separating force. For example, bone expansion devices can include a first anchor element attachable to a first segment of bone, a second anchor element attachable to a second segment of bone, and an actuator for applying a separating force between the first and second anchor elements. The actuator can include a potential energy storage device and a controller for releasing energy from the energy storage device to provide the separating force. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/242056 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178089 | Stice et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Stice (Athens, Georgia); Soojung Shin (Baltimore, Maryland); Sujoy Dhara (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for producing feeder cell-free neuroprogenitor cells (preferably adherent) from embryonic stems cells, preferably human embryonic stem cells, the feeder cell-free neuroprogenitor cells, preferably human cells themselves, as well as methods for producing feeder cell-free samples of neuronal cells, preferably adherent human neuronal cells and the feeder cell-free neuronal cells themselves. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases as well as the use of the described cells in assay systems is also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/384272 |
| 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 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178091 | Schnapp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn M. Schnapp (Seattle, Washington); Jung-eun Choi (Seachu-Gu, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of acute lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis by administering inhibitors of IGF-1R signaling activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124494 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 |
08178098 — Method to inhibit airway hyperresponsiveness using aerosolized T cell receptor antibodies
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Lahn (Zionsville, Indiana); Willi K. Born (Denver, Colorado); Arihiko Kanehiro (Okayama, Japan); Erwin Gelfand (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method to reduce airway hyperresponsivesness in an animal by the direct delivery to the lungs of aerosolized antibodies against T cell receptors. The method is particularly useful for treating airway hyperresponsiveness associated with allergic inflammation, is effective at extremely low doses of antibody, and does not have a substantial effect on the peripheral immune system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/826319 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/144.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178104 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (LaJolla, California); Valentina Fogal (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting gC1q/p32 receptors. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to cancerous cells, and to areas of inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/777382 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178294 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent D. Taylor (Ventura, California); Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Huiying Yang (Hockessin, Delaware); Willa A. Hsueh (Pacific Palisades, California); Xiuqing Guo (Santa Monica, California); Leslie J. Raffel (Los Angeles, California); Mark O. Goodarzi (Los Angeles, California); Yii-Der Ida Chen (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for determining haplotypes useful for large-scale genetic analysis, within a genomic reference sequence of interest, for a human subpopulation. The method can applied to statistically evaluating the genotypes of subjects for any statistically significant association with a phenotype of interest, such as insulin resistance or coronary artery disease. Thus, also disclosed are a method of detecting a genetic predisposition in a human subject for certain biological conditions, which may be related to coronary artery disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/564243 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178304 | Smith et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Terry J. Smith (Manhattan Beach, California); Raymond S. Douglas (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of diagnosing Graves' disease (GD), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases in an individual by detecting a disproportionately large fraction of peripheral blood T cells express IGF-1R (CD3+ IGF-R+) compared to normal control samples. In a further embodiment, the invention provides methods of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring GD, RA and other autoimmune diseases. Or a predisposition thereto in an individual by detecting a disproportionately large fraction of CD3+ IGF-1R+ T cells that express CD45RO+ compared to normal control samples. In a further embodiment, the invention provides a method of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring GD, RA and other autoimmune diseases or a predisposition thereto in an individual by detecting an increased CD45RO+/RA+ ratio in peripheral blood T cells compared to normal control samples. In addition to peripheral blood T cells, the methods of the invention also can be practiced with test samples comprising T cells harvested from affected orbital tissues. Embodiments directed to the prognosis, staging, and/or monitoring of GD, RA and other autoimmune diseases or a predisposition thereto also are provided, along with diagnostic kits for practicing the various embodiments of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/709334 |
| 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 08178316 | Labaer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Labaer (Matfield, Massachusetts); Niroshan Ramachandran (Needham, Massachusetts); Manuel Fuentes Garcia (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features methods that include: providing a substrate that includes (i) a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA) encoding a hybrid amino acid sequence including a test amino acid sequence and an affinity tag, and (ii) a binding agent that recognizes the affinity tag; contacting the substrate with a translation effector to thereby translate the hybrid amino acid sequence; maintaining the substrate under conditions permissive for the hybrid amino acid sequence to bind the binding agent; and removing the nucleic acid from the substrate. In one embodiment, the substrate includes a plurality of positionally-distinguishable addresses, for example, each include a different nucleic acid. The addresses can be located a regularly or irregularly spaced locations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/770111 |
| 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 435/68.100 |
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| US 08178317 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Roberts (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean Zhao (Brookline, Massachusetts); David E. Hill (Arlington, Massachusetts); William C. Hahn (Newton, Massachusetts); Jesse Boehm (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are nucleic acids, proteins, vectors, cells, kits, devices and methods useful for identifying regulatable proteins that are able to complement components of cellular signaling pathways. Also provided are compositions and methods using these complementing genes directly as markers for cancer diagnosis or prognosis and as targets for anti-neoplastic therapeutics. Further provided are methods for using changes caused by expression of the complementing genes to indirectly identify associated genes to be used as markers for cancer diagnosis or prognosis and as targets for anti-neoplastic therapeutics. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150941 |
| 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 08178338 | Keasling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Sung Kuk Lee (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nucleic acids that include a promoter that is inducible by a transcriptional activator protein; and a nucleotide sequence that encodes the transcriptional activator protein. The present invention provides expression vectors that provide for inducible production of gene products in a host cell. The present invention further provides host cells genetically modified with a subject expression vector. The present invention further provides methods for producing a gene product in a host cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/993419 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and systems for performing in vivo flow cytometry. In one embodiments, selected circulating cells of interest of a subject are labeled with fluorescent probe molecules. The labeled cells are irradiated in vivo so as to excite the fluorescent probes, and the radiation emitted by the excited probes is detected, preferably confocally. The detected radiation is then analyzed to derive desired information, such as relative cell count, of the cells of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349612 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric H. Davidson (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of modulating a regulatory state of a cell. The method consists of: (a) identifying a point of interdiction within a cis regulatory network specifying a genetic regulatory architecture of a cell, and (b) introducing into a progenitor cell two or more network elements within said network to induce a predetermined series of cis regulatory network interactions resulting in a specified regulatory state of said progenitor cell. Also provided is a method of modulating a regulatory state of a cell. The method consists of: (a) identifying a point of interdiction within a cis regulatory network specifying a genetic regulatory architecture of a cellular state, and (b) introducing into a progenitor cell two or more network elements within said network to induce a predetermined series of cis regulatory network interactions resulting in a specified regulatory state of said progenitor cell. A cell having a specified regulatory state consisting of a modified genetic regulatory architecture is further provided. Methods of diagnosing and methods of treating an individual suffering from a cellular defect also are provided. The invention additionally provides a method of identifying a compound having differentiation or cell fate inducing activity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894804 |
| 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 08178355 | Acharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platypus Technologies, LLC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bharat Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin); Avijit Sen (Madison, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Kurt Kupcho (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of detection of components in gas phase, and in particular to detection of nitric oxide exhaled as a component of breath, using a liquid crystal assay format and a device utilizing liquid crystals as part of a reporting system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/560076 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178492 | Kahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Children's Hospital Boston (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Ronald Kahn (West Newton, Massachusetts); Yu-Hua Tseng (Newton, Massachusetts); Atul Butte (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/502551 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/4.800 |
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| US 08178496 | Trauner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dirk Trauner (San Francisco, California); Ehud Y. Isacoff (Berkeley, California); Matthew Volgraf (Oakland, California); Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa (Barcelona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of glutamate receptor function, which regulator is a light-sensitive (photoreactive) regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated glutamate receptor that includes a subject synthetic regulator non-covalently associated with the glutamate receptor. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated glutamate receptor. The present invention further provides methods of modulating glutamate receptor function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate glutamate receptor function. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/338880 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors have determined, contrary to the prior art and experience, how to successfully use triciribine to treat esophogeal adenocarcinoma by one or a combination of (i) administering triciribine only to patients which according to a diagnostic test described below, exhibit enhanced sensitivity to the drug; (ii) use of a described dosage level that minimizes the toxicity of the drug but yet still exhibits efficacy; or (iii) use of a described dosage regimen that minimizes the toxicity of the drug. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206468 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
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| US 08178507 | Zuckerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth S. Zuckerman (Tampa, Florida); Richard Y. Liu (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method of modulating the function of transcription factor by administering an effective amount of an oligonucleotide containing optimal nucleotide binding sites for the transcription factor. A therapeutic agent having an effective amount of an oligonucleotide for modulating function of transcription factors and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also provided. Also provided is a treatment of patients having illnesses in which the activation of transcription factors play a role by administering to a patient an effective amount of an oligonucleotide which competitively binds the related transcription factor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391943 |
| 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.R00 |
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| US 08178508 | Schlom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); Sam Zaremba (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide (PSA-OP) that is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer and in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-specific cytotoxic T-cell lines. In particular, the invention provides methods for eliciting an immune response against PSA comprising administering (i) a priming inoculation of a first recombinant virus encoding PSA-OP and (ii) one or more boosting inoculations of a second recombinant virus encoding PSA-OP, wherein the first and second recombinant viruses are from a different genus. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977660 |
| 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 08178509 | Linden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Linden (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kori Wallace (Charlottesville, Virginia); Robert Alan Figler (Earlysville, Virginia); Jayson M. Rieger (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating an inflammatory response caused by a sickle cell crisis, comprising administration of an effective amount of an A2A adenosine receptor agonist. Optionally, the method includes administration of a type IV PDE inhibitor (e.g., rolipram). |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673360 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/46 |
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| US 08178510 | Secrist, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham, Alabama); John A. Montgomery (Birmingham, Alabama); William L. Hinds, Jr., legal representative (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Patients suffering from cancer are treated by being administered a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each R individually is H or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro. The above compounds also inhibit DNA replication in mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/710537 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/49 |
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| US 08178512 | Bochner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Scott Bochner (Lutherville, Maryland); Ronald L. Schnaar (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides therapeutic methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of Siglec-8 associated diseases and disorders such as asthma and allergic reactions. In particular, the invention provides methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with Siglec-8 expressing cells in humans, as well as other animals, through the administration of one or more novel, carbohydrate-based compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/824831 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/54 |
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| US 08178579 | Schreiber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Scott M. Sternson (New York, New York); Jason C. Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christina M. Grozinger (Urbana, Illinois); Stephen J. Haggarty (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kathryn M. Koeller (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents and efficient methods for the synthesis thereof, the present invention provides novel compounds of general formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, n, X and Y are as defined herein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides compounds capable of inhibiting histone deacetylatase activity and methods for treating disorders regulated by histone deacetylase activity (e.g., cancer and protozoal infections) comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) to a subject in need thereof. The present invention additionally provides methods for modulating the glucose-sensitive subset of genes downstream of Ure2p. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879466 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/452 |
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| US 08178580 | Garceau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kiacta Sarl (St-Legier, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denis Garceau (Kirkland, Canada); Wendy Hauck (Baie d'Urfe, Canada); Richard Briand (Laval, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, formulations, and compositions for the treatment of amyloidosis are described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/405348 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/553 |
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| US 08178617 | Neff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allvivo Vascular, Inc. (Lake Forest, California); The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171593 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
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| US 08178654 | Gambhir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Ramasamy Paulmurugan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include estrogen receptor (ER) intramolecular folding systems, methods of detecting ER ligands and distinguishing between ER agonists and antagonists, cells including ER intramolecular folding systems, transgenic animals including ER intramolecular folding systems, fusion proteins, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805460 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 08178655 | Kobilka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Daniel Rosenbaum (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4 and TM5 regions of the GPCR; b) a stable, folded protein insertion; and c) a second portion of the GPCR, where the second portion comprises the TM6 and TM7 regions of the GPCR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932101 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178656 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Eidgenossisches Technische Hochschule (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Meinel Lorenz (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for novel sustained release silk-based delivery systems. The invention further provides methods for producing such formulations. In general, a silk fibroin solution is combined with a therapeutic agent to form a silk fibroin article. The article is then treated in such a way as to alter its conformation. The change in conformation increases its crytallinity or liquid crystallinity, thus controlling the release of a therapeutic agent from the formulation. This can be accomplished as single material carriers or in a layer-by-layer fashion to load different therapeutic agents or different concentrations of these agents in each layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628930 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To identify conserved and variable regions of the 16 S rRNA, an instant evolution experiment was performed on the entire 16 S rRNA. Analysis of these mutants identified regions that are required for function. These conserved sequences may be used as targets for pharmaceuticals that are taxonomically specific and which are refractory to the development of drug resistance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914077 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178678 | Crooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Crooks (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Linda P. Dwoskin (Lexington, Kentucky); Guangrong Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Zhenfa Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky); Sangeetha Sumithran (Lexington, Kentucky); Marharyta Pivavarchyk (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are bis-quaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse, and or gastrointestinal tract disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/304948 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/140 |
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| US 08178907 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas Rueckes (Boston, Massachusetts); Ernesto Joselevich (Jerusalem, Israel); Kevin Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surfaces for direction, via chemical vapor deposition. Chemical vapor deposition also can be used to form nanotubes in arrays in the presence of directing electric fields, optionally in combination with self-assembled monolayer patterns. Bistable devices are described. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/812653 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/211 |
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| US 08180131 | Toth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia Toth (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Eric Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Bennett Groshong (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for acquiring an image set using optical coherence tomography (OCT). A first portion of a defined volume is scanned at a low-density sampling rate to obtain a plurality of low-density frames. A second portion of the defined volume is scanned at a high-density sampling rate, higher than the low-density sampling rate, to obtain at least one high-density frame. The low-density frames and the at least one high-density frame are combined to provide a complete mixed-density image set. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114166 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
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| US 08180454 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Ione Fine (Seattle, Washington); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); James David Weiland (Valencia, California); Alan M. Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Amy Hines (Monterey Park, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angeles, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual subject. The response to electrical neural stimulation varies from subject to subject. Measure of impedance may be used to predict the electrode height from the neural tissue and, thereby, predict the threshold of perception. Alternatively, electrode height may be measured directly to predict the threshold of perception. Also, impedance measurement may be used to quickly identify defective electrodes and proper electrode placement. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607201 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
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| US 08180460 | Nevsmith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Matthew Nevsmith (Pasadena, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Qingfang Yao (Valencia, California); Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible circuit electrode array with more than one layer of metal traces comprising: a polymer base layer; more than one layer of metal traces, separated by polymer layers, deposited on said polymer base layer, including electrodes suitable to stimulate neural tissue; and a polymer top layer deposited on said polymer base layer and said metal traces. Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, or cortical stimulation many purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/934627 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Goldman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for determining effects on a biological system include determining rate constants for a particular time interval starting at an initial time. Each rate constant indicates a rate of transition from one of four states to a different one of the four states for a component of a biological system in presence of an external factor. A temporal change in a probability that the component is in a particular state after the initial time is determined without numerical iteration over multiple time steps. This includes determining three relaxation time constants that describe exponential changes based on the rate constants. The effect of the external factor on the biological system is determined based on the temporal change in the probability that the component is in the particular state. The probability at an arbitrary time is determined based on the rate constants and initial probabilities. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971375 |
| 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 72/22 |
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| US 08180580 | Marmorstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronen Marmorstein (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Brandi D. Sanders (Pittman, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of sirtuin deacetylase protein family members. Compounds of the invention are identified by designing or screening for a compound which binds to at least one amino acid residue of the newly identified nicotinamide inhibition and base exchange site of Sir2 and testing the compound for its ability to modulate the activity of the Sir2 protein. Compositions and methods for preventing or treating diseases or disorders associated with Sir2 are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023287 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
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| US 08180601 | Butson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Christopher B. Maks (Aurora, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for determining volume of activation for deep brain stimulation (“DBS”) using a finite element model (FEM) circuit to determine a FEM of an implanted electrode and a tissue medium in which the electrode is implanted, a Fourier FEM solver circuit to calculate a potential distribution in the tissue medium using information from the FEM circuit and a capacitive component of at least one of the implanted electrode and the tissue medium, and a volume of activation (VOA) circuit to predict a VOA using the potential distribution and a neuron model. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715829 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander R. Beeck (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A centrifugal particle separator is provided for removing particles such as microscopic dirt or dust particles from the compressed cooling air prior to reaching and cooling the turbine blades or turbine vanes of a turbine engine. The centrifugal particle separator structure has a substantially cylindrical body with an inlet arranged on a periphery of the substantially cylindrical body. Cooling air enters centrifugal particle separator through the separator inlet port having a linear velocity. When the cooling air impinges the substantially cylindrical body, the linear velocity is transformed into a rotational velocity, separating microscopic particles from the cooling air. Microscopic dust particles exit the centrifugal particle separator through a conical outlet and returned to a working medium. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564166 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.92 |
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| US 08176739 | Evulet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Tristan Evulet (Clifton Park, New York); Balachandar Varatharajan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Gilbert Otto Kraemer (Greer, South Carolina); Ahmed Mostafa ElKady (Niskayuna, New York); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The low emission combustor includes a combustor housing defining a combustion chamber having a plurality of combustion zones. A liner sleeve is disposed in the combustion housing with a gap formed between the liner sleeve and the combustor housing. A secondary nozzle is disposed along a centerline of the combustion chamber and configured to inject a first fluid comprising air, at least one diluent, fuel, or combinations thereof to a downstream side of a first combustion zone among the plurality of combustion zones. A plurality of primary fuel nozzles is disposed proximate to an upstream side of the combustion chamber and located around the secondary nozzle and configured to inject a second fluid comprising air and fuel to an upstream side of the first combustion zone. The combustor also includes a plurality of tertiary coanda nozzles. Each tertiary coanda nozzle is coupled to a respective dilution hole. The tertiary coanda nozzles are configured to inject a third fluid comprising air, at least one other diluent, fuel, or combinations thereof to one or more remaining combustion zones among the plurality of combustion zones. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/175050 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/733 |
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| US 08176783 | Sinha |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for non-contact (stand-off) ultrasonic determination of certain characteristics of fluids in containers or pipes are described. A combination of swept frequency acoustic interferometry (SFAI), wide-bandwidth, air-coupled acoustic transducers, narrowband frequency data acquisition, and data conversion from the frequency domain to the time domain, if required, permits meaningful information to be extracted from such fluids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861208 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/579 |
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| US 08176795 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jy-an Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ken C. Liu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Zhili Feng (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An in-situ specimen fixture particularly adapted for prestressing rod-type SNTT-type specimens comprising a tube and end cap wherein the specimen is secured at one end to the tube, and at the opposite end to the end cap. The end cap is rotatable relative to the tube, and may be fixedly secured for creating a torsional force prestressing the specimen enclosed within the tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498799 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/856 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08176995 | Polsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yarom Polsky (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Mark C. Grubelich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark R. Vaughn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and means of minimizing the effect of elastic valve recoil in impact applications, such as percussive drilling, where sliding spool valves used inside the percussive device are subject to poor positioning control due to elastic recoil effects experienced when the valve impacts a stroke limiting surface. The improved valve design reduces the reflected velocity of the valve by using either an energy damping material, or a valve assembly with internal damping built-in, to dissipate the compression stress wave produced during impact. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424583 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Tool driving or impacting 173/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177610 | Birrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart J. Birrell (Ames, Iowa); Benjamin J. Schlesser (Davenport, Iowa); Mark D. Dilts (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A crop residue harvesting system for a harvesting machine is provided. The crop residue harvesting system includes a blower and a transition member having a first position and a second position. In a first position the transition member directs at least a portion of the crop residue to the blower for harvesting of the crop residue. In a second position the transition member allows for spreading at least a portion of the crop residue. A lever or actuator may be operatively connected to the transition member for selecting between the first position and the second position or selecting an intermediate position to control the proportions of the crop residue harvested and the crop residue spread. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062846 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Crop threshing or separating 460/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177885 | Wijmans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes G. Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Timothy C. Merkel (Menlo Park, California); Richard W. Baker (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas separation process for treating exhaust gases from the combustion of gaseous fuels, and gaseous fuel combustion processes including such gas separation. The invention involves routing a first portion of the exhaust stream to a carbon dioxide capture step, while simultaneously flowing a second portion of the exhaust gas stream across the feed side of a membrane, flowing a sweep gas stream, usually air, across the permeate side, then passing the permeate/sweep gas back to the combustor. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/122136 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177906 | Boxley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chett Boxley (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for treating fly ash to render it highly usable as a concrete additive. A quantity of fly ash is obtained that contains carbon and which is considered unusable fly ash for concrete based upon foam index testing. The fly ash is mixed with a quantity of spray dryer ash (SDA) and water to initiate a geopolymerization reaction and form a geopolymerized fly ash. The geopolymerized fly ash is granulated. The geopolymerized fly ash is considered usable fly ash for concrete according to foam index testing. The geopolymerized fly ash may have a foam index less than 40%, and in some cases less than 20%, of the foam index of the untreated fly ash. An optional alkaline activator may be mixed with the fly ash and SDA to facilitate the geopolymerization reaction. The alkaline activator may contain an alkali metal hydroxide, carbonate, silicate, aluminate, or mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/275437 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177909 | Constantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent R. Constantz (Portola Valley, California); Kasra Farsad (San Jose, California); Chris Camire (San Jose, California); Irvin Chen (Santa Clara, California); Matthew Ginder-Vogel (Los Gatos, California); Miguel Fernandez (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods including hydraulic cement, supplementary cementitious material, and/or self-cementing material. Methods for making the compositions and using the compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082942 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/738 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177946 | Rau |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described for forming metal hydroxide from a metal carbonate utilizing a water electrolysis cell having an acid-producing anode and a hydroxyl-producing cathode immersed in a water solution of sufficient ionic content to allow an electric current to pass between the hydroxyl-producing cathode and the acid-producing anode. A metal carbonate, in particular water-insoluble calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate, is placed in close proximity to the acid-producing anode. A direct current electrical voltage is provided across the acid-producing anode and the hydroxyl-producing cathode sufficient to generate acid at the acid-producing anode and hydroxyl ions at the hydroxyl-producing cathode. The acid dissolves at least part of the metal carbonate into metal and carbonate ions allowing the metal ions to travel toward the hydroxyl-producing cathode and to combine with the hydroxyl ions to form the metal hydroxide. The carbonate ions travel toward the acid-producing anode and form carbonic acid and/or water and carbon dioxide. Among other uses, the metal hydroxide formed can be employed to absorb acid gases such as carbon dioxide from a gas mixture. The invention can also generate hydrogen and oxidative gases such as oxygen or chlorine. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184748 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177957 | Martin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis P. Martin (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple frequency method for the operation of a sensor to measure a parameter of interest using calibration information including the steps of exciting the sensor at a first frequency providing a first sensor response, exciting the sensor at a second frequency providing a second sensor response, using the second sensor response at the second frequency and the calibration information to produce a calculated concentration of the interfering parameters, using the first sensor response at the first frequency, the calculated concentration of the interfering parameters, and the calibration information to measure the parameter of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/893751 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/781 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177998 | Dai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Banu Kesanli (Mersin, Turkey); John S. Neal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a liquid scintillating composition containing (i) one or more non-polar organic solvents; (ii) (lithium-6)-containing nanoparticles having a size of up to 10 nm and surface-capped by hydrophobic molecules; and (iii) one or more fluorophores. The invention is also directed to a liquid scintillator containing the above composition. |
| FILED | Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/605408 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178064 | Koermer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF Corporation (Florham Park, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Koermer (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a process for treating nitrogen oxide-containing exhaust produced by a stationary combustion source by the catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide in the presence of a reductant comprising hydrogen, followed by ammonia selective catalytic reduction to further reduce the nitrogen oxide level in the exhaust. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776887 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/239.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178076 | Hillegonds et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren J. Hillegonds (Oakland, California); John S. Vogel (San Jose, California); Robert L. Fitzgerald (Encinitas, California); Leonard J. Deftos (Del Mar, California); David Herold (Del Mar, California); Douglas W. Burton (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining calcium metabolism in a patient comprises the steps of administering radioactive calcium isotope 41Ca to the patient, allowing a period of time to elapse sufficient for dissemination and reaction of the radioactive calcium isotope 41Ca by the patient, obtaining a sample of the radioactive calcium isotope 41Ca from the patient, isolating the calcium content of the sample in a form suitable for precise measurement of isotopic calcium concentrations, and measuring the calcium content to determine parameters of calcium metabolism in the patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/283034 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178221 | Goyal |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, {100}<100> or 45°-rotated {100}<100> oriented, semiconductor-based, electronic devices are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/011450 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178331 | Gasch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Audrey P. Gasch (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffrey A. Lewis (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated Elo1 and Mig3 nucleic acid sequences capable of conferring increased ethanol tolerance on recombinant yeast and methods of using same in biofuel production, particularly ethanol production. Methods of bioengineering yeast using the Elo1 and, or, Mig3 nucleic acid sequences are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232327 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178463 | Stamenkovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vojislav Stamenkovic (Naperville, Illinois); Nenad M. Markovic (Hinsdale, Illinois); Chao Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Hideo Daimon (Osaka, Japan); Shouheng Sun (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A multimetallic nanoscale catalyst having a sore portion enveloped by a shell portion and exhibiting high catalytic activity and improved catalytic durability. In various embodiments, the core/shell nanoparticles comprise a gold particle coated with a catalytically active platinum bimetallic material. The shape of the nanoparticles is substantially defined by the particle shape of the core portion. The nanoparticles may be dispersed on a high surface area substrate for use as a catalyst and is characterized by no significant loss in surface area and specific activity following extended potential cycling. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754323 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179026 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jodie Lutkenhaus (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of electrodes; and a nanotube, a nanorod and/or a nanowire; the nanotube, nanorod and/or nanowire comprising a piezoelectric and/or pyroelectric polymeric composition; the pair of electrodes being in electrical communication with opposing surfaces of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire; the pair of electrodes being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551039 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179248 | Eakle, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Eakle, Jr. (New Ellenton, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic door latch detector is provided in which a sound recognition sensor is integrated into a door or door lock mechanism. The programmable sound recognition sensor can be trained to recognize the acoustic signature of the door and door lock mechanism being properly engaged and secured. The acoustic sensor will signal a first indicator indicating that proper closure was detected or sound an alarm condition if the proper acoustic signature is not detected within a predetermined time interval. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311719 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/528 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180013 | Prasad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manoj K. Prasad (Pleasanton, California); Neal J. Snyderman (Berkeley, California); Mark S. Rowland (Alamo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of absolute nuclear material assay of an unknown source comprising counting neutrons from the unknown source and providing an absolute nuclear material assay utilizing a model to optimally compare to the measured count distributions. In one embodiment, the step of providing an absolute nuclear material assay comprises utilizing a random sampling of analytically computed fission chain distributions to generate a continuous time-evolving sequence of event-counts by spreading the fission chain distribution in time. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/147374 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180579 | Rowland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Rowland (Alamo, California); Tom B. Gosnell (Moraga, California); Cheryl Ham (Livermore, California); Dwight Perkins (Livermore, California); James Wong (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A real time gamma-ray signature/source identification method and system using principal components analysis (PCA) for transforming and substantially reducing one or more comprehensive spectral libraries of nuclear materials types and configurations into a corresponding concise representation/signature(s) representing and indexing each individual predetermined spectrum in principal component (PC) space, wherein an unknown gamma-ray signature may be compared against the representative signature to find a match or at least characterize the unknown signature from among all the entries in the library with a single regression or simple projection into the PC space, so as to substantially reduce processing time and computing resources and enable real-time characterization and/or identification. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/390728 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horacio Dante Espinosa (Winnetka, Illinois); François Barthelat (Montréal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a novel composite structure with enhanced toughness, which incorporates features mimicked from nacre (mother of pearl). The structure can be used in many industrial and clinical applications, including aeronautics (aircraft skin), the defense industry (armor materials); orthopedics and medical devices (tough, biocompatible coatings on prostheses) and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS; increased reliability for critical components). |
| FILED | Sunday, October 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284910 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/741.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178202 | Halas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas); Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Peter J. Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Yanpeng Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle comprising a shell surrounding a core material with a lower conductivity than the shell material, wherein the core center is offset in relation to the shell center. A method comprising providing a nanoparticle comprising a nonconductive core and a conductive shell, and asymmetrically depositing additional conductive material on the conductive shell. A method comprising providing a concentric nanoshell having a core and a shell, immobilizing the concentric nanoshell onto a support, and asymmetrically depositing a conductive material onto the shell to produce a nanoegg. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765862 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178357 | Trogler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Forest Bohrer (San Diego, California); Andrew C. Kummel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensors, sensing systems and sensing methods of the invention provide for detection of peroxides, including for example, vapor-phase H2O2 and organic peroxides such as di-tert-butyl peroxide. A sensor and sensing method of the invention uses at least two phthalocyanines, one of which exhibits an oxidation reaction with peroxides and the other of which exhibits a reduction reaction with peroxides. A peroxide is readily identified by a sensor of the invention when one of the at least two phthalocyanines exhibits increased resistance to current flow and the other of the at least two phthalocyanines exhibits decreased resistance to current flow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/668953 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178579 | Schreiber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Scott M. Sternson (New York, New York); Jason C. Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christina M. Grozinger (Urbana, Illinois); Stephen J. Haggarty (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kathryn M. Koeller (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents and efficient methods for the synthesis thereof, the present invention provides novel compounds of general formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, n, X and Y are as defined herein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides compounds capable of inhibiting histone deacetylatase activity and methods for treating disorders regulated by histone deacetylase activity (e.g., cancer and protozoal infections) comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) to a subject in need thereof. The present invention additionally provides methods for modulating the glucose-sensitive subset of genes downstream of Ure2p. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879466 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179025 | Takeuchi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ichiro Takeuchi (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Fujino Shigehiro (Nagoya, Japan); Makoto Murakami (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sung Hwan Lim (Hillsboro, Oregon); Daisuke Kan (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to lead-free piezoelectric ceramic materials comprising crystalline (and preferably perovskite crystalline) structures of the formula Bi1-x(RE)xFeO3, where RE is one or more of La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and 0≦x≦0.3. The materials are at or near the morphotropic phase boundary and display enhanced piezoelectric and dielectric properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/393274 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179026 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jodie Lutkenhaus (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of electrodes; and a nanotube, a nanorod and/or a nanowire; the nanotube, nanorod and/or nanowire comprising a piezoelectric and/or pyroelectric polymeric composition; the pair of electrodes being in electrical communication with opposing surfaces of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire; the pair of electrodes being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nanotube, nanorod and/or a nanowire. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551039 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179050 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis F. Chen (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A helicon plasma source has a discharge tube, a radio frequency antenna disposed proximate the discharge tube, and a permanent magnet positioned with respect to the discharge tube so that the discharge tube is in a far-field region of a magnetic field produced by the permanent magnet. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/003330 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179577 | Roichman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yohai Roichman (New York, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for preparing and using three dimensional optical ring traps. The method and system includes applying a single phase hologram to be able to independently control shape and force profile of an optical trap but without employing orbital angular momentum for the control parameter of an optical ring trap to manipulate an object. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923476 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179841 | Sivakumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghupathy Sivakumar (Alpharetta, Georgia); Sriram Lakshmanan (Atlanta, Georgia); Cheng-Lin Tsao (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Wireless communication collision coding devices, systems, and methods are provided. According to some embodiments, wireless communication systems can generally comprise a plurality of wireless access points and wireless clients. The wireless access points can be controlled by a network controller. The wireless access points can be configured to enable a plurality of wireless clients to wirelessly connect to the wireless access points. The wireless access points can be configured to encode data packets destined for the wireless clients with a collision coding scheme so that wireless data packets concurrently transmitted from at least two wireless access points colliding in air can be decoded at the wireless clients with the collision coding scheme so that data packets are not affected by collisions with another data packet. Other aspects, embodiments, and features, are also claimed and described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690910 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179843 | Ramanathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parmeswaran Ramanathan (Madison, Wisconsin); Jayakrishnan C. Mundarath (Austin, Texas); Barry Van Veen (McFarland, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A channel allocation system for a beam-forming wireless network selects receivers to enroll in communication from a pool of candidate receivers, by off-loading a determination of the effects of adding each candidate receiver to the candidate receiver itself. In one embodiment, the candidate receivers nominate themselves for enrollment based on their determination of aggregate data rate changes resulting from their enrollment and the comparison of this aggregate data rate change against an estimate of the aggregate data rate changes of other candidate receivers. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/829537 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180580 | Marmorstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronen Marmorstein (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Brandi D. Sanders (Pittman, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of sirtuin deacetylase protein family members. Compounds of the invention are identified by designing or screening for a compound which binds to at least one amino acid residue of the newly identified nicotinamide inhibition and base exchange site of Sir2 and testing the compound for its ability to modulate the activity of the Sir2 protein. Compositions and methods for preventing or treating diseases or disorders associated with Sir2 are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023287 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180714 | Corazza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefano Corazza (San Francisco, California); Lars Mündermann (Mountain View, California); Thomas P. Andrlacchl (Los Altos Hills, California); Emillano Gambaretto (Bagnolo S. Vito, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated method for the generation of (i) human models comprehensive of shape and joint centers information and/or (ii) subject specific models from multiple video streams is provided. To achieve these objectives, a kinematic model is learnt space from a training data set. The training data set includes kinematic models associated with corresponding morphological models. A shape model is identified as well as one or more poses of the subject. The learnt kinematic model space and the identified shape model are combined to generate a full body model of the subject starting from as few as one-static pose. Further, to generate a full body model of an arbitrary human subject, the learnt kinematic model space and the identified shape model are combined using a parameter set. The invention is applicable for fully automatic markerless motion capture and generation of complete human models. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/156132 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180971 | Scott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scott (Rochester, New York); Sandhya Dwarkadas (Pittsford, New York); Arrvindh Shriraman (Rochester, New York); Virendra Marathe (Rochester, New York); Michael F. Spear (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a transactional memory technique, hardware serves simply to optimize the performance of transactions that are controlled fundamentally by software. The hardware support reduces the overhead of common TM tasks—conflict detection, validation, and data isolation—for common-case bounded transactions. Software control preserves policy flexibility and supports transactions unbounded in space and in time. The hardware includes 1) an alert-on-update mechanism for fast software-controlled conflict detection; and 2) programmable data isolation, allowing potentially conflicting readers and writers to proceed concurrently under software control. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/912285 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08181133 | Gowda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tejaswi Gowda (Tempe, Arizona); Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of a method and system for combinational equivalence checking for threshold logic circuits are provided. In this regard, one or more inputs may be received at a threshold logic gate. The threshold function of the threshold logic gate may be recursively decomposed into a first function and a second function using cofactors of the threshold function. A Boolean function representation of the threshold logic gate may be generated based on the recursive decomposition of the threshold function. The generated Boolean function representation of the threshold logic gate may be a maximally factored form representation of a minimal sum of products (SOP) for the threshold logic gate. A logical equivalence of the threshold logic gate may be verified with one or more other logic circuits based on the generated Boolean function representation of the threshold logic gate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401982 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08176809 | Ihrke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Adam H. Parsons (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Joshua S. Mehling (League City, Texas); Bryan Kristian Griffith (Webster, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A torsion spring comprises an inner mounting segment. An outer mounting segment is located concentrically around the inner mounting segment. A plurality of splines extends from the inner mounting segment to the outer mounting segment. At least a portion of each spline extends generally annularly around the inner mounting segment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331844 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/490.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179135 | Hahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Inseob Hahn (La Crescenta, California); Peter K. Day (Pasadena, California); Konstantin I. Penanen (Glendale, California); Byeong H. Eom (Pasadena, California); Mark S. Cohen (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a flux transformer with a gradiometer pickup coil is magnetically coupled to a SQUID, and a SQUID array amplifier comprising a plurality of SQUIDs, connected in series, is magnetically coupled to the output of the SQUID. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/359576 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179203 | Woodard 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) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Bryant Douglas Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless electrical device includes an electrically unconnected electrical conductor and at least one electrically unconnected electrode spaced apart from the electrical conductor. The electrical conductor is shaped for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the electrical conductor so-shaped resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. Each electrode is at a location lying within the magnetic field response so-generated and is constructed such that a linear movement of electric charges is generated in each electrode due to the magnetic field response so-generated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569984 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/24.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180464 | Gao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiqiang Gao (Westlake, Ohio); Gang Tian (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple designs, systems, methods and processes for controlling a system or plant using an extended active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) based controller are presented. The extended ADRC controller accepts sensor information from the plant. The sensor information is used in conjunction with an extended state observer in combination with a predictor that estimates and predicts the current state of the plant and a co-joined estimate of the system disturbances and system dynamics. The extended state observer estimates and predictions are used in conjunction with a control law that generates an input to the system based in part on the extended state observer estimates and predictions as well as a desired trajectory for the plant to follow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/195353 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08176801 | Gregory et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Griffin Analytical Technology, L.L.C. (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Gregory (Lafayette, Indiana); Jason L. Springston (Carmel, Indiana); Matthew Briscoe (Zionsville, Indiana); Garth E. Patterson (Brookston, Indiana); John W. Grossenbacher (Lafayette, Indiana); Dennis Barket, Jr. (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to devices for collecting and storing chemical samples and transferring those samples to analytical devices for analysis. In one implementation the device includes an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals. In another implementation, the device includes an analytical device having an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals with a sampling device. In another implementation, the device includes a sampling device having an interface for transferring samples and electrical signals with an analytical device. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/003312 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177885 | Wijmans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes G. Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Timothy C. Merkel (Menlo Park, California); Richard W. Baker (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas separation process for treating exhaust gases from the combustion of gaseous fuels, and gaseous fuel combustion processes including such gas separation. The invention involves routing a first portion of the exhaust stream to a carbon dioxide capture step, while simultaneously flowing a second portion of the exhaust gas stream across the feed side of a membrane, flowing a sweep gas stream, usually air, across the permeate side, then passing the permeate/sweep gas back to the combustor. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/122136 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08178659 | Cunningham |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To identify conserved and variable regions of the 16 S rRNA, an instant evolution experiment was performed on the entire 16 S rRNA. Analysis of these mutants identified regions that are required for function. These conserved sequences may be used as targets for pharmaceuticals that are taxonomically specific and which are refractory to the development of drug resistance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914077 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08176991 | Kornecki |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ted S. Kornecki (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The powered rolling and crimping device is used to terminate cover crops in a minimum tillage soil conservation system. The device includes a powered crimping mechanism in combination with a crop roller. Power is transferred from a tractor power takeoff to a plurality of cam mechanisms via mechanical gearbox. The cam mechanisms raise and lower a crimping bar. As an operator directs a walk-behind tractor across a field of cover crops, a crop roller first flattens the crops and the powered crimping bar crimps the crops, thereby terminating the cover crops without severing the crop stalks disturbing the soil. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/698604 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth working 172/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08177610 | Birrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart J. Birrell (Ames, Iowa); Benjamin J. Schlesser (Davenport, Iowa); Mark D. Dilts (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A crop residue harvesting system for a harvesting machine is provided. The crop residue harvesting system includes a blower and a transition member having a first position and a second position. In a first position the transition member directs at least a portion of the crop residue to the blower for harvesting of the crop residue. In a second position the transition member allows for spreading at least a portion of the crop residue. A lever or actuator may be operatively connected to the transition member for selecting between the first position and the second position or selecting an intermediate position to control the proportions of the crop residue harvested and the crop residue spread. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062846 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Crop threshing or separating 460/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08177009 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic machine includes first and second opposing motors. Displacement of the first and second motors is controlled such that while the sum of the displacements of the first and second motors is below a threshold, the displacement of the first motor is substantially equal to the sum, and the displacement of the second motor is substantially equal to zero. While the sum of the displacements is above the threshold, the displacement of the first motor may be substantially equal to the displacement of the second motor, either as a displacement percentage or as a displacement volume. The first motor may be equal in capacity, or smaller than the second motor. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/233822 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08178098 — Method to inhibit airway hyperresponsiveness using aerosolized T cell receptor antibodies
| US 08178098 | Lahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Lahn (Zionsville, Indiana); Willi K. Born (Denver, Colorado); Arihiko Kanehiro (Okayama, Japan); Erwin Gelfand (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method to reduce airway hyperresponsivesness in an animal by the direct delivery to the lungs of aerosolized antibodies against T cell receptors. The method is particularly useful for treating airway hyperresponsiveness associated with allergic inflammation, is effective at extremely low doses of antibody, and does not have a substantial effect on the peripheral immune system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/826319 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/144.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08178219 | Gentleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Molly Maureen Gentleman (Niskayuna, New York); James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York); Margaret Louise Blohm (Schenectady, New York); Mohan Manoharan (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349228 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08177688 | Burnfield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital (Lincoln, Nebraska); NuTech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith M. Burnfield (Lincoln, Nebraska); Yu Shu (Lincoln, Nebraska); Adam P. Taylor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Thad W. Buster (Gretna, Nebraska); Carl A. Nelson (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved rehabilitation and exercise machine is provided which allows a person with physical limitations, disabilities or chronic conditions to use the machine in order to rehabilitate their muscles, improve joint flexibility, and enhance cardiovascular fitness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/187382 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Exercise devices 482/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08179288 | Kravitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold Kravitz (Moorestown, New Jersey); Jason Stockwell (Brookline, New Hampshire); Edward Zablocki (North Andover, Massachusetts); George Clemence (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An automatic system is provided for alerting ground personnel as to the existence of a threat to commercial aircraft in which the threat is determined by a classified system, but in which the local area network employed by the military missile warning is isolated from an unclassified local network coupled to the aircraft's transponder which transmits the threat existence and status to ground personnel. The barrier to transmitting classified information involves both filtering between the classified LAN and unclassified LAN, the use of only discrete signaling lines in the classified LAN isolated by opto-electronics to provide physical separation between the two local area networks, and communications formatting which precludes the transmission of classified information across the barrier between the classified local area network and the unclassified local area network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228512 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/999 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08178045 | Cambron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Cambron (Louisville, Kentucky); Thomas Roussel (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael Martin (Louisville, Kentucky); Kevin Walsh (Louisville, Kentucky); Doug Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); John Naber (Goshen, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An interchangeable preconcentrator assembly comprises an outer housing and an inner housing defining a chamber. A biased urging member is held at least partially within the outer housing and slidably biased toward a surface of the inner housing. When the biased urging member is at least partially retracted, a space is defined between the urging member and the surface of the inner housing for accommodating at least one preconcentrator chip. A continuous fluid flow path is defined through the outer housing and through the space. The interchangeable preconcentrator assembly may further comprise at least one modular preconcentrator carriage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/337449 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08180126 | Safdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabile Safdar (Elkridge, Maryland); Bharath Ramakrishna (Bangalore, India); Chein-I Chang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Wei-min Liu (Taipei, Taiwan); Khan Siddiqui (Highland, Maryland); Eliot Siegel (Saverna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for automatically detecting meniscus include receiving pixels from a scanning device directed to a knee of a subject. Also received is a region of interest that includes pixels that correspond to at least a portion of a meniscus of the knee. Without human intervention, a meniscus extraction threshold is determined based on pixel intensities in the region of interest. A meniscus object portion of the scan data is further determined without human intervention based on the meniscus extraction threshold and a geometrical constraint. Other techniques for automatically detecting meniscal tears includes receiving a meniscus object portion of scan data from a scanning device and receiving threshold data that indicates a meniscus extraction threshold. Without human intervention, a propensity for meniscal tears is determined based on the threshold data and the meniscus object portion of the scan data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/190584 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08177826 | Grahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the core body of a mammal are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a portion of the mammal, e.g. a limb or portion thereof, is placed in a sealed enclosure to produce an enclosed portion of the mammal. A surface of the enclosed portion of the mammal is then contacted with a low temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to provide for the desired core body thermal energy extraction. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, e.g. providing relief from temperature sensitive disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, and the treatment of hyperthermia, among other treatments. The subject methods and devices are particularly suited for use in enhancing the physical ability of a mammal. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/246915 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08179296 | Kelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Autonomously operating analog to digital converters are formed into a two dimensional array. The array may incorporate digital signal processing functionality. Such an array is particularly well-suited for operation as a readout integrated circuit and, in combination with a sensor array, forms a digital focal plane array. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415007 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08177089 | Bishop et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven S. Bishop (Severna Park, Maryland); Stephen R. Campbell (Crownsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A reusable tamper indicating transport tube that can be used to securely transport large drawings and other documentation without damaging or distorting them. The tamper-evident tube comprises an outer tube, an inner tube, an outer cap, an inner tube cap, an inner tube locking mechanism, and an outer tube locking mechanism that is affixed to the peripheral surface of the outer cap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587325 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08178202 | Halas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas); Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Peter J. Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Yanpeng Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle comprising a shell surrounding a core material with a lower conductivity than the shell material, wherein the core center is offset in relation to the shell center. A method comprising providing a nanoparticle comprising a nonconductive core and a conductive shell, and asymmetrically depositing additional conductive material on the conductive shell. A method comprising providing a concentric nanoshell having a core and a shell, immobilizing the concentric nanoshell onto a support, and asymmetrically depositing a conductive material onto the shell to produce a nanoegg. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765862 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08178617 | Neff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allvivo Vascular, Inc. (Lake Forest, California); The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171593 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08178843 | Jost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Jost (Amherst, New Hampshire); Danny J. Reese (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A midwave infrared lead salt photodetector manufactured by a process comprising the step of employing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow a heterostructure photoconductive detector with a wide-gap surface layer that creates a surface channel for minority carriers. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607179 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08179937 | Walter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Electro Opto Systems Sdn. Bhd. (Melaka, Malaysia); The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Walter (Champaign, Illinois); Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Han Wui Then (Hillsboro, Oregon); Chao-Hsin Wu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a high frequency optical signal component representative of a high frequency electrical input signal component, includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor transistor structure that includes a base region of a first semiconductor type between semiconductor emitter and collector regions of a second semiconductor type; providing, in the base region, at least one region exhibiting quantum size effects; providing emitter, base, and collector electrodes respectively coupled with the emitter, base, and collector regions; applying electrical signals, including the high frequency electrical signal component, with respect to the emitter, base, and collector electrodes to produce output spontaneous light emission from the base region, aided by the quantum size region, the output spontaneous light emission including the high frequency optical signal component representative of the high frequency electrical signal component; providing an optical cavity for the light emission in the region between the base and emitter electrodes; and scaling the lateral dimensions of the optical cavity to control the speed of light emission response to the high frequency electrical signal component. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/799083 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/38.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08180821 | Mellott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Athena Group, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathon D. Mellott (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for performing computations using residue arithmetic. The subject method and apparatus can utilize logic gates for performing calculations such as multiplication by a constant, computing a number theoretic logarithm of a residue for a given base αi and modulus pi and computing the product of two residues, modulo Pi- The use of logic gates can offer advantages when compared with the use of ROMs for table look-up functions in integrated RNS digital signal processor implementations. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/407271 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/491 |
| 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, May 15, 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
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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-20120515.html
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