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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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| US 08225477 | Alexander |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip Alexander (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fairing removal tool and a method of using the tool provide for an improved method of removing a fairing from an engine inlet case. The fairing removal tool employs a hook and notch to engage the fairing and release the bonds joining the fairing to an inner structural element of the inlet case. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/075673 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/426.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225507 | Fuller |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome K. Fuller (Van Nuys, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid rocket motor is manufactured by photopolymerizing the solid fuel grain in a stereolithography method, wherein fuel grains in a plastic matrix are deposited in layers for building a solid fuel rocket body in three dimensions for improved performance and for a compact design. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072717 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/890.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225553 | Redfern 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) | Robert Redfern (Media, Pennsylvania); Patrick Arthur Ryals (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for fireproofing a doorway, more particularly, the present invention relates to a gasket structure capable of sealing a doorway in the event of a fire. The gasket structure includes an outer silicon rubber core having a substantially D-shaped cross-section for mounting to a gasket retainer with a substantially U-shaped channel to a door frame. The gasket also includes an inner core of intumescent material within the outer core. The gasket is designed so that if the outer silicone rubber deteriorates because of fire, the intumescent material undergoes voluminous expansion to fill up voids left by the deterioration of the outer silicone rubber. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543281 |
| ART UNIT | 3634 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Movable or removable closures 049/477.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225735 | Galway |
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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) | Robert J. Galway (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for securing and fueling a surface water vessel at a fueling block, connected to and remote from a parent ship. The surface water vessel may be a manned or an unmanned surface vehicle, for example. According to the invention, the surface water vessel includes a probe for securing the water vessel to the fueling block and also for receiving fuel from the parent ship at the fueling block. The fueling block includes an opening for receiving the probe therein. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/537376 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225822 | Erben et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik M Erben (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Janet Trujillo (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan M Wong (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric fueling system for a vehicle that requires a metered amount of fuel comprising: a control box comprising a plurality of switches, a battery, a controller circuit card assembly, and a plurality of light emitting diodes; a flow meter coupled to the control box and to a vehicle; a pump coupled to the flow meter, to the control box, and to a fuel canister; and a housing that contains the control box, flow meter, and pump. The controller circuit card assembly has control logic such that the controller circuit card assembly manages the functions of setting the fuel level, de-fueling the vehicle, fueling the vehicle, and changing the brightness of the light emitting diodes, wherein the control logic receives inputs from the plurality of switches, the flow meter, the battery, and the pump and provides outputs to the plurality of light emitting diodes and the pump. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/271527 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means 141/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225951 | Cacace |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GKN Aerospace Services Structures Corp. (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Cacace (Haddam, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressurizable chamber device or containment vessel and method of use thereof. The device or vessel includes two chamber portions, a lid portion and a base portion, drawn to one another via a nut portion. The lid and base portions each include concave surfaces that matingly fit together, such that an internal chamber is formed when these portions are fit together. The lid and base portions each include a flange having a groove therein, such that a flexible seal element is fittable into the groove. The lid and base portions include features to matingly engage the nut portion, such that engagement thereamong draws the lid portion and the base portion toward one another, tightly sealing the formed internal chamber. A pressure, such as a resin pressure that may be precisely regulated, may then be applied, for example, to a mold contained within the formed and tightly sealed chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958803 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/4.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226015 | Medintz 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) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Dorothy Farrell (Alexandria, Virginia); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Populations of quantum dots are combined with quantities of a modulator of photoluminescence to produce a plurality of optical barcodes having at least two distinguishable colors arising from varying quantities of a modulator of photoluminescence bound to the populations of quantum dots. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907200 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226016 | Felton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Nicholas Felton (Gillingham, United Kingdom); Leslie Crowder (Rainham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector assembly comprising an injector body having a leading end, a fuel inlet passage, a backleak passage and a trailing end that terminates in an end surface; a cap that fits over the trailing end of the injector body to define therebetween a chamber for receiving fuel from said backleak passage; and a seal for sealing said chamber to prevent the flow of fuel therefrom, wherein said seal is disposed between said end surface of the trailing end and an inlet end of said fuel inlet passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315074 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226042 | Howell 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) | W. Scott Howell (Lynn Haven, Florida); Thomas M. Pruitt (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A spin control system includes first and second thrusters coupled to an object hanging from a suspension member. When activated, the first and second thrusters generate thrust in opposing directions that are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the suspension member. When the object spins, a controller activates at least one of the first and second thrusters to approximately align the object with a reference position. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220432 |
| 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 244/137.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226359 | Jansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jansen's Aircraft Systems Controls, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harvey B. Jansen (Mesa, Arizona); David K. Shields (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable guide vane actuator for positioning the guide vanes of a turbine engine in a hypersonic missile uses compressor exhaust to drive a linked, floating piston assembly that is coupled to the guide vanes. The relatively low pressure compressor exhaust is metered by a valve to drive the piston arrangement to accurately position the guide vanes in proportion to the input control signal. Reliability and accuracy gains are achieved by inhibiting the effects of vibration and thermal distortion through the elimination of piston/bore contact, the use of a rigid, cantilevered mounting arrangement and cooling with the pre-combusted liquid fuel. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/305483 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226804 | Gebhart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia); Faraday Technology, Inc. (Clayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Gebhart (Dayton, Ohio); E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for establishing more uniform deposition across one or more faces of a workpiece in an electroplating process. The apparatus employs eductors in conjunction with a flow dampener member and other measures to provide a more uniform current distribution and a more uniform metal deposit distribution as reflected in a coefficient of variability that is lower than conventional processes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086683 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/273 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226873 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Martin (Damascus, Maryland); David E. Johnson (Glen Burnie, Maryland); David P. Owen (Columbia, Maryland); Rodney O. Peterson (Frederick, Maryland); Philip J. Dudt (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's stratified composite system of armor, as typically embodied, comprises a backing stratum and a strike stratum that includes elastomeric matrix material and low-density ceramic elements embedded therein and arranged (e.g., in one or more rows and one or more columns) along a geometric plane (or plural parallel geometric planes) corresponding to the front surface of the strike stratum. Some inventive embodiments also comprise a spall-containment stratum fronting the strike stratum. The density of the low-density ceramic material is in the approximate range 2.0-3.0 g/cm3. In the strike stratum, the volume ratio of the low-density ceramic material to the elastomeric matrix material is in the approximate range 4-20. The present invention's emulative method for designing an inventive armor system typically involves configurative change of the inventive armor system's low-density ceramic material vis-à-vis another armor system's high-density ceramic material so that the respective ceramic material areal densities are equal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362856 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226876 | Hughes 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) | O. Richard Hughes (Chatham, New Jersey); Alfred R. Austen (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method to produce a semi-crystalline fluoro-polymer film. A semi-crystalline fluoro-polymer material is used. The material is compressed to produce the film. During compression, the material is maintained at a temperature below the melting point of the material. The compression step can be cycled to allow cooling of the material between compression stages. Alternative methods are provided for compressing the material with a co-extrusion substrate, extruding the material and utilizing mandrel expansion for the material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/434575 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/331.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08227171 — Photosensitive self-assembled monolayer for selective placement of hydrophilic structures
| US 08227171 | Afzali-Ardakani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Teresita O. Graham (Irvington, New York); James B. Hannon (Mahopac, New York); George S. Tulevski (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensitive monolayer is self-assembled on an oxide surface. The chemical compound of the photosensitive monolayer has three components. A first end group provides covalent bonds with the oxide surface for self assembly on the oxide surface. A photosensitive group that dissociates upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation is linked to the first end group. A second end group linked to the photosensitive group provides hydrophobicity. Upon exposure to the ultraviolet radiation, the dissociated photosensitive group is cleaved and forms a hydrophilic derivative in the exposed region, rendering the exposed region hydrophilic. Carbon nanotubes or nanocrystals applied in an aqueous dispersion are selectively attracted to the hydrophilic exposed region to from electrostatic bonding with the hydrophilic surface of the cleaved photosensitive group. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047120 |
| 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 08227325 | Bet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sachin Bet (Orlando, Florida); Aravinda Kar (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An article includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a plurality of single crystal crystallites of semiconductor material and a substrate having a melting or softening point of <200° C. supporting the semiconductor layer. An average grain size of the plurality of single crystal crystallites is less at an interface proximate to the substrate as compared to an average grain size in the semiconductor layer remote from the interface. The semiconductor layer is fused exclusive of any bonding agent or intermediate layer to the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707367 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227365 | Nageswaran |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biocidal ceramic compositions incorporating a bioactive ionic species that is chemically bound in a substantially single-phase, crystalline, [NZP]-type structure, methods for producing the crystalline structures, and articles of manufacture incorporating the crystalline structures, and uses of the articles of manufacture. Bioactive ionic species can be, but are not limited to, Ag, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, Sn, Co, H, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450034 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227614 | Newkome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the formation of synthesized fractal constructs and the methods of chemical self-assembly for the preparation of a non-dendritic, nano-scale, fractal constructs or molecules. More particularly, the invention relates to fractal constructs formed by molecular self-assembly, to create synthetic, nanometer-scale fractal shapes. In an embodiment, a nanoscale Sierpinski hexagonal gasket is formed. This non-dendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is comprised of bisterpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to 36 Ru and 6 Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299486 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227651 | Harvey 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) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Michael E. Wright (Tremonton, Utah); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An effective method for producing high density fuel candidates from pinenes is provided. MMT-K10 is an efficient catalyst for the reaction, although significant amounts of p-cymene and camphene produced as byproducts limit the overall yield to about 80%. Nafion is also an excellent catalyst for pinene dimerization and was capable of producing dimers in up to 90% yield. Pinene dimers synthesized with these heterogenous catalysts have a density and net heat of combustion comparable to JP-10. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550973 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227689 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Saugus, California); Peter C. Colter (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell includes a first layer having a first-layer lattice parameter, a second layer having a second-layer lattice parameter different from the first-layer lattice parameter, wherein the second layer includes a photoactive second-layer material; and a third layer having a third-layer lattice parameter different from the second-layer lattice parameter, wherein the third layer includes a photoactive third-layer material. A transparent buffer layer extends between and contacts the second layer and the third layer and has a buffer-layer lattice parameter that varies with increasing distance from the second layer toward the third layer, so as to lattice match to the second layer and to the third layer. There may be additional subcell layers and buffer layers in the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868080 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227896 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Jiang (San Jose, California); Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California); Mahesh Govind Samant (San Jose, California); Cheng-Han Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitrogen-doped MgO insulating layers exhibit voltage controlled resistance states, e.g., a high resistance and a low resistance state. Patterned nano-devices on the 100 nm scale show highly reproducible switching characteristics. The voltage levels at which such devices are switched between the two resistance levels can be systematically lowered by increasing the nitrogen concentration. Similarly, the resistance of the high resistance state can be varied by varying the nitrogen concentration, and decreases by orders of magnitude by varying the nitrogen concentrations by a few percent. On the other hand, the resistance of the low resistance state is nearly insensitive to the nitrogen doping level. The resistance of single Mg50O50-xNx layer devices can be varied over a wide range by limiting the current that can be passed during the SET process. Associated data storage devices can be constructed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636588 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/536 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227965 | Sullivan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arradiance, Inc. (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal T. Sullivan (Lunenburg, Massachusetts); Steve Bachman (North Attleboro, Massachusetts); Philippe de Rouffignac (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anton Tremsin (Lafayette, California); David Beaulieu (Groton, Massachusetts); Dmitry Gorelikov (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A resistive layer is formed over an outer surface of the plurality of channels that provides ohmic conduction with a predetermined resistivity that is substantially constant. An emissive layer is formed over the resistive layer. A top electrode is positioned on the top surface of the substrate. A bottom electrode positioned on the bottom surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/143732 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/103.CM0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227984 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tae Won Kim (Clifton Park, New York); Christian Maria Anton Heller (Albany, New York); Marc Schaepkens (Medina, Ohio); Ahmet Gun Erlat (Clifton Park, New York); Min Yan (Ballston Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier coating of organic-inorganic composition, the barrier coating having optical properties that are substantially uniform along an axis of light transmission, said axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the surface of the coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124548 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228112 | Reynolds |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Kevin Reynolds (Amawalk, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes an amplifier having an input and an output; and at least one transistor comprising at least one terminal and at least one isolated well. The input of the amplifier is electrically connected to the at least one terminal of the transistor; and the output of the amplifier is electrically connected to the at least one isolated well of the at least one transistor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/123735 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228228 | Li 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) | Ming-Chiang Li (Mitchellville, Maryland); Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for receiving electromagnetic waves using photonics includes a transmission unit transmitting electromagnetic waves in intervals; a time delay unit coupled to the transmission unit and controlling the transmission unit to transmit the electromagnetic waves in the intervals; an antenna receiving the electromagnetic waves reflected from the target; an interferoceiver coupled to the antenna and receiving the electromagnetic waves from the antenna, the interferoceiver comprising an optical recirculation loop to produce replica electromagnetic waves; and a computer identifying the target from the reflected electromagnetic waves. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754681 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228243 | Rivera |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Rivera (Westerly, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention as disclosed is a parallel plate antenna having a number of stacked horizontal plates and two vertical plates. Alternating ones of the horizontal plates are electrically coupled to one vertical plate such that the horizontal plates coupled to one vertical plate are interleaved with the horizontal plates coupled to the other vertical plate. The assembled antenna is mounted on a planar mounting flange. The height/width of the antenna is approximately 1/30th of a wavelength at the frequency of operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587328 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228251 | Behdad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Behdad (Madison, Wisconsin); Mudar Alaa Al-Joumayly (Madison, Wisconsin); Moshen Salehi (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband, low profile antenna is provided. The antenna includes a ground plane substrate and a radiating element. The radiating element includes at least two loop sections, wherein each of the at least two loop sections is electrically connected to a feed network and to the ground plane substrate. The radiating element is configured to radiate over a first frequency band when the feed network provides an in-phase input signal to the at least two loop sections and to radiate over a second frequency band when the feed network provides an out-of-phase input signal to the at least two loop sections. The second frequency band includes a lower frequency than the first frequency band. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/861053 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228591 | Towers 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) | Ross Towers (Stanhope, New Jersey); Deepak Bupathi (East Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An active imaging retroreflection based optical system for the detection of other optical systems, especially passive optics used for observation/surveillance, or targeting. The active imaging system is switchable from either near-IR laser illumination, to a combination of near-IR and visible laser light illumination. The illumination is shaped into narrow elongated beams, generally elliptical in shape. These beams are channeled by rhomboid prisms so as to be emitted collimated to each other and monostatic to the detection system, such that the retroreflected return image returns axially to the optical detection system. The return image is resolved and refined by a series of objective and field lenses, and by a dual band, visible light and near-IR, pass filter, to add clarity and contrast. The energy is further enhanced by being amplified by a highly sensitive detector, such as a third generation imager; or a high sensitivity, back-illuminated CCD (charge coupled device); or a high sensitivity wide dynamic range CMOS (complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensor. The retroreflected energy, processed by this third generation imager, or the like, appears as a concentrated point of light, or bright spot, that can be quickly and easily distinguished from its surroundings, which also appear to the user. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481773 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228706 | DeBrosse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. DeBrosse (Colchester, Vermont); William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, New York); Yu Lu (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention is a magnetic shift register memory device. One embodiment of a memory cell includes a magnetic column including a plurality of magnetic domains, a reader coupled to the magnetic column, for reading data from the magnetic domains, a temporary memory for storing data read from the magnetic domains, and a writer coupled to the magnetic column, for writing data in the temporary memory to the magnetic domains. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/168379 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228760 | Jones 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) | Theodore G. Jones (Alexandria, Virginia); Tsih C. Tang (Great Falls, Virginia); Steven L. Means (Owings, Maryland); Edward R. Franchi (Alexandria, Virginia); Kwang B. Yoo (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for using acoustical pulses generated from an airborne laser source to locate objects under water. An array of acoustic sensors, such as passive sonobuoys at the ocean surface, is deployed in known or determinable locations by aircraft. Each area surrounded by acoustic sensors comprises a search cell, within which sonar scattering data can be used to locate objects. Following sonobuoy deployment, the aircraft uses the laser to rapidly generate many laser-acoustic pulse sources within each search cell, which in turn generate spherical acoustic pulses traveling through the water. The acoustic sensors receive the acoustic pulses, either on a direct path or on a scattered path after the pulse strikes an underwater object. The sensors record the acoustic signatures of the received pulses and transmit data of the recorded acoustic pulses to a processor such as processor on a nearby ship. The processor transforms the data of the acoustic signatures, together with data of the known locations of the acoustic sensors and the locations of the laser-acoustic pulse sources, into data of a location of the underwater objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/348925 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228930 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Kim (Santa Clara, California); William J. Dally (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Interconnection router arrangements are implemented using a variety of arrangements and methods. Using one such arrangement, an interconnection network router arrangement sends data units between a set of router inputs and a set of router outputs. The interconnection network router arrangement includes a sub-switch that is capable of selectively transferring a data unit from an array of sub-switch inputs to an array of sub-switch outputs. The sub-switch has a memory circuit for storing the data unit before the data unit is transferred to a sub-switch output and a memory circuit for storing the data unit after the data unit is transferred from the sub-switch inputs and before the data unit is sent to a router output. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445934 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228959 | Brownell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hayden Brownell (Thetford Center, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A system generates FIR laser radiation. An electron source generates an electron beam. A grating horn interacts with the electron beam to produce the FIR laser radiation. The grating horn may comprise a flat base and a pair of grating elements attached to the base, each of the grating elements being ruled with a grating period, the grating elements oriented in phase and in substantial symmetry about a normal to the flat base. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/529343 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228961 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zenghu Chang (Manhattan, Kansas); Chenxia Yun (Manhattan, Kansas); Shouyuan Chen (Manhattan, Kansas); He Wang (Manhattan, Kansas); Michael Chini (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A feedback control module for stabilizing a carrier-envelope phase of an output of a laser oscillator system comprises a first photodetector, a second photodetector, a phase stabilizer, an optical modulator, and a thermal control element. The first photodetector may generate a first feedback signal corresponding to a first portion of a laser beam from an oscillator. The second photodetector may generate a second feedback signal corresponding to a second portion of the laser beam filtered by a low-pass filter. The phase stabilizer may divide the frequency of the first feedback signal by a factor and generate an error signal corresponding to the difference between the frequency-divided first feedback signal and the second feedback signal. The optical modulator may modulate the laser beam within the oscillator corresponding to the error signal. The thermal control unit may change the temperature of the oscillator corresponding to a signal operable to control the optical modulator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320226 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/38.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229070 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wu Liu (New London, Connecticut); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California); Gary Luxton (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive imaging method of monitoring intrafraction target motion during radiation therapy is provided that includes using a simultaneous Mega-Voltage (MV) imaging process and Kilo-Voltage (KV) imaging process to determine an initial 3D target position. 2D target position is monitored using the MV imaging process during a radiation therapy treatment delivery, and is in combination with an online-updated characterization of target motion that are disposed to estimate if the target has moved beyond a 3D threshold distance. The simultaneous MV imaging and KV imaging processes are for accurately determining a new 3D target position for intrafraction motion compensation and for further 2D imaging by the MV imaging process, where another simultaneous MV and KV imaging process is initiated when the target has potentially moved beyond the threshold distance as measured by the MV imaging process. The intrafraction target motion monitoring is achieved at the cost of ultralow patient imaging dose. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924171 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229141 | Benjamin |
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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) | Kim C. Benjamin (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A transducer array assembly includes a support structure having a plurality of predetermined openings therein for accommodating transducer components. Flexible circuits are embedded in the support structure. Each flexible circuit has first ends being positioned in the support structure predetermined openings. Terminal blocks are joined to the second ends. Transducer elements are positioned in the support structure predetermined openings and placed in electrical communication with the flexible circuit first ends. A polymer material is provided surrounding the transducer elements, said support structure, and said flexible circuit first ends. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the transducer array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/844290 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229163 | Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American GNC Corporation (Simi Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman P. Coleman (Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey); Ching-Fang Lin (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The technology of the 4D-GIS system deploys a GIS-based algorithm used to determine the location of a moving target through registering the terrain image obtained from a Moving Target Indication (MTI) sensor or small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) camera with the digital map from GIS. For motion prediction the target state is estimated using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). In order to enhance the prediction of the moving target's trajectory a fuzzy logic reasoning algorithm is used to estimate the destination of a moving target through synthesizing data from GIS, target statistics, tactics and other past experience derived information, such as, likely moving direction of targets in correlation with the nature of the terrain and surmised mission. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229450 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229344 | Petersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Petersen (Amherst, New Hampshire); William Delaney (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for analyzing a wireless communications device. The techniques include, for instance, assessing vulnerability of the device, including its susceptibility to jamming, by applying one or more interfering signals to the device and observing the device's response. The techniques further include identifying one or more vulnerabilities that can be exploited in defeating malicious behavior involving use of the device (e.g., such as using the device for remote detonation of explosives). Applying one or more interfering signals to the device may include, for instance, applying a trigger signal and a jamming signal to the device, and adjusting the jamming signal until the trigger signal is rendered ineffective in acting as a trigger signal. Identifying one or more vulnerabilities that can be exploited in defeating malicious behavior may include, for instance, reporting parameters of the one or more interfering signals that result in defeating the malicious behavior. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548171 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229701 | Holz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin F. Holz (San Diego, California); Aaron Burmeister (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for measuring an object's center of gravity. The system includes a bed for supporting the object in an immovable position. The bed is tiltably attached to a frame that is supported near at least a first and a second edge by at least one force measuring device per edge. The bed is tiltable about one of the edges. A processor is connected to each force measuring devices and is configured to process force measurement data collected therefrom. The processor is configured to calculate the object's center of gravity along a z-axis based on a ratio of a cosine of the bed's angle of tilt multiplied by the center of gravity of the object along a y-axis in a flat configuration minus the center of gravity of the object along the y-axis in a tilted configuration to the sine of the angle of tilt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777367 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229703 | Gendron |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul John Gendron (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments include systems and methods of non-coherent signal processing. For example, one embodiment includes a method of a non-coherent signal detection. The method includes receiving data indicative of a received signal, and evaluating a probability density function indicative of a signal parameter based on the received data. Evaluating the probability density function comprises identifying at least one of a plurality of terms of summation having at least one peak of the probability density function and evaluating the plurality of terms of a non-central chi-square distribution determining the signal parameter based at least in part on the received data and the calculated probability density. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/504103 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229716 | Kaplan 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) | Carolyn R. Kaplan (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Elaine S. Oran (Falls Church, Virginia); Natalia Alexandrov (Hampton, Virginia); Jay P. Boris (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer implemented methods and systems using a multidimensional Monotonic Lagrangian Grid (MLG) to sort and order locations of aircraft, are used for simulating, controlling, and optimizing aircraft traffic systems. The MLG is combined with algorithms for collision detection and resolution, separation assurance, and updating aircraft trajectories, and applied to test cases of the air transportation system. Physical locations describing aircraft traffic moving in complex paths are stored into a data structure of the multidimensional MLG algorithm. The moving aircraft traffic platforms are sorted and ordered on a grid structure in real space and in an indexing space, causing a monotonic mapping between indices of the grid structure and locations describing the plurality of moving aircraft. Computer operations using data stored in the multidimensional MLG determine control strategies for aircraft separation assurance and optimum routes to circumvent blockages in transport paths. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/981432 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229729 | Sarikaya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruhi Sarikaya (Shrub Oak, New York); Yonggang Deng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Brian Edward Doorenbos Kingsbury (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for training a statistical machine translation model and decoding or translating using the same is disclosed. A source word versus target word co-occurrence matrix is created to define word pairs. Dimensionality of the matrix may be reduced. Word pairs are mapped as vectors into continuous space where the word pairs are vectors of continuous real numbers and not discrete entities in the continuous space. A machine translation parametric model is trained using an acoustic model training method based on word pair vectors in the continuous space. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/054636 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229731 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley Chen (Port Jefferson, New York); Yuging Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Bowen Zhou (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A phrase-based translation system and method includes a statistically integrated phrase lattice (SIPL) (H) which represents an entire translational model. An input (I) is translated by determining a best path through an entire lattice (S) by performing an efficient composition operation between the input and the SIPL. The efficient composition operation is performed by a multiple level search where each operand in the efficient composition operation represents a different search level. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/824806 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229776 | Woodward et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Woodward (North East, Maryland); Sara E. Wallace (Dahlgren, Virginia); Michael Robinson (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Chris J. Dafis (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention represents a unique methodology for evaluating subsystem technology in a system-of-subsystems environment. According to typical inventive practice, the technology to be evaluated and the requirements for effecting the technology are defined, the requirements relating to both a subsystem encompassing the technology and a system overarching the subsystem. The technology and the requirements are modeled, the modeling including establishing plural submodels of the subsystem wherein the submodels are considered as characterized by plural linkages between them and as constituting a model of the overarching system. Sensitivity analysis and trade space exploration are performed, the performance including determination of plural design variables of the submodels, plural relationships between the design variables, and respective sensitivities of response variables to the design variables. Optimal designs of the technology are found, the finding including comparing relative optimizations of the optimal designs. Some inventive embodiments are iterative in furtherance of design optimization. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454036 |
| ART UNIT | 3627 — 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 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229865 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murray S. Campbell (Yorktown Heights, New York); Apostol I. Natsev (Harrison, New York); Rong Yan (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer program product and embodiments of systems are provided for annotating multimedia documents. The computer program product and embodiments of the systems provide for performing manual and automatic annotation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025308 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229939 | Staddon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica N. Staddon (Redwood City, California); David P. Woodruff (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A server system maintains records and their associated attributes in a secure database. A plurality of queries generated by encrypting indices identifying a records and their associated attributes, by homomorphic encryption is received from a client system. A secret key is generated at a certain query count and is divided into randomly generated key shares. A key share sequence is homomorphically encrypted. A table is formed by encrypting the indices, secret key and attributes. Query responses, which each comprise the attributes for each of the records of the table of entries are provided. The key shares are decrypted sufficient to recover the secret key subject to a non-inference enabling query. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/345599 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/757 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230117 | Daly, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George William Daly, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Guy Lynn Guthrie (Austin, Texas); Ross Boyd Leavens (Cary, North Carolina); Joseph Gerald McDonald (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Steven Siegel (Raleigh, North Carolina); William John Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Derek Edward Williams (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for maintaining input/output (I/O) command ordering on a bus includes assigning a channel identifier to I/O commands of an I/O stream. In this case, the channel identifier indicates the I/O commands belong to the I/O stream. A command location indicator is assigned to each of the I/O commands. The command location indicator provides an indication of which one of the I/O commands is a start command in the I/O stream and which of the I/O commands are continue commands in the I/O stream. The I/O commands are issued in a desired completion order. When a first one of the I/O commands does not complete successfully, the I/O commands in the I/O stream are reissued on the bus starting at the first one of the I/O commands that did not complete successfully. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420889 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230201 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake-and-go mechanism is provided for a data processing system. The wake-and-go mechanism detects a thread running on a first processing unit within a plurality of processing units that is waiting for an event that modifies a data value associated with a target address. The wake-and-go mechanism creates a wake-and-go instance for the thread by populating a wake-and-go storage array with the target address. The operating system places the thread in a sleep state. Responsive to detecting the event that modifies the data value associated with the target address, the wake-and-go mechanism assigns the wake-and-go instance to a second processing unit within the plurality of processing units. The operating system on the second processing unit places the thread in a non-sleep state. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425057 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230229 | Roscoe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISIS Innovation Limited (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew William Roscoe (Oxford, United Kingdom); Long Hoang Nguyen (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for verifying the security of communications between a set of nodes via a high-bandwidth, insecure communications channel. A number of embodiments are described for enabling authenticated communication between the nodes in an environment wherein there is a high bandwidth Dolev-Yao network amongst the nodes and non-spoofable, low-bandwidth empirical channels between each pair of nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084412 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230422 | Bohrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Joseph Bohrer (Austin, Texas); Orran Yaakov Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas); Michael Rosenfield (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Hazim Shafi (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Robert Brett Tremaine (Stormville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system includes a microprocessor having access to multiple levels of cache memories. The microprocessor executes a main thread compiled from a source code object. The system includes a processor for executing an assist thread also derived from the source code object. The assist thread includes memory reference instructions of the main thread and only those arithmetic instructions required to resolve the memory reference instructions. A scheduler configured to schedule the assist thread in conjunction with the corresponding execution thread is configured to execute the assist thread ahead of the execution thread by a determinable threshold such as the number of main processor cycles or the number of code instructions. The assist thread may execute in the main processor or in a dedicated assist processor that makes direct memory accesses to one of the lower level cache memory elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/034546 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230423 | Frigo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matteo Frigo (Austin, Texas); Ahmed Gheith (Round Rock, Texas); Volker Strumpen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and processor architecture for achieving a high level of concurrency and latency hiding in an “infinite-thread processor architecture” with a limited number of hardware threads is disclosed. A preferred embodiment defines “fork” and “join” instructions for spawning new context-switched threads. Context switching is used to hide the latency of both memory-access operations (i.e., loads and stores) and arithmetic/logical operations. When an operation executing in a thread incurs a latency having the potential to delay the instruction pipeline, the latency is hidden by performing a context switch to a different thread. When the result of the operation becomes available, a context switch back to that thread is performed to allow the thread to continue. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/101601 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102 |
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| US 08230440 | Genden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph Genden (Austin, Texas); Rolf Bernhard Hilgendorf (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A utilization analyzer acquires accumulator values from multiple accumulators. Each accumulator corresponds to a particular processor thread and also corresponds to a particular processor utilization resource register (PURR). The utilization analyzer identifies, from the multiple accumulators, a combination of equal accumulators that each includes a largest accumulator value. Next, the utilization analyzer selects a subset of processor utilization resource registers from a combination of processor utilization resource registers that correspond to the combination of equal accumulators. The subset of processor utilization resource registers omits at least one processor utilization resource register from the combination of utilization resource registers. In turn, the utilization analyzer increments each of the subset of utilization resource registers. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399087 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Fife, United Kingdom); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for in vivo imaging of at least one cell including: first obtaining a first image of at least one cell; second obtaining a second image of the at least one cell; adjusting at least one of the first image and the second image to account for a movement of the at least one cell; generating a final image based at least in part on the adjusting. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/798902 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221 |
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| US 08226579 | Barlow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Barlow (Lawrence, Kansas); Jingyan Wang (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus are provided for generating an index associated with non-nutritive suck pattern stability. A method includes measuring a plurality of non-nutritive suck (NNS) pressure samples, generating a plurality of correlation values using the NNS pressure samples, and generating a measure of non-nutritive suck pattern stability using the plurality of correlation values. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/390142 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/587 |
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| US 08226940 | Tomatsu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shunji Tomatsu (Wilmington, Delaware); Adriana Montano (St. Louis, Missouri); Tatsuo Nishioka (Ishikawa, Japan); Jeffrey H. Grubb (St. Louis, Missouri); William S. Sly (St. Louis, Missouri); Monica A. Gutierrez (Cucuta Norte de Santander, Colombia); Amelia Ortigoza Rodriguez, legal representative (Cucuta Norte de Santander, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a polypeptide therapeutic agent, useful in enzyme replacement therapy, with increased therapeutic benefits for the central nervous system. The invention provides a method of enhancing the effect of a polypeptide or protein on the central nervous system by the attachment of a short acidic amino acid sequence. Specifically the inventors disclose the attachment of a 4-15 acidic amino acid sequence to human β-glucuronidase by construction of a fusion protein. This molecule is useful in the treatment of type VII mucopolysaccharidosis when administered to a patient. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714534 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.610 |
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| US 08226951 | Shelton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Shelton (Oakland, California); Patrick William Mantyh (Edina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating bone cancer pain including cancer pain associated with bone metastasis by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153587 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
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| US 08226952 | Thomas, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Thomas, Jr. (Dedham, Massachusetts); Donna M. Ambrosino (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert Mandell (Collins, Iowa); Susan Sloan (Watertown, Massachusetts); Gregory J. Babcock (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Charles Rupprecht (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/767182 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/159.100 |
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| US 08226955 | Barnett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan W Barnett (San Francisco, California); Indresh K Srivastava (Benicia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Env-CD4 polypeptide complexes and hybrids that expose cryptic epitopes important in virus neutralization are disclosed. Method of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polypeptides are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859356 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
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| US 08227184 | Glimcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Ann-Hwee Lee (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the expression, processing, post-translational modification, stability and/or activity of XBP-1 protein, or a protein in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-1 to treat dyslipidemias and steatosis disorders. The present invention also pertains to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the expression, processing, post-translational modification, and/or activity of XBP-1 protein or a molecule in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319991 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 08227191 | Murakawa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George J. Murakawa (Cypress, California); R. Bruce Wallace (Pasadena, California); John A. Zaia (Arcadia, California); John J. Rossi (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for identifying a viral RNA nucleotide sequence present in a sample of peripheral blood cells which comprises amplifying such RNA simultaneously with at least one other RNA nucleotide sequence present in a virus infected cell in said sample, and thereafter separately and sequentially analyzing the amplification reaction products with probes homologous with authentic RNA and with such other RNA sequence to identify one or both of said RNA nucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 1989 |
| APPL NO | 07/402450 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08227193 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (La Jolla, California); Giussepina Bonizzi (Cremona, Italy); Magali Bebien (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleotide sequences that mediate one or more functions of IKKα, kits and methods for using these sequences to identify therapeutic compounds that alter IKKα related pathology. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/574333 |
| 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 435/6.190 |
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| US 08227194 | Rus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horea Rus (Cantonsville, Maryland); Tudor Constantin Badea (Cockeysville, Maryland); Matthew Fosbrink (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to antibodies that bind to a fragment of the Response Gene to Complement-32 (RGC-32), as well as methods of using these antibodies. Particular methods of using the antibodies of the present invention include, but are not limited to, methods of detecting RGC-32 in a sample, methods of assaying cell proliferation, as well as methods of detecting and/or monitoring the progression of abnormal conditions in a subject, where the disease states are associated with the presence or absence of RGC-32. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/911103 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08227198 | Chait et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Chait (New York, New York); Alan J. Tackett (New York, New York); Jeffrey A. DeGrasse (New York, New York); Marlene Oeffinger (New York, New York); Michael P. Rout (New York, New York); Matthew D. Sekedat (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is method of determining whether or not associations between a given protein and other proteins in a cell are specific. The method comprises (a) providing a first sample of the cells in which the given protein contains a tag, (b) providing a second sample of the same cells, wherein the given protein and the other proteins are metabolically labeled, and wherein neither the given protein nor the other proteins are tagged, (c) mixing and lysing the first cell sample and the second cell sample to provide a mixture of proteins, (d) binding the tag of the given protein to a substrate, (e) isolating proteins associated with the tagged given protein bound to the substrate, whereby the associated proteins comprise: (i) proteins specifically associated with the tagged given protein, (ii) proteins non-specifically associated with the tagged given protein, or (iii) a combination thereof, (f) determining whether each associated protein is unlabeled or a mixture of labeled and unlabeled proteins, wherein if the associated protein is not labeled, then that protein was specifically associated in the cell with the tagged given protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/106490 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227201 | Cooke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Cooke (Palo Alto, California); Andrew Wilson (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to use of β-2-microglobulin (B2M or β2M) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as biomarkers of peripheral artery disease and/or atherosclerosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/147385 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227240 | Elson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot Elson (University City, Missouri); William B. McConnaughey (St. Louis, Missouri); Tetsuro Wakatsuki (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for culturing a bio-artificial tissue including a multi-well plate and a scaffold is disclosed herein. Also disclosed is a tissue indentation system that includes a probe, an isometric force transducer, a computer and a computer-controlled motor. A tissue response system is provided and has a well including a scaffold with a bio-artificial tissue suspended on the scaffold and the tissue indentation system. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774393 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
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| US 08227244 | Fuchs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elaine Fuchs (New York, New York); Michael Rendi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to dermal papilla-specific markers and a method for isolating dermal papilla cells using the same. Dermal papilla cells isolated in accordance with the method of the invention and treated with BMP6 are useful for promoting hair growth. |
| FILED | Monday, May 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914402 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 08227247 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Su-Chun Zhang (Middleton, Wisconsin); Baoyang Hu (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhong-Wei Du (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of differentiating embryonic stem cells into oligodendroglial precursor cells and oligodendroglial cells by culturing a population of cells comprising a majority of cells that are characterized by a neural tube-like rosette morphology and are Pax6+/Sox1+ into a population of cells that are PDGFRα+. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/338749 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
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| US 08227249 | Calos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michele P. Calos (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of site-specifically integrating a polynucleotide sequence of interest in a genome of a eucaryotic cell, as well as, enzymes, polypeptides, and a variety of vector constructs useful therefore. In the method, a targeting construct comprises, for example, (i) a first recombination site and a polynucleotide sequence of interest, and (ii) a site-specific recombinase, which are introduced into the cell. The genome of the cell comprises a second recombination site. Recombination between the first and second recombination sites is facilitated by the site-specific recombinase. The invention describes compositions, vectors, and methods of use thereof, for the generation of transgenic cells, tissues, plants, and animals. The compositions, vectors, and methods of the present invention are also useful in gene therapy techniques. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/061580 |
| 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 435/462 |
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| US 08227251 | Ranish et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff Ranish (Seattle, Washington); Jie Luo (Seattle, Washington); Wei Yan (Edmonds, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for analyzing complex mixtures of proteins, both for identification and quantitation of proteins of interest, and in particular, methods of identification and quantitation of proteins present at low levels, using internal standard peptides isobarically tagged at the N and C termini. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760500 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227411 | Zamora et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Incle (Rockvile, Maryland); Brookhaven and Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul O. Zamora (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Louis A. Pena (Poquott, New York); Xinhua Lin (Plainview, New York); Kazuyuki Takahashi (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a fibroblast growth factor heparin-binding analog of the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, Y and Z are as defined, pharmaceutical compositions, coating compositions and medical devices including the fibroblast growth factor heparin-binding analog of the foregoing formula, and methods and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/361565 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.100 |
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| US 08227417 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | De Yang (Frederick, Maryland); Joost J. Oppenheim (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Bustin (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of enhancing an antigen-specific immune response in a host comprising administering to the host an HMGN polypeptide comprising at least one of HMGN1, HMGN3a, HMGN3b, HMGN4, Nsbp1, or a functional fragment thereof, in an amount effective to enhance an antigen-specific immune response; as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising an HMGN polypeptide comprising at least one of HMGN1, HMGN3a, HMGN3b, HMGN4, Nsbp1, or a functional fragment thereof, and an antigen, or nucleic acids encoding such molecules; and related methods and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/509088 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
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| US 08227423 | Murphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Murphy (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert J. Harrison (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a therapeutic peptide useful in the treatment or prevention of infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/662555 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.400 |
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| US 08227432 | Hackett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry B. Hackett (Shoreview, Minnesota); Karl J. Clark (Ramsey, Minnesota); Zongbin Cui (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Adam J. Dupuy (Walkersville, Maryland); Aron M. Geurts (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Geyi Liu (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to improved transposons and transposases. The present invention also includes gene transfer systems, methods of using the transposons and transposases, and compositions including the transposons and transposases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420529 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
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| US 08227434 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Dalton (Temple Terrace, Florida); Lori Hazlehurst (Ruskin, Florida); Qing Chen (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for treating oncological disorders. The subject invention also pertains to materials and methods for preventing or reducing the development by cancer cells of resistance to an anticancer therapy, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and/or immunotherapy. In one embodiment, a patient is treated with an agent that inhibits cholesterol synthesis or that prevents or reduces the increase in cholesterol synthesis observed in therapy-resistant cancer cells. In another embodiment, a patient is treated with an agent that increases the expression, activity, or amount of a Bim protein in a cell. In another embodiment, a patient is treated with an agent to inhibit or reduce cancer cell adhesion to extracellular matrices or stromal cells. In another embodiment, a patient is treated with an agent to inhibit expression of a gene of function of a protein of the FANC/BRCA pathway. In a further embodiment, a patient is treated with an agent to prevent or reduce the DNA crosslink repair function of a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/983009 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| US 08227438 | Klinman 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 (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Rainald Zeuner (Kiel, Germany); Mayda Gursel (Rockville, Maryland); Ihsan Gursel (Rockville, Maryland); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for preventing or treating an immune-mediated disorder, such as, but not limited to, an autoimmune disease, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing an immune response in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395539 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227442 | Rossi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Rancho Cucamonga, California); Alessandro Michienzi (Rome, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The HIV regulatory proteins Tat and Rev accumulate in nucleoli of human cells. No functional role has been attributed to this localization. Recently it was demonstrated that expression of Rev induces nucleolar re-localization of some nuclear factors involved in Rev export. Thus, it is likely that the nucleolus plays a critical role in Rev-mediated export of singly spliced and unspliced HIV-1 RNAs. As a test for trafficking of HIV-1 RNAs into the nucleolus, a hammerhead ribozyme which specifically cleaves HIV-1 RNA was joined to the U16 snoRNA resulting in accumulation of the ribozyme within nucleoli of human cells. Stably transduced human T-cells expressing this nucleolar localized ribozyme dramatically suppressed HIV-1 replication, confirming a possible trafficking of the HIV RNA through the nucleoli of human cells. In addition, a TAR element which binds Tat was joined to the U16 snoRNA, also resulting in localization in the nucleoli and inhibiting HIV replication. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835333 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Burnaby, BC, Canada); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian MacLachlan (Mission, Canada); Adam Judge (Vancouver, Canada); Snorri S. Thorgeirsson (Bethesda, Maryland); Yun-Han Lee (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions comprising nucleic acids that target CSN5 gene expression and methods of using such compositions to silence CSN5 gene expression. More particularly, the present invention provides unmodified and chemically modified interfering RNA molecules which silence CSN5 gene expression and methods of use thereof, e.g., for treating cell proliferative disorders such as cancer. The present invention also provides nucleic acid-lipid particles that target CSN5 gene expression comprising an interfering RNA molecule, a cationic lipid, a non-cationic lipid, and optionally a conjugated lipid that inhibits aggregation of particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903558 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| US 08227445 | Rhee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung W. Rhee (Little Rock, Arkansas); Paul L. Hermonat (Little Rock, Arkansas); Nancy J. Rusch (Bigelow, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses a composition for regulating smooth muscle cells. In particular, the invention encompasses a vector comprising a smooth muscle promoter operably-linked to a nucleic acid encoding a calcium-activated potassium channel. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/051508 |
| 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 514/44 |
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| US 08227446 | Klinman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland); Ken Ishii (Osaka, Japan); James J. Mond (Silver Spring, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | D type CpG oligodeoxynucleotides are provided herein that include a sequence represented by the following formula: 5′X1X2X3Pu1Py2CpGPu3Py4X4X5X6(W)M(G)N-3′ wherein the central CpG motif is unmethylated, Pu is a purine nucleotide, Py is a pyrimidine nucleotide, X and W are any nucleotide, M is any integer from 0 to 10, and N is any integer from 4 to 10. Methods of using these oligodeoxynucleotides to induce an immune response are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/104918 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
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| US 08227466 | Schuster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor L. Schuster (New York, New York); Yuling Chi (Bronx, New York); Young-Tae Chang (Singapore, Singapore); Jaeki Min (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of inhibiting prostaglandin transporter (PGT) activity in mammals. Also provided are methods of determining whether a test compound is an inhibitor of a prostaglandin transporter. Additionally provided are compounds that inhibit prostaglandin transporter activity, and pharmaceutical compositions of those compounds. Methods of inhibiting COX-2 in a mammal are also provided. Additionally, methods of treating pain or inflammation in a mammal are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/227267 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/245 |
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| US 08227509 | Castro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo C. Castro (Winchester, Massachusetts); Michael J. Grogan (Winchester, Massachusetts); William Matsui (Baltimore, Maryland); Karen J. McGovern (Groton, Massachusetts); Martin R. Tremblay (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for treating various conditions using derivatives of cyclopamine having the following formula: |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191545 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/455 |
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| US 08227581 | Savage et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah); Luc Teyton (Del Mar, California); Albert Bendelac (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified glycolipid compounds are provided. Also disclosed are methods for activating an NKT cell, methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject, and methods suitable for labeling NKT cells. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296169 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/1.110 |
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| US 08227586 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); Queensland Health (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Wang (St. Louis, Missouri); Guang Wu (St. Louis, Missouri); Anne Gaynor (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael Nissen (Indooroopilly, Australia); Theo Sloots (Riverhills, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a novel human polyomavirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnosis the presence of the polyomavirus. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029390 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227592 | Harper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Harper (Iowa City, Iowa); Beverly L. Davidson (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules containing a loop sequence designed to circumvent exportin-5 mediated export, and methods using these novel molecules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/515717 |
| 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 08227628 | Messersmith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Bi-huang Hu (Watertown, Massachusetts); Zhongqiang Liu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors disclose here a novel, facile approach to the synthesis of acetonide-protected catechol-containing compounds having at least one amine group. In specific embodiments, the invention provides novel methods of synthesizing 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (H-DOPA(acetonide)-OH (6)), Fmoc-protected H-DOPA(acetonide)-OH (Fmoc-DOPA(acetonide)-OH (7)), Fmoc-protected dopamine (Fmoc-dopamine(acetonide) (10)), TFA-protected dopamine (TFA-dopamine(acetonide) (13)) and acetonide-protected 4-(2-aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol (acetonide-protected dopamine (14)). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/500398 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/444 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227634 | Pomper et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Gilbert Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Jiazhong Zhang (Washington, District of Columbia); Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); John L. Musachio (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds particularly asymmetric urea compounds which are labeled with one or more radioisotopes and which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors which express NAALADase and/or PSMA. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of imaging tissues, organs, or tumors using radiolabeled compounds of the invention, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express NAALADase and/or PSMA to which the compounds of the invention have an affinity. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/154445 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/34 |
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| US 08227747 | Roukes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Akshay Naik (Pasadena, California); Mehmet Selim Hanay (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring a mass of a sample, using a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) arranged to receive the sample added onto a resonator of the NEMS and a microfluidic sample delivery and sample ionization system. The nanoelectromechanical system is located at an output of the ionization system. The nanoelectromechanical resonator system is highly sensitive and is capable of detecting masses in the single Dalton range. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/358807 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229199 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Shuai Leng (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An image reconstruction method applicable to a number of different imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), x-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is disclosed. A sparsifying image is reconstructed from a series of acquired undersampled data to provide a priori knowledge of a subject being imaged. An iterative reconstruction process is further employed to iteratively determine a correction image for a given image frame that, when subtracted from the sparsifying image, produces a quality image for the image frame. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/341598 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/130 |
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| US 08229246 | Ning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruola Ning (Fairport, New York); Yan Zhang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A 3D metal artifacts correction technique corrects the streaking artifacts generated by titanium implants or other similar objects. A cone-beam computed tomography system is utilized to provide 3D images. A priori information (such as the shape information and the CT value) of high density sub-objects is acquired and used for later artifacts correction. An optimization process with iterations is applied to minimize the error and result in accurate reconstruction images of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236289 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229548 | Frangioni |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remains in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may also employ dyes or other fluorescent substances associated with antibodies, antibody fragments, or ligands that accumulate within a region of diagnostic significance. In one embodiment, the system provides an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide that is used to capture images. In another embodiment, the system is configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. More broadly, the systems described herein may be used in imaging applications where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by an image formed from fluorescent emissions from a fluorescent substance that marks areas of functional interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/507253 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
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| US 08229566 | Li |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Li (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided such that electrical stimulation can be delivered to a patient's skeletal muscles in response to certain respiratory signals, such as when voluntary breathing is detected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146176 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Christian Xavier Stevenson (Inman, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor for a combustion turbine engine, the combustor that includes: a chamber defined by an outer wall and forming a channel between windows defined through the outer wall toward a forward end of the chamber and at least one fuel injector positioned toward an aft end of the chamber; a screen; and a standoff comprising a raised area on an outer surface of the outer wall near the periphery of the windows; wherein the screen extends over the windows and is supported by the standoff in a raised position in relation to the outer surface of the outer wall and the windows. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/848580 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225614 | Lacy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Mehmet Demiroglu (Troy, New York); Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one aspect of the invention, a shim for sealing two adjacent turbine transition pieces is disclosed. The shim includes a circumferential member that includes a first lateral flange and a second lateral flange. Further, the first and second lateral flanges each comprise a tab configured to mate to a first surface plane and the first and second lateral flanges are configured to mate to a second surface plane, wherein the first and second surface planes are substantially parallel. In addition, the shim includes a first flange extending substantially perpendicular from the circumferential member. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900072 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08225675 | Hsueh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun-Hway Hsueh (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chain-tsuan Liu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Easo P. George (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A test fixture for simultaneously testing two material test samples is provided. The fixture provides substantially equal shear and tensile stresses in each test specimens. By gradually applying a load force to the fixture only one of the two specimens fractures. Upon fracture of the one specimen, the fixture and the load train lose contact and the second specimen is preserved in a state of upset just prior to fracture. Particular advantages of the fixture are (1) to control the tensile to shear load on the specimen for understanding the effect of these stresses on the deformation behavior of advanced materials, (2) to control the location of fracture for accessing localized material properties including the variation of the mechanical properties and residual stresses across the thickness of advanced materials, (3) to yield a fractured specimen for strength measurement and an unfractured specimen for examining the microstructure just prior to fracture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555070 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
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| US 08225895 | Salton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Salton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James H. Buttz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Justin Garretson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Hayward (Wetmore, Colorado); Clinton G. Hobart (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jamieson K. Deuel, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic vehicle having two or more tracked mobility platforms that are mechanically linked together with a two-dimensional coupling, thereby forming a composite vehicle of increased mobility. The robotic vehicle is operative in hazardous environments and can be capable of semi-submersible operation. The robotic vehicle is capable of remote controlled operation via radio frequency and/or fiber optic communication link to a remote operator control unit. The tracks have a plurality of track-edge scallop cut-outs that allow the tracks to easily grab onto and roll across railroad tracks, especially when crossing the railroad tracks at an oblique angle. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/765144 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genesis Fueltech, Inc. (Spokane Valley, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter David DeVries (Spokane, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen purifier utilizing a hydrogen-permeable membrane to purify hydrogen from mixed gases containing hydrogen is disclosed. Improved mechanical support for the permeable membrane is described, enabling forward or reverse differential pressurization of the membrane, which further stabilizes the membrane from wrinkling upon hydrogen uptake. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436047 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/7 |
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| US 08226816 | Kennel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot B. Kennel (Morgantown, West Virginia); Peter G. Stansberry (North Olmsted, Ohio); Alfred H. Stiller (Morgantown, West Virginia); John W. Zondlo (Albright, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a method are described for modifying pitches, oils, tars, and binders by using these materials as solvents to extract organic chemicals from coal. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805737 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Reed (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a pattern in an aerogel disposed as a coating on a substrate comprises exposing the aerogel coating to the vapors of a hydrophobic silane compound, masking the aerogel coating with a shadow photomask and irradiating the aerogel coating with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. The exposure to UV through the shadow mask creates a pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions in the aerogel coating. Etching away the hydrophilic regions of the aerogel coating, preferably with a 1 molar solution of sodium hydroxide, leaves the unwetted and unetched hydrophobic regions of the aerogel layer on the substrate, replicating the pattern of the photomask. The hydrophobic aerogel pattern can be further exposed to UV irradiation if desired, to create a hydrophilic aerogel pattern. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480158 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226861 | Hayes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Ryan Hayes (Chandler, Arizona); Gregory Walker Nyce (Pleasanton, California); Joshua David Kuntz (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing nanoporous material includes the steps of providing a liquid, providing nanoparticles, producing a slurry of the liquid and the nanoparticles, removing the liquid from the slurry, and producing a monolith. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594522 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226909 | Rolllins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry W. Rolllins (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Lucia M. Petkovic (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Daniel M. Ginosar (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalytic structures include a catalytic material disposed within a zeolite material. The catalytic material may be capable of catalyzing a formation of methanol from carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide, and the zeolite material may be capable of catalyzing a formation of hydrocarbon molecules from methanol. The catalytic material may include copper and zinc oxide. The zeolite material may include a first plurality of pores substantially defined by a crystal structure of the zeolite material and a second plurality of pores dispersed throughout the zeolite material. Systems for synthesizing hydrocarbon molecules also include catalytic structures. Methods for synthesizing hydrocarbon molecules include contacting hydrogen and at least one of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide with such catalytic structures. Catalytic structures are fabricated by forming a zeolite material at least partially around a template structure, removing the template structure, and introducing a catalytic material into the zeolite material. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/970689 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/652 |
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| US 08226918 | Ozkan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umit S. Ozkan (Worthington, Ohio); Erik M. Holmgreen (Columbus, Ohio); Matthew M. Yung (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of carbon monoxide (CO) removal comprises providing an oxidation catalyst comprising cobalt supported on an inorganic oxide. The method further comprises feeding a gaseous stream comprising CO, and oxygen (O2) to the catalyst system, and removing CO from the gaseous stream by oxidizing the CO to carbon dioxide (CO2) in the presence of the oxidation catalyst at a temperature between about 20 to about 200° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410267 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227051 | Paulauskas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix L. Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); Daniel M. Sherman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for enhancing the surface energy and/or surface chemistry of carbon fibers involves exposing the fibers to direct or indirect contact with atmospheric pressure plasma generated using a background gas containing at least some oxygen or other reactive species. The fiber may be exposed directly to the plasma, provided that the plasma is nonfilamentary, or the fiber may be exposed indirectly through contact with gases exhausting from a plasma discharge maintained in a separate volume. In either case, the process is carried out at or near atmospheric pressure, thereby eliminating the need for vacuum equipment. The process may be further modified by moistening the fibers with selected oxygen-containing liquids before exposure to the plasma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/159006 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/569 |
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| US 08227082 | Goyal |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystalline article includes a single-crystal ceramic fiber, tape or ribbon. The fiber, tape or ribbon has at least one crystallographic facet along its length, which is generally at least one meter long. In the case of sapphire, the facets are R-plane, M-plane, C-plane or A-plane facets. Epitaxial articles, including superconducting articles, can be formed on the fiber, tape or ribbon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861949 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/389 |
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| US 08227105 | Gerald, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Katarina J. Ruscic (Chicago, Illinois); Devin N. Sears (Spruce Grove, Canada); Luis J. Smith (Natick, Massachusetts); Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a unique battery having a physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte-electrode monolith and method of making the same. The Applicant's invented battery employs a physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte-electrode that acts as a separator, electrolyte, and electrode, within the same monolithic structure. The chemical composition, physical arrangement of molecules, and physical geometry of the pores play a role in the sequestration and conduction of ions. In one preferred embodiment, ions are transported via the ion-hoping mechanism where the oxygens of the Al2O3 wall are available for positive ion coordination (i.e. Li+). This active membrane-electrode composite can be adjusted to a desired level of ion conductivity by manipulating the chemical composition and structure of the pore wall to either increase or decrease ion conduction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/939721 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227140 | Hamrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Mark S. Schaberg (Lake Elmo, Minnesota); Neeraj Sharma (Woodbury, Minnesota); John E. Abulu (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials are provided that may be useful as ionomers or polymer ionomers, including compounds including bis sulfonyl imide groups which may be highly fluorinated and may be polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, October 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269907 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/494 |
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| US 08227147 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Seung Kim (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Bryan S. Pivovar (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing advanced membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for use in fuel cells. A base polymer is selected for a base membrane. An electrode composition is selected to optimize properties exhibited by the membrane electrode assembly based on the selection of the base polymer. A property-tuning coating layer composition is selected based on compatibility with the base polymer and the electrode composition. A solvent is selected based on the interaction of the solvent with the base polymer and the property-tuning coating layer composition. The MEA is assembled by preparing the base membrane and then applying the property-tuning coating layer to form a composite membrane. Finally, a catalyst is applied to the composite membrane. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/113678 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227242 | Bradbury |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. Bradbury (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a novel phagemid display system for packaging phagemid DNA into phagemid particles which completely avoids the use of helper phage. The system of the invention incorporates the use of bacterial packaging cell lines which have been transformed with helper plasmids containing all required phage proteins but not the packaging signals. The absence of packaging signals in these helper plasmids prevents their DNA from being packaged in the bacterial cell, which provides a number of significant advantages over the use of both standard and modified helper phage. Packaged phagemids expressing a protein or peptide of interest, in fusion with a phage coat protein such as g3p, are generated simply by transfecting phagemid into the packaging cell line. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636023 |
| 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 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227375 | Willis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Willis (Cary, Illinois); John J. Low (Schaumburg, Illinois); Syed A. Faheem (Huntley, Illinois); Annabelle I. Benin (Oak Forest, Illinois); Randall Q. Snurr (Evanston, Illinois); Ahmet Ozgur Yazaydin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves the use of certain metal organic frameworks that have been treated with water or another metal titrant in the storage of carbon dioxide. The capacity of these frameworks is significantly increased through this treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552037 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227411 | Zamora et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Incle (Rockvile, Maryland); Brookhaven and Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul O. Zamora (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Louis A. Pena (Poquott, New York); Xinhua Lin (Plainview, New York); Kazuyuki Takahashi (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a fibroblast growth factor heparin-binding analog of the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, Y and Z are as defined, pharmaceutical compositions, coating compositions and medical devices including the fibroblast growth factor heparin-binding analog of the foregoing formula, and methods and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/361565 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227614 | Newkome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the formation of synthesized fractal constructs and the methods of chemical self-assembly for the preparation of a non-dendritic, nano-scale, fractal constructs or molecules. More particularly, the invention relates to fractal constructs formed by molecular self-assembly, to create synthetic, nanometer-scale fractal shapes. In an embodiment, a nanoscale Sierpinski hexagonal gasket is formed. This non-dendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is comprised of bisterpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to 36 Ru and 6 Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299486 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227985 | Shurter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Philips Shurter (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David James Devlin (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Nathan Andrew Moody (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jose Martin Taccetti (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Steven John Russell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron source includes a back contact surface having a means for attaching a power source to the back contact surface. The electron source also includes a layer comprising platinum in direct contact with the back contact surface, a composite layer of single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in platinum in direct contact with the layer comprising platinum. The electron source also includes a nanocrystalline diamond layer in direct contact with the composite layer. The nanocrystalline diamond layer is doped with boron. A portion of the back contact surface is removed to reveal the underlying platinum. The electron source is contained in an evacuable container. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204008 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/542 |
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| US 08228055 | Mueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred M. Mueller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jens Haenisch (Dresden, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The transverse critical-current uniformity in a superconducting tape was determined using a magnetic knife apparatus. A critical current Ic distribution and transverse critical current density Jc distribution in YBCO coated conductors was measured nondestructively with high resolution using a magnetic knife apparatus. The method utilizes the strong depression of Jc in applied magnetic fields. A narrow region of low, including zero, magnetic field in a surrounding higher field is moved transversely across a sample of coated conductor. This reveals the critical current density distribution. A Fourier series inversion process was used to determine the transverse Jc distribution in the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/560303 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228675 | Koplow |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for a forced-convection heat exchanger are provided. In one embodiment, heat is transferred to or from a thermal load in thermal contact with a heat conducting structure, across a narrow air gap, to a rotating heat transfer structure immersed in a surrounding medium such as air. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732662 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228961 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zenghu Chang (Manhattan, Kansas); Chenxia Yun (Manhattan, Kansas); Shouyuan Chen (Manhattan, Kansas); He Wang (Manhattan, Kansas); Michael Chini (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A feedback control module for stabilizing a carrier-envelope phase of an output of a laser oscillator system comprises a first photodetector, a second photodetector, a phase stabilizer, an optical modulator, and a thermal control element. The first photodetector may generate a first feedback signal corresponding to a first portion of a laser beam from an oscillator. The second photodetector may generate a second feedback signal corresponding to a second portion of the laser beam filtered by a low-pass filter. The phase stabilizer may divide the frequency of the first feedback signal by a factor and generate an error signal corresponding to the difference between the frequency-divided first feedback signal and the second feedback signal. The optical modulator may modulate the laser beam within the oscillator corresponding to the error signal. The thermal control unit may change the temperature of the oscillator corresponding to a signal operable to control the optical modulator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320226 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/38.10 |
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| US 08229054 | Guillen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna P. Guillen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Glen R. Longhurst (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas L. Porter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James R. Parry (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A conduction cooled neutron absorber may include a metal matrix composite that comprises a metal having a thermal neutron cross-section of at least about 50 barns and a metal having a thermal conductivity of at least about 1 W/cm·K. Apparatus for providing a neutron flux having a high fast-to-thermal neutron ratio may include a source of neutrons that produces fast neutrons and thermal neutrons. A neutron absorber positioned adjacent the neutron source absorbs at least some of the thermal neutrons so that a region adjacent the neutron absorber has a fast-to-thermal neutron ratio of at least about 15. A coolant in thermal contact with the neutron absorber removes heat from the neutron absorber. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184136 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229075 | Cowan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Cowan (Dresden, Germany); Steven Malekos (Reno, Nevada); Grant Korgan (Reno, Nevada); Jesse Adams (Reno, Nevada); Yasuhiko Sentoku (Reno, Nevada); Nathalie Le Galloudec (Reno, Nevada); Julien Fuchs (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides targets including a metal layer and defining a hollow inner surface. The hollow inner surface has an internal apex. The distance between at least two opposing points of the internal apex is less than about 15 μm. In particular examples, the distance is less than about 1 μm. Particular implementations of the targets are free standing. The targets have a number of disclosed shaped, including cones, pyramids, hemispheres, and capped structures. The present disclosure also provides arrays of such targets. Also provided are methods of forming targets, such as the disclosed targets, using lithographic techniques, such as photolithographic techniques. In particular examples, a target mold is formed from a silicon wafer and then one or more sides of the mold are coated with a target material, such as one or more metals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/066479 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229548 | Frangioni |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and fluorescent images. The system may employ dyes in a small-molecule form that remains in a subject's blood stream for several minutes, allowing real-time imaging of the subject's circulatory system superimposed upon a conventional, visible light image of the subject. The system may also employ dyes or other fluorescent substances associated with antibodies, antibody fragments, or ligands that accumulate within a region of diagnostic significance. In one embodiment, the system provides an excitation light source to excite the fluorescent substance and a visible light source for general illumination within the same optical guide that is used to capture images. In another embodiment, the system is configured for use in open surgical procedures by providing an operating area that is closed to ambient light. More broadly, the systems described herein may be used in imaging applications where a visible light image may be usefully supplemented by an image formed from fluorescent emissions from a fluorescent substance that marks areas of functional interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/507253 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
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| US 08230433 | Chiu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Chiu (Cross River, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A performance monitoring unit (PMU) and method for monitoring performance of events occurring in a multiprocessor system. The multiprocessor system comprises a plurality of processor devices units, each processor device for generating signals representing occurrences of events in the processor device, and, a single shared counter resource for performance monitoring. The performance monitor unit is shared by all processor cores in the multiprocessor system. The PMU comprises: a plurality of performance counters each for counting signals representing occurrences of events from one or more the plurality of processor units in the multiprocessor system; and, a plurality of input devices for receiving the event signals from one or more processor devices of the plurality of processor units, the plurality of input devices programmable to select event signals for receipt by one or more of the plurality of performance counters for counting, wherein the PMU is shared between multiple processing units, or within a group of processors in the multiprocessing system. The PMU is further programmed to monitor event signals issued from non-processor devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768777 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin R. Bollinger (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Michael Izenson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Weibo Chen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire); Robert Cook (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Horst Richter (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to systems and methods for rapidly and isothermally expanding and compressing gas in energy storage and recovery systems that use open-air hydraulic-pneumatic cylinder assemblies, such as an accumulator and an intensifier in communication with a high-pressure gas storage reservoir on a gas-side of the circuits and a combination fluid motor/pump, coupled to a combination electric generator/motor on the fluid side of the circuits. The systems use heat transfer subsystems in communication with at least one of the cylinder assemblies or reservoir to thermally condition the gas being expanded or compressed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/639703 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226236 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Fife, United Kingdom); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for in vivo imaging of at least one cell including: first obtaining a first image of at least one cell; second obtaining a second image of the at least one cell; adjusting at least one of the first image and the second image to account for a movement of the at least one cell; generating a final image based at least in part on the adjusting. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/798902 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221 |
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| US 08226804 | Gebhart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia); Faraday Technology, Inc. (Clayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Gebhart (Dayton, Ohio); E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for establishing more uniform deposition across one or more faces of a workpiece in an electroplating process. The apparatus employs eductors in conjunction with a flow dampener member and other measures to provide a more uniform current distribution and a more uniform metal deposit distribution as reflected in a coefficient of variability that is lower than conventional processes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086683 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/273 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226878 | Huo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qun Huo (Orlando, Florida); Hui Chen (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming articles having closed microchannels includes the steps of providing a substrate including a composite material, the composite having metal nanoparticles dispersed in a polymer matrix. The substrate is irradiated with a laser beam at an intensity and time sufficient to selectively remove the polymer below a surface of said substrate to form at least one microchannel, wherein the intensity and time is low enough to avoid removing the polymer above the microchannel, wherein an article having at least one closed microchannel is formed. A metal nanoparticle/polymer composite composition can have functionality that can undergo addition reactions to seal or join pieces of polymers or composites upon irradiation of the composition placed on one or more pieces. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774796 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/400 |
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| US 08227187 | Bazan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Brent S. Gaylord (San Diego, California); Shu Wang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for assaying a sample for a target polynucleotide are provided. A sample suspected of containing the target polynucleotide is contacted with a polycationic multichromophore and a sensor polynucleotide complementary to the target polynucleotide. The sensor polynucleotide comprises a signaling chromophore to receive energy from the excited multichromophore and increase emission in the presence of the target polynucleotide. The methods can be used in multiplex form. Kits comprising reagents for performing such methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632734 |
| 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 |
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| US 08227566 | McCullough et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. McCullough (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Jinsong Liu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Paul C. Ewbank (St. Paul, Minnesota); Elena E. Sheina (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polythiophenes, particularly regioregular head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophenes) (HT-PATs), block copolymers made therefrom, and their methods of formation. The present invention provides HT-PATs with well-defined, specific end-groups, functionalization of the defined HT-PATs, and incorporation of end group functionalized HT-PATs into block copolymers with structural polymers. The intrinsically conductive diblock and triblock copolymers, formed from the HT-PATs, have excellent conductivity and low polydispersities that are useful in a number of applications. The block copolymers of the present invention have been found to exhibit conductivities that range from a low of 10−8 S/cm for certain applications to as high as several hundred S/cm or more. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088341 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227614 | Newkome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the formation of synthesized fractal constructs and the methods of chemical self-assembly for the preparation of a non-dendritic, nano-scale, fractal constructs or molecules. More particularly, the invention relates to fractal constructs formed by molecular self-assembly, to create synthetic, nanometer-scale fractal shapes. In an embodiment, a nanoscale Sierpinski hexagonal gasket is formed. This non-dendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is comprised of bisterpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to 36 Ru and 6 Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299486 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227616 | Blackwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen E. Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Matthew D. Bowman (Vernon, Connecticut); Jennifer C. O'Neill (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Stringer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compounds providing antibacterial therapeutic agents and preparations, and related methods of using and making antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial compounds of the present invention include chalcone, alkylpyrimidine, aminopyrimidine and cyanopyridine compounds and derivatives thereof exhibiting minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) similar to or less than conventional antibacterial compounds in wide use. For example, the present invention provides chalcone and cyanopyridine compounds, and derivatives thereof, exhibiting high antibacterial activities having multiple electron withdrawing group substituents, such as halogens and fluorinated alky groups, and optionally having hydroxyl and/or alkoxyl groups substituents. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815250 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227635 | Bowden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ned Bowden (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael Brett Runge (Iowa City, Iowa); Alan Lee Miller, III (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and an apparatus useful for site-isolating reagents or catalysts during chemical reactions. The methods and apparatus are useful for carrying out cascade or domino reactions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/476978 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227639 | Toscano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals (Hunt Valley, Maryland); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Toscano (Glen Arm, Maryland); Frederick Arthur Brookfield (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Andrew D. Cohen (New York, New York); Stephen Martin Courtney (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Lisa Marie Frost (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Vincent Jacob Kalish (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to N-hydroxylsulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxylsulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxylsulfonamide derivatives. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/239705 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228718 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Qing Zhu (San Jose, California); Chia-Ling Chien (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured is a magnetic ring structure including at least a vortex magnetic state such as symmetrically and asymmetrically shaped nanorings ( |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153840 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228836 | Erkip et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elza Erkip (New York, New York); Thanasis Korakis (Brooklyn, New York); Pei Liu (Forest Hills, New York); Shivendra S. Panwar (Freehold, New Jersey); Anna Scaglione (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Data is transmitted from a source wireless device to a destination wireless device by: (a) discovering node-to-node wireless channel conditions in a wireless network; (b) determining at least one of (A) wireless relay devices, (B) modulation schemes, and (C) transmission rates using the discovered node-to-node channel conditions; (c) signaling at least some of the determined information to the determined wireless relay devices; (d) receiving, with each of the wireless relay devices, a transmission of the data from the source wireless device; and (e) transmitting, with each of the wireless relay devices, a randomized, space-time encoded, part of the received data, to the destination device using the signaled at least some of the determined information. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479563 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228959 | Brownell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hayden Brownell (Thetford Center, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A system generates FIR laser radiation. An electron source generates an electron beam. A grating horn interacts with the electron beam to produce the FIR laser radiation. The grating horn may comprise a flat base and a pair of grating elements attached to the base, each of the grating elements being ruled with a grating period, the grating elements oriented in phase and in substantial symmetry about a normal to the flat base. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/529343 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228961 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zenghu Chang (Manhattan, Kansas); Chenxia Yun (Manhattan, Kansas); Shouyuan Chen (Manhattan, Kansas); He Wang (Manhattan, Kansas); Michael Chini (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A feedback control module for stabilizing a carrier-envelope phase of an output of a laser oscillator system comprises a first photodetector, a second photodetector, a phase stabilizer, an optical modulator, and a thermal control element. The first photodetector may generate a first feedback signal corresponding to a first portion of a laser beam from an oscillator. The second photodetector may generate a second feedback signal corresponding to a second portion of the laser beam filtered by a low-pass filter. The phase stabilizer may divide the frequency of the first feedback signal by a factor and generate an error signal corresponding to the difference between the frequency-divided first feedback signal and the second feedback signal. The optical modulator may modulate the laser beam within the oscillator corresponding to the error signal. The thermal control unit may change the temperature of the oscillator corresponding to a signal operable to control the optical modulator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320226 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/38.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229967 | Tuttle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claurissa Tuttle (Salt Lake City, Utah); Cláudio T. Silva (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of visually representing pedigree data is provided. A root individual in a genealogical dataset is identified. A first parent and a second parent of the identified root individual are identified from the genealogical dataset. A third parent and a fourth parent of the identified first parent are identified from the genealogical dataset. A pedigree visualization relative to the identified root individual is presented which includes a root indicator, a first parent indicator, a second parent indicator, a third parent indicator, and a fourth parent indicator. The first parent indicator is presented in a first direction relative to the root indicator, the second parent indicator is presented in a second direction relative to the root indicator, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, the third parent indicator is presented in a third direction relative to the first parent indicator, wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the fourth parent indicator is presented in a fourth direction relative to the first parent indicator, wherein the fourth direction is opposite the third direction. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562413 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/797 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08230351 | Patton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Patton (Eugene, Oregon); Christopher DiGiano (Boulder, Colorado); Krista Davis (San Diego, California); John Brecht (San Francisco, California); Alexandra Harris (Palo Alto, California); Patricia Schank (Menlo Park, California); Jeremy Roschelle (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for collaborative work is provided. One embodiment of a method for facilitating a collaborative task undertaken by a plurality of users, where each of the users uses a networked computing device that displays a user interface including a public panel representing a shared workspace and a private panel representing a personal workspace, includes receiving, by a server, a first request from a user to move a component from the shared workspace to the user's personal workspace The component represents an individual contribution to the collaborative task. The method then renders the component unavailable for use (e.g., moving or editing) by the other users. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/734158 |
| ART UNIT | 2172 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/753 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08225984 | Ding |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Jeffrey Ding (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A welding method is provided for forming a weld joint between first and second elements of a workpiece. The method includes heating the first and second elements to form an interface of material in a plasticized or melted state interface between the elements. The interface material is then allowed to cool to a plasticized state if previously in a melted state. The interface material, while in the plasticized state, is then mixed, for example, using a grinding/extruding process, to remove any dendritic-type weld microstructures introduced into the interface material during the heating process. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157988 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/112.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08226767 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia); James R. Elliott (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | “Super-hetero-epitaxial” combinations comprise epitaxial growth of one material on a different material with different crystal structure. Compatible crystal structures may be identified using a “Tri-Unity” system. New bandgap engineering diagrams are provided for each class of combination, based on determination of hybrid lattice constants for the constituent materials in accordance with lattice-matching equations. Using known bandgap figures for previously tested materials, new materials with lattice constants that match desired substrates and have the desired bandgap properties may be formulated by reference to the diagrams and lattice matching equations. In one embodiment, this analysis makes it possible to formulate new super-hetero-epitaxial semiconductor systems, such as systems based on group IV alloys on c-plane LaF3; group IV alloys on c-plane langasite; Group III-V alloys on c-plane langasite; and group II-VI alloys on c-plane sapphire. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254134 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227363 | Leventis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio Aerospace Institute (Cleveland, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Westlake, Ohio); Mary Ann B. Meador (Strongsville, Ohio); James C. Johnston (Euclid, Ohio); Eve F. Fabrizio (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ulvi F. Ilhan (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | Structurally stable and mechanically strong ceramic oxide aerogels are provided. The aerogels are cross-linked via organic polymer chains that are attached to and extend from surface-bound functional groups provided or present over the internal surfaces of a mesoporous ceramic oxide particle network via appropriate chemical reactions. The functional groups can be hydroxyl groups, which are native to ceramic oxides, or they can be non-hydroxyl functional groups that can be decorated over the internal surfaces of the ceramic oxide network. Methods of preparing such mechanically strong ceramic oxide aerogels also are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658318 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229595 | Seelinger et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Seelinger (South Bend, Indiana); John-David Yoder (Bluffton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a system for enabling instrument placement from distances on the order of five meters, for example, and increases accuracy of the instrument placement relative to visually-specified targets. The system provides precision control of a mobile base of a rover and onboard manipulators (e.g., robotic arms) relative to a visually-specified target using one or more sets of cameras. The system automatically compensates for wheel slippage and kinematic inaccuracy ensuring accurate placement (on the order of 2 mm, for example) of the instrument relative to the target. The system provides the ability for autonomous instrument placement by controlling both the base of the rover and the onboard manipulator using a single set of cameras. To extend the distance from which the placement can be completed to nearly five meters, target information may be transferred from navigation cameras (used for long-range) to front hazard cameras (used for positioning the manipulator). |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487757 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08227240 | Elson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot Elson (University City, Missouri); William B. McConnaughey (St. Louis, Missouri); Tetsuro Wakatsuki (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for culturing a bio-artificial tissue including a multi-well plate and a scaffold is disclosed herein. Also disclosed is a tissue indentation system that includes a probe, an isometric force transducer, a computer and a computer-controlled motor. A tissue response system is provided and has a well including a scaffold with a bio-artificial tissue suspended on the scaffold and the tissue indentation system. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774393 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227325 | Bet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sachin Bet (Orlando, Florida); Aravinda Kar (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An article includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a plurality of single crystal crystallites of semiconductor material and a substrate having a melting or softening point of <200° C. supporting the semiconductor layer. An average grain size of the plurality of single crystal crystallites is less at an interface proximate to the substrate as compared to an average grain size in the semiconductor layer remote from the interface. The semiconductor layer is fused exclusive of any bonding agent or intermediate layer to the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707367 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227365 | Nageswaran |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biocidal ceramic compositions incorporating a bioactive ionic species that is chemically bound in a substantially single-phase, crystalline, [NZP]-type structure, methods for producing the crystalline structures, and articles of manufacture incorporating the crystalline structures, and uses of the articles of manufacture. Bioactive ionic species can be, but are not limited to, Ag, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, Sn, Co, H, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450034 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08229595 | Seelinger et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Seelinger (South Bend, Indiana); John-David Yoder (Bluffton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a system for enabling instrument placement from distances on the order of five meters, for example, and increases accuracy of the instrument placement relative to visually-specified targets. The system provides precision control of a mobile base of a rover and onboard manipulators (e.g., robotic arms) relative to a visually-specified target using one or more sets of cameras. The system automatically compensates for wheel slippage and kinematic inaccuracy ensuring accurate placement (on the order of 2 mm, for example) of the instrument relative to the target. The system provides the ability for autonomous instrument placement by controlling both the base of the rover and the onboard manipulator using a single set of cameras. To extend the distance from which the placement can be completed to nearly five meters, target information may be transferred from navigation cameras (used for long-range) to front hazard cameras (used for positioning the manipulator). |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487757 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08227194 | Rus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horea Rus (Cantonsville, Maryland); Tudor Constantin Badea (Cockeysville, Maryland); Matthew Fosbrink (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to antibodies that bind to a fragment of the Response Gene to Complement-32 (RGC-32), as well as methods of using these antibodies. Particular methods of using the antibodies of the present invention include, but are not limited to, methods of detecting RGC-32 in a sample, methods of assaying cell proliferation, as well as methods of detecting and/or monitoring the progression of abnormal conditions in a subject, where the disease states are associated with the presence or absence of RGC-32. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/911103 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227405 | Schally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Schally (Miami Beach, Florida); Jozsef Varga (Miami Beach, Florida); Marta Zarandi (Miami Beach, Florida); Ren Zhi Cai (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel fluorinated synthetic analogs of hGH-RH(1-30)NH2 that inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary in mammals as well as inhibit the proliferation of human cancers through a direct effect on the cancer cells, and to therapeutic compositions containing these novel peptides and their use. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562096 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227421 | Schally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Schally (Miami Beach, Florida); Jozsef Varga (Miami Beach, Florida); Marta Zarandi (Miami Beach, Florida); Ren Zhi Cai (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel fluorinated synthetic analogs of hGH-RH(1-30)NH2 that inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary in mammals as well as inhibit the proliferation of human cancers through a direct effect on the cancer cells, and to therapeutic compositions containing these novel peptides and their use. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562010 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Sectretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ross (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing chromatography separations or analyses are disclosed. The methods are based upon an equilibrium gradient focusing mode in contrast to conventional transient migration-based modes. By matching the migration speed of one or more analyte(s) of interest to the wave speed of a thermal gradient induced to travel along a region in which chromatographic partitioning occurs, significant improvements in detection limits are achieved. In particular, a temperature gradient focusing strategy is described in which analyte(s) of interest are circulated around a continuous chromatography system in order to focus the analyte(s). Also described are various devices and systems that can be used in the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/506370 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/198.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08227117 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paolina Atanassova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gordon L. Rice (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Brewster (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Rimple Bhatia (Placitas, New Mexico); Paul Napolitano (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bogdan Gurau (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrodes and electrocatalyst layers incorporating modified carbon products. The modified carbon products may advantageously enhance the properties of an electrode or electrode layer, leading to more efficiency within the a fuel cell or similar device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081752 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08227365 | Nageswaran |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramachandran Nageswaran (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biocidal ceramic compositions incorporating a bioactive ionic species that is chemically bound in a substantially single-phase, crystalline, [NZP]-type structure, methods for producing the crystalline structures, and articles of manufacture incorporating the crystalline structures, and uses of the articles of manufacture. Bioactive ionic species can be, but are not limited to, Ag, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, Sn, Co, H, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450034 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08228501 | Denney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Denney (Columbus, Ohio); Jay R. Eastman (Westerville, Ohio); Ta-Chieh Huang (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method processes a structure comprising embedded material. The system includes a laser adapted to generate light and to irradiate an interaction region of the structure. The system further includes an optical system adapted to receive light from the interaction region and to generate a detection signal indicative of the presence of embedded material in the interaction region. The system further includes a controller operatively coupled to the laser and the optical system. The controller is adapted to receive the detection signal and to be responsive to the detection signal by selectively adjusting the laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957197 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08226938 | Meikle 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) | William G. Meikle (Clapiers, France); Christian Nansen (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A biopesticide formulation using isolates of the fungus Beauveria bassiana has been developed, which can be used to control arachnid infestations of honeybee hives. The formulation is particularly useful for controlling infestations of Varroa destructor in honey bee hives. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239953 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08229916 | Narang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ankur Narang (New Delhi, India); Vikas Agarwal (Noida, India); Vijay Kumar Garg (Haryana, India); Douglas James Joseph (Danbury, Connecticut); Monu Kedia (Jharkhand, India); Maged M. Michael (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided, in a parallel pipelined structure on a multi-core device, a method for parallel pipelined multi-core indexing. The method includes generating one or more single document indexes respectively corresponding to one or more single documents of a given data stream. The method further includes generating one or more multi-document interval-based hash tables from the one or more single document indexes. The method also includes generating a global hash table formed from merging one or more of the multi-document interval-based hash tables, the global hash table representing a collective index for all of the single documents for which the one or more single document indexes were generated. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/248430 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/711 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08229237 | Sahr |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon, by and through the State Board of Higher Education, on behalf of Southern Oregon University (Ashland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Sahr (Applegate, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assigning path address-form location codes to objects represented using aperture 3 hexagon discrete global grid systems in both vector systems and bucket and raster systems in which hexagons in a first resolution are given a linear code and hexagons in subsequent finer resolutions have identifiers added to the linear code, the method iteratively applying the assigning step to further finer resolutions to a maximum resolution. In vector systems each hexagon has seven hexagons in a finer resolution and in raster and bucket systems each hexagon is assigned to be an open or closed generator class, an open generator creating a closed generator in a finer resolution, and a closed generator generating six open generator hexagons and a seventh closed generator hexagon. |
| FILED | Monday, October 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/897612 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08227718 | Avant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oscar Lee Avant (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ralph William Boldt, Jr. (Monrovia, Maryland); Margaret A. Boldt, legal representative (Monrovia, Maryland); Bruce A. Brandt (Gainesville, Virginia); Jay David Fadely (Palmetto, Florida); Michael Ray Little (Fairfax, Virginia); Simon Franklin Reldel (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for identifying and processing mail using an identification code on a mailpiece as a redundant source of identification information in a mail sorting system. In one embodiment, this information is stored in a temporary database and used for the identification and processing of mail in a Remote Bar Code System (RBCS). In this embodiment, the identification code enables the automation of mail sorting and other processing tasks, reducing costs and delays in mail delivery services. In another embodiment, the identification and processing of mail occurs in an Identification Code Sorting (ICS) system. In this embodiment, a long-term database allows for mail sorting and other processing tasks on a national or global level. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/232898 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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, July 24, 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.
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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)
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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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