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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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| US 08201413 | Lavin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey R. Lavin (East Hartford, Connecticut); Michael J. Murphy (Vemon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust liner assembly including an interface between moveable parts includes a seal liner having a plurality of slots. The size of each slot varies with the circumferential position of the liner assembly to provide a stable cavity pressure within the interface to create a stable barrier about the entire circumference of the exhaust liner assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/491891 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/766 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08201488 | Daniels 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) | George A. Daniels (Waterford, Michigan); Paul A. Petrovich (Fowlerville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A conformable self-healing ballistic armor protective structure has a shell formed of a laminated cloth material having outer and inner lamellae. The outer lamella of the laminated material is a ballistic cloth and the inner lamella is a soft, conformable self-healing, rubber compound. The shell is filled preferably with multiplicity of ceramic particles disposed in a fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114927 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08201662 | Delaloye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim Delaloye (Mesa, Arizona); Matthew Christopher (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to selectively control lubricant supply flow to a rotating machine that is installed in an aircraft having ram air turbine that is movable between at least a deployed position and a stowed position. A controller determines at least when the ram air turbine is in the deployed position, and determining when rotational speed of the rotating machine exceeds a predetermined value. The electric motor driven lubrication pump is at least selectively energized to control the measured lubricant pressure to a predetermined minimum pressure at least when the ram air turbine is deployed and the rotational speed exceeds the predetermined value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/174553 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubrication 184/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08201724 | Belcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Chuanbin Mao (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Solis (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An inorganic nanowire having an organic scaffold substantially removed from the inorganic nanowire, the inorganic nanowire consisting essentially of fused inorganic nanoparticles substantially free of the organic scaffold, and methods of making same. For example, a virus-based scaffold for the synthesis of single crystal ZnS, CdS and free-standing L10 CoPt and FePt nanowires can be used, with the means of modifying substrate specificity through standard biological methods. Peptides can be selected through an evolutionary screening process that exhibit control of composition, size, and phase during nanoparticle nucleation have been expressed on the highly ordered filamentous capsid of the M13 bacteriophage. The incorporation of specific, nucleating peptides into the generic scaffold of the M13 coat structure can provide a viable template for the directed synthesis of a variety of materials including semiconducting and magnetic materials. Removal of the viral template via annealing can promote oriented aggregation-based crystal growth, forming individual crystalline nanowires. The unique ability to interchange substrate specific peptides into the linear self-assembled filamentous construct of the M13 virus introduces a material tenability not seen in previous synthetic routes. Therefore, this system provides a genetic tool kit for growing and organizing nanowires from various materials including semiconducting and magnetic materials. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041236 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08201773 | Durham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayson T. Durham (Lakeside, California); Joshua Blanchi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite flexible and aerodynamic load bearing wing structure suitable for compact unmanned vehicles, is described. Flexible printed circuitry and micro fuel cells can be incorporated as, or part of, the flexible aerodynamic structure. Accordingly, the overall system configuration can be optimized with respect to weight, space and size requirements. The flexible aerodynamic structure for the unmanned vehicle may be configured with a flexible dielectric substrate having an electrical contact on at least one surface of the substrate, and a flexible printed circuit disposed upon the substrate. The printed circuit can flex with the substrate and the substrate, with the printed circuit, to form a load lifting aerodynamic wing configuration when unfolded from a folded position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/167075 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08201813 | Maciejewski 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) | Wendell C. Maciejewski (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Douglas Sasko (North Stonington, Connecticut); Gary N. Motin (Waterford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a fixture and method for mounting a head window to a frame for use in a submarine periscope system. The fixture supports the head window during the potting of the head window to the frame. A spring-loaded clamping plate is mountable to a baseplate for relative movement therebetween. The clamping assembly has an oval recessed portion. A plurality of spaced apart feet are formed within the oval. The feet support and are bonded to the head window. Shim stock are placed between the feet to define a critical gap. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454483 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Work holders 269/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202003 | Klusman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Arlen Klusman (Indianapolis, Indiana); Preston Earl Light (Fishers, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine bearing assembly for a portion of a shaft that rotates around an axis, including a substantially cylindrical bearing having a length extending between a first end and a second end along the axis of the rotating shaft. A plurality of segmented damper springs are positioned around an exterior perimeter of a portion of the cylindrical bearing. Each spring has a width along the axis of the rotating shaft and a portion of each spring defines an outer spherically contoured joint. The width of each spring is less than the length of the bearing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/387163 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202352 | Hu et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Shishan Hu (College Station, Texas); Andrew R. McFarland (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, a wetted wall cyclone comprises a cyclone body including an inlet end, an outlet end, an inner flow passage, and an inner surface defining an inner diameter. In addition, the wetted wall cyclone comprises a cyclone inlet tangentially coupled to the cyclone body. The cyclone inlet includes an inlet flow passage in fluid communication with the inner flow passage. Further, the wetted wall cyclone comprises a skimmer extending coaxially through the outlet end of the cyclone body. The skimmer comprises an upstream end disposed within the cyclone body, a downstream end distal the cyclone body, and an inner exhaust passage in fluid communication with the inner flow passage. Still further, the wetted wall cyclone comprises a first annulus positioned radially between the upstream end and the cyclone body having a radial width W1 between 3% and 15% of the inner diameter of the cyclone body. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163265 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202379 | DeLong 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) | Hugh C. DeLong (Waldorf, Maryland); Paul C. Trulove (Annapolis, Maryland); Luke M. Haverhals (Annapolis, Maryland); William M. Reichert (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Natural fiber welding is a process by which individual fibers are swollen by an appropriate ionic liquid-based solvent system to form a congealed network. Manipulated fibrous materials may be either composed of natural polymers such as cellulose, hemicellulose, silk, et cetera, or synthetic polymers, or mixed materials. The process is principally controlled by the composition of the solvent system which includes an ionic liquid solvent plus additives such as water, methanol, et cetera. Other conditions such as the amount and placement of solvent, as well as time, temperature, and pressure control the extent to which neighboring fibers are fused. Only the material at the outer surface of fibers need be sufficiently mobile to merge with that of neighboring fibers. Material in the fiber core may be left in the native state by controlling process variables. Fibers form a congealed network upon removal of the ionic liquid-based solvent. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629915 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202549 | Stucky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Sarah Baker (Santa Barbara, California); April Sawvel (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to hemostatic compositions comprising a mesocellular oxide foam and, optionally, a biologically active agent such as a procoagulant, as well as devices and methods of use to promote blood clotting. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/191257 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/684 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202569 | Rieke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Rieke (Pasco, Washington); Silas A. Towne (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and feedstock compositions for preparing porous electrodes as contained in lithium ion and lithium polymer batteries that comprise an electrolyte composition are described. The methods are characterized by depositing on a substrate a feedstock having a soluble pore former, precipitating at least a portion of the soluble pore former from the feedstock, and dissolving the solid pore former from the electrode using at least a portion or constituent of the electrolyte composition. The feedstock compositions are characterized by a pore former that forms a two-phase system with at least one constituent of the electrolyte composition. The feedstock does not contain materials that are not also substantially contained in the lithium ion battery. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/176720 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202614 | Koene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan E. Koene (Blacksburg, Virginia); Martin E. Rogers (Blacksburg, Virginia); Jonas C. Gunter (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Additive particles may be employed in sufficient amounts to impart superhydrophobicity to a coating system in which the additive particles are incorporated. The additive particles include carrier microparticles and a dense plurality of nanoparticles adhered to the surfaces of the carrier microparticles (e.g., preferably by electrostatic deposition or covalent bonding). The additive particles are advantageously incorporated into a coating material (e.g., a polymeric material) in amounts sufficient to render a substrate surface superhydrophobic when coated with the coating material. The substrate may be rigid (e.g., glass, ceramic or metal) or flexible (e.g., a polymeric film or sheet or a fabric). In some preferred embodiments, both the microparticle and nanoparticles are formed of silica and are surface treated with a hydrophobic treatment so as to impart superhydrophobic properties thereto. Especially preferred are particles treated with silicone fluid comprised of a polysiloxane and/or a perfluoro silane having between 1 and 40 carbon atoms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420618 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202663 | Haile et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California); Ryan Merle (Pasadena, California); Dane Boysen (Pasadena, California); Sekharipuram Narayanan (Altadena, California); Calum Chisholm (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259083 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202725 | Kosnik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tissue Genesis Incorporated (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Kosnik (Honolulu, Hawaii); Christopher T. England (Kapolei, Hawaii); Robert G. Dennis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stuart K. Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue engineering methods and biochamber apparatus are provided for making tissue grafts for implantation into a patient. The methods include applying a sustained low magnitude pressure gradient transmurally across a permeable scaffold material using a media containing cells, preferably microvascular epithelial cells, to be deposited on the scaffold for the production of tissue grafts, preferably vascular grafts, to promote accelerated adhesion and maturation of cells on the scaffold material. Biochambers for preparing tubular tissue grafts are provided which contain connectors for holding a graft substrate, proximal and distal tubing for connection to an optional perfusion system, and structure for switching between transmural flow of a cell suspension across the graft substrate and translumenal flow through the lumen of the graft. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/314281 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/396 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202772 | Sheridan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SS SC IP, LLC (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Sheridan (Starkville, Mississippi); Andrew P. Ritenour (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor devices and methods of making the devices are described. The devices can be junction field-effect transistors (JFETs). The devices have raised regions with sloped sidewalls which taper inward. The sidewalls can form an angle of 5° or more from vertical to the substrate surface. The devices can have dual-sloped sidewalls in which a lower portion of the sidewalls forms an angle of 5° or more from vertical and an upper portion of the sidewalls forms an angle of <5° from vertical. The devices can be made using normal (i.e., 0°) or near normal incident ion implantation. The devices have relatively uniform sidewall doping and can be made without angled implantation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896130 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202793 | Preble et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kyma Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Preble (Raleigh, North Carolina); Denis Tsvetkov (Morrisville, North Carolina); Andrew D. Hanser (Raleigh, North Carolina); N. Mark Williams (Raleigh, North Carolina); Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for making an inclusion-free uniformly semi-insulating GaN crystal, an epitaxial nitride layer is deposited on a substrate. A 3D nucleation GaN layer is grown on the epitaxial nitride layer by HVPE under a substantially 3D growth mode, wherein a surface of the nucleation layer is substantially covered with pits and the aspect ratio of the pits is essentially the same. A GaN transitional layer is grown on the nucleation layer by HVPE under a condition that changes the growth mode from the substantially 3D growth mode to a substantially 2D growth mode. After growing the transitional layer, a surface of the transitional layer is substantially pit-free. A bulk GaN layer is grown on the transitional layer by HVPE. After growing the bulk layer, a surface of the bulk layer is smooth and substantially pit-free. The GaN is doped with a transition metal during at least one of the foregoing GaN growth steps. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/855087 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202796 | Ring et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoltan Ring (Chappel Hill, North Carolina); Scott Thomas Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an integrated circuit on a silicon carbide substrate is disclosed that eliminates wire bonding. The method includes fabricating a semiconductor device in epitaxial layers on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate and with at least one metal contact for the device on the uppermost surface of the epitaxial layer. The opposite surface of the substrate is then ground and polished until it is substantially transparent. The polished surface of the silicon carbide substrate is then masked to define a predetermined location for at least one via that is opposite the device metal contact and etching the desired via in steps. The first etching step etches through the silicon carbide substrate at the desired masked location until the etch reaches the epitaxial layer. The second etching step etches through the epitaxial layer to the device contacts. Finally, the via is metallized. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021833 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/609 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202815 | Deluga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg Anthony Deluga (Los Angeles, California); Daniel Lawrence Derr (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a catalyst composition comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent of silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal. In another embodiment, a method for processing hydrocarbons comprises hydro-treating the hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal. |
| FILED | Friday, December 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/344291 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202849 | Nevalainen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, comprising inhibiting the activity of Stat5 in prostate cancer cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548383 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202902 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Haiying Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dongguang Qin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jianfeng Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Su Qiu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yuefeng Peng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qian Cai (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to bivalent mimetics of Smac which function as inhibitors of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins. The invention also relates to the use of these mimetics for inducing apoptotic cell death and for sensitizing cells to inducers of apoptosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/270374 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/483 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203120 | Zewail |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and systems for 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM)—in situ imaging with ultrafast time resolution in TEM. Single electron imaging is used as a component of the 4D UEM technique to provide high spatial and temporal resolution unavailable using conventional techniques. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for convergent beam UEM, focusing the electron beams onto the specimen to measure structural characteristics in three dimensions as a function of time. Additionally, embodiments provide not only 4D imaging of specimens, but characterization of electron energy, performing time resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575285 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203127 | Wraback 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 Wraback (Germantown, Maryland); Paul H Shen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for generating terahertz radiation comprising a plurality of layers of polar crystal material operative to emit terahertz radiation; the plurality of layers comprising transport layers and divider layers, the plane of the layers being not parallel to the polar axis, the interface between the transport layers and divider layers forming boundaries at which the internal electric polarization terminates leading to charges accumulating at the boundaries, and creation of internal electric fields oriented along the polar axis. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/079097 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/504.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203171 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Feng Miao (Mountain View, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphene-based memristor includes a first electrode, a defective graphene layer adjacent the first electrode, a memristive material that includes a number of ions adjacent the defective graphene layer, a second electrode adjacent the memristive material, and a voltage source that generates an electric field between the first and the second electrodes. Under the influence of the electric field, ions in the memristive material form an ion conducting channel between the second electrode and the defective graphene layer. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754300 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203460 | Tillotson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. Tillotson (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A communications system is disclosed that may incorporate a first platform and a second platform. The second platform may have a relative position with respect to the first platform, with at least one of the platforms being mobile. A communications subsystem is included that is adapted to modify a signal sent from the second platform to a user on the first platform that provides a spatial indication to the user as to a position of the second platform relative to the user. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241546 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/692 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203495 | Tonn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoyant cable antenna system includes an HF antenna section connected to an outboard end of a VLF/LF antenna. With respect to the HF antenna, the VLF/LF appears to be a standard coaxial cable so that the HF antenna can be configured as desired for HF antenna operation. The VLF/LF antenna is comprised of a segment of coaxial cable. The inboard end of the braided outer conductor of the segment of coaxial cable is connected to ground through a capacitor so that the VLF/LF signals are effectively isolated from ground. In this way, VLF/LF currents are induced on the outer braided conductor of the segment of coaxial cable to thereby operate as the VLF/LF antenna. |
| FILED | Monday, May 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/781195 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wavefront Research, Inc. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Mitchell (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectrometer having substantially increased spectral and spatial fields. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450991 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/328 |
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| US 08203782 | Brueck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alexander Neumann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Yuliya V. Kuznetsova (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide an image interferometric microscope (IIM) and methods for image interferometric microscopy. The disclosed IIM can approach the linear systems limits of optical resolution by using a plurality of off-axis illuminations to access high spatial frequencies along with interferometric reintroduction of a zero-order reference beam on the low-NA side of the optical system. In some embodiments, a thin object can be placed normal to the optical axis and the frequency space limit can be extended to about [(1+NA)n/λ], where NA is the numerical-aperture of the objective lens used, n is the refraction index of the transmission medium and λ is an optical wavelength. In other embodiments, tilting the object plane can further allow collection of diffraction information up to the material transmission bandpass limited spatial frequency of about 2n/λ. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087297 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/370 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Milliken (Dover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a precedence drop quality of service is presented. A drop precedence value for a packet is determined and inserted into the packet which is then transmitted having the drop precedence value inserted therein. The packet is received and a determination made regarding whether a sum of queued packet sizes of previously received packets having a higher drop precedence value than the packet is larger than a first threshold value. The packet is dropped when the sum of queued packet sizes of the previously received packets having a higher drop precedence value than the packet is larger than the first threshold value. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/200264 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/237 |
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| US 08204148 | Goodman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Irwin Goodman (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Helen Haeran Kim (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Benjamin Andrew Miller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Edwin Vian (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a space-time digital power amplifier that can be used to generate an arbitrary waveform for a carrier signal. The space-time digital power amplifier employs temporal modulation of transmit signals generated by an array of transmitter modules. The RF signals transmitted from the array are spatially combined through free space propagation to generate the desired waveform. Advantageously, no digital-to-analog conversion is required and upconversion is unnecessary. The digital power amplifiers for the transmitter modules can be combined in a single chip package. The space-time digital power amplifier enables high power efficiency to be realized using pulse-shaped waveforms thus eliminating any need for the power amplifiers to operate over a wider bandwidth with a spectrally unconfined waveform. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/687521 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204328 | Hou 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) | Wellin Hou (Slidell, Louisiana); Alan Weidemann (Carriere, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for simultaneously optimizing a digital image taken in or through a scattering medium and obtaining information regarding optical properties of the scattering medium is provided. Data of the digital image is received by a computer. The digital image is evaluated according to an objective image quality metric and a resulting image quality value is compared to a previously stored image quality value for the image. A revised optical transfer function is derived by modeling the optical properties of the medium to be used to generate a restored digital image, which is derived from the original image and the revised optical transfer function. The restored digital image is evaluated according to the objective image quality metric and an optimized restored image is identified. The optical properties associated with the optical transfer function producing the optimized restored image are retrieved and represent a close approximation of the true optical properties of the medium. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418683 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204385 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device that includes multiple optical modulators having actual operating wavelengths at a given temperature is described. Because of differences between the actual operating wavelengths and target operating wavelengths of the optical modulators, heating elements may be used to thermally tune the optical modulators so that the actual operating wavelengths match corresponding carrier wavelengths in a set of optical signals. Furthermore, control logic in the optical device may assign the optical modulators to the corresponding carrier wavelengths based at least on differences between the carrier wavelengths and the actual operating wavelengths, thereby reducing an average thermal tuning energy associated with the heating elements. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/493509 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204637 | Everson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. Everson (Bethesda, Maryland); Phong H. Nguyen (Reston, Virginia); Eric J. Silberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method has been found for assessing an aircraft approach to landing on a shipboard landing surface. The method includes a comparison of an identified aircraft performance with the mean or median of a baseline data set. The baseline data set is assembled from a multiplicity of actual approaches to landing data that are selected for relevance and then statistically evaluated. A high data recording rate captures the pilot's control inputs and allows evaluation of the pilot's manual efficiency of input to controls. The method is particularly useful to evaluate performance under conditions in which evaluation by human observation is limited or evaluation against guidelines produces less meaningful results. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/497875 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — 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 71/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204701 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming-Ta Yang (Carlisle, Massachusetts); James M. Bleeg (Middletown, Connecticut); James A. Eley (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The Aeroelastic Model using the Principal Shapes of modes (AMPS) is a method used to predict flutter in gas turbine engines. Modern gas turbine engines often include rotors with flexible disks and/or significant blade geometry variations. The AMPS method accounts for the varying blade mode shapes associated with flexible disks as well as changing blade geometry, providing accurate flutter predictions for a large number of modes from a relatively small number of CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations. The AMPS method includes determining a smaller set of principal shapes that approximates a larger set of structural modes of interest. Using linear superposition, aerodynamic forces associated with the vibration of the principal shapes can be used to construct the full aerodynamic coupling matrix associated with the structural modes of interest. An eigenvalue equation is solved to determine a damping distribution associated with the structural modes of interest. The damping distribution is predictive of flutter. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/763649 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204715 | Gendron 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) | Paul J. Gendron (San Diego, California); Mihajlo Tomic (San Diego, California); David Edelblute (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method allows for determining the quality of a vessel's moment estimate and track information derived from a suite of sensors measuring the local magnitude of the magnetic field. A Bayesian treatment, employing a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach with Gibbs sampling is applied with reduced magnetic noise spatio-temporal correlation models and implied whitening procedures. Vessel moment parameters are handled with a Gaussian prior leading to conditional densities that are Gaussian and posterior marginal densities that are mixture-Gaussian. Other conditional quantile functions for track parameters are computed with a grid procedure. From these, the Markov chain is determined and the resulting joint density of all variates is constructed. The method allows for determining posterior marginal densities and dependencies associated with magnetic moment and track parameters. The method may be stored in a storage device in a sensor and may be executed by a processor within the sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731920 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoInk, Inc. (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Roger Shile (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved actuation device useful in direct-write nanolithography and imaging including use of a pivot point for downward deflection of a cantilever with long travel path. A device comprising at least one holder, at least one cantilever, an extension of the said cantilever wherein the extension is integrated with an actuator, wherein the cantilever is adapted for actuated movement. The actuator can be electrostatic, thermal, or piezoelectric. The cantilever can comprise a tip, and material can be transferred from the tip to a surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/323388 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Mircea Mujat (Acton, Massachusetts); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A first optical module scans a portion of an eye with a line of light, descans reflected light from the scanned portion of the eye and confocally provides output light in a line focus configuration. A detection device detects the output light and images the portion of the eye. A second optical module detects an optical distortion and corrects the optical distortion in the line of light scanned on the portion of the eye. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688217 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202507 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Anderson (Davis, California); Stephen Dueker (Davis, California); Joshua Miller (Davis, California); Ralph Green (Elmacero, California); John Roth (Davis, California); Colleen Carkeet (Silver Spring, Maryland); Bruce A. Buchholz (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for labeling vitamin B12 with 14C, 13C, tritium, and deuterium. When radioisotopes are used, the invention provides for methods of labeling B12 with high specific activity. The invention also provides labeled vitamin B12 compositions made in accordance with the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/234079 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202510 | Bowser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Bowser (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Srikanth Ranganathan (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a subject, a method for assessing the effectiveness of a drug in treating ALS, and a method for determining the site of onset of ALS in a subject. Each method comprises (a) obtaining a sample from the subject, (b) analyzing the proteins in the sample by mass spectroscopy, and (c) determining a mass spectral profile for the sample. In some embodiments, the method comprises comparing the mass spectral profile of the sample to the mass spectral profile of a positive or a negative standard. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957686 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
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| US 08202520 | Kossaczka 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) | Zuzana Kossaczka (Bethesda, Maryland); Shousun Chen Szu (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph Shiloach (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to conjugates of the Vi polysaccharide of S. typhi with the carrier Pseudomonas aeruginosa recombinant exoprotein A (rEPA), and compositions thereof, and to methods of using of these conjugates and/or compositions thereof for eliciting an immunogenic response in humans, including responses which provide protection against, or reduce the severity of, S. typhi bacterial infections. The conjugates, and compositions thereof, are useful as vaccines to induce serum antibodies against S. typhi and are useful to prevent and/or treat illnesses caused by S. typhi. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/790258 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/197.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202523 | Geng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ProSci, Inc. (Poway, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Geng (San Diego, California); Robert James Luallen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides various high mannose glycosylated polypeptides that are useful in a vaccine formulations. The invention also provides methods for making such glycosylated polypeptides and its uses in eliciting HIV-neutralizing antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/525673 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/279.100 |
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| US 08202551 | Li 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) | Wan-Ju Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Rocky S. Tuan (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cartilage has been constructed using biodegradable electrospun polymeric scaffolds seeded with chondrocytes or adult mesenchymal stem cells. More particularly engineered cartilage has been prepared where the cartilage has a biodegradable and biocompatible nanofibrous polymer support prepared by electrospinning and a plurality of chondocytes or mesenchymal stem cells dispersed in the pores of the support. The tissue engineered cartilages of the invention possess compressive strength properties similar to natural cartilage. Methods of preparing engineered tissues, including tissue engineered cartilages, are provided in which an electrospun nanofibrous polymer support is provided, the support is treated with a cell solution and the polymer-cell mixture cultured in a rotating bioreactor to generate the cartilage. The invention provides for the use of the tissue engineered cartilages in the treatment of cartilage degenerative diseases, reconstructive surgery, and cosmetic surgery. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/922251 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/725 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202686 | Pamula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Jeremy Rouse (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a microfluidic platform and methods of using the platform for conducting enzyme assays using a droplet actuator. The enzyme assays of the invention are useful for, among other things, identifying and/or characterizing disorders resulting from conditions in which enzymes are defective or are produced in inappropriate amounts. Enzyme assays of the invention may, for example, be used to detect altered activity of a particular enzyme in a sample, which may serve as an indicator of a particular disease. Altered activity may, for example, be caused by conditions which result in the increased or reduced production of a certain enzyme or its substrate and/or conditions which result in defective enzymes and/or substrates exhibiting increased or decreased effectiveness relative to corresponding normal enzymes and/or substrates. |
| FILED | Sunday, July 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/497677 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 08202692 | Giordano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Giordano (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ronald Koenig (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rork Kuick (Dexter, Michigan); Samir Hanish (Mercer Island, Wisconsin); Dafydd G. Thomas (Fenton, Michigan); Yuri Nikiforov (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides gene expression profiles associated with thyroid cancers. Genes identified as cancer markers using the methods of the present invention find use in the diagnosis and characterization of thyroid cancer. In addition, the genes provide targets for cancer drug screens and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546278 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08202695 | Sonenshein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham L. Sonenshein (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Bacterial virulence is repressed by compositions and methods for activating permanently a repressor of virulence factors. Compositions provided contain at least one non-metabolizable analog of guanine, guanosine, isoleucine and valine. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/710339 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.130 |
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| US 08202844 | Townsend et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leroy B. Townsend (Ann Arbor, Michigan); John C. Drach (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel chemical compounds, and methods for their use. In particular, the present invention provides indole derivatives (e.g. as shown in Formula (I)) and related compounds and methods of using indole derivatives and related compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions, including those associated with viral infection and cardiovascular diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/077538 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
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| US 08202846 | Hannon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York); Patrick Paddison (Oyster Bay, New York); Emily Bernstein (New York, New York); Amy Caudy (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Douglas Conklin (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Scott Hammond (Cold Spring Habor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for attenuating gene expression in a cell, especially in a mammalian cell, using gene-targeted double stranded RNA (dsRNA), such as a hairpin RNA. The dsRNA contains a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under physiologic conditions of the cell to the nucleotide sequence of at least a portion of the gene to be inhibited (the “target” gene). |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997086 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 08202848 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Williams (Dallas, Texas); Eric Olson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of miRNAs that are involved in the process of neuromuscular synaptic maintenance and regeneration following injury or disease. Modulation of these miRNAs is proposed as treatment for spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/405859 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202849 | Nevalainen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, comprising inhibiting the activity of Stat5 in prostate cancer cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548383 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 08202886 | Cress et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas W. Cress (Lutz, Florida); Yihong Ma (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A small molecular inhibitor of E2F (HLM006474) was identified using a computer-based virtual screen and the known crystal structure of the DNA bound E2F4/DP2 heterodimer. Treatment of multiple cell lines resulted in the loss of intracellular E2F4 DNA-binding activity. Overnight exposure to HLM006474 resulted in down regulation of total E2F4 protein as well as several known E2F targets. The effects of treatment on different cell lines included a reduction in cell proliferation and an increase in apoptosis. Apoptosis was induced in a manner distinct from cisplatin and doxorubicin. E2F4-null MEFs (mouse embryo fibroblasts) were less sensitive than wildtype counterparts to the apoptosis-inducing activity of the compound revealing its biological specificity. A375 cells were extremely sensitive to the apoptosis-inducing activity of the compound in two-dimensional culture and HLM006474 was a potent inhibitor of melanocytes proliferation and subsequent invasion in a three-dimensional tissue culture model system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872263 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/314 |
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| US 08202893 | Makriyannis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros Makriyannis (Watertown, Massachusetts); Chen Li (Storrs, Connecticut); Dai Lu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of this disclosure relates generally to lipid compounds that exert diverse effects in the endocannabinoid system, such as regulating CB1 and CB2 receptor or moderating other bio-macromolecules within the endocannabinoid system. Some of the compounds showed improved receptor binding affinity, and/or improved receptor subtype selectivity, and improved bio-stability. Some of the compounds exhibit activities to regulate the enzymes that moderate the bio-disposal of endogenous cannabinoids, such as the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). Some of the compounds exhibit activities to inhibit the anandamide transporter. Other aspects of the invention are pharmaceutical preparations employing these ligands and methods of administering therapeutically effective amounts of the preparations to provide a physiological effect. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/577156 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/352 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin-Yun Huang (New York, New York); Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Christoph Gaul (Liestal, Switzerland); Jón T. Njardarson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of general formula (I), wherein R1-R6, Ra-Rc, Q, Y1, Y2 and n are as defined herein, whereby the composition is formulated for administration to a subject at a dosage between about 0.1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg of body weight. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for treating breast tumor metastasis in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the inventive composition described directly above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053161 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/690 |
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| US 08202968 | You et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming You (St. Louis, Missouri); Yan Lu (St. Louis, Missouri); Ramaswamy Govindan (St. Louis, Missouri); Mark A. Watson (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a plurality of biomarkers for predicting survival of a subject with a lung cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of predicting survival of a subject with a lung cancer, a kit for predicting survival of a subject with a lung cancer, and an array for predicting survival of a subject with lung cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/445596 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 08202982 | Freier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Phramaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Freier (San Diego, California); Olga Matveeva (Salt Lake City, Utah); Alexander Tsodikov (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael C. Giddings (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacqueline R. Wyatt (Sundance, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for obtaining antisense oligonucleotides with activity against a desired target are provided. Methods of identifying oligonucleotide sequence motifs which are predictive of antisense oligonucleotide activity are provided, as are motifs identified according to this method. Methods of selecting effective antisense oligonucleotide sequences and effective antisense target sequences are provided, as are sequences selected according to these methods. In other methods of the invention, oligonucleotides are designed to hybridize to target sequences containing one or more activity-enhancing motifs. Antisense oligonucleotides designed according to these methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557358 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.300 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keqiang Ye (Liburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds and methods for activating the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering in vivo or in vitro a therapeutically effective amount of a compound containing four six-membered rings and a substituted or unsubstituted C5 or C6 heteroaryl or hetero-cycloalkyl ring and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and derivatives thereof. Specifically, methods and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and metabolic disorders are provided. For example, a method is provided of treating or reducing the risk of depression, anxiety, or obesity in a subject, which includes selecting a subject with or at risk of developing depression, anxiety, or obesity, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds. A further method of promoting neuroprotection in a subject is provided, which includes selecting a subject in need of neuroprotection, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056377 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/275 |
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| US 08203030 | Wallace et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Wallace (Irvine, California); Wei Wei Fan (Aliso Viejo, California); Katrina G. Waymire (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Animal models and methods wherein homoplasmic and heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation(s) are induced in an animal (e.g., a mouse) to cause or facilitate the development of a disorder (e.g., disease, malformation, defect, abnormality or other disorder). In at least some embodiments, the mtDNA mutation(s) will cause or facilitate the development of an age-related disorder, such as a cardiac disease, cardiomyopathy, muscle disease, cancer, abnormaly in tissues of high cellular turnover, heart dysfunction, graying of hair, alopecia, auditory function loss, cochlear degeneration, immune cell loss, anemia, male germ cell loss leading to lack of sperm and infertility, skeletal muscle mass loss (sarcopenia), neurodegeneration, increased presence of apoptotic markers, and loss of bone mass. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/205588 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and systems for 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM)—in situ imaging with ultrafast time resolution in TEM. Single electron imaging is used as a component of the 4D UEM technique to provide high spatial and temporal resolution unavailable using conventional techniques. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for convergent beam UEM, focusing the electron beams onto the specimen to measure structural characteristics in three dimensions as a function of time. Additionally, embodiments provide not only 4D imaging of specimens, but characterization of electron energy, performing time resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575285 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/310 |
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| US 08203716 | Badleirostami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Majid Badleirostami (Atlanta, Georgia); Omid Momtahan (Foothill Ranch, California); Chao Ray Hsieh (Atlanta, Georgia); Ali Adibi (Suwanee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping are described. At least one embodiment includes a spectrometer for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping comprising a Fabry-Perot component configured to receive a diffuse input beam and provide a high resolution spectral mapping of the diffuse input beam in a first direction. The spectrometer further comprises a volume hologram for increasing a spectral operating range, the volume hologram configured to perform spectral mapping in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to increase the spectral operating range. The spectrometer further comprises a charged coupled device (CCD) configured to receive output beams, the output beams used to provide spectral analysis of the input beams. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/447992 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/454 |
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| US 08204285 | Fakhri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georges El Fakhri (Brookline, Massachusetts); Arkadiusz Sitek (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for processing image data includes representing the image data as a model having a spatial dimension, a time dimension, and an energy dimension; providing an objective function that is a function of energy factors, time factors, and image coefficients included in the model; and determining values of the energy factors, the time factors, and the image coefficients that minimize a difference between the optimal value of an objective function and a value of the objective function, the values of the energy factors, the time factors, and the image coefficients defining a solution. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/916568 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
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| US 08204565 | Arnold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Arnold (Iowa City, Iowa); Jonathon T. Olesberg (Iowa City, Iowa); Chris Coretsopoulos (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an implantable microspectrometer for the reagentless optical detection of an analyte in a sample fluid. The microspectrometer comprises an optical sampling cell having a cell housing defining a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port, the fluid inlet port configured to receive an optical sampling fluid from a test subject; an electromagnetic radiation source in communication with a first portion of the optical sampling cell housing and configured to irradiate at least a portion of the optical sampling fluid with electromagnetic radiation; and an electromagnetic radiation detector in communication with a second portion of the optical sampling cell housing and configured to detect electromagnetic radiation emanating from the optical sampling cell. In use, the implantable microspectrometer can optically detect at least one parameter of an analyte contained within the optical sampling fluid in the absence of an added reagent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/397927 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/310 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wally E. Rippel (Altadena, California); Daryl M. Kobayashi (Monrovia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric motor, transformer or inductor having a cooling system. A stack of laminations have apertures at least partially coincident with apertures of adjacent laminations. The apertures define straight or angled cooling-fluid passageways through the lamination stack. Gaps between the adjacent laminations are sealed by injecting a heat-cured sealant into the passageways, expelling excess sealant, and heat-curing the lamination stack. Manifold members adjoin opposite ends of the lamination stack, and each is configured with one or more cavities to act as a manifold to adjacent passageway ends. Complex manifold arrangements can create bidirectional flow in a variety of patterns. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/378384 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/596 |
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| US 08201438 | Thornberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Thornberg (Peralta, New Mexico); Jason Brown (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting leaks and measuring volumes as well as an apparatus, the Power-free Pump Module (PPM), that is a self-contained leak test and volume measurement apparatus that requires no external sources of electrical power during leak testing or volume measurement, where the invention is a portable, pneumatically-controlled instrument capable of generating a vacuum, calibrating volumes, and performing quantitative leak tests on a closed test system or device, all without the use of alternating current (AC) power. Capabilities include the ability is to provide a modest vacuum (less than 10 Torr), perform a pressure rise leak test, measure the gas's absolute pressure, and perform volume measurements. All operations are performed through a simple rotary control valve which controls pneumatically-operated manifold valves. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424791 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/49.300 |
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| US 08201994 | Hebert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter H. Hebert (Glendale, California); Randolph J. Brandt (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing thermal stress testing of photovoltaic solar cells is presented. The system and method allows rapid testing of photovoltaic solar cells under controllable thermal conditions. The system and method presents a means of rapidly applying thermal stresses to one or more photovoltaic solar cells in a consistent and repeatable manner. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/258321 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/57 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Buschmann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and processes are disclosed for electrowinning metal from a fluid stream. A representative apparatus comprises at least one spouted bed reactor wherein each said reactor includes an anolyte chamber comprising an anode and configured for containing an anolyte, a catholyte chamber comprising a current collector and configured for containing a particulate cathode bed and a flowing stream of an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid, and a membrane separating said anolyte chamber and said catholyte chamber, an inlet for an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid stream; and a particle bed churning device configured for spouting particle bed particles in the catholyte chamber independently of the flow of said metal-containing fluid stream. In operation, reduced heavy metals or their oxides are recovered from the cathode particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051774 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/348 |
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| US 08202507 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Anderson (Davis, California); Stephen Dueker (Davis, California); Joshua Miller (Davis, California); Ralph Green (Elmacero, California); John Roth (Davis, California); Colleen Carkeet (Silver Spring, Maryland); Bruce A. Buchholz (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for labeling vitamin B12 with 14C, 13C, tritium, and deuterium. When radioisotopes are used, the invention provides for methods of labeling B12 with high specific activity. The invention also provides labeled vitamin B12 compositions made in accordance with the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/234079 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
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| US 08202566 | Davidson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Courtney Davidson (Livermore, California); Peter A. Krulevitch (Pleasanton, California); Mariam N. Maghribi (Livermore, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Julie K. Hamilton (Tracy, California); Armando R. Tovar (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of metalization in an integrated polymer microsystem. A flexible polymer substrate is provided and conductive ink is applied to the substrate. In one embodiment the flexible polymer substrate is silicone. In another embodiment the flexible polymer substrate comprises poly(dimethylsiloxane). |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243302 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/97.700 |
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| US 08202704 | Foreman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela Foreman (Los Altos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Pieter Van Solingen (Naaldwijk, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel gene sequences isolated from Trichoderma reesei. Two genes encoding proteins comprising a cellulose binding domain, one encoding an arabionfuranosidase and one encoding an acetylxylanesterase are described. The sequences, CIP1 and CIP2, contain a cellulose binding domain. These proteins are especially useful in the textile and detergent industry and in pulp and paper industry. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/029919 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 08202716 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Emily D. Henriksen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading, cleaving, or removing polysaccharides, lignocellulose, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, chitin, polyhydroxybutyrate, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/927490 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
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| US 08202749 | Ivanov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Troy R. Hendricks (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of aligned and dispersed carbon nanotubes includes an elongate drawn body including a plurality of channels extending therethrough from a first end to a second end of the body, where the channels have a number density of at least about 100,000 channels/mm2 over a transverse cross-section of the body. A plurality of carbon nanotubes are disposed in each channel, and the carbon nanotubes are sufficiently dispersed and aligned along a length of the channels for the array to comprise an average resistivity per channel of about 9700 Ωm or less. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642166 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/34 |
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| US 08202820 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Le Chen (Lakewood, Colorado); Kimberly A. Gray (Evanston, Illinois); Michael E. Graham (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixed anatase-rutile phase, non-stoichiometric titania photocatalyst material is a highly reactive and is a UV and visible light responsive photocastalyst in the as-deposited condition (i.e. without the need for a subsequent thermal treatment). The mixed phase, non-stoichiometric titania thin film material is non-stoichiometric in terms of its oxygen content such that the thin film material shows a marked red-shift in photoresponse. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/583763 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/350 |
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| US 08202982 | Freier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Phramaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Freier (San Diego, California); Olga Matveeva (Salt Lake City, Utah); Alexander Tsodikov (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael C. Giddings (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacqueline R. Wyatt (Sundance, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for obtaining antisense oligonucleotides with activity against a desired target are provided. Methods of identifying oligonucleotide sequence motifs which are predictive of antisense oligonucleotide activity are provided, as are motifs identified according to this method. Methods of selecting effective antisense oligonucleotide sequences and effective antisense target sequences are provided, as are sequences selected according to these methods. In other methods of the invention, oligonucleotides are designed to hybridize to target sequences containing one or more activity-enhancing motifs. Antisense oligonucleotides designed according to these methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557358 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.300 |
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| US 08203023 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Wang (Richland, Washington); Chunshe Cao (Kennewick, Washington); Xiaohong Shari Li (Richland, Washington); Douglas C. Elliott (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are described. It has been discovered that conducting the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a catalyst with a catalytically active surface layer of 35 microns or less results in a liquid hydrocarbon product with a high ratio of C5-C20:C20+. Descriptions of novel Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and reactors are also provided. Novel hydrocarbon compositions with a high ratio of C5-C20:C20+ are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023939 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/14 |
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| US 08203154 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado); James Scott Ward (Englewood, Colorado); Jian Hu (Englewood, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A device (10) comprises a semiconductor diode (12) and a switchable element (14) positioned in stacked adjacent relationship. The semiconductor diode (12) and the switchable element (14) are electrically connected in series with one another. The switchable element (14) is switchable from a low-conductance state to a high-conductance state in response to the application of a low-density forming current and/or a low voltage. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/555766 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/84 |
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| US 08203298 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Ting Yan (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Charles John Luebke (Sussex, Wisconsin); Santosh Kumar Sharma (Viman Nagar, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for a motor management system includes a computer readable storage medium and a processing unit. The processing unit configured to determine a voltage value of a voltage input to an alternating current (AC) motor, determine a frequency value of at least one of a voltage input and a current input to the AC motor, determine a load value from the AC motor, and access a set of motor nameplate data, where the set of motor nameplate data includes a rated power, a rated speed, a rated frequency, and a rated voltage of the AC motor. The processing unit is also configured to estimate a motor speed based on the voltage value, the frequency value, the load value, and the set of nameplate data and also store the motor speed on the computer readable storage medium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/547723 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/461 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204564 | Bozovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Bozovic (Mount Sinai, New York); Gennady Logvenov (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Adrian Mihai Gozar (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | High-temperature superconductivity confined to nanometer-scale interfaces has been a long standing goal because of potential applications in electronic devices. The spontaneous formation of a superconducting interface in bilayers consisting of an insulator (La2CuO4) and a metal (La1−xSrxCuO4), neither of which is superconducting per se, is described. Depending upon the layering sequence of the bilayers, Tc may be either ˜15 K or ˜30 K. This highly robust phenomenon is confined to within 2-3 nm around the interface. After exposing the bilayer to ozone, Tc exceeds 50 K and this enhanced superconductivity is also shown to originate from a 1 to 2 unit cell thick interfacial layer. The results demonstrate that engineering artificial heterostructures provides a novel, unconventional way to fabricate stable, quasi two-dimensional high Tc phases and to significantly enhance superconducting properties in other superconductors. The superconducting interface may be implemented, for example, in SIS tunnel junctions or a SuFET. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/264742 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204690 | Sviercoski |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosangela De Fatima Sviercoski (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A machine, method and computer-usable medium for modeling an average flow of a substance through a composite material. Such a modeling includes an analytical calculation of an effective tensor Kå suitable for use with a variety of media. The analytical calculation corresponds to an approximation to the tensor |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/476081 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08202663 | Haile et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California); Ryan Merle (Pasadena, California); Dane Boysen (Pasadena, California); Sekharipuram Narayanan (Altadena, California); Calum Chisholm (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259083 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08202701 | Boyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Dale Boyan (Atlanta, Georgia); Ramsey Christian Kinney (Atlanta, Georgia); Zvi Schwartz (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for producing encapsulated cells having an average diameter of less than about 200 μm are provided. Methods for using the disclosed encapsulated cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576542 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203120 | Zewail |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and systems for 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM)—in situ imaging with ultrafast time resolution in TEM. Single electron imaging is used as a component of the 4D UEM technique to provide high spatial and temporal resolution unavailable using conventional techniques. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for convergent beam UEM, focusing the electron beams onto the specimen to measure structural characteristics in three dimensions as a function of time. Additionally, embodiments provide not only 4D imaging of specimens, but characterization of electron energy, performing time resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575285 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204224 | Xiao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Xiao (Amherst, Massachusetts); Weibo Gong (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for securing communications in a wireless network by utilizing the inherent randomness of propagation errors to enable legitimate users to dynamically create a shared symmetric secret key. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system with two computers each having a wireless network adapter. The sending node encodes the frames, transmits the frames, determines if the frames were correctly received, retransmits the frames if they were not correctly received, stores the frames that were not retransmitted, and uses the stored frames to generate a secret key. The receiving node receives the encoded frames, determines if the frames were retransmitted, stores at least one of the frames that was not retransmitted, and uses the stored frames to generate the same secret key as the receiving node. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/277225 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204302 | Larsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Larsen (Midland, Michigan); James B. Rawlings (Madison, Wisconsin); Nicola J. Ferrier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An image containing one or more types of objects to be located is analyzed to locate linear features within the image. The objects have edges having known spatial relationships. The linear features and identified virtual lines are analyzed to find groups of linear features and/or virtual lines that have one of the known spatial relationships. These relationships can include parallel edges, edges that meet at certain angles or angle ranges, the number of lines meeting a vertex and the like. The identified group is compared with projected 2-dimensional representation(s) of the object(s) to determine whether any additional lines appear in the image that are part of the located object. In various exemplary embodiments, two or more hypotheses for how the identified group of linear features maps to the 3-dimensional representation of the object can be generated. The best fitting hypothesis becomes the recognized 3-dimensional shape and orientation for that object. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047491 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08202970 | Nghiem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nhuan P. Nghiem (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Tae H. Kim (Ames, Iowa); Kevin B. Hicks (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving the bioavailability of polysaccharides in lignocellulosic materials, involving reacting lignocellulosic materials with ammonia and ethanol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/194821 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/507 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203007 | Jing et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Jing (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Marc Hillmyer (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides a novel lactide monomer derivative and process for preparing the lactide monomer derivative. The monomer derivative of the invention is bifunctional in nature, and can be employed a variety of efficient synthesis processes to prepare various polymers. Further, the bifunctional monomer derivative can be used to prepare various intermediate-stage compounds and polymers, which in turn can be used to synthesize other compounds, polymers, copolymers and composites. The lactide monomer derivative has a bifunctional norbornene spiro lactide structure, spiro[6-methyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione-3,2′-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept[5]ene], and structure as follows: and stereoisomers thereof. The lactide monomer derivative is bifunctional in that either 1) the norbornene ring, 2) lactide ring, or 3) both, can be opened and used in polymer synthesis for the backbone or the reactive branch for other polymeric syntheses. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479981 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08203719 | Murphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QED Technologies International, Inc. (Aurora, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Murphy (Rochester, New York); Gary Devries (Penfield, New York); Christopher Brophy (Pittsford, New York); Greg Forbes (North Epping Sydney, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A metrology system for measuring aspheric test objects by subaperture stitching. A wavefront-measuring gauge having a limited capture range of wavefront shapes collects partially overlapping subaperture measurements over the test object. A variable optical aberrator reshapes the measurement wavefront with between a limited number of the measurements to maintain the measurement wavefront within the capture range of the wavefront-measuring gauge. Various error compensators are incorporated into a stitching operation to manage residual errors associated with the use of the variable optical aberrator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/384723 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204927 | Duong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan A. Duong (Glendora, California); Vu A. Duong (Rosemead, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for cognitive processing of sensor data. A processor array receiving analog sensor data and having programmable interconnects, multiplication weights, and filters provides for adaptive learning in real-time. A static random access memory contains the programmable data for the processor array and the stored data is modified to provide for adaptive learning. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042196 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/819 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08204695 | Ghassan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ghandour Ghassan (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for identifying, confirming, mapping, and categorizing sample polymers, such as nucleic acid sequences, are provided. An estimation of the fraction of first and second polymers in a sample of polymers can be calculated by inputting a first hybridization value indicative of hybridization affinity of the sample of polymers to polymers probes that are complementary to the first polymer and inputting a second hybridization value indicative of hybridization affinity of the sample of polymers to polymers probes that are complementary to the second polymer. The estimation of the fraction of the first and second polymers in the sample of polymers can then be calculated by dividing the first hybridization value by a sum of the first and second hybridization values. Estimations of the fractions of alleles in a sample can be clustered to form a fraction pattern usable for identifying, confirming, mapping, and genotyping sample nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/483266 |
| 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 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08205008 | Zimmermann et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gottfried Zimmermann (Pfullingen, Germany); Ishak Kang (El Cerrito, California); Parikshit Thakur (Stafford, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An online resource server for allowing device control and access to digital content through pluggable user interfaces (PUI). Features of various embodiments of the system can also include: a system of access rights for resources; user types and their meaning; determination of mandatory and optional properties of resources; an algorithm for ranking of resources based on weights given in a resource query; registration of a PUI upon upload resulting in a unique resource name (URI); user interface socket descriptions for device classes, and extensibility of the socket descriptions through naming conventions; a universal Control Hub as a Service; an ability to allow content owners to protect their intellectual property by keeping the (protected) media over HDMI separated from the control network; an ability to track usage data and dynamically adjust the PUI without the need for user intervention; and enhanced technical support, including remote diagnostics of the consumer electronics equipment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357248 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08203123 | Lorkovic |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan M. Lorkovic (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting radiation using an array of cells containing a metastable material together with sensing apparatus and display apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401097 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08202969 | Heinrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Heinrich (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Christopher C. Corless (Portland, Oregon); Jonathan A. Fletcher (Brookline, Massachusetts); George D. Demetri (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly PDGFRA variants, which are activating forms of these molecules and are linked to neoplasms and/or the development or progression of cancer. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and prognosis, and development of new therapeutic agents using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959588 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08202411 | Buschmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Buschmann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and processes are disclosed for electrowinning metal from a fluid stream. A representative apparatus comprises at least one spouted bed reactor wherein each said reactor includes an anolyte chamber comprising an anode and configured for containing an anolyte, a catholyte chamber comprising a current collector and configured for containing a particulate cathode bed and a flowing stream of an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid, and a membrane separating said anolyte chamber and said catholyte chamber, an inlet for an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid stream; and a particle bed churning device configured for spouting particle bed particles in the catholyte chamber independently of the flow of said metal-containing fluid stream. In operation, reduced heavy metals or their oxides are recovered from the cathode particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051774 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08202726 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medimmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Liu (Milpitas, California); Mark Thompson (Morgan Hill, California); Luis J. Maranga (Santa Clara, California); Floro Cataniag (Pittsburg, California); Simon S. Hsu (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel serum-free cell culture medium and methods for cultivating MDCK cells. In particular, non-tumorigenic MDCK cells. The present invention also provides methods for producing influenza viruses (e.g., particularly cold-adapted, and/or temperature sensitive, and/or attenuated influenza viruses) that eliminate the need for a cell culture medium exchange step. The novel medium and methods are useful to grow influenza viruses, in cell culture to high titer. The present invention further provides purification methods for purifying influenza viruses with high overall recovery of live virus and result in levels of host cell DNA (HCD), host cell protein (HCP) and non-specific endonuclease (e.g., Benzonase), which are below the specifications required by regulatory agencies. The immunogenic compositions can be used to actively immunize subjects or to generate antibodies for a variety of uses, including passive immunization and diagnostic immunoassays. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/566048 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08203410 | Sundstrom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance L. Sundstrom (Pinellas Park, Florida); Wiclyff T. Bonga (Tampa, Florida); Michael James Gillespie (Seminole, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly includes a toroidal induction component, a potting cup, and potting material. The toroidal induction component includes a conductive winding, where at least ends of the conductive winding define a lead set of the toroidal induction component. The potting cup is configured to accept the toroidal induction component and its lead set. Techniques for forming the assembly are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/716876 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08204672 | Mylaraswamy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dinkar Mylaraswamy (Fridley, Minnesota); Girija Parthasarathy (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting an anomaly in fuel demand data and fuel supply data generated by a fuel metering system for an engine, The method comprises collecting the fuel demand data and the fuel supply data during operation of the fuel metering system, generating expected fuel supply data based on the collected fuel demand data and a nominal response model describing the expected behavior of the fuel metering system, and detecting the anomaly if a difference between the expected fuel supply data and the collected fuel supply data exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/346469 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — 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 71/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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