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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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| US 08205454 | Cowan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis C. Cowan (East Hampton, Connecticut); James P. Allore (Manchester, Connecticut); Paul Attridge (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle system includes a multitude of circumferentially distributed divergent seals that circumscribe an engine centerline. Each divergent seal includes a multiple of divergent seal intakes adjacent to a joint structure to receive cooling airflow. Each divergent seal body is manufactured of a metallic hot sheet inner skin and a metallic cold sheet outer skin. The skins form a multiple of longitudinal channels which communicate with a multiple of edge channels formed within the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side of each divergent seal. The multiple of edge channels are located transverse to the longitudinal axis and are raked aft to facilitate cooling of the gas path surface of each divergent seal and adjacent divergent flaps. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/671591 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205483 | Peterson 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) | Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Christopher J. Karwacki (Churchville, Maryland); David Friday (Baltimore, Maryland); Marc Shrewsbury (Perryville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A residual life indicator for determining the residual life of a filter has a first sample filter with an inlet coupleable to an inlet of the filter whose residual life is to be determined, a second sample filter having an inlet coupleable to an outlet of the filter whose residual life is to be determined, a chemical tracer source selectively coupled to the inlets of the first and second sample filters, and a detector selectively coupled to outlets of the first and second filters. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043660 |
| ART UNIT | 4124 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205555 | Rastegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Carlos M. Pereira (Tannersville, Pennsylvania); Richard Dratler (Montville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for recovering and/or exploded an unexploded munition. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from an induced vibration; inducing a vibration; monitoring an output from the power supply after the power supply has stopped generating power from a firing of the munition; and generating a beacon signal or detonation signal upon the detection of the output. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183412 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205608 | Bommaraju |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tilak Bommaraju (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Less hazardous methods for generating thermal energy for heating water, medical supplies or comestible products using improved flameless chemical heaters/flameless ration heaters by novel chemical or electrochemical means, each capable of suppressing the generation of hydrogen gas. Remote unit self-heating meals may be more rapidly heated by forming a reaction mixture comprising magnesium or a magnesium-containing alloy, and a hydrogen eliminator or suppressor, and introducing water to react the reaction mixture and generate a more rapid release of thermal energy sufficient to effectuate a more accelerated temperature rise and more rapid heating of medical supplies, water, rations or other comestible substances while simultaneously suppressing or eliminating the generation of potentially hazardous hydrogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322596 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Stoves and furnaces 126/263.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205821 | Peck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Andrew Peck (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for exhausting gas from an aircraft engine assembly is provided. The method includes coupling a first exhaust duct in fluid communication only to a first engine. The first exhaust duct includes a primary outlet and a secondary outlet. The method further includes coupling a second exhaust duct in fluid communication only to a second engine. The second exhaust duct includes a primary outlet and a secondary outlet. The method also includes aligning a portion of the first engine secondary outlet concentrically within a portion of the second engine secondary outlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/610077 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/7.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205823 | Keennon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Todd Keennon (Simi Valley, California); Karl Robert Klingebiel (Simi Valley, California); Alexander Andryukov (Simi Valley, California); Bart Dean Hibbs (Simi Valley, California); John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795539 |
| 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 244/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205827 | Kerrebrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Kerrebrock (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Jean-Charles Lede (Manassas, Virginia); Jeremy Scott Hollman (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine for use in operating an aircraft is disclosed, the engine comprising a decomposition chamber configured to decompose into at least one combustible constituent element a first chemically unstable substance in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the decomposition of the first chemically unstable substance releases a first amount of heat; a first turbine configured to accept the constituent elements and the first amount of heat from the decomposition chamber and thereby rotate; a compressor rotationally connected to the first turbine, and configured to compress air when the first turbine rotates; and a combustion chamber configured to accept the compressed air and constituent elements and combust the combination, substantially regardless of an altitude above sea level and ambient air pressure, and output the combustion products into a power turbine, causing it to rotate, whereby the rotation of the first turbine and/or the power turbine rotate a propeller rotationally coupled to the first and power turbines. Alternately, a nozzle can be used in place of the power turbine, thereby creating a jet engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/323820 |
| 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 244/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205910 | Leonard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua J. Leonard (North Branch, Minnesota); Richard Raymond Maki (North Branch, Minnesota); Eric Bjerketvedt (North Branch, Minnesota); Michael D. Schneider (Dalbo, Minnesota); Bradley Robert Morisch (Lindstrom, Minnesota); Brian D. Krosschell (Chicago City, Minnesota); Lionel Hoff (Oslo, Minnesota); James Bergman (Oslo, Minnesota); Doug Moman (Warren, Minnesota); Mitchell D. Johnson (Roseau, Minnesota); Larry Holter (Alvardo, Minnesota); Richard Nelson (Oslo, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple embodiments are disclosed which display modularity for accomplishing multiple modes of operation for a utility vehicle. The utility vehicle (100) may include a rear cargo platform (450), a plurality of connection points (460) disposed in matrix and adapted to couple an item to the rear cargo platform, and three or more couplings (490) for adding a subsection (470) in a non-pivotable manner or pivotably coupling the rear cargo platform. The vehicle may be a four-wheeled vehicle that coverts to a six-wheeled vehicle by the addition of the subsection. The utility vehicle may include a subsection cargo platform which may be coupled to the rear cargo platform and may pivot rearward. The utility vehicle may include couplings for adding a second subsection. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/092151 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles 280/781 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206086 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D Johnson (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Ryan C McMahon (North Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An inlet case for a small gas turbine engine, where the inlet case is formed as a hybrid piece with a metallic inner shroud cylinder and plastic guide vanes and plastic outer shroud molded around the metallic inner shroud cylinder. The metallic inner shroud cylinder carries an electric generator and provides for a good convective heat transfer surface to carry heat away from the electric generator and into the inlet air flow entering the engine. The plastic guide vanes and outer shroud allow for a light weight inlet case assembly that is also much easier to form the airfoil shapes than a machined metallic inlet case. The plastic guide vanes and outer shroud are injection molded around the metallic inner shroud cylinder to produce a rigid single inlet case. The metallic cylinder includes axial extending slots that receive the lower ends of the guide vanes during the injection molding process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/107659 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206092 | Tholen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corp. (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas turbine engines and related systems involving blade outer air seals are provided. In this regard, a representative blade outer air seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: an annular arrangement of outer air seal segments, each of the segments having ends, the segments being positioned in an end-to-end orientation such that each adjacent pair of the segments forms an intersegment gap therebetween, each intersegment gap being defined, at least partially, by a first recess and a first protrusion, the first protrusion being sized and shaped to be received by the first recess, one of the first recess and the first protrusion being located on an end of a first segment of an adjacent pair of the segments, another of the first recess and the first protrusion being located on an end of a second segment of the adjacent pair of the segments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/950890 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206102 | Moon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite gas turbine engine duct receives a support ring that operates as an interface arrangement for attachment of engine system components. The support ring interfaces with the composite duct through a fastener shear load arrangement to provide a structurally sound interface which minimizes the risk of ply delamination. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/839791 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/213.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206108 | Riahi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); Kin Poon (Tempe, Arizona); David Chou (Phoenix, Arizona); Malak F. Malak (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade includes a convex suction side wall, a concave pressure side wall, a tip wall, an internal cooling circuit, and a plurality of tip edge channels. The tip wall is recessed from a first tip edge of the suction side wall and a second tip edge of the concave pressure side wall to define a suction side wall tip section and a pressure side wall tip section, and the suction side wall tip section is shorter than the pressure side wall tip section. The internal cooling circuit is formed at least partially between the convex suction side wall, the concave pressure side wall, and the tip wall. The plurality of tip edge channels formed through the first tip edge of the convex suction side wall extend to the internal cooling circuit. Methods of manufacturing turbine blades are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/953489 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206114 | Spangler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut); Corneil S. Paauwe (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas turbine engine systems involving turbine blade platforms with mateface cooling holes are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine blade for a gas turbine engine includes: an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side; and a blade platform on which the airfoil is disposed, the blade platform having a pressure side mateface located adjacent to the pressure side of the airfoil and a suction side mateface located adjacent to the suction side of the airfoil, the blade platform having a cooling hole operative to direct a flow of cooling air toward an adjacent blade platform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/111240 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/193.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206299 | Foley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica L. Foley (Seattle, Washington); Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); James W. Little (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological structures to achieve a desired therapeutic effect. Depending on the dosage of HIFU applied, it can have a reversible or irreversible effect on neural structures. For example, a relatively high dose of HIFU can be used to permanently block nerve function, to provide a non-invasive alternative to severing a nerve to treat severe spasticity. Relatively lower doses of HIFU can be used to reversibly block nerve function, to alleviate pain, to achieve an anesthetic effect, or to achieve a cosmetic effect. Where sensory nerves are not necessary for voluntary function, but are involved in pain associated with tumors or bone cancer, HIFU can be used to non-invasively destroy such sensory nerves to alleviate pain without drugs. Preferably, ultrasound imaging synchronized to the HIFU therapy is used to provide real-time ultrasound image guided HIFU therapy of neural structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/887211 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206501 | Krienke |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Krienke (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A binder formulation is provided that is capable of forming a heat and erosion resistant coating on the surface of a substrate, particularly a substrate comprising titanium or aluminum. The binder formulation comprises a metal alkoxide compound, such as a titanium alkoxide and an organosilane, such as 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GTMS). The binder material may be capable of strongly bonding the binder to the substrate. The binder coating may also include one or more additives that may help improve the heat resistance and impact absorbance of the coating. The binder may also include one or more pigments so that the resulting sol-gel coating has a desired appearance and properties. The sol-gel coating can be cured under ambient conditions and does not require additional heat curing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/750349 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/287.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206537 | Luo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Luo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yixuan Chen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a conducting multi-polymer nanostructure. The method includes forming a first conducting polymer nanostructure on a first electrode of a template, forming a second conducting polymer nanostructure on a second electrode of the template, and transferring the first and second conducting polymer nanostructures onto a substrate. The first conducting polymer is different from the second conducting polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/199721 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206568 | Branton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Roy G. Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Chen (Quincy, Massachusetts); Toshiyuki Mitsui (Kanagawa, Japan); Damon B. Farmer (Allston, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for molecular analysis. In the method, sidewalls are formed extending through a structure between two structure surfaces, to define an aperture. A layer of material is deposited on the aperture sidewalls and the two structure surfaces. The aperture with the deposited material layer is then configured in a liquid solution with a gradient in a chemical potential, between the two structure surfaces defining the aperture, that is sufficient to cause molecular translocation through the aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015349 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206700 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Qingmei Jia (Beverly Hills, California); Bai-Yu L. Clemens (Los Angeles, California); Daniel Clemens (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides an antigenic composition useful for immunization against tularemia. The disclosure provides a method for producing a vaccine for preventing tularemia in humans and animals, a new vaccine against tularemia in humans and animals, and a new approach to producing vaccines against tularemia. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/446222 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206724 | Johnston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Johnston (Tempe, Arizona); Katherine Stemke-Hale (Houston, Texas); Kathryn F. Sykes (Tempe, Florida); Bernhard Kaltenboeck (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention relates to antigens and nucleic acids encoding such antigens obtainable by screening a Chlamydia genome. In more specific aspects, the invention relates to methods of isolating such antigens and nucleic acids and to methods of using such isolated antigens for producing immune responses. The ability of an antigen to produce an immune response may be employed in vaccination or antibody preparation techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788692 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206774 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Amanda Murphy (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for modifying silk polymer by coupling a chemical moiety to a tyrosine residue of a silk polymer is described herein for the purpose of altering the physical properties of the silk protein. Thus, silk proteins with desired physical properties can be produced by the methods described herein. These methods are particularly useful when the introduction of cells to a mammal is desired, since modifications to the silk protein affect the physical properties and thus the adhesion, metabolic activity and cell morphology of the desired cells. The silk protein can be modified to produce, or modify, a structure that provides an optimal environment for the desired cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192588 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206780 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang Li (Kowloon, China Hong Kong); Vijay S. Kollengode (La Mirada, California); Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Shawn O. Meade (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming photonic particles, where the method includes the steps of preparing a porous photonic material layer, patterning a soluble polymer on the porous photonic material layer, leaving dividing portions of the material layer untreated, infusing the polymer into the material layer, and removing the dividing portions of the material to obtain the photonic particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/791933 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206791 | Bulluck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for coating a metallic surface of an aircraft. The process includes applying to the metallic surface a composition that polymerizes to form a polyurea having a tensile strength of more than 3500 psi and at least 700% elongation. The polyurea can be formed from an A-side and a B-side, where the weight percents of components for the A-side are: from about 30 to about 65 percent of polyisocyanate; from about 15 to about 70 percent of a polytetramethylene ether glycol; diluent, from 0 to about 20 percent; where the weight percents of components for the B-side are: from 35 to about 40 percent of one or more aromatic diamines; from about 20 to about 70 percent of one or more amine terminated polyether polyols. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152560 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/388.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206892 | Keszler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Jeremy Anderson (Corvallis, Oregon); Jason K. Stowers (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using the materials as positive or negative resists or as functional device components also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836492 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206914 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Zev J. Gartner (Santa Cruz, California); Jeffrey B. Doyon (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher T. Calderone (Boston, Massachusetts); Matthew W. Kanan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Xiaoyu Li (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas M. Snyder (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel M. Rosenbaum (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nature evolves biological molecules such as proteins through iterated rounds of diversification, selection, and amplification. The power of Nature and the flexibility of organic synthesis are combined in nucleic acid-templated synthesis. The present invention provides a variety of template architectures for performing nucleic acid-templated synthesis, methods for increasing the selectivity of nucleic acid-templated reactions, methods for performing stereoselective nucleic acid-templated reactions, methods of selecting for reaction products resulting from nucleic acid-templated synthesis, and methods of identifying new chemical reactions based on nucleic acid-templated synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834072 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206953 | Korzheva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioArray Solutions, Ltd. (Warren, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nataliya Korzheva (Somerville, New Jersey); Michael Seul (Fanwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a single stranded primer-promoter-selector construct comprising (in 3′ to 5′ orientation) a primer subsequence annealing to the target, a T7 or other promoter subsequence (the template strand), and a selector subsequence. The primer can be extended by template mediated elongation, including reverse transcription, or ligation to another oligonucleotide. The promoter sequence is oriented to direct the in-vitro transcription (IVT) opposite to that of primer extension, where the selector subsequence serves as a template for IVT. The selector is associated with the target subsequence of interest and it, and the amplified product are unique subsequences, dissimilar to other sequence present in the sample. The construct's is useful for determination of the presence and relative abundance of designated subsequences in the sample, multiplex gene expression analysis, multiplex allele counting, determination of polymorphic/mutation site, and loss of heterozygosity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/525064 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207151 | McCall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Validus Biopharma Inc. (Kensington, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. McCall (Boca Grande, Florida); Eric Hoffman (Kensington, Maryland); Kanneboyina Nagaraju (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and as inhibitors of NF-κB for the treatment or prevention of muscular wasting disease, including muscular dystrophy. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473921 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207196 | Uesugi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Kyoto, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024530 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207209 | Kinch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Functional Genetics, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kinch (Laytonsville, Maryland); Michael Goldblatt (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting viral respiratory infection in a mammal in need of same, includes administering an effective amount of 2-[2-(5-carbamimidoyl-benzofuran-2-yl)-vinyl]-H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxamidine or the Bis-N-hydroxyamidine prodrug thereof, prior to viral infection, or therapeutically following viral infection, to inhibit that viral infection. The compound selectively inhibits Caspase 2 and/or 8 as to prevent infective viral particle release. It is optionally administered IV, IP, orally or via other conventional administration routes in a dosage range of 1 ng/kg-200 mg/kg of body weight. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/256571 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207258 | Chiesl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas N. Chiesl (Berkeley, California); Annelise E. Barron (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear acrylamide copolymer compounds which can comprise monomeric components comprising at least one N-substituted moiety capable of physical cross-linking, and related compositions and methods of use. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230570 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/555 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207442 | Woods et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence M. Woods (Littleton, Colorado); Joseph H. Armstrong (Littleton, Colorado); Rosine M. Ribelin (Lakewood, Colorado); Thomas Duncan Barnard (Murrieta, California); Yukinari Harimoto (Kanagawa, Japan); Hidekatsu Hatanaka (Chiba, Japan); Maki Itoh (Tokyo, Japan); Dimitris Elias Katsoulis (Midland, Michigan); Michitaka Suto (Kanagawa, Japan); Bizhong Zhu (Midland, Michigan); Nicole R. Anderson (Midland, Michigan); Herschel Henry Reese (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, one reinforced substrate for use in a photovoltaic device includes a polymer base material and a reinforcing structure bonded with the base material. The reinforced substrate presents a surface in a condition that is made-ready for deposition of thin film layers of the photovoltaic device. A thin film photovoltaic device includes the reinforced substrate, a back contact layer formed on the surface of the reinforced substrate, and a solar absorber layer formed on the back contact layer. A plurality of thin film photovoltaic devices may be formed on a common reinforced substrate. A process of producing a reinforced substrate includes combining a fluid base material and a fiber reinforcing structure to form an impregnated fiber reinforcement. The impregnated fiber reinforcement is cured to form the reinforced substrate, and the reinforced substrate is annealed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737119 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207484 | Williams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Voxtel, Inc. (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Williams (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A LIDAR system that includes a streak image sensor having multiple sensor elements for receiving optical return signals from portions of a spatial region within their respective instantaneous fields of view is operated by periodically sampling and storing electrical signals generated by the sensor elements respectively, and initiating the periodic sampling of the electrical signals of each sensor individually and independently by reference to a feature of that sensor's electrical signal that represents a boundary between materials with different optical properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/327070 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/203.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207519 | Nickel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice H Nickel (Sunnyvale, California); Michael Renne Ty Tan (Menlo Park, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale switching device is provided, comprising: a first electrode of a nanoscale width; a second electrode of a nanoscale width; an active region disposed between the first and second electrodes, the active region having at least one non-conducting layer comprising an electronically semiconducting or nominally insulating and a weak ionic conductor switching material capable of carrying a species of dopants and transporting the dopants under an electric field; and a source layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a highly reactive and highly mobile ionic species that reacts with a component in the switching material to create dopants that are capable of drifting through the non-conducting layer under an electric field, thereby controlling dopant profile by ionic modulation. A crossbar array comprising a plurality of the nanoscale switching devices is also provided, along with a process for making at least one nanoscale switching device. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763091 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207752 | Raj et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kannan Raj (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Michael O. McCracken (Austin, Texas); David K. McElfresh (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes multiple sites, where a given site in the multiple sites includes multiple chips with proximity connectors that communicate information through proximity communication within the MCM via multiple components associated with the given site. Note that the MCM includes global redundancy and local redundancy at the given site. In particular, the global redundancy involves providing one or more redundant sites in the multiple sites. Furthermore, the local redundancy involves providing one or more redundant chips in the multiple chips and one or more redundant components in the multiple components. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/685159 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207758 | Di et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Di (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Christopher Smith (Rogers, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A Multi-Threshold CMOS NULL Convention Logic asynchronous circuit (MTNCL). The MTNCL circuit provides delay-insensitive logic operation with significant leakage power and active energy reduction. The MTNCL circuit is also capable of functioning properly under extreme supply voltage scaling down to the sub-threshold region for further power reduction. Four MTNCL architectures and four MTNCL threshold gate designs offer an asynchronous logic design methodology for glitch-free, ultra-low power, and faster circuits without area overhead. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/175168 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207763 | In 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) | Visarath In (Chula Vista, California); Patrick Anton Longhini (San Diego, California); Yong (Andy) An Kho (Chula Vista, California); Joseph D. Neff (San Diego, California); Norman Liu (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor non-linear channelizer device comprises an array of N first order, bi-stable semiconductor circuit cells. The circuit cells are uni-directionally coupled from a first circuit cell to another circuit cell, where N is an integer greater than 1. A signal input trace is coupled to each of the circuit cells and a signal output trace is coupled from each of the circuit cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/826451 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207869 | Judd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tom Judd (Carlsbad, California); Bruce Graham (West Covina, California); Toan Vu (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing position estimation with a navigation device comprises periodically recording magnetic field strength of an area substantially surrounding a navigation device as a user of the navigation device traverses a select pathway. The method combines the recorded magnetic field strength with measurements from at least a dead reckoning portion of the navigation device to provide position estimates along the select pathway. The method further corrects each of the position estimates from a starting position on the select pathway, where each of the corrected position estimates have an error value below one or more previous position estimates and any intervening positions between each of the one or more previous position estimates and the starting position, with the error value corresponding to an error threshold based on the previous position estimates. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971265 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/995.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207887 | Goldman |
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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) | Geoffrey Howard Goldman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for processing radar data from a movable platform comprising passing a radar signal through a low noise amplifier; down converting the signal to a lower frequency; filtering out harmonics; sampling using A/D converter at or above Nyquist frequency; determining a scene center; performing a two stage averaging scheme of the received signals with a variable window function based upon the velocity, acceleration of the platform and scene center; coherently averaging N pulses to create an average pulse; performing an inverse Fourier transform; compensating to the scene center by multiplying by a complex exponential based upon GPS and inertial navigational system; summing the average pulses using a low pass filter; repeating the determination of an average pulse for a time period that is less than the Nyquist sample time interval to generate second average pulses; and performing a 2D inverse Fourier transform to obtain SAR image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490109 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207888 | Weatherford |
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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) | Shaun David Weatherford (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems include at least one electronic waveform processor operatively associated with at least one reflected signal electronic sensor and configured and programmed to generate an estimate of the range from an object to a target and an estimate of the closing velocity of the object to the target using a reflected signal. Systems use a non-linear swept electromagnetic FM signal. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/012427 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A broadband cage antenna about a mast of a vessel is described, containing a first plurality of wires aligned in a substantially vertical orientation and arranged circumferentially around the mast; a second plurality of wires aligned in a substantially horizontal orientation and placed around the mast, a first wire of the second plurality of wires joining, near a top portion of the mast, all the first plurality of wires, and a second wire of the second plurality of wires joining, near a bottom portion of the mast, all the first plurality of wires; and an antenna feed coupled to the second wire of the second plurality of wires, wherein the first and second plurality of wires are electrically insulated from the mast, to form a broadband antenna having a VSWR response of less than 4 over a designated frequency range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353125 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207992 | Shekhar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj Shekhar (Elkridge, Maryland); Omkar Dandekar (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Medical imaging often involves the collective use of information presented in multiple images of an individual, such as images generated through different imaging modalities (X-ray, CT, PET, etc.) The use of a composite of these images may involve image registration to adjust for the variable position and orientation discrepancies of the individual during imaging. However, registration may be complicated by soft tissue deformation between images, and implementations (particularly pure software implementations) of the mathematical models used in image registration may be computationally complex and may require up to several hours. Hardware architectures are presented that apply the mathematical techniques in an accelerated manner, thereby providing near-realtime image registration that may be of particular use for the short timeframe requirements of surgical environments. The composite image generated thereby may be used to target anatomic features of interest during various medical procedures, including surgical procedures. Moreover, such techniques may be applied to computationally difficult image processing techniques, such as the display of a composite image based at least in part on a PET image, which may otherwise be difficult to utilize in a time-sensitive manner such as a surgical setting. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746513 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/648 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208137 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California); Alexandre M. Bratkovski (Mountain View, California); Jingjing Li (Palo Alto, California); Huei Pei Kuo (Cupertino, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California); Fung Suong Ou (Palo Alto, California); Michael Josef Stuke (Palo Alto, California); Michael Renne Ty Tan (Menlo Park, California); Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for detecting at least one molecule using Raman light detection includes a substrate for supporting a sample containing the at least one molecule, a laser source for emitting a laser beam to cause Raman light emission from the at least one molecule, a modulating element for modulating a spatial relationship between the laser beam and the substrate at an identified frequency to cause the Raman light to be emitted from the at least one molecule at the identified frequency, at least one detector for detecting the Raman light emitted from the at least one molecule, and a post-signal processing unit configured to process the detected Raman light emission at the identified frequency to detect the at least one molecule. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/696853 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208274 | Raju et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Clifton Park, New York); Luis Jose Garces (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, New York); Michael Joseph Schutten (Rotterdam, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An alternating current to direct current (AC to DC) power conversion system is provided. The system includes a rectifier configured to convert an input AC voltage to an initial pulsating DC voltage. The system also includes an inverter configured to convert the initial pulsating DC voltage to a converted AC voltage. The system further includes a plurality of transformers, each transformer including a primary winding paired to a secondary winding, wherein each of the primary windings is coupled in series with the other primary windings, wherein the series coupled primary windings are coupled to the inverter to receive respective portions of the converted AC voltage. The system also includes a plurality of bridges, each bridge coupled to a respective secondary winding configured to receive a respective portion of a transformed AC voltage from the respective secondary windings, and coupled in parallel to the other bridges to provide a combined DC output voltage. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096005 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208527 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Jiu Wang (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a reconfigurable continuous FIR filter. The reconfigurable continuous FIR filter includes a delay line including at least two delay elements coupled in cascade. The reconfigurable continuous FIR filter also includes a filter section including at least three gain-phase elements. The filter section also includes a summing circuit having a plurality of inputs at least equal in number to the at least three gain-phase elements and one output. The reconfigurable continuous FIR filter is configured to exhibit a filter transfer function that is reconfigurable in real time. The invention also related to down-converters using the reconfigurable continuous FIR filter. The invention also related to electromagnetic wave receivers using the reconfigurable continuous FIR filter. The invention also relates to a method for reconfigurable real time continuous filtering. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/022624 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208873 | Seidel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powerwave Cognition, Inc. (Santa Ana, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Y. Seidel (Fairfax, Virginia); Jay N. Livingston (Oakton, Virginia); Robert J. Breinig (Warrenton, Virginia); Bernd-Peter Paris (McLean, Virginia); Michael R. Franceschini (Centerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Adjusting parameters of a waveform includes facilitating wireless communication between a transmitting node and receiving nodes, where the transmitting node communicates with a receiving node over a channel. Spectrum conditions are estimated, where a spectrum condition describes spectrum utilization in the vicinity of surrounding nodes. Channel conditions are estimated, where a channel condition describes a channel of the plurality of channels. Waveform parameters are adjusted in response to the spectrum conditions and the channel conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595717 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shrikanth S. Narayanan (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An emotion recognition system for assessing human emotional behavior from communication by a speaker includes a processing system configured to receive signals representative of the verbal and/or non-verbal communication. The processing system derives signal features from the received signals. The processing system is further configured to implement at least one intermediate mapping between the signal features and one or more elements of an emotional ontology in order to perform an emotion recognition decision. The emotional ontology provides a gradient representation of the human emotional behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/565194 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209407 | Warner 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) | Elizabeth Warner (Covington, Louisiana); Roy Ladner (Slidell, Louisiana); Kalyan Gupta (Springfield, Virginia); Frederick E Petry (New Orleans, Louisiana); David W Aha (Annapolis, Maryland); Philip G Moore (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus, which includes a mediator operable to receive a user request and to transmit a user response; and a dynamic knowledge base including a web service classifier and a domain-relevant ontology. The mediator is operable to transform the user request into a web service request, using said dynamic knowledge base, and to transform a web service response into the user response, using the dynamic knowledge base. Optionally, the dynamic knowledge base includes a web service interface operation index. Optionally, the web service interface operation index includes an autonomous, dynamic web service interface operation index or a static web service interface operation index. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673006 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209470 | Mamontov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Mamontov (Maple, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable logic device may include first and second ports in data communication with a memory block including a pair of address areas. A system using the programmable logic device may include the programmable logic device in data communication with a central processing unit and a controller. A method of using the programmable logic device may include generating a command from the central processing unit based on data read from one of the address areas and written to the second address area wherein the address areas are associated with a common memory address. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421822 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209488 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); William E. Speight (Austin, Texas); Lixin Zhang (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for data prefetching using indirect addressing includes monitoring data pointer values, associated with an array, in an access stream to a memory. The technique determines whether a pattern exists in the data pointer values. A prefetch table is then populated with respective entries that correspond to respective array address/data pointer pairs based on a predicted pattern in the data pointer values. Respective data blocks (e.g., respective cache lines) are then prefetched (e.g., from the memory or another memory) based on the respective entries in the prefetch table. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024248 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209489 | Guthrie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey A. Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Phillip G. Williams (Leander, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A processing unit for a multiprocessor data processing system includes a processor core and a cache hierarchy coupled to the processor core to provide low latency data access. The cache hierarchy includes an upper level cache coupled to the processor core and a lower level victim cache coupled to the upper level cache. In response to a prefetch request of the processor core that misses in the upper level cache, the lower level victim cache determines whether the prefetch request misses in the directory of the lower level victim cache and, if so, allocates a state machine in the lower level victim cache that services the prefetch request by issuing the prefetch request to at least one other processing unit of the multiprocessor data processing system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/256064 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/137 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | R3 Logic, Inc (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa G. McIlrath (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for generating and verifying circuit layouts from computer-aided design tools for vertically integrated, three-dimensional integrated circuits are disclosed. In one instance, a 3-D technology file of these teachings is obtained by providing an identifier for two or more circuit levels, providing for each one of the two or more circuit levels an identifier for a 2-D technology file corresponding to each of the one or more circuit levels and providing a file structure including the two or more circuit levels and each identifier, corresponding to each one of the one or more circuit levels, for the 2-D technology file corresponding to each one of the two or more circuit levels. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/537500 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/110 |
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| US 08209657 | Sawyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George A. Sawyer (Nashua, New Hampshire); Don L. Carrara (Weare, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for designing complex systems includes combining functional decomposition and object-oriented techniques at each level along with specifying links between the levels as well as links between the objects at a level to promote understanding of the system under development and assist both the system design engineers and the hardware and software engineers to develop the system. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/657952 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08205511 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teh-Hsun B. Chen (Morgantown, West Virginia); Gregory Feather (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jyoti Keswani (Morgantown, West Virginia); Herbert David Edgell, III (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a sampling apparatus that utilizes one or more cyclone separators to collect airborne particles from the atmosphere. In one representative embodiment, the sampling apparatus includes a collection-vessel retaining member that is adapted to be removably coupled to a collection vessel. The retaining member has an air-inlet conduit for permitting air to flow through the open end of the collection vessel and an air-outlet conduit for permitting air to exit the open end of the collection vessel. The air-inlet conduit and the air-outlet conduit are configured to cause air flowing into the collection vessel to establishes a cyclonic flow path, which causes airborne particles to separate out from the air stream and collect in the collection vessel. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152156 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206568 | Branton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Roy G. Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Chen (Quincy, Massachusetts); Toshiyuki Mitsui (Kanagawa, Japan); Damon B. Farmer (Allston, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for molecular analysis. In the method, sidewalls are formed extending through a structure between two structure surfaces, to define an aperture. A layer of material is deposited on the aperture sidewalls and the two structure surfaces. The aperture with the deposited material layer is then configured in a liquid solution with a gradient in a chemical potential, between the two structure surfaces defining the aperture, that is sufficient to cause molecular translocation through the aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015349 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206593 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluidigm Corporation (So. San Francisco, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-cheng Lee (Irvine, California); Guodong Sui (Los Angeles, California); Arkadij Elizarov (Valley Village, California); Hartmuth C. Kolb (Playa del Rey, California); Jiang Huang (San Jose, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Michael E. Phelps (Los Angeles, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Hsian-rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Paul Wyatt (Tipperary, Ireland); Antoine Daridon (Mont-Sur-Rolle, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | New microfluidic devices, useful for carrying out chemical reactions, are provided. The devices are adapted for on-chip solvent exchange, chemical processes requiring multiple chemical reactions, and rapid concentration of reagents. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/792168 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206699 | Goldman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Goldman (Webster, New York); Neeta Singh Roy (New York, New York); Martha Windrem (West Henrietta, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One form of the present invention is directed to a method of remyelinating demyelinated axons by treating the demyelinated axons with oligodendrocyte progenitor cells under conditions which permit remyelination of the axons. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating a subject having a condition mediated by a loss of myelin or a loss of oligodendrocytes by administering to the subject oligodendrocyte progenitor cells under conditions effective to treat the condition mediated by a loss of myelin or a loss of oligodendrocytes. A further aspect of the present invention relates to an in vitro method of identifying and separating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from a mixed population containing other mammalian brain or spinal cord cell types. This further aspect of the present invention involves removing neurons and neuronal progenitor cells from the mixed population to produce a treated mixed population. Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells are then separated from the treated mixed population to form an enriched population of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/111839 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206703 | Zhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Guo Zhan (Lexington, Kentucky); Fang Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Wenchao Yang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine, as compared to wild-type BChE. Pharmaceutical compositions of the presently-disclosed subject matter include a BChE polypeptide variant having an enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine. A method of the presently-disclosed subject matter for treating a cocaine-induced condition includes administering to an individual an effective amount of a BChE polypeptide variant, as disclosed herein, to lower blood cocaine concentration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005213 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206706 | Clemmons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Clemmons (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Laura A. Maile (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides αVβ3 integrin cysteine loop domain agonists and antagonists (including peptide agonists and antagonists and analogs thereof), along with methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/388045 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206720 | Masignani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vega Masignani (Siena, Italy); Maria Scarselli (Siena, Italy); Barbara Capecchi (Siena, Italy); Victoria Sharma (Orinda, California); Susan W. Barnett (San Francisco, California); Indresh K. Srivastava (Benicia, California); Rino Rappuoli (Castelnuovo Berardenga, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Fusion proteins comprising CD4 minimal modules that bind to HIV Env polypeptides in a non-CD4 backbone are described. Also described are complexes of these fusion proteins with Env as well as methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/597340 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206752 | Siegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biomedical Development Corporation (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg Siegel (San Antonio, Texas); Phyllis Siegel (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rejuvenating a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane which is subject to biofilm and other contaminants in an aqueous system through the use of a free molecular iodine solution at a pH of about 2.2 to 4.0. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/581636 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/667 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206774 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Amanda Murphy (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for modifying silk polymer by coupling a chemical moiety to a tyrosine residue of a silk polymer is described herein for the purpose of altering the physical properties of the silk protein. Thus, silk proteins with desired physical properties can be produced by the methods described herein. These methods are particularly useful when the introduction of cells to a mammal is desired, since modifications to the silk protein affect the physical properties and thus the adhesion, metabolic activity and cell morphology of the desired cells. The silk protein can be modified to produce, or modify, a structure that provides an optimal environment for the desired cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192588 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.240 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a target and methods for specific binding and inhibition of RNAP from bacterial species. The invention is directed to a method for identifying agents that bind to a bacterial RNAP homologous RNA-exit-channel amino-acid sequence, comprising preparing a reaction solution comprising the agent to be tested and an entity comprising a bacterial RNAP homologous RNA-exit-channel amino-acid sequence, and detecting presence or amount of binding. The invention has applications in control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, and antibacterial therapy. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/527559 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206899 | Stearns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stearns (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Youji Hu (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania); Min Wang (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian PCADM-1 gene, and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is increased in certain diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, prostate cancer. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating prostate cancer, comprising modulating or detecting PCADM-1 expression and/or production and activity of PCADM-1 polypeptide. Further, the invention relates to novel assays for the identification of DNA-binding proteins and the double-stranded oligonucleotide sequences that specifically bind with them. Finally, the invention relates to DNAZYMs or DNA enzymes which specifically bind PCADM-1 mRNA to inhibit PCADM-1 gene expression and thereby destroy tumor cells and tumor tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011792 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charis Eng (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to methods of diagnosing breast cancer, susceptibility to breast cancer, nodal metastasis of a breast cancer and screening for breast cancer in an individual in need thereof comprising detecting the presence of a loss of heterozygosity/allelic imbalance (LOH/AI) at one or more specific loci (markers) in the genome of the individual, wherein the presence of the LOH/AI at the one or more specific loci in the genome of the individual is indicative of a diagnosis of breast cancer in the individual. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/633539 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08206911 | Aguirre et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gustavo Aguirre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gregory M. Acland (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania); Barbara Zangerl (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Orly Goldstein (Ithaca, New York); Susan Pearce-Kelling (Berkshire, New York); Jeanette S. Felix (Horseheads, New York); Duska J. Sidjanin (Brookfield, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Tools and methods are provided for determining whether or not a dog is genetically normal, is a carrier of, or is affected with or predisposed to progressive rod-cone degeneration. The method is based on the detection of a transversion from G to A at position corresponding to nucleotide position 1298 of SEQ ID NO: 1. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715082 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08206915 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Jing Li (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for the sensitive and selective detection of ions using nucleic acid enzymes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018386 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08206918 | Kelso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Kelso (Wilmette, Illinois); Kunal Sur (Evanston, Illinois); Zaheer Parpia (Evanston, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems, devices, and methods for performing biological reactions. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of lipophilic, water immiscible, or hydrophobic barriers in sample separation, purification, modification, and analysis processes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162530 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08206922 | Vance et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery M. Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephan Zuchner (Durham, North Carolina); Margaret A. Pericak-Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for screening a subject for risk of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A or for diagnosing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or a predisposition for developing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a subject, by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the mitofusin gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Methods are also described for detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A in a sample of patient nucleic acid, by amplifying a mitofusin gene sequence in the patient nucleic acid to produce an amplification product; and identifying the presence of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A associated polymorphism in the amplification product. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731406 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
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| US 08206931 | Rothstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Rothstein (Catonsville, Maryland); Alicia Ruggiero (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying compounds which modulate cellular glycosylation. The invention further provides methods for treating subjects suffering from or at risk of developing a glycosylation associated disorder. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542435 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.170 |
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| US 08206933 | Lobanenkov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor V. Lobanenkov (Rockville, Maryland); Elena Pugacheva (Germantown, Maryland); Dmitri Loukinov (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting a proliferative disease, such as a disease associated with the abnormal expression of BORIS, in a mammal comprising testing for the expression of a BORIS isoform in the tissue of a mammal that does not express BORIS in the absence of disease, as well as a method of treating or preventing such a disease, isolated or purified BORIS isoform polypeptides and nucleic acids, and kits and arrays comprising same. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439063 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08206937 | Harris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretay of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Makoto Nagashima (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of novel human tumor suppressors, antibodies to such tumor suppressors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, methods of screening for modulators of tumor suppressors, and methods of diagnosing and treating tumors with such nucleic acids and proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/079743 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08206940 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanping Feng (Framingham, Massachusetts); Saul Tzipori (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Guilin Yang (Shenzhen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Cell-based methods for rapid real time assay of a presence of Clostridium difficile toxin and/or cells are provided, using an assay having a toxin-enhancing antibody and a sensitive cell line carrying FcyR receptors, and kits for this assay. An ultrasensitive cell based immunocytotoxicity assay for detecting less then 1 pg/ml of C. difficile toxins in clinical samples. A TcdA-specific monoclonal antibody, AIH3, was found to significantly enhance the cytotoxicity of TcdA to macrophages and monocytes. The AIH3-dependent enhancement of glucosyltransferase activity, cytoskeleton disruption, and TNF-a production induced by TcdA was demonstrated also in RAW 264.7 cells. Methods for high level recombinant expression of C. difficile toxins in Bacillus cells, and vectors for expression, strains of Bacillus carrying the vectors are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992330 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.320 |
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| US 08206975 | Bao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyan Robert Bao (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Melvin I. Simon (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a microfluidic device are provided to regulate fluid flow by equalization of channel pressures. The fluid flow is regulated by way of valve-actuated channel pressures. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/588852 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206992 | Reches et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meital Reches (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michael D. Dickey (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydrophilic threads as platforms for inexpensive, low volume, portable diagnostic systems, and methods of making the same are described. A diagnostic system includes a hydrophilic loading thread having an inlet zone at a proximal end; a testing zone at a distal end; and an intermediate zone located between the inlet zone and the testing zone, wherein the testing zone does not directly contact the inlet zone. In another aspect, a diagnostic system includes (i) a hydrophilic loading thread that includes an inlet zone at a proximal end and an intermediate zone at a distal end; and (ii) one or more additional hydrophilic threads that contact the intermediate zone of the loading thread. A method of detecting the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid sample includes applying the sample to an inlet zone of a diagnostic system that includes a hydrophilic loading thread with an inlet zone at a proximal end; an intermediate zone; and a testing zone at a distal end; wherein the testing zone does not directly contact the inlet zone. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/934702 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207110 | Suciu-Foca et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Suciu-Foca (New York, New York); Luigi Scotto (Stamford, Connecticut); Seunghee Kim-Schulze (Tenafly, New Jersey); George Vlad (Forest Hills, New York); Raffaello Cortesini (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a first polypeptide comprising all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3, wherein the polypeptide is water-soluble and does not comprise the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin. This invention also provides a second polypeptide comprising (i) all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3 operable affixed to (ii) the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin, wherein the Fc portion of the immunoglobulin comprises a function-enhancing mutation, and wherein the polypeptide is water-soluble. This invention further provides a third polypeptide comprising (i) all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3 operable affixed to (ii) a transmembrane domain. This invention further provides related nucleic acids, expression vectors, host vector systems, compositions, and articles of manufacture and therapeutic and prophylactic methods using the polypeptides of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/661877 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
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| US 08207113 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute For Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Martin (Seattle, Washington); Bernd Wollscheid (Zurich, Switzerland); Rudolf H. Aebersold (Zurich, Switzerland); Julian Watts (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for preparing a peptide useful in generating an antibody specific for the glycosylated form of a glycopolypeptide wherein the glycosylated portion is isolated and a peptide corresponding to amino acids adjacent to a glycosylated N-linked glycosylation site is prepared. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007384 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207118 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Li (Altadena, California); Mei Chen (Altadena, California); David T. Woodley (Altadena, California); Chieh-Fang Cheng (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wound healing composition comprising a class of polypeptide compounds having a polypeptide chain with 5 to 120 amino acid units per chain. The composition includes a pharmaceutical medium to carry the polypeptide compound, such as an aqueous solution, suspension, dispersion, salve, ointment, gel, cream, lotion, spray or paste. Additionally, a method of applying a wound healing composition comprising a class of polypeptide compounds having a polypeptide chain with 5 to 120 amino acid units per chain in a concentration of from about 1 μg/ml to about 100 μg/ml for a time sufficient to heal the wound is disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505361 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for enhancing bone mineralization for bone repair or regeneration and compositions and grafts therefor. Methods for screening agents that enhance or modulate NELL-1 gene expression or NELL-1 protein production in a cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011736 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207136 | Gartel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Gartel (Chicago, Illinois); Senthil K. Radhakrishnan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of utilizing a nucleoside derivative having the chemical formula of Formula (I) to downregulate expression of an anti-apoptotic protein such as survivin in a cell, induce apoptosis in a cell, inhibit angiogenesis in a cell, inhibit binding of p53 to DNA in a cell, inhibit phosphorylation of Akt in a cell and inhibit HIV transcription in a cell, by administering to the cell or tissue an amount of a compound of Formula (I) sufficient to achieve the desired activity. Formula (I): wherein the substituents Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, Ri and Rk are as defined in the specification. A particularly preferred nucleoside derivative is ARC (4-amino-6-hydrazino-7-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]-pyrimidine-5-carboxamide). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/912820 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207142 | Selker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); University of Miami School of Medicine (Miami, Florida); University of Sounthern California (Los Angeles, California); University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric U. Selker (Eugene, Oregon); Cindy B. Matsen (Chicago, Illinois); Peter A. Jones (La Canada, California); Jonathan Cheng (Alhambra, California); Sheldon B. Greer (Aventura, Florida); Victor E. Marquez (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Zebularine has hypomethylating activity, and can be used to inhibit, reverse, and/or reduce DNA methylation in vivo and in vitro. Methods are provided for treating methylation-linked conditions through the application of 2-pyrimidinone derivatives, such as Zebularine. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such derivatives are also provided. Also provided are kits for use in inhibiting DNA methylation, which kits include an amount of a 2-pyrimidinone derivative. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/485438 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207151 | McCall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Validus Biopharma Inc. (Kensington, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. McCall (Boca Grande, Florida); Eric Hoffman (Kensington, Maryland); Kanneboyina Nagaraju (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and as inhibitors of NF-κB for the treatment or prevention of muscular wasting disease, including muscular dystrophy. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473921 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207196 | Uesugi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Kyoto, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024530 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207211 | Wharton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tim Wharton (Bryan, Texas); Hariprasad Gali (Edmond, Oklahoma); Michael R. Hamblin (Revere, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to photosensitizer compounds based on functionalized fullerenes useful in targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT), and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/885241 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/410 |
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| US 08207216 | Kozikowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Chicago, Illinois); Irina Gaysina (Berwyn, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof, where variables are defined in the specification, useful generally as inhibitors of protein kinases and particularly useful for inhibition of GSK-3. Pharmaceutically compositions and medicaments containing a compound of the invention are provided. The invention provides methods of treatment of protein kinase-related disease, disorders or conditions. The invention provides methods of treatment of GSK-3-related diseases, disorders or conditions. More specifically, methods of treatment of bipolar disorder, including mania, schizophrenia, stroke, epilepsy, motor neuron disease, cranial or spinal trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, autism, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, amylotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AIDS-associated dementia, diabetes, particularly type II diabetes, cardiomycete hypertrophy, reperfusion/ischemia, cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, allergies and/or asthma and hair loss or baldness. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488433 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207228 | Mayo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin H. Mayo (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Thomas R. Hoye (St. Paul, Minnesota); Xuemei Cheri (Voorheesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/664641 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/569 |
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| US 08207305 | Abrahamson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie A. Abrahamson (Harlow, United Kingdom); Connie L. Erickson-Miller (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Kristine K. Kikly (Fortville, Indiana); Bruce Bochner (Letherville, Maryland); Robert Schleimer (Baltimore, Maryland); T. Esra Nutku (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies have been generated that bind to human sialoadhesion factor-2. These antibodies are useful as diagnostic and therapeutic reagents. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474816 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207315 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing K. Wang (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Xiao-Li Tian (Beijing, China PRC); Rajkumar Kadaba (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding VG5Q, a novel angiogenic growth factor protein with pro-angiogenic activity, a forkhead-associated domain, a G-patch domain; characteristic subcellular localization in an in vitro Matrigel model of angiogenesis: towards the cell periphery in early stages of tubulogenesis, between cells in newly formed endothelial tubes, and no nuclear staining after 24 hours; is expressed in endothelial cells; is secreted during angiogenesis; and interacts with TWEAK. The invention also provides for expression vectors containing nucleic acid sequences encoding VG5Q protein, and host cells containing one or more expression vectors for the recombinant expression of VG5Q. The invention also provides for methods of using VG5Q for the diagnosis and treatment of angiogenesis-mediated diseases or disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/569744 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08207323 | Frasch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizonia Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizonia State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne D. Frasch (Phoenix, Arizona); Lars Chapsky (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale motion detector attaches a gold nanorod (30) to the rotating arm (26) of a molecular structure (10) to cause the nanoparticle to rotate. The molecular structure is an F1-ATPase enzyme. The gold nanorod is exposed to a light source. The long axis of the gold nanorod scatters red light when the nanorod is in a first position. The short axis of the gold nanorod scatters green light when the nanorod is in a second position. A polarizing filter filters the red and green light to detect the rotational motion by observing alternating red and green lights. A detection DNA stand (50) is coupled between the gold nanorod and the molecular structure. The detection DNA strand hybridizes with a target DNA strand (58) if the target DNA strand matches the detection DNA strand to form a structural link between the molecular structure and gold nanorod. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/103497 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
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| US 08207325 | Dmitrovsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Univ. of Copenhagen (Copenhagen K, Denmark); Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xi Liu (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Sarah Freemantle (Hanover, New Hampshire); Lorenzo Sempere (Elche, Spain); Charles Cole (Thetford, Vermont); Sakari Kauppinen (Smoerum, Denmark); Mads Bak (Vanloese, Denmark); Mette Christensen (Valby, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel molecular markers for diagnosis and classification of human breast cancer and lung cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436576 |
| 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 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207329 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joydev K. Laha (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Muthiah Chinnasamy (Greensboro, North Carolina); K. Eszter Borbas (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of the general Formula DI: along with methods of making such compounds, formulations containing the same, and methods of using the same (e.g., in photodynamic therapy, for the production of solar cells, etc.). |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/095435 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 08207733 | Meaney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Meaney (Hanover, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); John B. Weaver (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A microwave imaging system provides superior breast imaging resolution by combining MR microwave absorption and MR-compatible microwave tomography calculations. These techniques may also be supplemented with magnetic resonance elastography techniques, for example, to facilitate quick multispectral imaging. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/246259 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208146 | Srinivasan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Tih-Hong Wang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, configurations and methods for improving absorbance detection are provided. For example, methods and devices are provided for determining the absorbance of a droplet, e.g., a droplet on a droplet actuator, by providing an elongated light path through the droplet. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/529025 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/436 |
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| US 08209023 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Daomin Zhou (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Boon-Khai Ng (Alhambra, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Satinderpall Singh Pannu (Pleasanton, California); James Courtney Davidson (Livermore, California); Phillipe John Tabada (Roseville, California); Melody Tabada, legal representative (Roseville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible circuit electrode array and method of fabrication having a polymer base layer; metal traces deposited on the polymer base layer, including electrodes to stimulate tissue; a polymer top layer deposited on the polymer base layer and metal traces; and a coating of the base and top layer by a soft polymer. A method of preparing a flexible circuit electrode array, comprising: providing a first soft polymer layer; depositing a first a base layer on the first soft polymer layer; providing a metal thin film on the base layer; depositing a top polymer layer on the metal thin film; providing holes in the top polymer layer; depositing a second soft polymer layer on the top polymer layer; providing holes in the second soft polymer layer for bond pads and electrodes; and preparing electrodes in the provided holes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163658 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209132 | Bosques et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Bosques (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nishla Keiser (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aravind Srinivasan (Malden, Massachusetts); Rahul Raman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Karthik Viswanathan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Pankaj Gandhe (Sayreville, New Jersey); Sasi Raguram (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates, in part, to the improved analysis of carbohydrates. In particular, the invention relates to the analysis of carbohydrates, such as N-glycans and O-glycans found on proteins and saccharides attached to lipids. Improved methods, therefore, for the study of glycosylation patterns on cells, tissue and body fluids are also provided. Information from the analysis of glycans, such as the glycosylation patterns on cells, tissues and in body fluids, can be used in diagnostic and treatment methods as well as for facilitating the study of the effects of glycosylation/altered glycosylation. Such methods are also provided. Methods are further provided to assess production processes, to assess the purity of samples containing glycoconjugates, and to select glycoconjugates with the desired glycosylation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623070 |
| 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 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter that includes X zones. An electrical heater includes Y heater segments that are associated with respective ones of the X zones. The electrical heater is arranged upstream from and proximate with the PM filter. A valve assembly includes Z sections that are associated with respective ones of the X zones. A control module adjusts flow through each of the Z sections during regeneration of the PM filter via control of the valve assembly. X, Y and Z are integers. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/358709 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08205441 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Frank Ament (Troy, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system that processes exhaust generated by an engine is provided. The system includes: a particulate filter (PF) that is disposed downstream of the engine and that filters particulates from the exhaust; and a grid that includes electrically resistive material that is segmented by non-conductive material into a plurality of zones and wherein the grid is applied to an exterior upstream surface of the PF. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561100 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/300 |
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| US 08205497 | Okandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical (MEM) inertial sensor is disclosed which can be used to sense a linear acceleration, or a Coriolis acceleration due to an angular rotation rate, or both. The MEM inertial sensor has a proof mass which is supported on a bridge extending across an opening through a substrate, with the proof mass being balanced on the bridge by a pivot, or suspended from the bridge by the pivot. The proof mass can be oscillated in a tangential direction in the plane of the substrate, with any out-of-plane movement of the proof mass in response to a sensed acceleration being optically detected using transmission gratings located about an outer edge of the proof mass to generate a diffracted light pattern which changes with the out-of-plane movement of the proof mass. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398559 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.260 |
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| US 08206468 | Chiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); William Douglas Moorehead (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionically conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886066 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206469 | Chiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | A123 Systems, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); William D. Moorehead (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Antoni S. Gozdz (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Richard K. Holman (Belmont, Massachusetts); Andrew L. Loxley (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Gilbert N. Riley, Jr. (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Michael S. Viola (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionically conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169423 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206568 | Branton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Roy G. Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Chen (Quincy, Massachusetts); Toshiyuki Mitsui (Kanagawa, Japan); Damon B. Farmer (Allston, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for molecular analysis. In the method, sidewalls are formed extending through a structure between two structure surfaces, to define an aperture. A layer of material is deposited on the aperture sidewalls and the two structure surfaces. The aperture with the deposited material layer is then configured in a liquid solution with a gradient in a chemical potential, between the two structure surfaces defining the aperture, that is sufficient to cause molecular translocation through the aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015349 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206593 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluidigm Corporation (So. San Francisco, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-cheng Lee (Irvine, California); Guodong Sui (Los Angeles, California); Arkadij Elizarov (Valley Village, California); Hartmuth C. Kolb (Playa del Rey, California); Jiang Huang (San Jose, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Michael E. Phelps (Los Angeles, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Hsian-rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Paul Wyatt (Tipperary, Ireland); Antoine Daridon (Mont-Sur-Rolle, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | New microfluidic devices, useful for carrying out chemical reactions, are provided. The devices are adapted for on-chip solvent exchange, chemical processes requiring multiple chemical reactions, and rapid concentration of reagents. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/792168 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206674 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Aerospace Associates (Hampton, Virginia); The United States of America as represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Boron nitride nanotubes are prepared by a process which includes: (a) creating a source of boron vapor; (b) mixing the boron vapor with nitrogen gas so that a mixture of boron vapor and nitrogen gas is present at a nucleation site, which is a surface, the nitrogen gas being provided at a pressure elevated above atmospheric, e.g., from greater than about 2 atmospheres up to about 250 atmospheres; and (c) harvesting boron nitride nanotubes, which are formed at the nucleation site. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152414 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206682 | Shore et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Shore (Edison, New Jersey); Ramail Matlin (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Robert Heinz (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for recovering catalytic elements from a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided. The method includes converting the membrane electrode assembly into a particulate material, wetting the particulate material, forming a slurry comprising the wetted particulate material and an acid leachate adapted to dissolve at least one of the catalytic elements into a soluble catalytic element salt, separating the slurry into a depleted particulate material and a supernatant containing the catalytic element salt, and washing the depleted particulate material to remove any catalytic element salt retained within pores in the depleted particulate material. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466903 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/658.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206838 | Marrocco, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Marrocco, III (Fontana, California); Farshad J. Motamedi (Claremont, California); Feras Bashir Abdelrazzaq (Covina, California); Bashir Twfiq Abdelrazzaq, legal representative (Aman, Jordan) |
| ABSTRACT | Photoluminescent and electroluminescent compositions are provided which comprise a matrix comprising aromatic repeat units covalently coordinated to a phosphorescent or luminescent metal ion or metal ion complexes. Methods for producing such compositions, and the electroluminescent devices formed therefrom, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/738143 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206874 | Hamrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Michael A. Yandrasits (Hastings, Minnesota); Gregory M. Haugen (Edina, Minnesota); Andrew M. Herring (Nederland, Colorado); James L. Horan (Golden, Colorado); Niccolo V. Aieta (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides polymer electrolytes, polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) such as may be useful in fuel cells which contain or comprise polyoxometalates (POM's) or heteropolyacids (HPA's). In some embodiments the polyoxometalate, it's counterions or both may comprise Mn and/or Ce. In some embodiments the polymer electrolyte is fluorinated. In some embodiments the polymer electrolyte comprises a second acidic functional group other than a polyoxometalate. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides methods of making polymer electrolytes including methods which comprising a step of copolymerizing monomers comprising a covalently bound polyoxometalates and methods which comprise a step of covalently attaching a polyoxometalate to the polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266932 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/492 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207400 | Lopez de Leon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California); Hanshu Ding (Davis, California); Kimberly Brown (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238755 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207444 | Cousins |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bipolar solar cell includes a backside junction formed by a silicon substrate and a first doped layer of a first dopant type on the backside of the solar cell. A second doped layer of a second dopant type makes an electrical connection to the substrate from the front side of the solar cell. A first metal contact of a first electrical polarity electrically connects to the first doped layer on the backside of the solar cell, and a second metal contact of a second electrical polarity electrically connects to the second doped layer on the front side of the solar cell. An external electrical circuit may be electrically connected to the first and second metal contacts to be powered by the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/166266 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207474 | Dane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Metal Improvement Company, LLC (Paramus, New Jersey); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Brent Dane (Livermore, California); Lloyd A. Hackel (Livermore, California); Fritz B. Harris (Rocklin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a laser to obtain an output pulse having a single wavelength, comprises inducing an intracavity loss into a laser resonator having an amount that prevents oscillation during a time that energy from the pump source is being stored in the gain medium. Gain is built up in the gain medium with energy from the pump source until formation of a single-frequency relaxation oscillation pulse in the resonator. Upon detection of the onset of the relaxation oscillation pulse, the intracavity loss is reduced, such as by Q-switching, so that the built-up gain stored in the gain medium is output from the resonator in the form of an output pulse at a single frequency. An electronically controllable output coupler is controlled to affect output pulse characteristics. The laser acts a master oscillator in a master oscillator power amplifier configuration. The laser is used for laser peening. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/506530 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.850 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207490 | Moore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Lol Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murray E Moore (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Adam Benjamin Gauss (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alan Lawrence Justus (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing a timed, synchronized dynamic alpha or beta particle source for testing the response of continuous air monitors (CAMs) for airborne alpha or beta emitters is provided. The method includes providing a radioactive source; placing the radioactive source inside the detection volume of a CAM; and introducing an alpha or beta-emitting isotope while the CAM is in a normal functioning mode. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433503 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207507 | Zaitseva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Natalia P. Zaitseva (Livermore, California); Giulia Hull (Rome, Italy); Nerine J. Cherepy (Oakland, California); Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Wolfgang Stoeffl (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method according to one embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. A system according to one embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source; and a photodetector for detecting the signal response of the organic crystal. A method according to another embodiment includes growing an organic crystal from solution, the organic crystal being large enough to exhibit a detectable signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source. An organic crystal according to another embodiment includes an organic crystal having physical characteristics of formation from solution, the organic crystal exhibiting a signal response signature for neutrons from a radioactive source, wherein the organic crystal has a length of greater than about 1 mm in one dimension. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418434 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207886 | Chambers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H Chambers (Livermore, California); Sean K Lehman (Pleasanton, California); Dennis M Goodman (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A model-based approach to estimating wall positions for a building is developed and tested using simulated data. It borrows two techniques from geophysical inversion problems, layer stripping and stacking, and combines them with a model-based estimation algorithm that minimizes the mean-square error between the predicted signal and the data. The technique is designed to process multiple looks from an ultra wideband radar array. The processed signal is time-gated and each section processed to detect the presence of a wall and estimate its position, thickness, and material parameters. The floor plan of a building is determined by moving the array around the outside of the building. In this paper we describe how the stacking and layer stripping algorithms are combined and show the results from a simple numerical example of three parallel walls. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557546 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208136 | Ivanov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a large area substrate comprises drawing a plurality of tubes to form a plurality of drawn tubes, and cutting the plurality of drawn tubes into cut drawn tubes. Each cut drawn tube has a first end and a second end along the longitudinal direction of the respective cut drawn tube. The cut drawn tubes collectively have a predetermined periodicity. The method of making a large area substrate also comprises forming a metal layer on the first ends of the cut drawn tubes to provide a large area substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558145 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208239 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Myers (Kokomo, Indiana); Ralph S. Taylor (Noblesville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A capacitor exhibiting a benign failure mode has a first electrode layer, a first ceramic dielectric layer deposited on a surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode layer disposed on the ceramic dielectric layer, wherein selected areas of the ceramic dielectric layer have additional dielectric material of sufficient thickness to exhibit a higher dielectric breakdown voltage than the remaining majority of the dielectric layer. The added thickness of the dielectric layer in selected areas allows lead connections to be made at the selected areas of greater dielectric thickness while substantially eliminating a risk of dielectric breakdown and failure at the lead connections, whereby the benign failure mode is preserved. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469087 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/275.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208508 | Deri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Deri (Pleasanton, California); Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser diode package assembly includes a reservoir filled with a fusible metal in close proximity to a laser diode. The fusible metal absorbs heat from the laser diode and undergoes a phase change from solid to liquid during the operation of the laser. The metal absorbs heat during the phase transition. Once the laser diode is turned off, the liquid metal cools off and resolidifies. The reservoir is designed such that that the liquid metal does not leave the reservoir even when in liquid state. The laser diode assembly further includes a lid with one or more fin structures that extend into the reservoir and are in contact with the metal in the reservoir. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198384 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208509 | Deri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Deri (Pleasanton, California); Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser diode package assembly includes a reservoir filled with a fusible metal in close proximity to a laser diode. The fusible metal absorbs heat from the laser diode and undergoes a phase change from solid to liquid during the operation of the laser. The metal absorbs heat during the phase transition. Once the laser diode is turned off, the liquid metal cools off and resolidifies. The reservoir is designed such that that the liquid metal does not leave the reservoir even when in liquid state. The laser diode assembly further includes a lid with one or more fin structures that extend into the reservoir and are in contact with the metal in the reservoir. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198414 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209128 | Gourley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Paul L. Gourley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Gourley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a new method for rapidly analyzing single bioparticles to assess their material condition and state of health. The method is enabled by use of a resonant cavity apparatus to measure an optical property related to the bioparticle size and refractive index. Measuring the refractive index is useful for determining material properties of the bioparticle. The material properties depend on the biomolecular composition of the bioparticle. The biomolecular composition is, in turn, dependent on the state of health of the bioparticle. Thus, measured optical properties can be used to differentiate normal (healthy) and abnormal (diseased) states of bioparticles derived from cells or tissues. The method is illustrated with data obtained from a resonator with a gain medium. The invention also provides new methods for making multiple measurements in a single device and detecting, analyzing, and manipulating bioparticles that are much smaller than the wavelength of light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/034640 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karan Kacker (Atlanta, Georgia); Suresh K. Sitaraman (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are apparatus comprising single-path and multiple-path compliant interconnects that are coupled between electrical contacts and that allow for increased electrical performance without compromising mechanical reliability. Exemplary apparatus comprises a conductive vertical anchor coupled at a first end to an electrical contact; and one or more conductive arcuate beams coupled at a first end to a second end of the vertical anchor, and coupled at a second end to a second electrical contact. One electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad. Alternatively, one electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Also, one electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Methods of fabricating the apparatus are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152149 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206568 | Branton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Roy G. Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peng Chen (Quincy, Massachusetts); Toshiyuki Mitsui (Kanagawa, Japan); Damon B. Farmer (Allston, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for molecular analysis. In the method, sidewalls are formed extending through a structure between two structure surfaces, to define an aperture. A layer of material is deposited on the aperture sidewalls and the two structure surfaces. The aperture with the deposited material layer is then configured in a liquid solution with a gradient in a chemical potential, between the two structure surfaces defining the aperture, that is sufficient to cause molecular translocation through the aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015349 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206631 | Sitti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Metin Sitti (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Murphy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Burak Aksak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Dry adhesives and methods of making dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562683 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206773 | Ruberti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Ruberti (Lexington, Massachusetts); Gregory J. Kowalski (Beverly, Massachusetts); Daniel Burkey (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices, and methods are provided for assembling polymer-forming molecular components such that highly-structured arrays of polymer strands, such as collagen fibrils, are formed without the need for cells. A polymer nanoloom is designed to control the self-assembly of monomers into fibrils and related tissue constructs including ligament, tendon, cartilage, and bone. A nanoloom system comprises a polymer printhead, a temperature controller, and a movable substrate for polymer printing. A polymer printhead contains one or more nanoreactors that can control the assembly of collagen fibrils or other polymers on a nanoscale. Methods are provided for temperature-driven, enzyme-driven, and cholesteric assembly of collagen or other polymers into two- or three-dimensional tissue constructs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992611 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206816 | Schlenoff |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex, the polyelectrolyte complex comprising an intermolecular blend of a predominantly positively-charged polyelectrolyte and a predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte and being free of salt crystals having a size greater than about 1 micrometer and free of voids having a size greater than about 100 nm, the article having no transverse dimension less than about 10,000 nm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439647 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206822 | Schlenoff |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reshaping an article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex, the polyelectrolyte complex comprising an intermolecular blend of a predominantly positively-charged polyelectrolyte and a predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte by controlling the salt doping level. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399690 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206824 | Mao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangzhao Mao (Northville, Michigan); Stephanie L. Brock (Ferndale, Michigan); Dongzhong Chen (Longjian Community of Gulo, China PRC); Ruomiao Wang (Detroit, Michigan); Indika U. Arachchige (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle-rod nanostructure is disclosed. The nanostructure comprises an inorganic nanoparticle coated with a capping agent and an organic crystalline rod nucleated on the capped inorganic nanoparticle in a one-dimensional growth pattern. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726985 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206918 | Kelso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Kelso (Wilmette, Illinois); Kunal Sur (Evanston, Illinois); Zaheer Parpia (Evanston, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems, devices, and methods for performing biological reactions. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of lipophilic, water immiscible, or hydrophobic barriers in sample separation, purification, modification, and analysis processes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162530 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207258 | Chiesl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas N. Chiesl (Berkeley, California); Annelise E. Barron (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear acrylamide copolymer compounds which can comprise monomeric components comprising at least one N-substituted moiety capable of physical cross-linking, and related compositions and methods of use. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230570 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/555 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207381 | Hammond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald B. Hammond (Louisville, Kentucky); Bo Xu (Louisville, Kentucky); Paula J. Bates (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 have any of the values or specific values defined herein, as well as compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027154 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/843 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207658 | Talapatra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saikat Talapatra (Troy, New York); Swastik Kar (Troy, New York); Sunil Pal (Troy, New York); Robert Vajtai (Troy, New York); Pulickel Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using a vapor phase catalyst of directly growing aligned carbon nanotubes on a metal surfaces. The method allows for fabrication of carbon nanotube containing structures that exhibit a robust carbon nanotube metal junction without a pre-growth application of solid catalytic materials to the metal surface or the use of solder or adhesives in a multi-step fabrication process. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/509810 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207867 | Ghalebsaz Jeddi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babak Ghalebsaz Jeddi (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for landing aircraft using an aircraft landing accident avoidance device is disclosed. The technique includes determining at least two probability distribution functions; determining a safe lower limit on a separation between a lead aircraft and a trail aircraft on a glide slope to the runway; determining a maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate on the runway based on the safe lower limit and the probability distribution functions; directing the trail aircraft to enter the glide slope with a target separation from the lead aircraft corresponding to the maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate; while the trail aircraft is in the glide slope, determining an actual separation between the lead aircraft and the trail aircraft; and directing the trail aircraft to execute a go-around maneuver if the actual separation approaches the safe lower limit. Probability distribution functions include runway occupancy time, and landing time interval and/or inter-arrival distance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496019 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/961 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207874 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (College Station, Texas); Zixiang Xiong (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An encoder employs a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) unit and a compression unit. The TCQ uses a set of polynomials that have been selected to maximize granular gain. The TCQ unit operates on a block of samples from a source. The compression unit compresses bit planes of the TCQ output, using parity check matrices of corresponding LDPC codes, to obtain corresponding syndromes. The parity check matrices are selected so their compression performance approaches close to the limit for Slepian-Wolf coding. A decoder employs a decoding unit and an estimation unit. The decoding unit decodes the syndromes using side information to produce an estimate for the TCQ output. The side information is correlated with the source. The estimation unit estimates the block of source samples using the estimated TCQ output and the side information. Trellis coded vector quantization may be used as an alternative to TCQ. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185545 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208191 | Gan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiaoqiang Gan (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Zhan Fu (Houston, Texas); Yujie J. Ding (Center Valley, Pennsylvania); Filbert J. Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A slow light system includes a substrate and a metal layer formed thereon, the metal layer having a graded grating structure formed at a surface thereof, wherein the grating depth of the grating structure is sized such that surface-plasmon polariton dispersion behavior of the grating structure differs at different respective locations along the grating structure. Different wavelengths of incident light waves can be slowed at the respective locations along the grating structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/609478 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208505 | Dantus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Michigan); Don Ahmasi Harris (Lansing, Michigan); Vadim V. Lozovoy (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system provides harmonic generation in a laser beam pulse. In another aspect of the present invention, a laser operably remits a laser pulse, a gaseous optical medium operably creates third or greater harmonic generation in the pulse, and a controller characterizes and compensates for distortions in the pulse. A further aspect of the present invention employs multiple optical media arranged to cause cascading harmonic generations in a laser pulse. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465849 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209182 | Narayanan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shrikanth S. Narayanan (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An emotion recognition system for assessing human emotional behavior from communication by a speaker includes a processing system configured to receive signals representative of the verbal and/or non-verbal communication. The processing system derives signal features from the received signals. The processing system is further configured to implement at least one intermediate mapping between the signal features and one or more elements of an emotional ontology in order to perform an emotion recognition decision. The emotional ontology provides a gradient representation of the human emotional behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/565194 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209690 | Wen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingzhi Wen (Cupertino, California); Uzi Yehoshua Vishkin (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) system and method is provided for processing multiple spawned threads associated with SPAWN-type commands of an XMT program. The method includes executing a plurality of child threads by a plurality of TCUs including a first TCU executing a child thread which is allocated to it; completing execution of the child thread by the first TCU; announcing that the first TCU is available to execute another child thread; executing by a second TCU a parent child thread that includes a nested spawn-type command for spawning additional child threads of the plurality of child threads, wherein the parent child thread is related in a parent-child relationship to the child threads that are spawned in conjunction with the nested spawn-type command; assigning a thread ID (TID) to each child thread, wherein the TID is unique with respect to the other TIDs; and allocating a new child thread to the first TCU. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/158004 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209738 | Nicol et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Nicol (Urbana, Illinois); William H. Sanders (Mahomet, Illinois); Sankalp Singh (Champaign, Illinois); Mouna Seri (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analysis of distributed device rule-sets for compliance with global policies includes enabling an administrator to specify a network topology with intercommunicating elements and parameters required to secure the intercommunication with access control elements of the network topology; establishing connections to the access controls elements to capture a snapshot configuration of device rule-sets of the access control elements; enabling the administrator to specify a set of global access constraints with reference to the access control elements; enabling the administrator to select between exhaustive analysis and statistical analysis; conducting the selected analysis to determine violations by the device rule-sets that fail to comply with the set of global access constraints, wherein statistical analysis quantitatively characterizes a level of compliance without conducting analysis of all potential network paths; and providing results of the selected analysis to the administrator through a graphical user interface (GUI) as the results are obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/128445 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08206098 | Prill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa A. Prill (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jeffery R. Schaff (Vernon, Connecticut); Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane has an airfoil shell and a spar within the shell. The vane has an outboard shroud at an outboard end of the shell and an inboard platform at an inboard end of the shell. The shell includes a region having a depth-wise coefficient of thermal expansion and a second coefficient of thermal expansion transverse thereto, the depth-wise coefficient of thermal expansion being greater than the second coefficient of thermal expansion. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/824174 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206674 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Aerospace Associates (Hampton, Virginia); The United States of America as represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Boron nitride nanotubes are prepared by a process which includes: (a) creating a source of boron vapor; (b) mixing the boron vapor with nitrogen gas so that a mixture of boron vapor and nitrogen gas is present at a nucleation site, which is a surface, the nitrogen gas being provided at a pressure elevated above atmospheric, e.g., from greater than about 2 atmospheres up to about 250 atmospheres; and (c) harvesting boron nitride nanotubes, which are formed at the nucleation site. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152414 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207867 | Ghalebsaz Jeddi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babak Ghalebsaz Jeddi (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for landing aircraft using an aircraft landing accident avoidance device is disclosed. The technique includes determining at least two probability distribution functions; determining a safe lower limit on a separation between a lead aircraft and a trail aircraft on a glide slope to the runway; determining a maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate on the runway based on the safe lower limit and the probability distribution functions; directing the trail aircraft to enter the glide slope with a target separation from the lead aircraft corresponding to the maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate; while the trail aircraft is in the glide slope, determining an actual separation between the lead aircraft and the trail aircraft; and directing the trail aircraft to execute a go-around maneuver if the actual separation approaches the safe lower limit. Probability distribution functions include runway occupancy time, and landing time interval and/or inter-arrival distance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496019 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/961 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209083 | Ganguli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhabrata Ganguli (Plymouth, Minnesota); George Papageorgiou (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sonja Glavaski-Radovanovic (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting faults in an aircraft is disclosed. The method involves predicting at least one state of the aircraft and tuning at least one threshold value to tightly upper bound the size of a mismatch between the at least one predicted state and a corresponding actual state of the non-faulted aircraft. If the mismatch between the at least one predicted state and the corresponding actual state is greater than or equal to the at least one threshold value, the method indicates that at least one fault has been detected. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/462481 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — 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 71/34.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08209566 | Lancaster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff Lancaster (Plymouth, Minnesota); Robert E. De Mers (Nowthen, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes an input device having first and second input members configured to be activated by a user. The input device is configured to generate activation signals associated with activation of the first and second input members, and each of the first and second input members are associated with an input function. A processor is coupled to the input device and configured to receive the activation signals. A memory coupled to the processor, and includes a reconfiguration module configured to store the input functions assigned to the first and second input members and, upon execution of the processor, to reconfigure the input functions assigned to the input members when the first input member is inoperable. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363174 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08205546 | Lanning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic and preferably woody biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and a hopper system comprising: first and second doors pivotably attached to the housing in opposing array over the infeed opening, wherein each door comprises a pivot having a plurality of fingers extending in planar array therefrom and defining a plurality of recesses disposed therebetween, and wherein the fingers of the first and second doors are staggered such that the fingers of each door are positioned opposite to and receivable by the recesses of the other door, and actuator means for pivoting the doors upwardly to form a chute for directing the material toward the infeed opening, and downwardly to intermesh and preferably interlock the fingers and substantially cover the infeed opening. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204898 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses 1/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206791 | Bulluck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for coating a metallic surface of an aircraft. The process includes applying to the metallic surface a composition that polymerizes to form a polyurea having a tensile strength of more than 3500 psi and at least 700% elongation. The polyurea can be formed from an A-side and a B-side, where the weight percents of components for the A-side are: from about 30 to about 65 percent of polyisocyanate; from about 15 to about 70 percent of a polytetramethylene ether glycol; diluent, from 0 to about 20 percent; where the weight percents of components for the B-side are: from 35 to about 40 percent of one or more aromatic diamines; from about 20 to about 70 percent of one or more amine terminated polyether polyols. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152560 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/388.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206953 | Korzheva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioArray Solutions, Ltd. (Warren, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nataliya Korzheva (Somerville, New Jersey); Michael Seul (Fanwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a single stranded primer-promoter-selector construct comprising (in 3′ to 5′ orientation) a primer subsequence annealing to the target, a T7 or other promoter subsequence (the template strand), and a selector subsequence. The primer can be extended by template mediated elongation, including reverse transcription, or ligation to another oligonucleotide. The promoter sequence is oriented to direct the in-vitro transcription (IVT) opposite to that of primer extension, where the selector subsequence serves as a template for IVT. The selector is associated with the target subsequence of interest and it, and the amplified product are unique subsequences, dissimilar to other sequence present in the sample. The construct's is useful for determination of the presence and relative abundance of designated subsequences in the sample, multiplex gene expression analysis, multiplex allele counting, determination of polymorphic/mutation site, and loss of heterozygosity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/525064 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207442 | Woods et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence M. Woods (Littleton, Colorado); Joseph H. Armstrong (Littleton, Colorado); Rosine M. Ribelin (Lakewood, Colorado); Thomas Duncan Barnard (Murrieta, California); Yukinari Harimoto (Kanagawa, Japan); Hidekatsu Hatanaka (Chiba, Japan); Maki Itoh (Tokyo, Japan); Dimitris Elias Katsoulis (Midland, Michigan); Michitaka Suto (Kanagawa, Japan); Bizhong Zhu (Midland, Michigan); Nicole R. Anderson (Midland, Michigan); Herschel Henry Reese (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, one reinforced substrate for use in a photovoltaic device includes a polymer base material and a reinforcing structure bonded with the base material. The reinforced substrate presents a surface in a condition that is made-ready for deposition of thin film layers of the photovoltaic device. A thin film photovoltaic device includes the reinforced substrate, a back contact layer formed on the surface of the reinforced substrate, and a solar absorber layer formed on the back contact layer. A plurality of thin film photovoltaic devices may be formed on a common reinforced substrate. A process of producing a reinforced substrate includes combining a fluid base material and a fiber reinforcing structure to form an impregnated fiber reinforcement. The impregnated fiber reinforcement is cured to form the reinforced substrate, and the reinforced substrate is annealed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737119 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08205546 | Lanning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic and preferably woody biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and a hopper system comprising: first and second doors pivotably attached to the housing in opposing array over the infeed opening, wherein each door comprises a pivot having a plurality of fingers extending in planar array therefrom and defining a plurality of recesses disposed therebetween, and wherein the fingers of the first and second doors are staggered such that the fingers of each door are positioned opposite to and receivable by the recesses of the other door, and actuator means for pivoting the doors upwardly to form a chute for directing the material toward the infeed opening, and downwardly to intermesh and preferably interlock the fingers and substantially cover the infeed opening. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204898 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses 1/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206972 | Hua |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sui-Sheng T Hua (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biologically pure culture of a yeast of the species Pichia anomala (WRL-076). The yeast is identified as NRRL Y-30842 and is applied to a site containing a deleterious microorganism. Further disclosed is a growth medium for increasing the viablility of yeast organisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507057 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/255.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207157 | Bernier 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) | Ulrich R. Bernier (Gainesville, Florida); Kenneth Posey (Gainesville, Florida); Daniel L. Kline (Gainesville, Florida); Donald Barnard (Gainesville, Florida); Kamal Chauhan (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for repelling arthropods involving treating an object or area with an arthropod repelling effective amount of at least one compound having the formula wherein X is O, S, NH, N-NH2, N-CH3 or CH2, R′ is H or alkyl, R″ is alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and mixtures thereof, optionally including a carrier material or carrier. The compound is preferably selected from homopiperazine, 1-methylhomopiperazine, 1-methylpyrrolidine, (R)-(−)-2-methylpiperazine, (S)-(+)-2-methylpiperazine, 2-methylpiperazine, 1-methylpiperazine, pyrrolidine, 1-methylpiperidine, piperidine, 1-ethylpiperazine, 1-methylimidazolidine, 1-methylthiomorpholine, 1,4-dimethylpiperazine, homopiperidine, imidazolidine, 4-methylpiperidine, thiomorpholine, 1-amino-4-methylpiperazine, 4-methylmorpholine, azocane, 2,6-dimethylpiperazine, 2,5-dimethylpiperazine, piperazine, 1-methlyhomopiperidine, or mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/953343 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/212.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08206064 | Mullins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gray Mullins (Bradenton, Florida); Kevin Johnson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of constructing a voided drilled shaft concrete structure is provided. Drilled shafts are large-diameter cast-in-place concrete structures that can generate extremely high temperatures during the concrete hydration/curing phase. The method includes creating an excavation, inserting a cage or an inner casing into the excavation, and filling with concrete the space between the outer surface of the cage or inner surface and the inner surface of the excavation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584371 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08206892 | Keszler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Jeremy Anderson (Corvallis, Oregon); Jason K. Stowers (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using the materials as positive or negative resists or as functional device components also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836492 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08206747 | Zale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIND Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Zale (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Greg Troiano (Pembroke, Massachusetts); Mir Mukkaram Ali (Woburn, Massachusetts); Jeff Hrkach (Lexington, Massachusetts); James Wright (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/485399 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08206064 | Mullins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gray Mullins (Bradenton, Florida); Kevin Johnson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of constructing a voided drilled shaft concrete structure is provided. Drilled shafts are large-diameter cast-in-place concrete structures that can generate extremely high temperatures during the concrete hydration/curing phase. The method includes creating an excavation, inserting a cage or an inner casing into the excavation, and filling with concrete the space between the outer surface of the cage or inner surface and the inner surface of the excavation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584371 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08208680 | Scharf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Clifton Scharf (Columbia, Missouri); Victoria Cacnio Hubbard (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the yield loss of a crop using remote sensor data is described. The yield loss is determined using the reflectivity of green light by the crop canopy measured from remote sensor data such as an aerial photograph that is digitized and spatially referenced to the field's longitude and latitude. Green pixel values from the aerial photograph, expressed relative to green pixel values from well-fertilized areas of the field, are transformed to yield losses using a linear transformation that was developed using empirical data. A similar method is described to determine recommended nitrogen fertilization rates for the crop fields. The yield loss data is useful for nitrogen fertilization management, as it allows a producer of crops to weigh the expense of fertilization against the loss of revenue due to yield loss. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/936564 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 08207753 | Cabanas-Holmen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manuel F. Cabanas-Holmen (Roy, Washington); Ethan H. Cannon (Sammamish, Washington); Salim A. Rabaa (Shoreline, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The different advantageous embodiments provide an integrated circuit comprising a number of latches and a number of filters. Each latch in the number of latches has a plurality of inputs and a plurality of storage nodes. The plurality of storage nodes includes a number of pairs of circuit nodes that form a number of upsettable circuit node pairs. Each input of the plurality of inputs is connected to a corresponding storage node in the plurality of storage nodes. Each filter in the number of filters has an input and a plurality of outputs. Each of the plurality of outputs is connected to a corresponding input of the plurality of inputs of a latch in the number of latches. Each filter in the number of filters is located between two circuit nodes forming an upsettable circuit node pair of the latch in the number of latches to increase critical node spacing. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015331 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08207782 | Cosand |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert E. Cosand (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit to minimize thermally generated offset voltages includes a differential pair of transistors having a first transistor and a second transistor and coupled to a current source, a differential input having a first input coupled to the first transistor and having a second input coupled to the second transistor, a pair of bypass transistors having a first bypass transistor and a second bypass transistor, the first bypass transistor coupled in parallel with the first transistor and the second bypass transistor coupled in parallel with the second transistor, wherein the pair of bypass transistors is coupled to the current source, and control circuitry coupled to the pair of bypass transistors for controlling current through the pair of bypass transistors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/038202 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
08209191 — Methods and systems for linking an electronic address to a physical address of a customer
| US 08209191 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic account links an electronic address to a physical address of a customer. Services provided to the customer using the electronic account can be delivered to the physical address or the electronic address of the customer. If the customer requests to receive only physical mail, the link between the addresses can be used to deliver any electronic mail to the physical address of the customer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/809326 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08207093 | Szostak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack W. Szostak (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard W. Roberts (South Pasadena, California); Rihe Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are RNA-protein fusion production methods which involve a high salt post-translational incubation step. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825465 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08207520 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); R Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable crosspoint device with an integral diode includes a first crossbar, a second crossbar, a metallic interlayer, and a switching oxide layer interposed between the first crossbar and the metallic interlayer. The switching oxide layer has a low resistance state and high resistance state. The programmable crosspoint device also includes an integral diode which is interposed between the second crossbar layer and the metallic interlayer, the integral diode being configured to limit the flow of leakage current through the programmable crosspoint device in one direction. A method for forming a programmable crosspoint device with an integrated diode is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753715 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08208131 | Schilling et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley W. Schilling (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Brian W. Thomas (Reston, Virginia); Dallas N. Barr (Woodbridge, Virginia); Charlie W. Trussell (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for registering 3D data sets is disclosed based on manual fiducial selection. The technique is useful in imaging obscured targets with 3-D imaging laser radars. For such an exemplary method, which defines a three-dimensional linear shift vector for each data voxel, four fiducials are required to completely define the mapping for a 3D space. An exemplary registration algorithm as disclosed provides an approach to automatically make fine adjustments to the 3D data registration. The tedious technique of shifting data sets relative to each other, in many degrees of freedom, is eliminated. Instead, a fine adjust is applied to the digital mapping function, through fiducial perturbation. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828318 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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FILED
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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