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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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| US 08286498 | Robertson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence M. Robertson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Emil V. Ardelean (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James C. Goodding (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vit Babuska (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A standard tensile test device is improved to accurately measure the mechanical properties of stranded cables, ropes, and other composite structures wherein a witness is attached to the top and bottom mounting blocks holding the cable under test. The witness is comprised of two parts: a top and a bottom rod of similar diameter with the bottom rod having a smaller diameter stem on its upper end and the top rod having a hollow opening in its lower end into which the stem fits forming a witness joint. A small gap is present between the top rod and the larger diameter portion of the bottom rod. A standard extensometer is attached to the top and bottom rods of the witness spanning this small witness gap. When a force is applied to separate the mounting blocks, the gap in the witness expands the same length that the entire test specimen is stretched. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/852562 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/826 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287183 | Shepard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. (Ferndale, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Shepard (Southfield, Michigan); James R. Lhota (Beverly Hills, Michigan); Tasdiq Ahmed (Windsor, Canada); Bharat B. Chaudhry (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of thermal inspection of a component defining at least one internal passageway. The method includes receiving a continuous sequence of thermal images of at least an exit hole defined by the at least one internal passageway at a surface of the component. The method also includes delivering a pressurized airflow pulse into the at least one internal passageway, receiving a temperature response signal as function of time based on the received thermal images, determining a first derivative of the temperature response signal, and determining a level of blockage of the at least one internal passageway based on the first derivative of the temperature response signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/050782 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287540 | LeCronier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kettering University (Flint, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David LeCronier (Oxford, Michigan); Patrick Atkinson (Grand Blanc, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An intramedullary nail (20) for insertion into the medullary canal (26) in a bone (24) surrounded by the cortex (28) and defines a bore (34) extending transverse to the intramedullary nail (20). A threaded fastener (22) extends along a fastener axis (A) and has a compression portion (48) having a compression portion diameter (DCP), and a threaded portion (50) having a threaded portion diameter (DTP) extending through a near cortex hole (40) and a far cortex hole (42), both holes (40, 42) radially overlapping the bore (34) and the threaded portion diameter (DTP) threadedly engaging the bore (34). A compression transmission device (54) has an exterior (56) and an interior (58) and defines an interior space for transmitting the compressional load of the threaded fastener (22) to the intramedullary nail (20). The threaded fastener (22) extends through the compression transmission device (54) and the intramedullary nail (20) and the far cortex hole (42) for threadedly engaging the bore (34) and fixating the intramedullary nail (20) within the medullary canal (26). The interior space of the compression transmission device (54) is greater than the compression portion diameter (DCP) of the fastener (22) for providing space at least partially about the threaded fastener (22) for allowing the fastener axis (A) to be variously disposed relative to the interior space. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818395 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287581 | Grahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for preventing a change in the core body temperature of a mammal under cold conditions are provided. In the subject methods, a requirement for thermal energy input in said mammal is first detected. In response to the detection of this requirement for thermal energy input, a surface of a portion of the mammal is contacted with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to introduce thermal energy into the core body of the mammal. The subject devices include at least a means for detecting a requirement for thermal energy input and a means for contacting a surface of the mammal with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, and are particularly suited for use in maintaining the core body temperature of a mammal substantially constant under cold conditions for an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955769 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287711 | Pollack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for manipulating droplets is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a substrate having a set of electrical leads for connecting electrodes to a controller, a first set of electrodes, each connected to a separate one of the electrical leads, and a second set of electrodes, all connected to a single one of the electrical leads. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a substrate having a set of X electrodes, and a set of Y electrical leads, each connected to one or more electrodes, wherein X is greater than Y. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/965206 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287825 | Namazian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altex Technologies (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehdi Namazian (Palo Alto, California); John T. Kelly (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and process for reformulating liquid fuel. In one step of the process the fuel is fractioned into light and heavy fractionates. The light fractionate is then reformed in a steam reformer into a reformed fuel that is suitable for use in fuel cells or other energy-producing devices. The heavy fractionate is burned with a part of the resulting heat used in the reforming step. In one process the light fractionate is desulfurized before entering the reforming step. In another process the heavy fractionate is directed into a holding vessel for subsequent use as a fuel which is suitable for burning to produce heat or other energy. |
| FILED | Friday, November 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986677 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/626 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287831 | Cohen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Cohen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Razvan Caracas (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to partially ordered and ordered oxynitride perovskites of the general formula ABO2N that are polar insulators. A comprises one or more cations or set of cations that sit in sites derived from the A-site in the perovskite structure. B comprises one or more cations or set of cations that sit in sites derived from the B-site in the perovskite structure. C comprises oxygen, O, with optionally some nitrogen, N, and D comprises N, with optionally some O. The total valence of the cations A+B is equal to the total valence of the anions 2 C+D. Also disclosed are methods of producing such oxynitride perovskites and uses of such oxynitride perovskites. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/007043 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287849 | Langer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507999 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287876 | Ching 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) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland); Chien-Chung Chao (N. Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant chimeric antigens comprising unmodified and modified reactive polypeptide fragments of expressed product of the recombinant 56 kDa proteins of multiple strain of scrub typhus, such as Karp, Kato (Ktr56), Gilliam (Gmr56), and TA763 (TAr56). The invention is useful for detecting prior exposure to a number of strains of scrub typhus, based on the strength of reaction toward the chimeric protein and as a component in vaccine formulations and production of immune globulins for passive prophylaxis and immunity in subjects against heterologous infections. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371578 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287896 | Jung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B. Jung (Rolla, Missouri); Delbert E. Day (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A scaffold for implantation into a mammal to facilitate vessel growth in repair, regeneration, and/or proliferation of bodily tissue, where the scaffold is based on a borate, silicate, or phosphate, glass-former and is biodegradable upon implantation in mammals. The scaffold includes one or more trace elements from the group consisting of Cu, F, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Sr, and Zn which are released into the host to support vessel growth. A method involves implantation of such scaffolds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683280 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288098 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AmberGen, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Rothschild (Newton, Massachusetts); Sanjay M. Sonar (Thane (W), India); Jerzy Olejnik (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to agents and conjugates to detect and isolate target components from complex mixtures such as nucleic acids from biological samples, cells from bodily fluids, and nascent proteins from translation reactions. Agents comprise a detectable moiety bound to a photoreactive moiety. Conjugates comprise agents coupled to substrates by covalent bounds which can be selectively cleaved with the administration of electromagnetic radiation. Targets substances labeled with detectable molecules can be easily identified and separated from a heterologous mixture of substances. Exposure of the conjugate to radiation releases the target in a functional form and completely unaltered. Using photocleavable molecular precursors as the conjugates, label can be incorporated into macromolecules, the nascent macromolecules isolated and the label completely removed. The invention also relates to targets isolated with these conjugates which may be useful as pharmaceutical agents or compositions that can be administered to humans and other mammals. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/283209 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288159 | Warren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. et al. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L Warren (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Anatoly Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Mike Nguyen (Orlando, Florida); Robert Parkhill (Orlando, Florida); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Darrell J. Irvine (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gwendalyn J. Randolph (New York, New York); Nir Harcohen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bruce Torbett (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of constructing an integrated artificial immune system that comprises appropriate in vitro cellular and tissue constructs or their equivalents to mimic the normal tissues that interact with vaccines in mammals. The artificial immune system can be used to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates in vitro and thus, is useful to accelerate vaccine development and testing drug and chemical interaction with the immune system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725698 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288220 | Hull et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Adam Hull (Raleigh, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a semiconductor device may include forming a terminal region of a first conductivity type within a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. A well region of a second conductivity type may be formed within the semiconductor layer wherein the well region is adjacent at least portions of the terminal region within the semiconductor layer, a depth of the well region into the semiconductor layer may be greater than a depth of the terminal region into the semiconductor layer, and the first and second conductivity types may be different. An epitaxial semiconductor layer may be formed on the semiconductor layer, and a terminal contact region of the first conductivity type may be formed in the epitaxial semiconductor layer with the terminal contact region providing electrical contact with the terminal region. In addition, an ohmic contact may be formed on the terminal contact region. Related structures are also discussed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/412448 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288244 | Collins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Collins (Williston, Vermont); Jeffrey B. Johnson (Essex Junction, Vermont); Xuefeng Liu (South Burlington, Vermont); Bradley A. Orner (Fairfax, Vermont); Robert M. Rassel (Colchester, Vermont); David C. Sheridan (Williston, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a lateral passive device including a dual annular electrode is disclosed. The annular electrodes formed from the method include an anode and a cathode. The annular electrodes allow anode and cathode series resistances to be optimized to the lowest values at a fixed device area. In addition, the parasitic capacitance to a bottom plate (substrate) is greatly reduced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835283 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288369 | Malafa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mokenge P. Malafa (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for treating neoplastic disorders, such as pancreatic cancer, using tocotrienols; namely, gamma-tocotrienol and delta tocotrienol. The antitumorogenic effects of these compounds are shown both in vitro and in vivo using several human pancreatic cancer cell lines and MIA-PACA2 human pancreatic cancer cells xenografted in nude mice. Also disclosed are methods of testing the efficacy of potential chemotherapeutic agents by measuring their effect on surrogate endpoint biomarkers, such as Ki-67 and p27. Associated compounds are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768373 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288454 | Keller 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) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composition having a thermoset polymer and a plurality of hollow microsphere homogenously dispersed in the composition. The polymer is a cyanate ester thermoset, a phthalonitrile thermoset, a crosslinked acetylene thermoset, or a hydrosilation thermoset. Also disclosed herein is a method of: providing a thermosetting compound; adding microspheres to the thermosetting compound; and mixing the thermosetting compound while initiating crosslinking of the thermosetting compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/539039 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288525 | de Fougerolles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the CD45 gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867230 |
| 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 08288551 | Wipf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505294 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288696 | Boka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Boka (Lumberton, New Jersey); Purusottam Mookerjee (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Naresh R. Patel (Bellmawr, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for engaging a target missile includes sensing the position of the target and of an interceptor missile, and determining time-to-go to intercept and direction of thrust of the interceptor. A one-step intercept solution is determined based on position estimates of the target and the interceptor and is used to iteratively estimate at least two components of a three-dimensional unit thrust vector, and apply updated guidance commands to the interceptor. A system for thrust vector control of an interceptor against a target missile includes a processor for receiving sensed target signals, determining a one-step initial solution to produce time-to-go and current direction of thrust of the interceptor, iteratively estimating at least two components of a three-dimensional unit thrust vector, and producing a guidance vector for application to the interceptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935687 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288697 | Wolf |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Wolf (Berlin, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for commanding an attitude change of a boosting missile to tend to maintain good communication link quality includes the step of precalculating attenuation of a link between the boosting missile and a ground station in the presence and absence of multiple missile plumes. If the actual link attenuation is less than the precalculated attenuation in the absence of multiple missile plumes, no attitude change is commanded. If the actual link attenuation exceeds the precalculated value, the actual link attenuation is compared with the calculated attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes. If the calculated multiple plume RF attenuation is less than the actual link attenuation, the attenuation is deemed to be caused by some factor other than multiple plume attenuation, and produces a flag for commanding a change in attitude. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/648663 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288799 | Sambandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Sambandan (Sunnyvale, California); Ana Claudia Arias (Los Gatos, California); Gregory Lewis Whiting (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film field effect transistor is disclosed which provides improved time-based channel stability. The field effect transistor includes first and second disordered semiconductor layers separated by an insulator. In an embodiment a carrier injection terminal is provided in a thin semiconductor layer closest to the gate terminal. An electric field is established in the thin semiconductor layer. At sufficient field strength, the electric field extends into the second semiconductor layer, which is in contact with the source and drain terminals. At sufficient field strength a channel is established in the second semiconductor layer, permitting current to flow between source and drain terminals. Above a certain gate voltage, there is sufficient free charge is induced in the first semiconductor layer so that the field does not extend into the second semiconductor, effectively shutting off current between source and drain. Single-device transition detection (as well as other applications) may be obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426518 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288922 | Cross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Eric Cross (State College, Pennsylvania); Wenyi Zhu (State College, Pennsylvania); Nan Li (State College, Pennsylvania); John Y. Fu (State College, Pennsylvania); Baojin Chu (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An example flexoelectric-piezoelectric apparatus provides an electrical response to an applied force, and/or an actuation in response to an applied electric field, that originates from the flexoelectric properties of a component. For example, shaped forms within the apparatus may be configured to yield a stress gradient on application of the force, and the stress gradient induces the flexoelectric signal. A flexoelectric-piezoelectric apparatus can be substituted for a conventional piezoelectric apparatus, but does not require the use of a piezoelectric material. Instead, the response of the apparatus is due to the generation of stress gradients and/or field gradients. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875474 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288950 | Walton 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) | Scott G. Walton (Fairfax, Virginia); Christopher D. Cothran (Fairfax, Virginia); Richard F. Fernsler (Annandale, Virginia); Robert A. Meger (Crofton, Maryland); William E. Amatucci (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for controlling electron flow within a plasma to produce a controlled electron beam is provided. A plasma is formed between a cathode and an acceleration anode. A control anode is connected to the plasma and to the acceleration anode via a switch. If the switch is open, the ions from the plasma flow to the cathode and plasma electrons flow to the acceleration anode. With the acceleration anode suitably transparent and negatively biased with a DC high voltage source, the electrons flowing from the plasma are accelerated to form an electron beam. If the switch is closed, the ions still flow to the cathode but the electrons flow to the control anode rather than the acceleration anode. Consequently, the electron beam is turned off, but the plasma is unaffected. By controlling the opening and closing of the switch, a controlled pulsed electron beam can be generated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899012 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289018 | Narducci 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) | Frank A. Narducci (St. Leonard, Maryland); Jon P. Davis (Lusby, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Measuring a magnetic gradient according to the present invention includes generating a beam of like atoms with magnetic sublevels, applying a first pulse of electro-magnetic radiation to the beam of atoms to create a coherent superposition of the magnetic sublevels in the atoms in which the superposition results in a plurality of beams following separate paths and in which at least two of the paths are arms of an interferometer, applying a second pulse of electromagnetic radiation to both beams of atoms a time T later with characteristics substantially similar to the first pulse and in which the product of the Rabi frequency and T now must equal π (versus π/2 in the first pulse), whereby the states of the atoms in the two arms of the interferometer are coherently interchanged and are redirected towards each other. The beams of atoms are then recombined by apply a third pulse of electromagnetic radiation a time T±Δt after the second pulse with characteristics substantially similar to the first pulse such that the paths form a closed loop. Then, a detecting pulse of light is used to detect the number of atoms in one magnetic sublevel versus another magnetic sublevel. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905177 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289063 | Chueh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juang-Ying Chueh (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Jerry Kao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Visvesh Sathe (Fort Collins, Colorado); Marios C. Papaefthymiou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Conrad Ziesler (Granby, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a digital system that includes a distribution network having a path to carry a reference clock and an adjustable delay element disposed along the path, and first and second clock domains coupled to the distribution network to receive the reference clock and configured to be driven by respective clock waveforms, each of which has a frequency in common with the reference clock. The digital system further includes a phase detector coupled to the first and second clock domains to generate a phase difference signal based on the clock waveforms, and a control circuit coupled to the phase detector and configured to adjust the adjustable delay element based on the phase difference signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110439 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289221 | Finucane |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin Finucane (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A center-fed deployable reflectarray antenna system comprised of a stack of flat reflectarray panels, a deployment mast, a waveguide, and an antenna feed. The flat reflector in its deployed configuration is subdivided about its center into n equal panels. The stowed configuration has the n panels arranged in a vertical stack with each separated from the next by a small distance. Panel mounting brackets are attached to each panel at the center area where they would have converged in their deployed configuration. The deployment mast is a hollow cylinder with guide slots cut through its wall. The bottom panel is fixedly attached to the bottom of the deployment mast while the remaining panels are moveable attached to the guide slots. The guide slots are designed so that when going from the stacked to the deployed configuration each panel is moved with respect to the fixed panel along its guide slots a predetermined angle at which point it is dropped to the plane of the fixed panel. The waveguide is located along the central axis of the deployment mast and the antenna feed attached to the waveguide at the appropriate distance from the antenna reflector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/824318 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/781.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289698 | Walder |
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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) | Traci Danielle Walder (Spotsylvania, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A docking station is provided for a laptop computer that has access to at least one connector and at least one push button. The docking station includes upper and lower portions. The upper portion has an aft bridge, a starboard arm and a port arm, each the arm having a lip, at least one of the arms having at least one cavity through a top surface for correspondently receiving the push button, and at least one of the arms having at least one orifice for correspondently receiving the connector. The lower portion has an aft spine, a starboard side, a front spine and a port side that bound a base. The computer can be disposed on the base. The lower portion includes front plates at corners to the starboard and port sides. The upper portion is disposed on the lower portion such that each lip aligns to the corresponding plate. The upper and lower portions are secured by mechanical fasteners, such as screws. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925391 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/679.410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289811 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Mitchell (Sykesville, Maryland); Bliss G. Carkhuff (Laurel, Maryland); Morris L. London (Annapolis, Maryland); Robert E. Ball (Pasadena, Maryland); Nathaniel J. Hundley (Joppa, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of the present invention is drawn to method of determining a location of a submersible vehicle. The method includes obtaining first bearing information based on a location of a ship at a first time relative to the submersible vehicle and receiving broadcast information from the ship, wherein the broadcast information includes location information related to a second location of the ship at a second time, a velocity of the ship at the second time and a course of the ship at the second time. The method further includes obtaining second bearing information based on the second location of the ship at the second time relative to the submersible vehicle, obtaining a velocity of the submersible vehicle at the second time and obtaining a course of the submersible vehicle at the second time. The method still further includes determining the location of the submersible vehicle based on the first bearing information, the second location of the ship at the second time, the velocity of the ship at the second time, the course of the ship at the second time, the second bearing information, the velocity of the submersible vehicle at the second time and the course of the submersible vehicle at the second time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551649 |
| 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 367/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289907 | Seidel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powerwave Cognition, Inc. (Santa Ana, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Y. Seidel (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert J. Breinig (Warrenton, Virginia); Darrell L. Young (Falls Church, Virginia); Gary A. Luethke (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Communicating between a plurality of nodes includes scanning a set of frequencies to determine spectrum awareness data for one or more frequencies; determining a maximum transmit power for one or more of the frequencies based at least in part on the spectrum awareness data for the frequencies; determining one or more channels, each channel occupying at least a portion of the set of frequencies; and selecting one or more of the one or more channels as a bearer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/772691 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290011 | Vurgaftman 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 Vurgaftman (Odenton, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chadwick L. Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); James R. Lindle (Bowie, Maryland); Chul-soo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A gain medium and an interband cascade laser, having the gain medium are presented. The gain medium can have one or both of the following features: (1) the thicknesses of the one or more hole quantum wells in the hole injector region are reduced commensurate with the thickness of the active hole quantum well in the active quantum well region, so as to place the valence band maximum in the hole injector region at least about 100 meV lower than the valence band maximum in the active hole quantum well; and (2) the thickness of the last well of the electron injector region is between 85 and 110% of the thickness of the first active electron quantum well in the active gain region of the next stage of the medium. A laser incorporating a gain medium in accordance with the present invention can emit in the mid-IR range from about 2.5 to 8 μm at high temperatures with room-temperature continuous wave operation to wavelengths of at least 4.6 μm, threshold current density of about 400 A/cm2 and threshold power density of about 900 W/cm2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/023656 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290273 | Prasad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohit Prasad (Acton, Massachusetts); Premkumar Natarajan (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Ehry MacRostie (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-frame persistence of videotext is exploited to mitigate challenges posed by varying characteristics of videotext across frame instances to improve OCR techniques. In some examples, each frame of video is processed to form multiple binary images, and one or more text hypotheses is formed from each binary image. In some examples, one or more combined images are formed from multiple frames processed to form a binary image and a corresponding text hypothesis. The text hypotheses are combined to yield an overall text recognition output. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/413048 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290371 | Etemad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahab Etemad (Warren, New Jersey); Janet Jackel (Holmdel, New Jersey); Sarry Habiby (Middletown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A high data rate optical signal is inverse multiplexed into a multitude of lower-rate tributaries, each of which is coded by its unique OCDM code, and the combined coded tributaries are injected into a common phase scrambler. Coherent summation of these optically encoded tributaries pass through a shared phase or phase and frequency scrambler before exiting the secure location. The setting of the scrambler acts as the key. The authorized recipient with the correct key retrieves the ones and zeros of the several decoded signals. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563706 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290553 | Moeckly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian H. Moeckly (Menlo Park, California); Ward S. Ruby (Palm City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for fabricating thin films on a substrate includes a vacuum chamber, a rotatable platen configured to hold one or more substrates within the vacuum chamber, and a housing disposed within the vacuum chamber. The housing contains a heating element and is configured to enclose an upper surface of the platen and a lower portion configured to partially enclose an underside surface of the platen which forms a reaction zone. A heated evaporation cell is operatively coupled to the lower portion of the housing and configured to deliver a pressurized metallic reactant to the reaction zone. The device includes a deposition zone disposed in the vacuum chamber and isolated from the reaction zone and is configured to deposit a deposition species to the exposed underside of the substrates when the substrates are not contained in the reaction zone. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/219380 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290619 | McLurkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James McLurkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Smith (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features methods for operating, such as methods for dispersing and clustering, robotic devices (i.e., “robots”) that employ adaptive behavior relative to neighboring robots and external (e.g., environmental) conditions. Each robot is capable of receiving, processing, and acting on one or more multi-device primitive commands that describe a task the robot will perform in response to other robots and the external conditions. The commands facilitate a distributed command and control structure, relieving a central apparatus or operator from the need to monitor the progress of each robot. This virtually eliminates the corresponding constraint on the maximum number of robots that can be deployed to perform a task (e.g., data collection, mapping, searching, dispersion, and retrieval). By increasing the number of robots, the efficiency in completing the task is also increased. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909707 |
| 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 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290753 | Tryon, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vextec Corporation (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Tryon, III (Brentwood, Tennessee); Animesh Dey (Brentwood, Tennessee); Loren A. Nasser (Brentwood, Tennessee); Ganapathi Krishnan (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The technology includes methods, a system, and a computer readable medium for predicting the time to failure of an electronic component, by generating a finite element model of the component, developing a microstructure-based failure model for each representative volume element associated with each node in the finite element model, and calculating a time to failure of the component from the shortest predicted time to failure of any node when a value of a stress variable is applied to the microstructure-based failure model of each node. The technology further includes methods, system, and a medium programmed to predict failure of a system that includes an electronic component, based on predicting time to failure of the component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/724044 |
| 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 08290939 | Bouillet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Busines Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bouillet (Hawthorne, New York); Hanhua Feng (Hawthorne, New York); Anton V Riabov (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for visualizing query results in stream processing systems, a visualization service receives a query from a client to visualize data in a stream processing application. The query is sent from the visualization service to a query-able operator of the stream processing application. At the query-able operator, an operation is performed using history data in the query-able operator to produce a first result that satisfies the query and the first result is sent to the visualization service. At the query-able operator, another operation is performed using new data received by the query-able operator to produce a second result that satisfies the query and the second result is sent to the visualization service. The first and second results are output from the visualization service to the client. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827419 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/722 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290943 | Carbone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John N. Carbone (Garland, Texas); Christopher E. Kline (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Kevin L. Johnson (Mill Hall, Pennsylvania); Kenneth J. Magnes (State College, Pennsylvania); Ashley C. Mort (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a geographical information system has an information database and a client computing system that is coupled to a web server. A web based application is operable to display a map that includes a particular geographical location, retrieve at least one of a plurality of data records from the metadata database, and display the at least one data record at the particular geographical location of the map for a user. The web based application is executable on the client computing system or on the web server using a web browser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/773260 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290979 | Fernandez |
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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) | Richard Fernandez (Kailua, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A Software Architecture for Access Control Based on Hierarchical Characteristics includes a computer implemented software architecture for determining object access of a resource by comparing an object profile to a resource profile. The comparison is made with reference to a plurality of object reference categories where each object reference category includes a plurality of hierarchically linked object reference values. The object reference values represent possible characteristics of the object such as, security clearance or job title. The resource profile represents the minimum object reference values necessary for access to the resource and the object profile represents no more than one object reference value for each of the object reference categories. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167404 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/782 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291003 | Boersma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maarten J. Boersma (Holzgerlingen, Germany); K. Michael Kroener (Ehningen, Germany); Petra Leber (Ehningen, Germany); Silvia M. Mueller (Altdorf, Germany); Jochen Preiss (Boeblingen, Germany); Kerstin Schelm (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | In a binary floating point processor, the exponents of each of the various types of operands are recoded into an internal format, by biasing the exponents with the minimum exponent value of the result precision (“Emin”), i.e., the recoded value of the exponent is the represented value of the exponent minus Emin. Emin depends only on the result precision of the instruction that is currently being executed in the binary floating point processor. The exponent computations are then performed in this new format. The underflow check for all result precisions is a check against zero and overflow checks are performed against a positive number that depends on the result precision. The exponent values are in a 2's complement representation, so the underflow check simply becomes a check of the sign bit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/207067 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291259 | Guthrie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); Harmony L. Helterhoff (Austin, Texas); Kevin F. Reick (Round Rock, Texas); Phillip G. Williams (Leander, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A processing unit includes a processor core and a cache memory coupled to the processor core. The cache memory includes a data array, a directory of the data array, error detection logic that sequentially detects a first, second and third correctable errors in the data array of the cache memory and provides indications of detection of the first, second and third correctable errors, and control circuitry that, responsive to the indication of the third correctable error and an indication that the first and second correctable errors occurred at too high a frequency, marks an entry of the data array containing a cache line having the third correctable error as deleted in the directory of the cache memory regardless of which entry of the data array contains a cache line having the second correctable error. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424412 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mostafa Fatemi (Rochester, Minnesota); Farid G. Mitri (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for measuring variations of the surface of an object using acoustic energy in the audio range is provided. Imaging fine surface roughness on the order of few microns is achievable by using a vibroacoustography technique. This technique provides a method for imaging surface roughness on the basis of an ultrasound radiation force that stimulates acoustic emissions at an ultrasound standing wave field. The present invention may be employed as a tool for the nondestructive inspection and imaging of the surface variations of an object. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135829 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287504 | Leahy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vista Scientific LLC (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles D. Leahy (Concord, Massachusetts); Denis Labombard (Georgetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An ocular device for insertion into an eye is provided and includes a body having an anterior surface and a posterior surface for placement on one of superior sclera and inferior sclera of the eye. The posterior surface is defined by a base curve that is substantially identical to a radius of curvature of the one of the superior sclera and inferior sclera of the eye. In one embodiment, the ocular device serves as an ocular drug delivery device and contains an active pharmaceutical agent, a lubricant, etc. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841357 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287700 | Padmanabhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spring Bank (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharamaiyer Padmanabhan (Lexington, Massachusetts); Radhakrishnan P. Iyer (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes extremely rapid and efficient methods for the attachment of chemical moieties to matrices by the use of microwave technology. The methods of the invention can be applied in a variety of ways for the preparation of different types of matrices for a variety of applications including but not limited to the functionalization of various solid supports, and matrices in the form of powder, beads, sheets, and other suitable surfaces for use in applications including but not limited to oligonucleotide synthesis, peptide synthesis, environmental clean up (removal of toxic materials), immunoassays, affinity chromatography, combinatorial chemistry, microarrays, proteomics and medical diagnostics. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/641002 |
| 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: Electrical and wave energy 24/157.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287849 | Langer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507999 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287879 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Gunter Harth (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions comprising recombinant intracellular pathogens that have been transformed to express recombinant immunogenic antigens of the same or other intracellular pathogens and immunostimulatory molecules are provided. Exemplary immunogenic compositions include, but are not limited to, recombinant BCG expressing Mycobacteria major extracellular proteins and immunostimulatory molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296666 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287923 | Hsu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hsu (Evans, Georgia); Carol A. Lapp (Augusta, Georgia); George S. Schuster (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Green tea polyphenol compositions and methods of their use are provided. Certain aspects provide methods for modulating expression of one or more autoantigens using the disclosed green tea polyphenol compositions. Representative green tea polyphenols include, but are not limited to (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Other aspects provide methods for treating autoimmune disease. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/916832 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/729 |
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| US 08288093 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff G. Hall (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Victor I. Lyamichev (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrea L. Mast (Oregon, Wisconsin); Mary Ann D. Brow (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to means for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences, as well as variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention also relates to methods for forming a nucleic acid cleavage structure on a target sequence and cleaving the nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. The structure-specific nuclease activity of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave the target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof. The present invention further relates to methods and devices for the separation of nucleic acid molecules based on charge. The present invention also provides methods for the detection of non-target cleavage products via the formation of a complete and activated protein binding region. The invention further provides sensitive and specific methods for the detection of human cytomegalovirus nucleic acid in a sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/099656 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288098 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AmberGen, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Rothschild (Newton, Massachusetts); Sanjay M. Sonar (Thane (W), India); Jerzy Olejnik (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to agents and conjugates to detect and isolate target components from complex mixtures such as nucleic acids from biological samples, cells from bodily fluids, and nascent proteins from translation reactions. Agents comprise a detectable moiety bound to a photoreactive moiety. Conjugates comprise agents coupled to substrates by covalent bounds which can be selectively cleaved with the administration of electromagnetic radiation. Targets substances labeled with detectable molecules can be easily identified and separated from a heterologous mixture of substances. Exposure of the conjugate to radiation releases the target in a functional form and completely unaltered. Using photocleavable molecular precursors as the conjugates, label can be incorporated into macromolecules, the nascent macromolecules isolated and the label completely removed. The invention also relates to targets isolated with these conjugates which may be useful as pharmaceutical agents or compositions that can be administered to humans and other mammals. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/283209 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288099 | Hoon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | John Wayne Cancer Institute (Santa Monica, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dave S. B. Hoon (Los Angeles, California); Michiel de Maat (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses methods of using the methylation status of the COX-2 gene promoter region as a biomarker for a gastric cancer patient to determine a prognosis and a treatment regimen, and to monitor the progress of a treatment regimen. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/637610 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288103 | Oliphant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold Oliphant (Poway, California); John R. Stuelpnagel (Encinitas, California); Mark S. Chee (Del Mar, California); Scott L. Butler (San Diego, California); Jian-Bing Fan (San Diego, California); Min-Jui Richard Shen (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a variety of multiplexing methods used to amplify and/or genotype a variety of samples simultaneously. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/790757 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288106 | Fekete et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Fekete (Austin, Texas); Annalee Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Sample preparation processes for in situ RNA or DNA analysis, methods and compositions therefor are provided. Processes provided herein allow DNA or RNA analysis to be carried out in the same tube or on an aliquot of the prepared sample without centrifugation or extraction. The preparation process can be carried out at room temperature in as little as seven minutes and is amenable to high throughput processing using manual or robotic platforms. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157840 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288116 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wen-Tien Chen (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods and compositions for detection and isolation of cancer cells with metastatic potential. The invention further relates to assays for measuring the metastatic potential of such cancer cells and drug screening assays for the identification of agents having anti-metastatic potential. The present invention further provides methods and compositions for inhibiting the metastatic potential of cancer cells by modulating the activity of serine integral membrane proteases [(SIMP) consisting of seprase and dipetidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV)] expressed on the surface of metastasizing cancer cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725036 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288122 | O'Leary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Washington, District of Columbia); American Registry of Pathology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. O'Leary (Washington, District of Columbia); Jeffrey T. Mason (Rockville, Maryland); Carol B. Fowler (Rockville, Maryland); Robert E. Cunningham (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for reversing fixation-induced cross-linking in tissue specimens that have been preserved for histological examination. The method involves placing the fixed tissue in a liquid under elevated temperature and pressure conditions that are sufficient to reverse the fixation-induced cross-linking, restore antigenicity to proteins, and permit improved molecular and proteomic analysis of the preserved tissue specimen. Methods are also disclosed for processing tissues for histological examination under elevated pressure conditions that enhance the perfusion of liquid reagents into the tissue and reduce overall processing times. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630746 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288126 | Cox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado); Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods of making soluble proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble proteins produced by the methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form pegylated proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088830 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288158 | McKnight et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Jian Wang (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mammalian cell comprising a recombinant, functional L-threonine 3-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.103; TDH) gene, methods of making, and methods of use. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483868 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288346 | Welling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Welling (Baltimore, Maryland); Liang Fang (Halethorpe, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The internalization sequence at the C-terminal end of the ROMK protein has been identified and sequenced. It has been discovered determined that endocytosis is triggered by binding of the ROMK internalization sequence to ARH protein, which is co-localized and expressed with ROMK. New methods of treating or preventing hyperkalemia have been discovered that include administering to a patient who is at risk of developing hyperkalemia or who has hyperkalemia, a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that blocks the interaction of the ROMK internalization sequence with ARH protein, thereby preventing or reducing ARH-induced endocytosis of ROMK. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/576851 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288359 | Klinman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of 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); Rainald Zeuner (Kiel, Germany); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland); Ihsan Gursel (Rockville, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for preventing or treating inflammatory arthropathies by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093725 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288369 | Malafa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mokenge P. Malafa (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for treating neoplastic disorders, such as pancreatic cancer, using tocotrienols; namely, gamma-tocotrienol and delta tocotrienol. The antitumorogenic effects of these compounds are shown both in vitro and in vivo using several human pancreatic cancer cell lines and MIA-PACA2 human pancreatic cancer cells xenografted in nude mice. Also disclosed are methods of testing the efficacy of potential chemotherapeutic agents by measuring their effect on surrogate endpoint biomarkers, such as Ki-67 and p27. Associated compounds are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768373 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
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| US 08288378 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tae-Wan Kim (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Gilbert Di Paolo (Northford, Connecticut); Min Suk Kang (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Diego Berman (New York, New York); Laura Beth Johnson McIntire (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of agents that inhibit the toxic effects of amyloid oligomers by increasing intracellular levels of phosphoinositol 4-phosphate (PI(4)P, or “PIP”) and/or phosphotidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PI(4,5)P2 or “PIP2”), the use of such agents for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases by administration of agents which alter lipid metabolism, and methods of identifying agents which alter the association of presenilins with γ-secretase and lipid rafts. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/467583 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/231.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288410 | Ablordeppey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Y. Ablordeppey (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to quinolinium antiinfective agents in which the qunolinium nucleus is fused to an indole ring or the qunolinium nucleus is linked to a cyclic structure through an opened indole or a benzothiophene or benzofuran ring. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups. The compounds are represented by formula (I), (II) and (III): Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/169165 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288439 | Wahl 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) | Sharon M. Wahl (N. Potomac, Maryland); Nancy Vazquez-Maldonado (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Teresa Greenwell-Wild (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and compositions for the attenuation of HIV-1 replication in human cells, and especially in human macrophages. The invention particularly concerns the use of inhibitors of P21 (CDKNIA) expression to attenuate such replication. The invention particularly concerns the use of antisense P21 oligonucleotides, siRNA and/or 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien28-oic (CDDO) to attenuate such replication. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/578536 |
| 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 514/569 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288521 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Maria Kempe (Malmo, Sweden); Herman Blok (Wemeldinge, Netherlands); Monib Zirvi (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The method includes a ligation phase, a capture phase, and a detection phase. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/072442 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288523 | Sampath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California); David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Lawrence Blyn (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of bacteria by molecular mass and base composition analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/683254 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288525 | de Fougerolles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the CD45 gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867230 |
| 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 08288529 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Lianhe Yu (Highpoint, North Carolina); Patchanita Thamyongkit (Bangkok, Thailand); Anil D. Bhise (Pune, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a compound of Formula I′ comprises reacting a compound of the formula DLCHO, with a compound of the formula to produce the compound of Formula I′. Methods of using the compounds are also described, particularly as intermediates for the synthesis of porphyrin rods, which porphyrin rods are in turn useful for (among other things) the production of molecular memory devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/074483 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 08288530 | Brechbiel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin W. Brechbiel (Annandale, Virginia); Heng Xu (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of preparing a macromolecular conjugated ligand and a metal complex thereof. The metal complex is targeted for use as a contrast agent, for example, in MRI. The method of preparing a macromolecular conjugated ligand comprises: (a) providing a compound of formula (I) wherein R, A, and Pg are as defined herein, (b) reacting the compound of formula (I) with a macromolecular compound (e.g., dendrimer) in an organic solvent medium which is substantially free of water to obtain a macromolecular conjugated compound, and (c) removing the carboxyl-protecting groups to obtain a carboxyl-deprotected macromolecular conjugated compound. The metal complex can be prepared by reacting the carboxyl-deprotected macromolecular conjugated compound with an ion (e.g., Gd(III)). Also disclosed are two carboxyl-protected 1B4M-DTPA intermediate compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513813 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288551 | Wipf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505294 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290565 | Ehman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Ehman (Rochester, Minnesota); Yogesh K. Mariappan (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for producing an image of a functional tissue slip interface using MRI. The method includes applying an external stimulus to a subject to impart relative shearing motion at a tissue interface. NMR signals are then acquired from a ROI including the slip interface using a motion encoding gradient to sensitize the acquired NMR signals to the shearing motion. MR images indicative of the degree of mechanical shear connectivity at the tissue interface are reconstructed from the acquired NMR signals in which low-friction shearing motion at the tissue interface is characterized by a loss of magnitude signal due to intravoxel phase dispersion. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418109 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08286424 | Prior et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory P. Prior (Birmingham, Michigan); Gregory P. Meisner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel B. Glassford (Dryden, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided that includes a thermoelectric generator and an exhaust gas system operatively connected to the thermoelectric generator to heat a portion of the thermoelectric generator with exhaust gas flow through the thermoelectric generator. A coolant system is operatively connected to the thermoelectric generator to cool another portion of the thermoelectric generator with coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator. At least one valve is controllable to cause the coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator in a direction that opposes a direction of the exhaust gas flow under a first set of operating conditions and to cause the coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator in the direction of exhaust gas flow under a second set of operating conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753144 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08286498 | Robertson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence M. Robertson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Emil V. Ardelean (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James C. Goodding (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vit Babuska (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A standard tensile test device is improved to accurately measure the mechanical properties of stranded cables, ropes, and other composite structures wherein a witness is attached to the top and bottom mounting blocks holding the cable under test. The witness is comprised of two parts: a top and a bottom rod of similar diameter with the bottom rod having a smaller diameter stem on its upper end and the top rod having a hollow opening in its lower end into which the stem fits forming a witness joint. A small gap is present between the top rod and the larger diameter portion of the bottom rod. A standard extensometer is attached to the top and bottom rods of the witness spanning this small witness gap. When a force is applied to separate the mounting blocks, the gap in the witness expands the same length that the entire test specimen is stretched. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/852562 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/826 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287005 | Leslie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Composite Products and Technology, Inc. (Huntington Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Leslie (Fountain Valley, California); James C. Leslie, II (Mission Viejo, California); James Heard (Huntington Beach, California); Liem V. Truong (Anaheim, California); Marvin Josephson (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight and durable drill pipe string capable of short radius drilling formed using a composite pipe segment formed to include tapered wall thickness ends that are each defined by opposed frustoconical surfaces conformed for self-aligning receipt and intimate bonding contact within an annular space between corresponding surfaces of a coaxially nested set of metal end pieces and a set of nonconductive sleeves. The distal peripheries of the nested end pieces and sleeves are then welded to each other and the sandwiched and bonded portions are radially pinned. The composite segment may include imbedded conductive leads and the axial end portions of the end pieces are shaped to form a threaded joint with the next pipe assembly that includes contact rings in the opposed surfaces of the pipe joint for contact together. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/342952 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iwao Iwasaki (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for use in production of metallic iron nodules comprising providing a reducible mixture into a hearth furnace for the production of metallic iron nodules, where the reducible mixture comprises a quantity of reducible iron bearing material, a quantity of first carbonaceous reducing material of a size less than about 28 mesh of an amount between about 65 percent and about 95 percent of a stoichiometric amount necessary for complete iron reduction of the reducible iron bearing material, and a quantity of second carbonaceous reducing material with an average particle size greater than average particle size of the first carbonaceous reducing material and a size between about 3 mesh and about 48 mesh of an amount between about 20 percent and about 60 percent of a stoichiometric amount of necessary for complete iron reduction of the reducible iron bearing material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977035 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287673 | Tucker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Tucker (Oakland, California); Grace Y. Lau (Fremont, California); Craig P. Jacobson (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of joining dissimilar materials having different ductility, involves two principal steps: Decoration of the more ductile material's surface with particles of a less ductile material to produce a composite; and, sinter-bonding the composite produced to a joining member of a less ductile material. The joining method is suitable for joining dissimilar materials that are chemically inert towards each other (e.g., metal and ceramic), while resulting in a strong bond with a sharp interface between the two materials. The joining materials may differ greatly in form or particle size. The method is applicable to various types of materials including ceramic, metal, glass, glass-ceramic, polymer, cermet, semiconductor, etc., and the materials can be in various geometrical forms, such as powders, fibers, or bulk bodies (foil, wire, plate, etc.). Composites and devices with a decorated/sintered interface are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/791258 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/89.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287762 | Repasky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Repasky (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a multi-stage ion transport membrane oxidation system. The method comprises providing a multi-stage ion transport membrane oxidation system with at least a first membrane oxidation stage and a second membrane oxidation stage, operating the ion transport membrane oxidation system at operating conditions including a characteristic temperature of the first membrane oxidation stage and a characteristic temperature of the second membrane oxidation stage; and controlling the production capacity and/or the product quality by changing the characteristic temperature of the first membrane oxidation stage and/or changing the characteristic temperature of the second membrane oxidation stage. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753580 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287772 | Le et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dinh B. Le (St. Paul, Minnesota); Mark N. Obrovac (St. Paul, Minnesota); Robert Y. Kube (Apple Valley, Minnesota); James R. Landucci (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making nanostructured alloy particles includes milling a millbase in a pebble mill containing milling media. The millbase comprises: (i) silicon, and (ii) at least one of carbon or a transition metal, and wherein the nanostructured alloy particles are substantially free of crystalline domains greater than 50 nanometers in size. A method of making a negative electrode composition for a lithium ion battery including the nanostructured alloy particles is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465852 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/520.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287811 | Harper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Flir Systems, Inc. (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross James Harper (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Marcus la Grone (Cushing, Oklahoma); Mark Fisher (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention provides a passive sampling device suitable for collecting and detecting the presence of target analytes. In particular, the passive sampling device is suitable for detecting nitro-aromatic compounds. The current invention further provides a passive sampling device reader suitable for determining the collection of target analytes. Additionally, the current invention provides methods for detecting target analytes using the passive sampling device and the passive sampling device reader. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/233178 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287814 | Kong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical reactor and method for converting a first material into a second material is disclosed and wherein the chemical reactor is provided with a feed stream of a first material which is to be converted into a second material; and wherein the first material is combusted in the chemical reactor to produce a combustion flame, and a resulting gas; and an electrical arc is provided which is passed through or superimposed upon the combustion flame and the resulting gas to facilitate the production of the second material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/028550 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287832 | Nyman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | May D. Nyman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lauren E. S. Rohwer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James E. Martin (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrothermal method of synthesis of a family of rare-earth Group 5 oxides, where the Group 5 oxide is a niobate or tantalate. The rare-earth Group 5 oxides can be doped with suitable emitter ions to form nanophosphors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882369 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287839 | Miura et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Miura (Hampton Bays, New York); Mark W. Renner (Hampton Bays, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to low toxicity boronated compounds and methods for their use in the treatment, visualization, and diagnosis of tumors. More specifically, the present invention is directed to low toxicity carborane-containing porphyrin compounds with halide, amine, or nitro groups and methods for their use particularly in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), X-ray radiation therapy (XRT), and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of tumors of the brain, head and neck, and surrounding tissue. The invention is also directed to using these carborane-containing porphyrin compounds in methods of tumor imaging and/or diagnosis such as MRI, SPECT, or PET. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/633139 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288001 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zaicheng Sun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making particles of either spherical or cylindrical geometry with a characteristic diameter less than 50 nanometers by mixing at least one structure directing agent dissolved in a solvent with at least one amphiphilic block copolymer dissolved in a solvent to make a solution containing particles, where the particles can be subsequently separated and dispersed in a solvent of choice. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706003 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288093 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff G. Hall (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Victor I. Lyamichev (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrea L. Mast (Oregon, Wisconsin); Mary Ann D. Brow (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to means for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences, as well as variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention also relates to methods for forming a nucleic acid cleavage structure on a target sequence and cleaving the nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. The structure-specific nuclease activity of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave the target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof. The present invention further relates to methods and devices for the separation of nucleic acid molecules based on charge. The present invention also provides methods for the detection of non-target cleavage products via the formation of a complete and activated protein binding region. The invention further provides sensitive and specific methods for the detection of human cytomegalovirus nucleic acid in a sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/099656 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288140 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Brown (Elk Grove, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Elizabeth Zaretsky (Reno, Nevada); Edward Re (Davis, California); Elena Vlasenko (Davis, California); Keith McFarland (Davis, California); Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760186 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288152 | Weiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Marcel Bruchez (Newark, California); Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal compound and probe are described. The compound is capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. The compound comprises (1) one or more semiconductor nanocrystals capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy, and (2) one or more linking agents, having a first portion linked to the one or more semiconductor nanocrystals and a second portion capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. One or more semiconductor nanocrystal compounds are linked to one or more affinity molecules to form a semiconductor nanocrystal probe capable of bonding with one or more detectable substances in a material being analyzed, and capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy. Also described are processes for respectively: making the semiconductor nanocrystal compound; making the semiconductor nanocrystal probe; and treating materials with the probe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/406651 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288153 | Weiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Marcel Bruchez (Newark, California); Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal compound and probe are described. The compound is capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. The compound comprises (1) one or more semiconductor nanocrystals capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy, and (2) one or more linking agents, having a first portion linked to the one or more semiconductor nanocrystals and a second portion capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. One or more semiconductor nanocrystal compounds are linked to one or more affinity molecules to form a semiconductor nanocrystal probe capable of bonding with one or more detectable substances in a material being analyzed, and capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy. Also described are processes for respectively: making the semiconductor nanocrystal compound; making the semiconductor nanocrystal probe; and treating materials with the probe. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/408462 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288497 | Kang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youn K. Kang (Daegu, South Korea); Pravas Deria (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Therien (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are ethyne synthons comprising boron and related methods. Also provided are related water-soluble arylethynylene polymers capable of being synthesized in neat water under aerobic conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173395 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288716 | Reilly |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. A. Reilly (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerosol particle analyzer includes a laser ablation chamber, a gas-filled conduit, and a mass spectrometer. The laser ablation chamber can be operated at a low pressure, which can be from 0.1 mTorr to 30 mTorr. The ablated ions are transferred into a gas-filled conduit. The gas-filled conduit reduces the electrical charge and the speed of ablated ions as they collide and mix with buffer gases in the gas-filled conduit. Preferably, the gas filled-conduit includes an electromagnetic multipole structure that collimates the nascent ions into a beam, which is guided into the mass spectrometer. Because the gas-filled conduit allows storage of vast quantities of the ions from the ablated particles, the ions from a single ablated particle can be analyzed multiple times and by a variety of techniques to supply statistically meaningful analysis of composition and isotope ratios. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418891 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288721 | Morris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Decision Sciences International Corporation (Poway, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Morris (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexander Saunders (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael James Sossong (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Larry Joe Schultz (Los Alamos, New Mexico); J. Andrew Green (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Konstantin N. Borozdin (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nicolas W. Hengartner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Richard A. Smith (San Diego, California); James M. Colthart (Poway, California); David C. Klugh (Black Diamond, Washington); Gary E. Scoggins (Issaquah, Washington); David C. Vineyard (Coronado, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatus and systems for detecting particles such as muons for imaging applications. Subtraction techniques are described to enhance the processing of the muon tomography data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/108494 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288887 | Ransom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California); Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for delivering current using a matrix converter in a vehicle. An electrical system comprises an AC interface, a first conversion module coupled to the AC interface, an inductive element coupled between the AC interface and the first conversion module, and a control module coupled to the first conversion module. The control module is configured to operate the first conversion module in a bidirectional operating mode to commutate current bidirectionally. When a magnitude of the current through the inductive element is greater than a first threshold value, the control module operates the conversion module in a unidirectional operating mode, wherein current is commutated unidirectionally. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622088 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles W. Van Neste (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-winding homopolar electric machine and method for converting between mechanical energy and electrical energy. The electric machine includes a shaft defining an axis of rotation, first and second magnets, a shielding portion, and a conductor. First and second magnets are coaxial with the shaft and include a charged pole surface and an oppositely charged pole surface, the charged pole surfaces facing one another to form a repulsive field therebetween. The shield portion extends between the magnets to confine at least a portion of the repulsive field to between the first and second magnets. The conductor extends between first and second end contacts and is toroidally coiled about the first and second magnets and the shield portion to develop a voltage across the first and second end contacts in response to rotation of the electric machine about the axis of rotation. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549575 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289322 | Staten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Staten (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark W. Dewey (Provo, Utah); Steven E. Benzley (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for coarsening a quadrilateral mesh are described. These techniques include identifying a coarsening region within the quadrilateral mesh to be coarsened. Quadrilateral elements along a path through the coarsening region are removed. Node pairs along opposite sides of the path are identified. The node pairs along the path are then merged to collapse the path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/874008 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289808 | Vu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (, None); Los Alamos National Security (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt T. Nihei (Oakland, California); Denis P. Schmitt (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Christopher Skelt (Houston, Texas); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. TenCate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | In some aspects of the disclosure, a method for creating three-dimensional images of non-linear properties and the compressional to shear velocity ratio in a region remote from a borehole using a conveyed logging tool is disclosed. In some aspects, the method includes arranging a first source in the borehole and generating a steered beam of elastic energy at a first frequency; arranging a second source in the borehole and generating a steerable beam of elastic energy at a second frequency, such that the steerable beam at the first frequency and the steerable beam at the second frequency intercept at a location away from the borehole; receiving at the borehole by a sensor a third elastic wave, created by a three wave mixing process, with a frequency equal to a difference between the first and second frequencies and a direction of propagation towards the borehole; determining a location of a three wave mixing region based on the arrangement of the first and second sources and on properties of the third wave signal; and creating three-dimensional images of the non-linear properties using data recorded by repeating the generating, receiving and determining at a plurality of azimuths, inclinations and longitudinal locations within the borehole. The method is additionally used to generate three dimensional images of the ratio of compressional to shear acoustic velocity of the same volume surrounding the borehole. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463796 |
| 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 367/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290110 | Zhuikov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris L. Zhuikov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Nicolai A. Konyakhin (Kaluga, Russian Federation); Vladimir M. Kokhanyuk (Moscow, Russian Federation); Suresh C. Srivastava (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to nuclear technology, and to irradiation targets and their preparation. One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for preparation of a target containing intermetallic composition of antimony Ti—Sb, Al—Sb, Cu—Sb, or Ni—Sb in order to produce radionuclides (e.g., tin-117 m) with a beam of accelerated particles. The intermetallic compounds of antimony can be welded by means of diffusion welding to a copper backing cooled during irradiation on the beam of accelerated particles. Another target can be encapsulated into a shell made of metallic niobium, stainless steel, nickel or titanium cooled outside by water during irradiation. Titanium shell can be plated outside by nickel to avoid interaction with the cooling water. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424992 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290754 | Staten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandin Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Staten (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark W. Dewey (Provo, Utah); Michael A. Scott (Pflugerville, Texas); Steven E. Benzley (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for coarsening a finite element mesh (“FEM”) is described. This technique includes identifying a coarsening region within the FEM to be coarsened. Perimeter chords running along perimeter boundaries of the coarsening region are identified. The perimeter chords are redirected to create an adaptive chord separating the coarsening region from a remainder of the FEM. The adaptive chord runs through mesh elements residing along the perimeter boundaries of the coarsening region. The adaptive chord is then extracted to coarsen the FEM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/873864 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290961 | Chew et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Chew (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brett W. Bader (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for information retrieval includes parsing a corpus to identify a number of wordform instances within each document of the corpus. A weighted morpheme-by-document matrix is generated based at least in part on the number of wordform instances within each document of the corpus and based at least in part on a weighting function. The weighted morpheme-by-document matrix separately enumerates instances of stems and affixes. Additionally or alternatively, a term-by-term alignment matrix may be generated based at least in part on the number of wordform instances within each document of the corpus. At least one lower rank approximation matrix is generated by factorizing the weighted morpheme-by-document matrix and/or the term-by-term alignment matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352621 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291427 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda E. Peters (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for scheduling applications for execution on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer to manage temperature of the plurality of compute nodes during execution that include: identifying one or more applications for execution on the plurality of compute nodes; creating a plurality of physically discontiguous node partitions in dependence upon temperature characteristics for the compute nodes and a physical topology for the compute nodes, each discontiguous node partition specifying a collection of physically adjacent compute nodes; and assigning, for each application, that application to one or more of the discontiguous node partitions for execution on the compute nodes specified by the assigned discontiguous node partitions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135660 |
| 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 |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08286490 | Ruzzene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Massimo Ruzzene (Smyrna, Georgia); Stefano Gonella (Evanston, Illinois); Nicole Apetre (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and related methods for structural health monitoring are provided. In this regard, a representative array system includes: a component to be monitored; and an array system mounted to the component, the array system has multiple array components exhibiting spatial periodicity, the array components being operative to produce waves with frequency dependent directional characteristics, which propagate through the component, responsive to simultaneous activation of the array components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/638315 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287610 | Weimer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Christopher Perkins (Boulder, Colorado); Dragan Mejic (Brighton, Colorado); Paul Lichty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for carrying out high temperature reactions such as biomass pyrolysis or gasification using solar energy. The biomass particles are rapidly heated in a solar thermal entrainment reactor. The residence time of the particles in the reactor can be 5 seconds or less. The biomass particles may be directly or indirectly heated depending on the reactor design. Metal oxide particles can be fed into the reactor concurrently with the biomass particles, allowing carbothermic reduction of the metal oxide particles by biomass pyrolysis products. The reduced metal oxide particles can be reacted with steam to produce hydrogen in a subsequent process step. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/847097 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/197.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287849 | Langer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507999 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287914 | Riman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Riman (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Christina Sever (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing nanoscale hydroxyapatite particles by combining an amount of a calcium ion source, which includes calcium acetate, and an amount of a phosphate ion source, wherein the amounts are sufficient to produce nanoscale hydroxyapatite particles and the amounts are combined under ambient conditions to produce the hydroxyapatite particles. Nanoscale hydroxyapatite particles are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622927 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/602 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288497 | Kang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youn K. Kang (Daegu, South Korea); Pravas Deria (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Therien (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are ethyne synthons comprising boron and related methods. Also provided are related water-soluble arylethynylene polymers capable of being synthesized in neat water under aerobic conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173395 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288508 | McCullough et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. McCullough (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mihaela C. Iovu (Dallas, Texas); Itaru Osaka (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Universal Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) reactions which provide access to conjugated polymers by GRIM methods. A method comprising: providing an unsaturated ring compound comprising at least two halogen ring substituents, providing an organomagnesium reagent comprising an organomagnesium component and a metal activation agent, combining the unsaturated ring compound with the reagent to form a second compound by metal-halogen exchange, wherein the metal activation agent activates the metal-halogen exchange, coupling the second compound to itself in an oligomerization or polymerization reaction. Metal activation agent can be lithium chloride. The process is commercially attractive and can be executed in good yields. Polyfluorenes, polypyrroles, and polythiophenes can be prepared for use in OLED, PLED, photovoltaic, transistor, antistatic coatings, and sensor applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849229 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/397 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288719 | Wells et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Griffin Analytical Technologies, LLC (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Mitchell Wells (Lafayette, Indiana); Mike Roth (Delphi, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Analytical instruments configured to perform atmospheric pressure ionization are provided that are less than 50 kgs in total weight and/or less than 1 m3 in total volume. Mass analysis instruments are provided that can include an interface vacuum structure operatively coupled between an ionization source and a vacuum region housing a detector. Mass analysis instruments are also provided that can include an ionization source coupled to an analysis region via an interface vacuum structure, with at least two independent vacuum components. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005805 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/289 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289519 | Zare et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Neil Zare (Stanford, California); Yiqi Luo (Mountain View, California); Fang Yu (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) microscopy systems, methods of making SPR microscopy systems, methods of measuring and detecting the presence of one or more compounds present in a sample using the SPR microscopy system, and the like, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) microscopy system can include an integrated microfluidic chip that includes a plurality of layers, an SPR imaging system, and a pressure manifold to actuate flow control components in the integrated microfluidic chip. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077771 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290037 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengye Liu (Brooklyn, New York); Shivendra S. Panwar (Freehold, New Jersey); Keith W. Ross (New York, New York); Yanming Shen (Brooklyn, New York); Yao Wang (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | MD-FEC is considered an efficient way to generate a large number of descriptions. However, typically, MD-FEC introduces significant redundancy across streams. MD-FEC encoded streams (descriptions) are adapted based on feedback. Specifically, the bits sent in each description by a supplying peer are adapted based on the number of available descriptions in its receiving peer. The adaptive delivery eliminates unnecessary bits in the original MD-FEC streams (descriptions), and significantly reduces the consumed uplink bandwidth at supplying peers. The saved bandwidth can be used to accommodate more video sessions or for other applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/145675 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291034 | Gopalan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghampton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York); Michael Hines (Endicott, New York); Jian Wang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is a constant battle to break even between continuing improvements in DRAM capacities and the growing memory demands of large-memory high-performance applications. Performance of such applications degrades quickly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts swapping to the local disk. We present the design, implementation and evaluation of Anemone—an Adaptive Network Memory Engine—that virtualizes the collective unused memory of multiple machines across a gigabit Ethernet LAN, without requiring any modifications to the either the large memory applications or the Linux kernel. We have implemented a working prototype of Anemone and evaluated it using real-world unmodified applications such as ray-tracing and large in-memory sorting. Our results with the Anemone prototype show that unmodified single-process applications execute 2 to 3 times faster and multiple concurrent processes execute 6 to 7.7 times faster, when compared to disk based paging. The Anemone prototype reduces page-fault latencies by a factor of 19.6—from an average of 9.8 ms with disk based paging to 500 μs with Anemone. Most importantly, Anemone provides a virtualized low-latency access to potentially “unlimited” network memory resources. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073459 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08286335 | Determan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Determan (Sylmar, California); Daniel Edward Matejczyk (West Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal expansion compensator is provided and includes a first electrode structure having a first surface, a second electrode structure having a second surface facing the first surface and an elastic element bonded to the first and second surfaces and including a conductive element by which the first and second electrode structures electrically and/or thermally communicate, the conductive element having a length that is not substantially longer than a distance between the first and second surfaces. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183128 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/605 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288307 | Quinn 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) | Jacqueline W. Quinn (Titusville, Florida); Christian A. Clausen (Chuluota, Florida); Cherie L. Geiger (Geneva, Florida); Brian S. Aitken (Satellite Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909219 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290006 | Gradl 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) | Paul R. Gradl (Huntsville, Alabama); John F. Hurst (Upland, California); James R. Middleton (Rancho Cucamonga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Dynamically Variable Spot Size (DVSS) laser system for bonding metal components includes an elongated housing containing a light entry aperture coupled to a laser beam transmission cable and a light exit aperture. A plurality of lenses contained within the housing focus a laser beam from the light entry aperture through the light exit aperture. The lenses may be dynamically adjusted to vary the spot size of the laser. A plurality of interoperable safety devices, including a manually depressible interlock switch, an internal proximity sensor, a remotely operated potentiometer, a remotely activated toggle and a power supply interlock, prevent activation of the laser and DVSS laser system if each safety device does not provide a closed circuit. The remotely operated potentiometer also provides continuous variability in laser energy output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281025 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/29.14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290246 | Schairer 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward T. Schairer (Palo Alto, California); James T. Heineck (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An instrument and method for measuring the time history of recession of an ablating surface of a test article during testing in a high enthalpy thermal test facility, such as an arcjet. The method advances prior art by providing time-history data over the full ablating surface without targets and without any modifications to the test article. The method is non-intrusive, simple to implement, requires no external light source, and does not interfere with normal operations of the arcjet facility. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/958296 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290435 | Alhorn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Alhorn (Huntsville, Alabama); David E. Howard (Hazel Green, Alabama); Dennis A. Smith (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A short-range communication system includes an antenna, a transmitter, and a receiver. The antenna is an electrical conductor formed as a planar coil with rings thereof being uniformly spaced. The transmitter is spaced apart from the plane of the coil by a gap. An amplitude-modulated and asynchronous signal indicative of a data stream of known peak amplitude is transmitted into the gap. The receiver detects the coil's resonance and decodes same to recover the data stream. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241322 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/41.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290696 | Sridhar 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banavar Sridhar (Los Altos, California); Kapil S. Sheth (Campbell, California); Gano Broto Chatterji (Sunnyvale, California); Karl D. Bilimoria (San Jose, California); Shon Grabbe (San Jose, California); John F. Schipper (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for evaluating and implementing air traffic management tools and approaches for managing and avoiding an air traffic incident before the incident occurs. A first system receives parameters for flight plan configurations (e.g., initial fuel carried, flight route, flight route segments followed, flight altitude for a given flight route segment, aircraft velocity for each flight route segment, flight route ascent rate, flight route descent route, flight departure site, flight departure time, flight arrival time, flight destination site and/or alternate flight destination site), flight plan schedule, expected weather along each flight route segment, aircraft specifics, airspace (altitude) bounds for each flight route segment, navigational aids available. The invention provides flight plan routing and direct routing or wind optimal routing, using great circle navigation and spherical Earth geometry. The invention provides for aircraft dynamics effects, such as wind effects at each altitude, altitude changes, airspeed changes and aircraft turns to provide predictions of aircraft trajectory (and, optionally, aircraft fuel use). A second system provides several aviation applications using the first system. Several classes of potential incidents are analyzed and averted, by appropriate change en route of one or more parameters in the flight plan configuration, as provided by a conflict detection and resolution module and/or traffic flow management modules. These applications include conflict detection and resolution, miles-in trail or minutes-in-trail aircraft separation, flight arrival management, flight re-routing, weather prediction and analysis and interpolation of weather variables based upon sparse measurements. The invention combines these features to provide an aircraft monitoring system and an aircraft user system that interact and negotiate changes with each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694966 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08290744 | Brady et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tye Brady (Southborough, Massachusetts); Timothy Henderson (Ashland, Massachusetts); Richard Phillips (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Doug Zimpfer (Houston, Texas); Tim Crain (Taylor Lake Village, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a system for providing fault-tolerant inertial measurement data includes a sensor for measuring an inertial parameter and a processor. The sensor has less accuracy than a typical inertial measurement unit (IMU). The processor detects whether a difference exists between a first data stream received from a first inertial measurement unit and a second data stream received from a second inertial measurement unit. Upon detecting a difference, the processor determines whether at least one of the first or second inertial measurement units has failed by comparing each of the first and second data streams to the inertial parameter. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/687526 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Grahn (Palo Alto, California); H. Craig Heller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for preventing a change in the core body temperature of a mammal under cold conditions are provided. In the subject methods, a requirement for thermal energy input in said mammal is first detected. In response to the detection of this requirement for thermal energy input, a surface of a portion of the mammal is contacted with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to introduce thermal energy into the core body of the mammal. The subject devices include at least a means for detecting a requirement for thermal energy input and a means for contacting a surface of the mammal with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, and are particularly suited for use in maintaining the core body temperature of a mammal substantially constant under cold conditions for an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955769 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08288159 | Warren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. et al. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L Warren (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Anatoly Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Mike Nguyen (Orlando, Florida); Robert Parkhill (Orlando, Florida); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Darrell J. Irvine (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gwendalyn J. Randolph (New York, New York); Nir Harcohen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bruce Torbett (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of constructing an integrated artificial immune system that comprises appropriate in vitro cellular and tissue constructs or their equivalents to mimic the normal tissues that interact with vaccines in mammals. The artificial immune system can be used to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates in vitro and thus, is useful to accelerate vaccine development and testing drug and chemical interaction with the immune system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725698 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
European Union (EU)
| US 08289174 | Sironi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The European Union, Represented by the European Commission (, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco Sironi (Laveno-Mombello, Italy); Piercarlo Tebaldi (Brebbia, Italy); Paolo Timossi (Arquata Scrivia, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealing bolt for sealing a container lid to a container body, the sealing bolt including: a first identity element configured so as to provide a first identification signal when sensed with an ultrasonic reading device; a second identity element configured so as to provide a second identification signal when sensed with an ultrasonic reading device; and a third identity element. The third identity element includes the first and second identity elements and a third identification signal is formed by the intersection points created by an overlap of the first and second identification signals. The invention also concerns a method for sealing a container lid to a container body using such a sealing bolt. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/280297 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/621 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289213 | Duchesne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The European Union, Represented by The European Commission (, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luc Duchesne (Angervilliers, France); Marc Le Goff (Les Ulis, France); Lars Foged (Aprilia, Italy); Jean-Marc Baracco (Vence, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A stacked multi-band antenna for a satellite positioning system comprises a stack of conductive patches, which are each dimensioned so as to be respectively operative in a dedicated frequency band. An excitation line section comprising pairs of conductive strips is arranged underneath the stack of conductive patches. Each pair of conductive strips is adapted for radiatively coupling to an associate conductive patch of the stack of conductive patches. An RF front end with at least one electric circuit is arranged in a triplate section underneath the excitation line section for operatively connecting the pairs of conductive strips to a satellite positioning receiver. The at least one electric circuit includes filters and amplifiers for respectively filtering and amplifying signals from the pairs of conductive strips, during antenna operation. |
| FILED | Monday, July 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995365 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08290939 | Bouillet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Busines Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bouillet (Hawthorne, New York); Hanhua Feng (Hawthorne, New York); Anton V Riabov (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for visualizing query results in stream processing systems, a visualization service receives a query from a client to visualize data in a stream processing application. The query is sent from the visualization service to a query-able operator of the stream processing application. At the query-able operator, an operation is performed using history data in the query-able operator to produce a first result that satisfies the query and the first result is sent to the visualization service. At the query-able operator, another operation is performed using new data received by the query-able operator to produce a second result that satisfies the query and the second result is sent to the visualization service. The first and second results are output from the visualization service to the client. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827419 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/722 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291006 | Andrade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for generating a distributed stream processing application are provided. The techniques include obtaining a declarative description of one or more data stream processing tasks, wherein the declarative description expresses at least one stream processing task, and generating one or more execution units from the declarative description of one or more data stream processing tasks, wherein the one or more execution units are deployable across one or more distributed computing nodes, and comprise a distributed data stream processing application. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130043 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08289650 | Seigler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotss Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Allen Seigler (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sharat Batra (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Robert Earl Rottmayer (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Hua Zhou (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas William Clinton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jie Gong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a waveguide having an end adjacent to an air bearing surface, first and second poles positioned on opposite sides of the waveguide, and wherein the first pole includes a first portion spaced from the waveguide and a second portion extending from the first portion to the air bearing surface, with the second portion being structured such that an end of the second portion is closer to the waveguide than the first portion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857498 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/125.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08288122 | O'Leary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Washington, District of Columbia); American Registry of Pathology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. O'Leary (Washington, District of Columbia); Jeffrey T. Mason (Rockville, Maryland); Carol B. Fowler (Rockville, Maryland); Robert E. Cunningham (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for reversing fixation-induced cross-linking in tissue specimens that have been preserved for histological examination. The method involves placing the fixed tissue in a liquid under elevated temperature and pressure conditions that are sufficient to reverse the fixation-induced cross-linking, restore antigenicity to proteins, and permit improved molecular and proteomic analysis of the preserved tissue specimen. Methods are also disclosed for processing tissues for histological examination under elevated pressure conditions that enhance the perfusion of liquid reagents into the tissue and reduce overall processing times. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630746 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08286517 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environments Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Don Lee (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Shawn P. Ryan (Durham, North Carolina); Emily G. Snyder (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for generating a standardized surface contaminated by an aerosol deposited on its surface is described. Aerosols are propelled horizontally onto a vertical surface. The standardized contaminated surface is used to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning and removing techniques. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/457164 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/866 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08290943 | Carbone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John N. Carbone (Garland, Texas); Christopher E. Kline (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Kevin L. Johnson (Mill Hall, Pennsylvania); Kenneth J. Magnes (State College, Pennsylvania); Ashley C. Mort (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a geographical information system has an information database and a client computing system that is coupled to a web server. A web based application is operable to display a map that includes a particular geographical location, retrieve at least one of a plurality of data records from the metadata database, and display the at least one data record at the particular geographical location of the map for a user. The web based application is executable on the client computing system or on the web server using a web browser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/773260 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08288719 | Wells et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Griffin Analytical Technologies, LLC (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Mitchell Wells (Lafayette, Indiana); Mike Roth (Delphi, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Analytical instruments configured to perform atmospheric pressure ionization are provided that are less than 50 kgs in total weight and/or less than 1 m3 in total volume. Mass analysis instruments are provided that can include an interface vacuum structure operatively coupled between an ionization source and a vacuum region housing a detector. Mass analysis instruments are also provided that can include an ionization source coupled to an analysis region via an interface vacuum structure, with at least two independent vacuum components. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005805 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/289 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08291234 | Snapp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods consistent with the present invention encode a list so users of the list may make inquiries to the coded list without the entire content of the list being revealed to the users. Once each item in the list has been encoded by an encoder, a bit array with high and low values may be used to represent the items in the list. The bit array may be embodied in a validation system for allowing users to query the list to determine whether an inquiry item is on the list. The validation system determines which bits to check by executing the same coding process executed by the encoder. If all the bits are high, then the inquiry item is determined to be part of the list, if at least one bit is low, then the inquiry item is determined not to be part of the original list. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/892175 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
08286512 — Apparatus to assist in the collection of stormwater-quality samples in a vertical profile
| US 08286512 | Selbig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Selbig (Madison, Wisconsin); Peter E. Hughes (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A sampling method, fluid collection assembly, and auxiliary sampling device to assist an autosampler in collecting samples from a fluid source. The auxiliary sampling device includes a support frame with a pivot member. A linear actuator having a piston is attached to the support frame. A rotatable sample arm assembly has an upper end attached to the piston and to the pivot member of the support frame, and a lower end with an inlet to receive a fluid sample. A fluid conduit within the sample arm assembly has a fluid intake end connected to the inlet and a fluid discharge end connected to the autosampler. The linear actuator pushes or retracts the piston to vertically pivot the sample arm assembly until the inlet reaches desired positions within the fluid source so that the autosampler collects multiple samples at various depths. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/779549 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08287857 | Dudley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Deparment of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Dudley (Silver Spring, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); John R. Wunderlich (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of promoting the regression of a cancer in a mammal comprising: (i) administering to the mammal nonmyeloablative lymphodepleting chemotherapy, and (ii) subsequently administering: (a) autologous T-cells, which have been previously isolated, selected for highly avid recognition of an antigen of the cancer, the regression of which is to be promoted, and rapidly expanded in vitro only once, and, either concomitantly with the autologous T-cells or subsequently to the autologous T-cells, by the same route or a different route, a T-cell growth factor that promotes the growth and activation of the autologous T-cells, or (b) autologous T-cells, which have been previously isolated, selected for highly avid recognition of an antigen of the cancer, the regression of which is to be promoted, modified to express a T-cell growth factor that promotes the growth and activation of the autologous T-cells, and rapidly expanded in vitro only once, whereupon the regression of the cancer in the mammal is promoted. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/178644 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08289390 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manoj Aggarwal (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Keith Hanna (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Harpreet Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Vincent Paragano (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Rakesh Kumar (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Aydin Arpa (Jacksonville, Florida); Thomas Germano (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Tao Zhao (Plainsboro, New Jersey); David Kalokitis (Robbinsville, New Jersey); David R. Patterson (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A sentient system combines detection, tracking, and immersive visualization of a cluttered and crowded environment, such as an office building, terminal, or other enclosed site using a network of stereo cameras. A guard monitors the site using a live 3D model, which is updated from different directions using the multiple video streams. As a person moves within the view of a camera, the system detects its motion and tracks the person's path, it hands off the track to the next camera when the person goes out of that camera's view. Multiple people can be tracked simultaneously both within and across cameras, with each track shown on a map display. The track system includes a track map browser that displays the tracks of all moving objects as well as a history of recent tracks and a video flashlight viewer that displays live immersive video of any person that is being tracked. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192486 |
| ART UNIT | 2488 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, October 16, 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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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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FILED
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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