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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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| US 08291567 | Keenan 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) | Timothy James Keenan (San Diego, California); Joshua Bianchi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for forming battery tray for holding cylindrical cell batteries. The method includes forming a battery try including a base support having a generally flat bottom surface and multiple adjacent cylindrical cavities are formed within the base support, using a circle packing algorithm to form the cylindrical cavities. The adjacent cavities each have at least some interstitial cylindrical riser wall structures formed with a predetermined height to hold the cylindrical cell batteries. In another embodiment, the present invention allows for packing maximum energy density per layer. This allows lifetime and power output of a battery powered device to be optimized and/or increased. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/868125 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/407.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291589 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ephraim C. Davis (North Richland Hills, Texas); Christopher J. Bischof (Southlake, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for use in repairing gas turbine engine components includes applying a stress to a first gas turbine engine component to cause surface cracking on the first gas turbine engine component and establishing a location of an elevated stress region of a second gas turbine engine component based upon the location of the surface cracking on the first gas turbine engine component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835452 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/889.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291706 | Tanner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith M. Tanner (Colchester, Connecticut); Philip J. Kirsopp (Lebanon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing plate assembly for a turbine engine fuel injector includes a bearing plate 30, with an opening 80 bordered by a race 82. A swivel ball 90 nests inside the race and is rotatable relative thereto. A lock, which may be a tip bushing 108 resists disengagement of the swivel ball from the race. A fuel injector nozzle 38 extends through an opening 98 in the swivel ball. During engine operation, the ball can swivel inside the race to accommodate rotational movement of the nozzle about lateral and radial axes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482516 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291712 | Ponziani |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Louis Ponziani (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining sensor locations in a gas turbine engine is provided. The said method includes providing a turbine rear frame including a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced struts extending between the inner and outer surfaces, wherein a strut sector is defined between each pair of circumferentially-adjacent struts, providing a plurality of fuel nozzles that are each aligned with a strut sector, selecting one of the plurality of fuel nozzles as a primary index nozzle and positioning each of a plurality of sensors relative to one of the plurality of nozzles using a corresponding positioning angle such that each of the plurality of sensors coincides with a gas flow temperature distribution profile between each pair of circumferentially-spaced nozzles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816572 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291768 | Spiegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joan E. Spiegel (Boston, Massachusetts); Alexander H. Slocum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adrienne Watral (Lynnwood, Washington); Samuel Duffley (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A syringe having an internal pressure gauge comprises a syringe barrel; a piston within the barrel; a spring coupled to the piston at a first position of the spring, the spring having a second portion that is movable in response to fluid pressure within a syringe cavity; and a pressure gauge having an indicator correlated to a plurality of positions of the second portion of the spring to indicate a pressure of a fluid. The spring can be a bellows. The fluid chamber can be in fluid communication with a cuff of an inflatable medical device, such as an endotracheal tube, such that the measured pressure comprises the fluid pressure within the cuff. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688599 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291895 | Sudarshan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tangali Sudarshan (Columbia, South Carolina); Igor Agafonov (Columbia, South Carolina); Robert Kennedy (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, wires, and apparatus for use in cutting (e.g., slicing) hard, brittle materials is provided. The wire can be a super-abrasive wire that includes a wire core and super-abrasive particles bonded to the wire core via a metal bonding layer. This wire, or another type of wire, can be used to slice workpieces useful for producing wafers. The workpieces can be aligned within a holder to produce wafers using the device and methods presently provided. The holder rotates about its central axis, which translates to workpieces moving in orbit around this axis. A single abrasive wire, or multiple turns of wire stretched tightly between wire guides, is then contacted with the rotating holder to slice the workpieces. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/205046 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Stone working 125/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291963 | Trinks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Trinks (Wallingford, Connecticut); Tracy A. Proctor-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Steven J. Bullied (Pomfret Center, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid core assembly for a casting process includes a ceramic core portion and a refractory metal core portion that interfaces with a ceramic core trough of the ceramic core portion. The refractory metal core portion includes a finger having a bent portion that establishes a refractory metal core trough aligned with the ceramic core trough. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196989 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291990 | Mohr |
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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) | John A. Mohr (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fire fighting system for fighting forest and brush fires under dry, hot and windy conditions which includes a jet engine for generating a high speed air stream, a water source for supplying water to a cooling system which lowers the water temperature to between forty and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, a nozzle for injecting cold water into the air steam and a filter which provides very fine particles of cold water within the stream. The stream of cold water is directed to a forest or brush fire dropping the temperature of the fire which eventually extinguishes the fire. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550684 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire extinguishers 169/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292216 | Rumberger, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Elmer Rumberger, Jr. (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus may be present for moving a wing. A plurality of lifting assemblies may be attached to a first plurality of channels in a ring associated with the wing of an aircraft. A plurality of base assemblies may be attached to a plurality of fittings with a second plurality of channels associated with a fuselage of the aircraft. The plurality of lifting assemblies may be moved away from the plurality of base assemblies using a plurality of biasing systems such that the ring may move away from the fuselage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/639505 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292231 | Sadeck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload upon ground impact by the payload. The apparatus has a pair of sections releasably secured to each other. Each section has an intermediate portion having a longitudinally extending axis and a spur receiving opening that extends through the intermediate portion and is transverse to the longitudinally extending axis, a first end portion attached to the intermediate portion and comprising a spur that extends in a generally lateral direction with respect to the longitudinally extending axis, and a second end portion attached to the intermediate portion such that the intermediate portion is between the first and second end portions. Each section is configured so that a lanyard can be connected to the section wherein in order to use the apparatus, a lanyard is attached to and between one section and a parachute, and another lanyard is attached to and between the other section and a payload. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/214290 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/151.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292510 | Glahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorn A. Glahn (Manchester, Connecticut); Denman H. James (Windsor, Connecticut); William G. Sheridan (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for removing oil from a bearing compartment has a port connected to an end wall of the compartment through which the oil exits the compartment, a scavenge scoop connected to the port for collecting the oil, and a separation device connected to the scavenge scoop for creating an oil collection region. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540111 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292581 | Poon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin C. Poon (Tempe, Arizona); Malak F. Malak (Tempe, Arizona); Rajiv Rana (Tempe, Arizona); Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); David H. Chou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An air-cooled turbine blade and methods of manufacturing the blade are provided. The blade includes a suction side flow circuit formed within its interior and defined at least by an interior surface of a convex suction side wall, a pressure side flow circuit formed within the blade interior and defined at least by an interior surface of a concave pressure side wall, and a center flow circuit including a first section and a second section, the first section disposed between the suction side flow circuit and the pressure side flow circuit, and the second section in flow communication with the first section and a plurality of openings of a leading edge wall and defined at least partially by an interior surface of the leading edge wall. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/971459 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292587 | Poon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin Poon (Tempe, Arizona); Rajiv Rana (Phoenix, Arizona); Bob Mitlin (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); David Chou (Phoenix, Arizona); Steve Halfmann (Chandler, Arizona); Frank Mignano (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade assembly includes an airfoil, a platform, and a first cover plate. A center flow path extends through the platform in communication with an internal cooling circuit of the airfoil, which extends from a first side of the platform. A second side of the platform is located opposite the platform from the first side. An edge of the platform extends between the first and second sides and, a first passage is formed between the first and second sides and includes a first inlet and a first outlet. The first passage extends from the center flow path toward the platform edge, and a first groove is formed on the second side of the platform and extends from the first outlet of the first passage toward the edge of the platform. The first cover plate is disposed over the second side of the platform covering the first groove. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/338746 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/193.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292592 | Welch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Welch (Quaker Hill, Connecticut); Phillip Alexander (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a resilient member having a first end for blocking an access hole and a second end for attachment to a support surface, an opening extending through the resilient member and located between the first and second ends, and a bolt connection location positioned at the second end of the resilient member. The first end of the resilient member blocks the access hole and can be deflected to provide tool access to the bolt connection location through the first opening. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/080383 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/245.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292651 | Lakeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Land and Armaments, L.P. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan C. Lakeman (Plymouth, Minnesota); Randall J. Appleton (West St. Paul, Minnesota); Dennis W. Borgwarth (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An output connector for a high voltage, high current power unit, including a plug assembly including a dielectric plug body having two conductive biplates arranged generally parallel to each other. The two conductive biplates abut a dielectric biplate backer and the two conductive biplates are separated by the dielectric biplate backer. A header assembly includes a dielectric header body presenting two substantially parallel, inwardly facing, vertical support walls on opposing sides of the receptacle recess. A bus bar assembly includes two contactors coupled to a flexible bus bar and abutting the vertical support walls. The two contactors are arranged such that a space exists between the contactors. A ring assembly is couplable to the plug assembly and structured to force the plug assembly axially inward to the header assembly whereby the biplates and the biplate backer are forced between the contactors. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156398 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292680 | Herr 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) | Michael D. Herr (Ridgecrest, California); Jack L. Ingle (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An external brass seal for a floatation device includes a body having an upper portion, a lower portion, at least one aperture, and a seal. The aperture extends through the body and is adapted to transfer fluid into the upper portion and out of the lower portion. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843257 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices 441/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292991 | Friday et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Avon Protection Systems, Inc. (Cadillac, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David K. Friday (Cockeysville, Maryland); John Schlaechter (Columbus, Ohio); Wayne E. Ballantyne (Columbus, Ohio); Robert J. Puhala (Frederick, Maryland); David W. Pike (Salisbury, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A filter for a gas mask has a concave outlet wall and a convex inlet wall with a particulate filter bed that has a uniform depth and conforms substantially to the shape of the inlet and outlet wall. The side wall can have an elliptical, circular or convex shape to conform to the curvature of the wearer's face, or a planar shape. The filter an be a double particulate filter element and a double adsorption filter element configured for axial airflow therethrough with a bifurcated flow pattern. The adsorption filter element comprises a granulated charcoal, a composite material having carbon particles combined with binder particles, or an immobilized bed of charcoal granules and EVA-coated fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/930645 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293040 | Gangopadhyay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shubhra Gangopadhyay (Columbia, Missouri); Daniel Tappmeyer (Warrenton, Missouri); Andrey Bezmelnytsin (Columbia, Missouri); Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan (Columbia, Missouri); Rajesh Shende (Rapid City, South Dakota); Bhusban Mehendale (Land-O-Lakes, Florida); Steven Apperson (Columbia, Missouri); Syed Barizuddin (Columbia, Missouri); Keshab Gangopadhyay (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides homogeneous mesoporous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A composite of the invention has a regular and uniform nanostructure of metal oxide, which is structured by a surfactant. Metal fuel nanoparticles are homogenously distributed through the regular and uniform nanostructure. The invention further provides methods for making homogeneous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A method of the invention forms a metal oxide nanostructure via a sol-gel process with surfactant templating. Metal nanoparticles into the metal oxide nanostructure via wet impregnation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001306 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293064 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cepheid (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Chang (Redwood City, California); Douglas B. Dority (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reaction vessel having a reaction chamber for holding a sample is fabricated by producing a housing having a rigid frame defining the minor walls of the chamber. The housing also defines a port for introducing fluid into the chamber. At least one sheet or film is attached to the rigid frame to form at least one major wall of the chamber. In preferred embodiments, two sheets or films are attached to opposite sides of the rigid frame to form two opposing major walls of the chamber, the major walls being connected to each other by the minor walls. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379004 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/308.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293083 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry S White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Bo Zhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan J White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric N Ervin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gangli Wang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sharpened internal signal transduction element (“ISTE”) into a substrate, followed by polishing of the substrate until a nanometer-sized disk of the ISTE is exposed. The fabrication of a nanopore electrode is accomplished by etching the nanodisk electrode to create a pore in the substrate, with the remaining ISTE comprising the pore base. Complete removal of the ISTE yields a nanopore membrane, in which a conical shaped pore is embedded in a thin membrane of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949469 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293107 | Lobovsky 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) | Alex Lobovsky (Westfield, New Jersey); Wesley P. Hoffman (Palmdale, California); Phillip G. Wapner (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | New fluid separation devices and absorption materials are disclosed. Hollow fibers with an axial capillary slit act as very high efficiency absorption materials, as well as high-surface-area fluid separation devices. The hollow fibers with an axial capillary slit are constructed to preferentially absorb or repel different fluids and arranged to maximize that action over a plurality of fibers to separate different fluids. These separation devices can also function as injection devices and very effective micro-reactors. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684993 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/321.880 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293245 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Smith (Silver Spring, Maryland); Angela Melton-Celsa (Sterling, Virginia); Alison O'Brien (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the discovery of the epitope in the Stx1 protein for the 13C4 antibody. The invention features non-full length Stx1 polypeptides that include the epitope for the 13C4 monoclonal antibody epitope. The invention also features methods of producing anti-Stx1 antibodies specific for the 13C4 epitope of the Stx1 protein. Additionally, the invention features methods for treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, a Shiga toxin associated disease (e.g., hemolytic uremia syndrome and diseases associated with E. coli and S. dysenteriae infection) with a polypeptide that includes the 13C4 epitope or with an anti-Stx1 antibody developed using the methods of the invention. Furthermore, the invention features the detection of Stx1 in a sample using the antibodies developed using the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788546 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293362 | Huston 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) | Alan L Huston (Aldie, Virginia); Brian L Justus (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A closed-cell foam glass structure comprising a multitude of micron-sized voids enclosed by interconnected glass membranes with sub-micron thickness wherein the voids are from about 30% to about 70% of the volume. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/846200 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/312.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293531 | Burg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen J. L. Burg (Clemson, South Carolina); Chih-Chao Yang (Seneca, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are three-dimensional (3D) systems as may be utilized for ex vivo tissue or cell growth and development. A system generally includes a base material and at least one wicking fiber embedded therein through which a liquid can be spontaneously drawn by capillary action. Wicking fibers can define a plurality of colinear channels along the exterior surface of the axial length of the fiber. Wicking fibers can be present in disclosed systems as individual fibers or in bundles. Disclosed systems can be useful in various scientific studies, including, but not limited to, drug discovery, vaccine development, cell biology studies, and biomaterial development. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201297 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293685 | Daugherty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Daugherty (Santa Barbara, California); Jeffrey Rice (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making and using bacterial display polypeptide libraries using circularly permuted OmpX (CPX) variants are disclosed. The invention further relates to methods for enhancing the display of proteins and peptides at the surface of bacteria by optimizing linkers and incorporating mutations at positions 165 and 166 of CPX. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220448 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293725 | Berkman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cancer Targeted Technology LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cliff Berkman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula, A-L-B, wherein A is glutamate or a glutamate analog; L is a phosphoramidate or a phosphoramidate analog; and B is serine or a serine analog are described which are potent inhibitors of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA). Such compounds are useful in treatment of prostate cancer; and when chemically attached to a fluorescent dye, can efficiently and selectively label prostate cancer cells for fluorescent imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691957 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293764 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wen-Hwa Lee (Newport Coast, California); Phang-Lang Chen (Irvine, California); Jiewen Zhu (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Contemplated compounds disrupt interaction between BRCA2 and RAD51, likely by binding to RAD51. Based on the crucial role of the BRCA2-RAD51 complex formation in DNA repair and the role of RAD51 in the control of entry into S-phase from G1, numerous compositions and methods are presented. Among other advantageous uses, contemplated compounds may be employed as protective agents for non-neoplastic cells in chemotherapy before exposure of the cells to a chemotherapeutic drug, and/or as DNA-damage sensitizer for neoplastic cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/577445 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293818 | Costantino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EnerG2 Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Washington); Aaron Feaver (Seattle, Washington); William D. Scott (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is generally directed to activated carbon materials and methods for making the same. The disclosed methods comprise rapidly freezing synthetically prepared polymer gel particles. The methods further comprise drying, pyrolyzing, and activating steps to obtain an activated carbon material of high porosity. The disclosed methods represent viable manufacturing processes for the preparation of activated carbon materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756668 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294007 | Shenoy 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); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devanand K. Shenoy (McLean, Virginia); Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia); William R. Barger (Cobb Island, Maryland); John J. Kasianowicz (Darnestown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane is disclosed made from a compound having a hydrophilic head group, an aliphatic tail group, and a polymerizable functional group. The membrane spans an aperture and may be polymerized. The membrane may be useful for DNA sequencing when the membrane includes an ion channel. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070398 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/713 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294032 | Heisen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Timothy Heisen (Kent, Washington); Harold Peter Soares, Jr. (Tacoma, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for aligning components on a module are disclosed. A flexible circuit may be attached to a module in which a tooling apparatus is attached to the module. A plurality of circuit pads on a functional section of the flexible circuit is aligned by a first alignment structure located on a sacrificial portion of the flexible circuit to a second alignment structure on the tooling apparatus. The flexible circuit is attached to the module while the flexible circuit is in an aligned position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/703477 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294060 | Mohanty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pravansu S. Mohanty (Canton, Michigan); Nicholas Anton Moroz (Northville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forming layers on a target. The apparatus and method employ a direct current plasma apparatus to form at least one layer using a plasma jet containing precursors. In some embodiments, the direct current plasma apparatus utilizes axial injection of the precursors through the cathode (in an upstream and/or downstream configuration) and/or downstream of the anode. In some embodiments, the direct current plasma apparatus can comprise a laser source for remelting the layer using a laser beam to achieve in-situ densification thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772342 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294078 | Mazumder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudip K. Mazumder (Chicago, Illinois); Tirthajyoti Sarkar (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-stage optically-triggered power system. At least one triggering stage is responsive to at least one optical trigger to directly create photogeneration of carriers in the at least one triggering stage and thus generate at least one output signal. At least one main power device stage coupled to the at least one triggering stage is responsive to the at least one generated output signal to activate the at least one main power device stage. The at least one triggering stage and the at least one main power device stage may be monolithically integrated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/157694 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.SW0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294135 | Lebedev 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) | Nikolai Lebedev (Springfield, Virginia); Scott A Trammell (Springfield, Virginia); Stanislav Tsoi (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark E Twigg (Falls Church, Virginia); Joel M Schnur (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein encapsulated inside a multi-wall carbon nanotube or nanotube array. The array can be on an electrode. The photosynthetic reaction center protein can be immobilized on the electrode surface and the protein molecules can have the same orientation. A method of making a high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising the steps of immobilizing a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein inside a carbon nanotube, wherein the immobilizing is by passive diffusion, wherein the immobilizing can include using an organic linker. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776796 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294137 | Jain et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A field-effect transistor is provided and includes source, gate and drain regions, where the gate region controls charge carrier location in the transport channel, the transport channel includes a asymmetric coupled quantum well layer, the asymmetric quantum well layer includes at least two quantum wells separated by a barrier layer having a greater energy gap than the wells, the transport channel is connected to the source region at one end, and the drain regions at the other, the drain regions include at least two contacts electrically isolated from each other, the contacts are connected to at least one quantum well. The drain may include two regions that are configured to form the asymmetric coupled well transport channel. In an embodiment, two sources and two drains are also envisioned. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655609 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294138 | Farinelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Farinelli (Bronx, New York); George A. Keefe (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Shwetank Kumar (White Plains, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining whether a quantum system comprising a superconducting qubit is occupying a first basis state or a second basis state once a measurement is performed is provided. The method, comprising: applying a signal having a frequency through a transmission line coupled to the superconducting qubit characterized by two distinct, separate, and stable states of differing resonance frequencies each corresponding to the occupation of the first or second basis state prior to measurement; and measuring at least one of an output power or phase at an output port of the transmission line, wherein the measured output power or phase is indicative of whether the superconducting qubit is occupying the first basis state or the second basis state. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/026339 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294141 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Changshi Lao (Atlanta, Georgia); Jun Zhou (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet light sensor includes an elongated metal oxide nanostructure, a layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer, a current source and a current detector. The elongated metal oxide nanostructure has a first end and an opposite second end. The layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer is disposed about at least a portion of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current source is configured to provide electrons to the first end of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current detector is configured to detect an amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure. The amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure corresponds to an amount of ultraviolet light impinging on the metal oxide nanostructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498605 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294507 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); James Theodore Richmond (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Robert J. Callanan (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device includes a wide bandgap thyristor having an anode, a cathode, and a gate terminal, and a wide bandgap bipolar transistor having a base, a collector, and an emitter terminal. The emitter terminal of the bipolar transistor is directly coupled to the anode terminal of the thyristor such that the bipolar transistor and the thyristor are connected in series. The bipolar transistor and the thyristor define a wide bandgap bipolar power switching device that is configured to switch between a nonconducting state and a conducting state that allows current flow between a first main terminal corresponding to the collector terminal of the bipolar transistor and a second main terminal corresponding to the cathode terminal of the thyristor responsive to application of a first control signal to the base terminal of the bipolar transistor and responsive to application of a second control signal to the gate terminal of the thyristor. Related control circuits are also discussed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/437929 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294560 | Hilger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E Hilger (Reston, Virginia); John D Hodapp (Springfield, Virginia); Sean M Jellish (Fairfax, Virginia); Christopher H Marshall (Alexandria, Virginia); John K Ramsey, Jr. (Annandale, Virginia); Philip Perconti (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of imaging and non-imaging sensors are used in combination with a graphical user interface (GUI) system on a vehicle to detect items of interest. In particular, a GUI has been developed that seamlessly integrates high magnification, Narrow Field of View (NFOV) imaging sensors and Wide Field of View (WFOV) imaging sensors. The GUI is capable of displaying both WFOV and NFOV images, gimbal controls, and allow NFOV sensor to be pointed to any location within the wide field of view efficiently by a single touch of a touch screen display. The overall goal is to allow an operator to select which imagery from multiple WFOV sensors to display in order to prescreen regions of interest that require further investigation using sensors with more magnification. |
| FILED | Monday, July 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505622 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294603 | Sze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivienne Sze (Toronto, Canada); Anantha P. Chandrakasan (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing high throughput entropy coding contains the steps of: dividing syntax elements of video into one or more group of syntax elements; placing each group into a separate partition, resulting in more than one partition; and processing more than one of the more than one partition in parallel using entropy coding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827872 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294712 | Nelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Nelson (Sumner, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for facilitating detection of an object in a point cloud of three-dimensional imaging data representing an area of study where the object potentially is obscured by intervening obstacles are provided. The imaging data is processed to identify elements in the point cloud having substantially common attributes signifying that the identified elements correspond to a feature in the area of study. An isosurface is generated associating the elements having substantially common attributes. A reversed orientation visualization model for a region of interest is generated. The reversed orientation visual model areas of total occlusion that potentially signify presence of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/775430 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294775 | McCloskey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluttering illumination system and method for encoding the appearance of a moving subject includes an image capturing device, a lens, a shutter, an illumination source, and a device to control illumination triggering and power. The image capturing device may be configured in a bulb shutter mode to integrate light patterns from the object upon the sensor via the shutter until a shutter release is open. The control device may be invoked to trigger several illuminations of varying power in a predetermined sequence by rapidly turning the illumination source on and off when the shutter release is open. The shutter release may then be closed following the firing of a last illumination in order to invertibly encode the appearance of the moving subject in a single image. Data indicative of a motion blur associated with the image may be estimated and the image processed to recover a sharp image without noise and ringing artifacts. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604012 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/208.990 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294982 | Her |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsinghua Her (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber, such as a photonic bandgap fiber, is provided, the fiber including a core and a cladding. The core can extend longitudinally and can have a gain medium configured to provide laser amplification to laser radiation propagating along the core. For example, the gain medium may include a dopant configured to provide amplification, when activated by one or more modes of excitation radiation, of laser radiation propagating along said core. The cladding can be radially exterior to the core, and can be configured to provide a low-loss propagation the one or more modes of excitation radiation and a lossy propagation of all modes of laser radiation along the core, the lossy propagation higher than the low-loss propagation, in particular when the one or more modes of excitation radiation is substantially absent from the core. Associated methods and apparatuses are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/832583 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295046 | St. Rock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian St. Rock (Andover, Connecticut); Scott F. Kaslusky (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat sink includes a blower located in the heat sink and a plurality of fins extending from a periphery of the blower toward a perimeter of the heat sink. The plurality of fins define a plurality of channels each having a channel inlet located at the blower and a channel exit located at the perimeter of the heat sink. The plurality of channels vary in length around the perimeter of the heat sink A velocity of an air flow from the blower at each channel inlet is substantially equal for each channel of the plurality of channels, and a total pressure drop from the channel inlet to the channel exit is substantially equal for each channel of the plurality of channels. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/838536 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295309 | Jeng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac M. Jeng (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for time weighted combining of a plurality of binary phase shift key (BPSK) code sequences that is implemented by providing first, second and third sequences of chips of a BPSK code having a first, second and third code powers, respectively. A majority vote (MV) sequence of chips from the first, second and third sequences of chips is determined and a time multiplexed composite BPSK composite code sequence is formed by selecting a specific number of samples from each of the MV sequence of chips, and the two sequences of chips of the first, second and third sequences of chips that have the highest code powers, to form samples in a unit duration. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/049007 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295326 | Reid |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ceri Reid (Largo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a system and method of digitally encoding and decoding digital data during the transmission process using a combination of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and turbo coding. A DSSS de-spreading process is used in place of the outer decoder functional block of a turbo decoder, which removes the need for a dedicated outer ECC code. Removal of the dedicated outer ECC code allows for an increase in the actual data rate transmitted through the channel (compared with a system which uses a discrete DSSS stage after Turbo coding or some other ECC code) because the number of bits to be transmitted for a given data rate has been reduced. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483471 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295409 | Su |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-sensor signal fusion apparatus is provided for automatic modulation classification of weak unknown signals in non-cooperative communication environment with a more accurate description of the signal. The multi-sensor non-cooperative demodulation device combines a group of sensors, a signal fusion sensor, a means for signal demodulation, and a means for automatic modulation classification. An output of the signal fusion sensor is sent to a means for modulation scheme classification to select the appropriate demodulation technique for demodulating the unknown signal and provide the necessary intelligence about the monitored signals to the user and allow the user to simulate the unknown non-cooperative signal. The present invention also contemplates a multi-sensor signal fusion article of manufacture with a storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for more accurate descriptions of monitored signals and methods for achieving higher accuracy descriptions of monitored signals in a non-cooperative environment with multi-sensor non-cooperative demodulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325124 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295412 | O'Neal |
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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) | Jeremy R. O'Neal (West Warwick, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for signal detection in which a digital sample stream is fed round robin into a plurality of buffers, which are sequentially compared with a reference signal to determine a match. A processor determines the chronological order of the samples in each bit of each buffer, and directs a bitwise comparison between the signal in each buffer with the reference to determine a match, e.g., by correlation. The apparatus and method are preferably implemented with a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). This scheme permits real time correlation of a data stream with a reference without use of shift registers, or a significant number of dedicated logic blocks. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894625 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295655 | Manipatruni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sasikanth Manipatruni (Ithaca, New York); Qianfan Xu (Houston, Texas); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical modulator includes a ring resonator with a waveguide adjacent to and optically coupled to the micro-ring resonator. A p-i-n junction is formed about the ring resonator. An optional additional doped region may be formed opposite the waveguide from the ring resonator and when combined with the p-i-n junction forms a nearly closed p-i-n junction about the ring resonator. The ring resonator may be a silicon micro-ring resonator. Multiple different resonant frequency resonators may be coupled to the waveguide along with different detectors to multiplex light on the waveguide. The spectrum of the resonator may be controlled by an applied voltage. A prepulsing device may be used to enhance electrical transitions to enhance the speed of the modulator. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310431 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295708 | Bandyopadhyay |
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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) | Promode R. Bandyopadhyay (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater data transmission system including arrays of nano-meter scaled photon emitters and sensors on an outer surface of an underwater platform. For the emitters, a laser is pulsed to correlate with data packets, providing a beam of photons at a prescribed frequency. Nano-scaled collecting lenses channel the incoming photons to photo-receptors located at a focal plane for the frequency at the base of each lens. A coating on the lenses absorbs photons at the frequency that are not aligned with the longitudinal axes of the lenses or tubes. Nano-wires connect the photo-receptors to a light intensity integrator. The integrator integrates the intensity over a surface area. The output of the integrator is fed to a signal processor to track and process the arriving digital packets. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161898 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296053 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward M. Brennan (Wenonah, New Jersey); Carl V. Jannetti (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); John B. Stetson (New Hope, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are disclosed for determining relative motion between ship-based combat system elements using accelerometers. Relative motion between combat system elements can introduce error into the targeting information provided to the weapons system, and thus the system facilitates compensation for such relative motion. The system includes accelerometers mounted on radar systems, inertial navigation system (INS) sensors, and weapons systems. An algorithm is disclosed in which the raw accelerometer signals are filtered, then combined with ship INS attitude signals in a displacement calculation module (DCM). Within the DCM, the signals are manipulated to calculate, for each combat system element, the translational and rotational displacements due to hull modal vibration and the translational and rotational displacements due to force vibration. The sum of these values represent the movement of each of the affected combat system elements. Relative motion between elements is calculated simply as the difference between the calculated movement values for each element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869283 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296127 | Marcu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California); Dragos Stefan Munteanu (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A translation training device which extracts from two nonparallel Corpora a set of parallel sentences. The system finds parameters between different sentences or phrases, in order to find parallel sentences. The parallel sentences are then used for training a data-driven machine translation system. The process can be applied repetitively until sufficient data is collected or until the performance of the translation system stops improving. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087376 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/5 |
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| US 08296773 | Bose et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); Eren Kursun (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for improving efficiency of a multi-core architecture includes, in accordance with a workload, determining a number of cores to shut down based upon a metric that combines parameters to represent operational efficiency. Threads of the workload are reassigned to cores remaining active by assigning threads based on priority constraints and thread execution history to improve the operational efficiency of the multi-core architecture. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/164775 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/105 |
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| US 08296839 | Sax et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Sax (McLean, Virginia); William Wollman (Oceanport, New Jersey); Egil H. Jegers (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for enabling robust routing between protected enclaves over an unsecured network are provided herein. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods and systems for enabling routing among a plurality of protected enclaves, each supported by one or more secure gateways, over an unsecured network. Methods and systems according to the present invention achieve key routing requirements while presenting solutions that can be readily scaled to large network environments. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods and systems for implementing a Prefix Discovery Server (PDS) that enables the mapping of Plain Text (PT) networks to secure gateways, maintains current network routing information, and assists VPN gateways in determining routes to remote protected enclaves. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447092 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Riverside Research Institute (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest J. Feleppa (Rye, New York); Jonathan Mamou (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for detecting and locating brachytherapy seeds using Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA). The method exploits the presence of seed-specific repetitive echo signals in detecting seeds and determining their location. Radio frequency (rf) echo signals received from a scanned area of interest are converted to zero-mean envelope-detected signals and then processed using SSA to produce a spectral-power line (a P line). The P line indicates the relative likelihood of a seed being present. A colored P-mode image derived from a set of P lines is superimposed on a conventional ultrasound B-mode image to depict seed location. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004670 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292814 | Insana et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Insana (Urbana, Illinois); Marko Orescanin (Urbana, Illinois); Kathleen Toohey (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes an acoustic radiation force source that is structured to generate an acoustic radiation force at one or more frequencies. A shear wave transmission device is embedded in a mass including a biologic material. The shear wave transmission device is responsive to the acoustic radiation force source to transmit shear waves through the biologic material. A Doppler ultrasonic device detects the shear waves and generates data representative of the shear waves. A processing device determines one or more mechanical properties of the biologic material from the data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/592717 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/438 |
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| US 08293004 | Chow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Foundation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence C. Chow (Germantown, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This study reports in vitro and in vivo properties of fluorapatite (FA)-forming calcium phosphate cements (CPCs). Experimental cements contained from (0 to 3.1) mass % of F, corresponding to presence of FA at levels of approximately (0 to 87) mass %. The crystallinity of the apatitic cement product increased greatly with the FA content. When implanted subcutaneously in rats, the in vivo resorption rate decreased significantly with increasing FA content. The cement with the highest FA content was not resorbed in soft tissue, making it biocompatible and bioinert CPC. These bioinert CPCs are candidates for use in useful applications where slow or no resorption of the implant is required to achieve the desired clinical outcome. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/175368 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/690 |
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| US 08293061 | DeVoe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Lad DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland); Chia-Wen Tsao (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for bonding two surfaces to one another. The invention particularly pertains to the use of such method in which one of the surfaces is a polymeric plastic (and more preferably a polymeric thermoplastic (especially poly-(methyl methacrylate) (“PMMA”) or cyclic olefin copolymer (“COC”)). More particularly, the invention relates to treating at least one of the contacting surfaces with UV in the presence of oxygen to thereby generate ozone (O3) and atomic oxygen under conditions of temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the polymeric plastic. The UV/O3-mediated bonding results in high bond strength and zero-deformation method. This bonding method can be applied to micro/nano-scale polymer devices, and particularly to microfluidic devices, for a low cost, high throughput, high yield advantage. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399178 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/273.300 |
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| US 08293083 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry S White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Bo Zhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan J White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric N Ervin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gangli Wang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sharpened internal signal transduction element (“ISTE”) into a substrate, followed by polishing of the substrate until a nanometer-sized disk of the ISTE is exposed. The fabrication of a nanopore electrode is accomplished by etching the nanodisk electrode to create a pore in the substrate, with the remaining ISTE comprising the pore base. Complete removal of the ISTE yields a nanopore membrane, in which a conical shaped pore is embedded in a thin membrane of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949469 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/420 |
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| US 08293187 | Venditti 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) | Charles P. Venditti (Kensington, Maryland); Randy Chandler (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device including a chamber wherein the chamber including a rigid enclosure; a rigid lid for the enclosure; a gasket between the lid and the enclosure to allow for an airtight seal between the enclosure and the gasket upon closure of a latch connecting the enclosure and the lid; a port for airtight attachment of a syringe, and a port for airtight insertion of a gas sensor. The device can further include a gas sensor and one or more syringes for attachment to the device by a three-way stopcocks. The device is appropriately sized for use with the subject of interest. The invention also provides methods for use of the device. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418795 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293224 | Bzik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Bzik (Grantham, New Hampshire); Barbara Fox (Grantham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Uracil auxotroph mutants of apicomplexans are provided which lack a functional carbamoyl phosphate synthase II (CPSII) enzyme. Also provided are T. gondii autoxtroph mutants which express exogenous antigens, and methods of protecting an animal against a T. gondii and non-T. gondii disease. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/962584 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 08293240 | Newell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martha Karen Newell (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Evan Newell (Menlo Park, California); Elizabeth Villalobos-Menuey (Monument, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for treating inflammatory and proliferative diseases, and wounds, using as a pharmacon a UCP and/or Fas antibody or other inhibitor, or combination thereof, and a therapeutically acceptable amount of a fatty acid metabolism inhibitor and/or a therapeutically acceptable amount of a glucose metabolism inhibitor, optionally in combination with one or more chemotherpeutic agents. In preferred embodiments, the invention combines an antibody against UCP and/or Fas antigen with an oxirane carboxylic acid, represented by etomoxir, and/or with a 2-deoxyglucose compound, represented by 2-deoxy-D-glucose. The systems and methods of the invention can be used to treat drug-resistant or multi-drug resistant cancers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/390753 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/146.100 |
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| US 08293245 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Smith (Silver Spring, Maryland); Angela Melton-Celsa (Sterling, Virginia); Alison O'Brien (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the discovery of the epitope in the Stx1 protein for the 13C4 antibody. The invention features non-full length Stx1 polypeptides that include the epitope for the 13C4 monoclonal antibody epitope. The invention also features methods of producing anti-Stx1 antibodies specific for the 13C4 epitope of the Stx1 protein. Additionally, the invention features methods for treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, a Shiga toxin associated disease (e.g., hemolytic uremia syndrome and diseases associated with E. coli and S. dysenteriae infection) with a polypeptide that includes the 13C4 epitope or with an anti-Stx1 antibody developed using the methods of the invention. Furthermore, the invention features the detection of Stx1 in a sample using the antibodies developed using the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788546 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
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| US 08293247 | Hoffmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erich Hoffmann (Galveston, Texas); Aleksandr S. Lipatov (Atlanta, Georgia); Richard J. Webby (Memphis, Tennessee); Elena A. Govorkova (Cordova, Tennessee); Robert G. Webster (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The immunogenicity of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) molecule may be increased by substitutions of amino acids in the HA sequence. The substitution of specific HA residues, such as asparagine at position 223 of H5 HA, increase the sensitivity of the hemagglutinin inhibition (HI) assay by altering receptor specificity and/or antibody-antigen binding. HA molecules containing such substitutions will be useful in the development of diagnostic reference viruses and improved influenza vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/964491 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/206.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293248 | Vilalta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vical Incorporated (San Diego, California); The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Vilalta (San Diego, California); Michal Margalith (Solana Beach, California); Lichun Dong (Seattle, Washington); David Koelle (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method for systemic immune activation which is effective for eliciting both a systemic, non-antigen specific immune response and a strong antigen-specific immune response in a mammal. The method is particularly effective for protecting a mammal from herpes simplex virus. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions useful in such a method. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/581058 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/231.100 |
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| US 08293477 | Glimcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Itacha, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Dallas C. Jones (Brookline, Massachusetts); Marc Wein (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention demonstrates that KRC molecules have multiple important functions as modulating agents in regulating a wide variety of cellular processes including bone formation and mineralization. TGF-β signaling in osteoblasts promotes the formation of a multimeric complex between KRC, Runx2, Smad3, and the E3 ubiquitin ligase, WWP1 which inhibits Runx2 function due to the ability of WWP1 to promote Runx2 polyubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation. Furthermore, KRC and WWP1 form a complex with RSK2 which promotes RSK2 phosphorylation and inhibits RSK2 function due to the ability of WWP 1 to promote RSK2 ubiquitination. Methods for identifying modulators of KRC activity are provided. Methods for modulating an immune response, bone formation and mineralization, and KRC-associated disorders using agents that modulate KRC expression and/or activity are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/918503 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.130 |
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| US 08293479 | Torday et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Torday (Redondo Beach, California); Virender K. Rehan (Torrance, California); Richard Mink (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the discovery that Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein (PTHrP) can be detect and/or stage, and/or treat chronic lung diseases. In particular, it was discovered that PTHrP levels in broncho-alveolar lavage are indicative of lung “health” and “disease”, and can be used to predict lung disease in patients at risk of chronic lung disease and/or to evaluate the efficacy of a ventilation regime. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/513474 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08293481 | Brozovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank V. Brozovich (Rochester, Minnesota); Frank C. Chen (Rochester, Minnesota); Robert P. Frantz (Rochester, Minnesota); Ozgur Ogut (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for using biomarkers to determine prognosis and response to treatment in subjects having chronic vascular dysfunction. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/514275 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
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| US 08293486 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Xiaoqin Wang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Monica A. Serban (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for compositions and methods of linking silk fibroin to active agents through the specific interaction between avidin and biotin, providing for functionalization of silk-based protein biomaterials. An avidin- or biotin-modified silk is a biomaterial platform for functionalization with a variety of correspondingly linked active agents, such as antibodies and growth factors. A variety of functionalized silk materials, such as silk hydrogel, silk micro/nanoparticles and silk films, can be prepared by the methods of the present invention. The functionalization strategies of the present invention are relatively easy, fast and feasible, and are thus useful in many biomedical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/381687 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08293495 | Shusta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric V. Shusta (Madison, Wisconsin); Christian Weidenfeller (Madison, Wisconsin); Clive Niels Svendsen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating a multicellular blood-brain barrier model is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturing primary brain microvascular endothelial cells or embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells upon a permeable support in the presence of neural progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218123 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
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| US 08293498 | Dermody et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terence S. Dermody (Brentwood, Tennessee); Takeshi Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan); James D. Chappell (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for the generation of viable reoviruses using only cloned nucleic acid segments representing the RNA segments of the reovirus genome. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/960357 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 08293501 | Fredriksson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johan Erik Simon Fredriksson (Uppsala, Sweden); Carl Oscar Fredrik Dahl (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for performing low background multiplex nucleic acid amplification reactions are provided. Aspects of the invention include contacting a nucleic acid sample with two or more primer pairs for two or more target nucleic acids under template dependent primer extension reaction conditions, e.g., polymerase chain reaction (PCR) conditions. The resultant amplified composition is then contacted with target nucleic acid circularizing reagents, and product circularized target nucleic acids are then selected, e.g., for further amplification. Also provided are systems and kits that find use in practicing embodiments of the inventions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/440716 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
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| US 08293510 | Detamore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Detamore (Lawrence, Kansas); Stevin H. Gehrke (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a hydrogel network comprised of a physically cross-linked polymer and a chemically cross-linked polymer or physically entangled copolymer containing living cells, such as chondrocytes, encapsulated therein. In a preferred aspect, the physically cross-linked polymer is selected from the group consisting of thermally gelling polysaccharides and proteins, such as agarose or gelatin, and the chemically cross-linked or physically entangled polymer is synthesized from a water-soluble vinyl monomer, either as a homopolymer or copolymer, such as polyethylene glycol diacrylate (“PEG-DA”) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (“HEMA”). |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985707 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/178 |
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| US 08293513 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mira O. Jung (Rockville, Maryland); Anatoly Dritschilo (Bethesda, Maryland); Yali Kong (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel histone deacetylase inhibitors, including novel fluorescent histone deacetylase inhibitors, are described. Methods for making and using the same, e.g., to treat cancer, are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/747365 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/184 |
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| US 08293517 | Cunningham |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. However, in order the develop a system to product narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose method and compositions for screening Pseudomonas aeruginosa 16S rRNA in E. coli cells. In certain embodiments, a plasmid comprising the 16S rRNA gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa t mutated to replace the natural helix 9 region with the corresponding region of the E. coli rRNA, is shown to form functional ribosomes in E. coli host cells. Li other embodiments, a plasmid, comprising the unmutated 16S rRNA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, along with a plasmid containing the Pseudomonas aeruginosa S20 protein, can yield functional ribosomes in E. coli cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914062 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.330 |
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| US 08293524 | Ionescu-Zanetti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluxion Biosciences Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti (Berkeley, California); Michelle Khine (San Francisco, California); Michael Schwartz (San Francisco, California); Andrew Blatz (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for analysis of individual particles in a microfluidic device. The methods involve the immobilization of an array of particles in suspension and the application of experimental compounds. Such methods can also include electrophysiology studies including patch clamp recording, electroporation, or both in the same microfluidic device. The apparatus provided includes a microfluidic device coupled to a multi-well structure and an interface for controlling the flow of media within the microchannel device. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/690831 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — 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 435/297.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293720 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D Thompson (Charlottesville, Virginia); Anthony Beauglehole (Charlottesville, Virginia); Frank Schmidtmann (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jayson M. Rieger (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides substituted 4-{3-[6-amino-9-(3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl}-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid esters and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same that are selective agonists of A2A adenosine receptors (ARs). These compounds and compositions are useful as pharmaceutical agents. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/338369 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293724 | Kunos 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) | George Kunos (Bethesda, Maryland); Alexandros Makriyannis (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is an enzyme responsible for the degradation of oleamide (an endogenous sleep-inducing lipid) and anandamide (an endogenous ligand for cannabinoid receptors). Disclosed herein are potent inhibitors of FAAH and methods for their use for treating a variety of disorder, including hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755227 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293725 | Berkman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cancer Targeted Technology LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cliff Berkman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula, A-L-B, wherein A is glutamate or a glutamate analog; L is a phosphoramidate or a phosphoramidate analog; and B is serine or a serine analog are described which are potent inhibitors of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA). Such compounds are useful in treatment of prostate cancer; and when chemically attached to a fluorescent dye, can efficiently and selectively label prostate cancer cells for fluorescent imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691957 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293776 | Teitelbaum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel H. Teitelbaum (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hollis Showalter (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); Peter Lucas (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hiroyuki Koga (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating inflammatory conditions (e.g., of the bowel). In particular, the present invention provides methods of treating (e.g., therapeutically and/or prophylactically treating) inflammatory conditions (e.g., of the bowel), compositions useful for such methods (e.g., antagonists and/or inhibitors of angiotensin II (AngII) receptor Type 1a (AT1a)), and methods of identifying, characterizing and/or optimizing such compositions. Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine) and research applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536390 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/381 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293800 | Meier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Santhera Pharmaceuticals (Schweiz) AG (Liestal, Switzerland); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Meier (Basel, Switzerland); Bibiana Bielekova (Kensington, Maryland); Henry F. McFarland (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to approaches, methods, pharmaceuticals and uses directed to the curative treating or preventing of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PP-MS), by using 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-6-(10-hydroxydecyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (Idebenone) as the active agent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/768930 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/689 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293867 | Messersmith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin Lee (Chicago, Illinois); Yuhan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhongqiang Liu (Evanston, Illinois); Lesley Hamming (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a simple, non-destructive and versatile method that enables layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to be performed on virtually any substrate. A catechol-functionalized polymer which adsorbs to virtually all surfaces and can serve as a platform for LbL assembly in a surface-independent fashion is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/267822 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293872 | Raines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); George N. Phillips, Jr. (Madison, Wisconsin); R. Jeremy Johnson (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jason G. McCoy (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to cytotoxic variants of human ribonuclease 1 (RNase 1) identified through analysis of the interaction between RNase 1 and the human ribonuclease inhibitor (hRI) as defined by the three dimensional (3-D) atomic structure of the RNase1 hRI complex. Also disclosed is the 3-D structure of the hRI•RNase 1 complex and methods for designing the RNase 1 variants. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243373 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293880 | Cote et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Cote (Miami, Florida); Anirban P. Mitra (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of prognosing urothelial carcinoma. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of prognosing urothelial carcinoma by determining expression levels of JUN, MAP2K6, STAT3 and/or ICAM1. In another embodiment, the present invention provides an single prognostic panel made up of eight gene markers. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a single prognostic panel made up of eleven gene markers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/411199 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293920 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The recent development of a modular synthesis of tetracycline analogs through a chiral enone intermediate has allowed for the efficient synthesis of novel tetracycline analogs never prepared before. The present invention provides a more efficient route for preparing the enone intermediate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/043742 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294092 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Predrag S. Krstic (Knoxville, Tennessee); Weihua Guan (New Haven, Connecticut); Xiongce Zhao (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for trapping a charged particle is disclosed. A time-varying periodic multipole electric potential is generated in a trapping volume. A charged particle under the influence of the multipole electric field is confined to the trapping volume. A three electrode configuration giving rise to a 3D Paul trap and a four planar electrode configuration giving rise to a 2D Paul trap are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730226 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294461 | Overall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Overall (Palo Alto, California); Greig C. Scott (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting coupled RF current magnetic resonance (MR) objects in a body and determining MR risk is provided. The body is scanned with reverse circularly polarized RF. MR signals generated by coupling of the reverse circularly polarized RF with the RF current MR objects are detected. The detected MR signals are used to determine a risk value. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354451 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296076 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method to achieve digital quantification of DNA (i.e., counting differences between identical sequences) using direct shotgun sequencing followed by mapping to the chromosome of origin and enumeration of fragments per chromosome. The preferred method uses massively parallel sequencing, which can produce tens of millions of short sequence tags in a single run and enabling a sampling that can be statistically evaluated. By counting the number of sequence tags mapped to a predefined window in each chromosome, the over- or under-representation of any chromosome in maternal plasma DNA contributed by an aneuploid fetus can be detected. This method does not require the differentiation of fetal versus maternal DNA. The median count of autosomal values is used as a normalization constant to account for differences in total number of sequence tags is used for comparison between samples and between chromosomes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452083 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Simon Graves (Berkeley, California); Matt Danning (Oakland, California); Matthew Culligan (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A PV module kit for non-penetrating rooftop installation, including a plurality of PV modules and a plurality of connectors. Each of the PV modules includes a PV laminate and a frame forming a mounting region assembled thereto. The connectors include a male connector having a male fastener extending from a head, and a female connector having a female fastener assembled within a head. The heads are entirely formed of plastic. The kit provides a mounted array state including a junction at which the mounting region of at least two of the PV modules are aligned and interconnected by engagement of the male connector with the female connector. The so-formed junction is substantially electrically insulated. The plurality of connectors can further include a spacer connector including a head forming a bore sized to slidably receive the male fastener, with all of the connector heads being identical. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/272056 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291694 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system that processes exhaust generated by an engine is provided. The system generally includes a particulate filter (PF) that filters particulates from the exhaust wherein an upstream end of the PF receives exhaust from the engine. A grid of electrically resistive material is applied to an exterior upstream surface of the PF and selectively heats exhaust passing through the grid to initiate combustion of particulates within the PF. A catalyst coating applied to at least one of the PF and the grid. A control module estimates a temperature of the grid and controls the engine to produce a desired exhaust product to increase the temperature of the grid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/950576 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291705 | York |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William David York (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel nozzle for a combustor includes a mixing passage through which fluid is directed toward a combustion area and a plurality of swirler vanes disposed in the mixing passage. Each swirler vane of the plurality of swirler vanes includes at least one fuel hole through which fuel enters the mixing passage in an injection direction substantially parallel to an outer surface of the plurality of swirler vanes thereby decreasing a flameholding tendency of the fuel nozzle. A method of operating a fuel nozzle for a combustor includes flowing a fluid through a mixing passage past a plurality of swirler vanes and injecting a fuel into the mixing passage in an injection direction substantially parallel to an outer surface of the plurality of swirler vanes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/190918 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291824 | Welle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Welle (Niceville, Florida); Paul T. Vianco (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul S. Headley (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Jason A. Jarrell (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); J. Emmett Garrity (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keegan P. Shelton (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Stephen K. Marley (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic exploding foil initiator (EFI) or slapper detonator and the method for making the monolithic EFI wherein the exploding bridge and the dielectric from which the flyer will be generated are integrated directly onto the header. In some embodiments, the barrel is directly integrated directly onto the header. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/832097 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291872 | Szybist et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Szybist (Knoxville, Tennessee); James C. Conklin (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A six-stroke engine cycle having improved efficiency. Heat is recovered from the engine combustion gases by using a 6-stroke engine cycle in which combustion gases are partially vented proximate the bottom-dead-center position of the fourth stroke cycle, and water is injected proximate the top-dead-center position of the fourth stroke cycle. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483388 |
| ART UNIT | 3783 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292492 | Ho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan J. Altman (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Adam W. Cook (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of airfoil-shaped micro-mixers that enhances fluid mixing within permeable membrane channels, such as used in reverse-osmosis filtration units, while minimizing additional pressure drop. The enhanced mixing reduces fouling of the membrane surfaces. The airfoil-shaped micro-mixer can also be coated with or comprised of biofouling-resistant (biocidal/germicidal) ingredients. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268542 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292580 | Schiavo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Schiavo (Oviedo, Florida); Malberto F. Gonzalez (Orlando, Florida); Kuangwei Huang (Singapore, Singapore); David C. Radonovich (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal vane core or strut (64) is formed integrally with an outer backing plate (40). An inner backing plate (38) is formed separately. A spring (74) with holes (75) is installed in a peripheral spring chamber (76) on the strut. Inner and outer CMC shroud covers (46, 48) are formed, cured, then attached to facing surfaces of the inner and outer backing plates (38, 40). A CMC vane airfoil (22) is formed, cured, and slid over the strut (64). The spring (74) urges continuous contact between the strut (64) and airfoil (66), eliminating vibrations while allowing differential expansion. The inner end (88) of the strut is fastened to the inner backing plate (38). A cooling channel (68) in the strut is connected by holes (69) along the leading edge of the strut to peripheral cooling paths (70, 71) around the strut. Coolant flows through and around the strut, including through the spring holes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479047 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/96.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292583 | Marra |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade is provided for a gas turbine comprising: a support structure comprising a base defining a root of the blade and a framework extending radially outwardly from the base, and an outer skin coupled to the support structure framework. The skin has a generally constant thickness along substantially the entire radial extent thereof. The framework and the skin define an airfoil of the blade. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/540430 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292974 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes modifying a surface of an electrode active material including providing a solution or a suspension of a surface modification agent; providing the electrode active material; preparing a slurry of the solution or suspension of the surface modification agent, the electrode active material, a polymeric binder, and a conductive filler; casting the slurry in a metallic current collector; and drying the cast slurry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397319 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292987 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan); Kevin W. Kirby (Calabasas Hills, California); Amanda Phelps (Malibu, California); Daniel J. Gregoire (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter with an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas, a downstream end and zones. The system also includes a heating element. A control module selectively activates the heating element to inductively heat one of the zones. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/209298 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293089 | James et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Conrad D. James (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul C. Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark S. Derzon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Darin C. Graf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth R. Pohl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chris J. Bourdon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for combining dielectrophoresis, magnetic forces, and hydrodynamic forces to manipulate particles in channels formed on top of an electrode substrate are discussed. A magnet placed in contact under the electrode substrate while particles are flowing within the channel above the electrode substrate allows these three forces to be balanced when the system is in operation. An optical detection scheme using near-confocal microscopy for simultaneously detecting two wavelengths of light emitted from the flowing particles is also discussed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/610409 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/643 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293135 | Cox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald P. Cox (Brockport, New York); Cathy A. Fromen (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kenneth L. Marshall (Rochester, New York); Stephen D. Jacobs (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A PCLC flake/fluid host suspension that enables dual-frequency, reverse drive reorientation and relaxation of the PCLC flakes is composed of a fluid host that is a mixture of: 94 to 99.5 wt % of a non-aqueous fluid medium having a dielectric constant value ∈, where 1<∈<7, a conductivity value σ, where 10−9>σ>10−7 Siemens per meter (S/m), and a resistivity r, where 107>r>1010 ohm-meters (Ω-m), and which is optically transparent in a selected wavelength range Δλ; 0.0025 to 0.25 wt % of an inorganic chloride salt; 0.0475 to 4.75 wt % water; and 0.25 to 2 wt % of an anionic surfactant; and 1 to 5 wt % of PCLC flakes suspended in the fluid host mixture. Various encapsulation forms and methods are disclosed including a Basic test cell, a Microwell, a Microcube, Direct encapsulation (I), Direct encapsulation (II), and Coacervation encapsulation. Applications to display devices are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840474 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/299.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293329 | Forrest |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic vapor jet printing system includes a pump for increasing the pressure of an organic flux. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/389628 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293385 | Hassan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azad M. Hassan (Los Angeles, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854297 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293426 | Weil et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Scott Weil (Richland, Washington); Kerry D. Meinhardt (Kennewick, Washington); Vincent L. Sprenkle (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack assembly designs are consistently investigated to develop an assembly that provides optimal performance, and durability, within desired cost parameters. A new design includes a repeat unit having a SOFC cassette and being characterized by a three-component construct. The three components include an oxidation-resistant, metal window frame hermetically joined to an electrolyte layer of a multi-layer, anode-supported ceramic cell and a pre-cassette including a separator plate having a plurality of vias that provide electrical contact between an anode-side collector within the pre-cassette and a cathode-side current collector of an adjacent cell. The third component is a cathode-side seal, which includes a standoff that supports a cathode channel spacing between each of the cassettes in a stack. Cassettes are formed by joining the pre-cassette and the window frame. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/242165 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293535 | Farquar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Roy Farquar (Livermore, California); Roald N. Leif (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-threat simulant that includes a carrier and DNA encapsulated in the carrier. Also a method of making a simulant including the steps of providing a carrier and encapsulating DNA in the carrier to produce the bio-threat simulant. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909428 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293566 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin K. Kim (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Malcolm S. Carroll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Aaron Gin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Phillip F. Marsh (Lowell, Massachusetts); Erik W. Young (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael J. Cich (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An infrared focal plane array (FPA) is disclosed which utilizes a strained-layer superlattice (SLS) formed of alternating layers of InAs and InxGa1-xSb with 0≦x≦0.5 epitaxially grown on a GaSb substrate. The FPA avoids the use of a mesa structure to isolate each photodetector element and instead uses impurity-doped regions formed in or about each photodetector for electrical isolation. This results in a substantially-planar structure in which the SLS is unbroken across the entire width of a 2-D array of the photodetector elements which are capped with an epitaxially-grown passivation layer to reduce or eliminate surface recombination. The FPA has applications for use in the wavelength range of 3-25 μm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815714 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293780 | Gakh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei A Gakh (Bethesda, Maryland); Mykhaylo V. Vovk (Kyiv, Ukraine); Nina V. Mel'nychenko (Kyiv, Ukraine); Volodymyr A. Sukach (Brovary, Ukraine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to novel compounds having the structural Formulas (1a,1b), stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof as chemotherapy agents for treating of cancer, particularly androgen-independent prostate cancer. The disclosure also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422158 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294022 | Lenox |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl J. S. Lenox (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic array including a plurality of photovoltaic assemblies and a plurality of mounting units. The mounting units each include an elongate rail and a plurality of leg assemblies. The rail is sized and configured to maintain a portion of at least two of the photovoltaic assemblies, with the leg assemblies extending from the rail in a spaced-apart fashion and terminating in a foot for placement against a rooftop structure for minimally penetration installation. Further, at least one of the leg assemblies can include a retractable leg. When the photovoltaic array is installed to a rooftop structure including a membrane intermittently secured to a rooftop deck, the retractable leg accommodates upward billowing of the membrane under windy conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/416358 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294092 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Predrag S. Krstic (Knoxville, Tennessee); Weihua Guan (New Haven, Connecticut); Xiongce Zhao (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for trapping a charged particle is disclosed. A time-varying periodic multipole electric potential is generated in a trapping volume. A charged particle under the influence of the multipole electric field is confined to the trapping volume. A three electrode configuration giving rise to a 3D Paul trap and a four planar electrode configuration giving rise to a 2D Paul trap are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730226 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294141 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Changshi Lao (Atlanta, Georgia); Jun Zhou (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet light sensor includes an elongated metal oxide nanostructure, a layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer, a current source and a current detector. The elongated metal oxide nanostructure has a first end and an opposite second end. The layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer is disposed about at least a portion of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current source is configured to provide electrons to the first end of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current detector is configured to detect an amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure. The amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure corresponds to an amount of ultraviolet light impinging on the metal oxide nanostructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498605 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294321 | Hsu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Hsu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided having a cylindrical stator and a rotor that is spaced from a stator to define an annular primary air gap that receives AC flux from the stator. The rotor has a plurality of longitudinal pole portions disposed parallel to the axis of rotation and alternating in polarity around a circumference of the rotor. Each longitudinal pole portion includes portions of permanent magnet (PM) material and at least one of the longitudinal pole portions has a first end and an opposing second end and a side magnet is disposed adjacent the first end and a side pole is disposed adjacent the second end. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101241 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/156.640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294616 | Ormesher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Ormesher (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas L. Bickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The location of a land-based radio frequency (RF) emitter is determined from an airborne platform. RF signaling is received from the RF emitter via first and second antennas. In response to the received RF signaling, signal samples for both antennas are produced and processed to determine the location of the RF emitter. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894402 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/449 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294645 | Shiyanovskii et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergij V. Shiyanovskii (Stow, Ohio); Mingxia Gu (San Jose, California); Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a liquid crystal device and method thereof. Subsequent to applying a first electrical voltage on a liquid crystal to induce a reorientation of the liquid crystal, a second electrical voltage with proper polarity is applied on the liquid crystal to assist the relaxation of the reorientation that was induced by the first electrical voltage. The “switch-off” phase of the liquid crystal can therefore be accelerated or temporally shortened, and the device can exhibit better performance such as fast response to on/off signals. The invention can be widely used LCD, LC shutter, LC lens, spatial light modulator, telecommunication device, tunable filter, beam steering device, and electrically driven LC device, among others. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/403160 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294886 | Diver, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Diver, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to an improved method for establishing camera fixture location for aligning mirrors on a solar collector array (SCA) comprising multiple mirror modules. The method aligns the mirrors on a module by comparing the location of the receiver image in photographs with the predicted theoretical receiver image location. To accurately align an entire SCA, a common reference is used for all of the individual module images within the SCA. The improved method can use relative pixel location information in digital photographs along with alignment fixture inclinometer data to calculate relative locations of the fixture between modules. The absolute locations are determined by minimizing alignment asymmetry for the SCA. The method inherently aligns all of the mirrors in an SCA to the receiver, even with receiver position and module-to-module alignment errors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/689798 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295910 | Weisenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Weisenberger (Yorktown, Virginia); Stanislaw Majewski (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for in-situ monitoring both the balloon/cavity and the radioactive source in brachytherapy treatment utilizing using at least one pair of miniature gamma cameras to acquire separate images of: 1) the radioactive source as it is moved in the tumor volume during brachytherapy; and 2) a relatively low intensity radiation source produced by either an injected radiopharmaceutical rendering cancerous tissue visible or from a radioactive solution filling a balloon surgically implanted into the cavity formed by the surgical resection of a tumor. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985680 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296078 | Pfeifer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent B. Pfeifer (Los Lunas, New Mexico); William G. Yelton (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Dayle R. Kerr (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Francis A. Bouchier (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of multi-dimensional moment analysis for the characterization of signal peaks can be used to optimize the operation of an analytical system. With a two-dimensional Péclet analysis, the quality and signal fidelity of peaks in a two-dimensional experimental space can be analyzed and scored. This method is particularly useful in determining optimum operational parameters for an analytical system which requires the automated analysis of large numbers of analyte data peaks. For example, the method can be used to optimize analytical systems including an ion mobility spectrometer that uses a temperature stepped desorption technique for the detection of explosive mixtures. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/491733 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296430 | Blocksome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for administering an epoch initiated for remote memory access that include: initiating, by an origin application messaging module on an origin compute node, one or more data transfers to a target compute node for the epoch; initiating, by the origin application messaging module after initiating the data transfers, a closing stage for the epoch, including rejecting any new data transfers after initiating the closing stage for the epoch; determining, by the origin application messaging module, whether the data transfers have completed; and closing, by the origin application messaging module, the epoch if the data transfers have completed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/764333 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296457 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Ahmad A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Todd A. Inglett (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for providing nearest neighbor point-to-point communications among compute nodes of an operational group in a global combining network of a parallel computer, each compute node connected to each adjacent compute node in the global combining network through a link, that include: identifying each link in the global combining network for each compute node of the operational group; designating one of a plurality of point-to-point class routing identifiers for each link such that no compute node in the operational group is connected to two adjacent compute nodes in the operational group with links designated for the same class routing identifiers; and configuring each compute node of the operational group for point-to-point communications with each adjacent compute node in the global combining network through the link between that compute node and that adjacent compute node using that link's designated class routing identifier. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/832955 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296590 | 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 budget-based power consumption for application execution on a plurality of compute nodes that include: assigning an execution priority to each of one or more applications; executing, on the plurality of compute nodes, the applications according to the execution priorities assigned to the applications at an initial power level provided to the compute nodes until a predetermined power consumption threshold is reached; and applying, upon reaching the predetermined power consumption threshold, one or more power conservation actions to reduce power consumption of the plurality of compute nodes during execution of the applications. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135593 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Lad DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland); Chia-Wen Tsao (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for bonding two surfaces to one another. The invention particularly pertains to the use of such method in which one of the surfaces is a polymeric plastic (and more preferably a polymeric thermoplastic (especially poly-(methyl methacrylate) (“PMMA”) or cyclic olefin copolymer (“COC”)). More particularly, the invention relates to treating at least one of the contacting surfaces with UV in the presence of oxygen to thereby generate ozone (O3) and atomic oxygen under conditions of temperature below that of the glass transition temperature of the polymeric plastic. The UV/O3-mediated bonding results in high bond strength and zero-deformation method. This bonding method can be applied to micro/nano-scale polymer devices, and particularly to microfluidic devices, for a low cost, high throughput, high yield advantage. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399178 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/273.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293083 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry S White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Bo Zhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan J White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric N Ervin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gangli Wang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sharpened internal signal transduction element (“ISTE”) into a substrate, followed by polishing of the substrate until a nanometer-sized disk of the ISTE is exposed. The fabrication of a nanopore electrode is accomplished by etching the nanodisk electrode to create a pore in the substrate, with the remaining ISTE comprising the pore base. Complete removal of the ISTE yields a nanopore membrane, in which a conical shaped pore is embedded in a thin membrane of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949469 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293354 | Fu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng-Fei Fu (Midland, Michigan); Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiation-curable silsesquioxane resin materials are employed for micro- and nanolithography. The resin materials can include a radiation-curable silsesquioxane resin and a photo-initiator having low viscosity. The low viscosity of the liquid system allows imprinting with low pressure and low temperature; e.g. room temperature. The resist's dry etching resistance is increased and the cured film is more easily separated from the mask. Due to its high modulus after cure, the material allows the fabrication of micro- and nano-features having high aspect ratios while providing a high throughput. Various pattern sizes, for example, ranging from tens of microns to as small as a few nanometers, may be achieved with the UV-curable material system. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421333 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293470 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815647 |
| 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 08293471 | Gregg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marshall University Research Corporation (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek A. Gregg (Barboursville, West Virginia); Elizabeth E. Murray (Huntington, West Virginia); Michael L. Norton (Huntington, West Virginia); Justin T. Swick (Chesapeake, Ohio); Herbert Tesser (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal cycle system and method suitable for mass production of DNA comprising a temperature control body having at least two sectors. Each sector has at least one heater, cooler, or other means for changing temperature. A path traverses the sectors in a cyclical fashion. In use, a piece of tubing or other means for conveying is placed along the path and a reaction mixture is pumped or otherwise moved along the path such that the reaction mixture is repetitively heated or cooled to varying temperatures as the reaction mixture cyclically traverses the sectors. The reaction mixture thereby reacts to form a product. In particular, polymerase chain reaction reactants may continuously be pumped through the tubing to amplify DNA. The temperature control body is preferably a single aluminum cylinder with a grooved channel circling around its exterior surface, and preferably has wedge-shaped or pie-shaped sectors separated by a thermal barrier. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/045526 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — 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 08293510 | Detamore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Detamore (Lawrence, Kansas); Stevin H. Gehrke (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a hydrogel network comprised of a physically cross-linked polymer and a chemically cross-linked polymer or physically entangled copolymer containing living cells, such as chondrocytes, encapsulated therein. In a preferred aspect, the physically cross-linked polymer is selected from the group consisting of thermally gelling polysaccharides and proteins, such as agarose or gelatin, and the chemically cross-linked or physically entangled polymer is synthesized from a water-soluble vinyl monomer, either as a homopolymer or copolymer, such as polyethylene glycol diacrylate (“PEG-DA”) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (“HEMA”). |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985707 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293868 | King et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn F. King (Chapel Hill, Australia); Brianna Sollod McFarland (Windsor, Colorado); Graham Nicholson (Chatswood West, Australia); Simon Gunning (Auckland Central, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of insecticidal polypeptides expressed in the venom gland of spiders of the genera Atrax and Hadronyche have been described. Also included are polynucleotides and expression vectors encoding the polypeptides and insect viruses and cells expressing the polypeptides. Transgenic plants and insects expressing the insecticidal polypeptides are also described. The insecticidal polypeptides may be employed in methods and compositions for treating insects, insect larvae, and plants. |
| FILED | Monday, January 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007841 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293920 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The recent development of a modular synthesis of tetracycline analogs through a chiral enone intermediate has allowed for the efficient synthesis of novel tetracycline analogs never prepared before. The present invention provides a more efficient route for preparing the enone intermediate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/043742 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294137 | Jain et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A field-effect transistor is provided and includes source, gate and drain regions, where the gate region controls charge carrier location in the transport channel, the transport channel includes a asymmetric coupled quantum well layer, the asymmetric quantum well layer includes at least two quantum wells separated by a barrier layer having a greater energy gap than the wells, the transport channel is connected to the source region at one end, and the drain regions at the other, the drain regions include at least two contacts electrically isolated from each other, the contacts are connected to at least one quantum well. The drain may include two regions that are configured to form the asymmetric coupled well transport channel. In an embodiment, two sources and two drains are also envisioned. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655609 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294898 | Qu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongxia Qu (Princeton, New Jersey); Claire Gmachl (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a rotationally asymmetric chaotic optical multi-pass cavity useful in optical gas sensing spectroscopy, optical delay lines, and laser amplification systems, for example. The cavity may include a single closed mirror having a light reflective surface that is deformed in two orthogonal directions and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the shape of a quadrupole in both horizontal and vertical planes. The cavity includes a light entry port and a light exit port which may be the same or separate ports, as well as a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The optical path length, the beam divergence rate, and the spot pattern are controlled by selecting the cavity deformation coefficients and the input beam direction to achieve the desired beam path and beam quality. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/197558 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294982 | Her |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsinghua Her (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber, such as a photonic bandgap fiber, is provided, the fiber including a core and a cladding. The core can extend longitudinally and can have a gain medium configured to provide laser amplification to laser radiation propagating along the core. For example, the gain medium may include a dopant configured to provide amplification, when activated by one or more modes of excitation radiation, of laser radiation propagating along said core. The cladding can be radially exterior to the core, and can be configured to provide a low-loss propagation the one or more modes of excitation radiation and a lossy propagation of all modes of laser radiation along the core, the lossy propagation higher than the low-loss propagation, in particular when the one or more modes of excitation radiation is substantially absent from the core. Associated methods and apparatuses are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/832583 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296842 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sumeet Singh (San Francisco, California); George Varghese (San Diego, California); Cristi Estan (La Jolla, California); Stefan Savage (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Network worms or viruses are a growing threat to the security of public and private networks and the individual computers that make up those networks. A content sifting method if provided that automatically generates a precise signature for a worm or virus that can then be used to significantly reduce the propagation of the worm elsewhere in the network or eradicate the worm altogether. The content sifting method is complemented by a value sampling method that increases the throughput of network traffic that can be monitored. Together, the methods track the number of times invariant strings appear in packets and the network address dispersion of those packets including variant strings. When an invariant string reaches a particular threshold of appearances and address dispersion, the string is reported as a signature for suspected worm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/547944 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296861 | Gerton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan M. Gerton (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for improving high resolution imaging using a polarization-modulated tip enhanced optical microscope. A polarizer is configured to alternately create and remove a region of enhanced optical intensity adjacent the tip of the microscope probe at the focus of a light source. The sample being studied emits photons at specific rates relative to a background rate depending on the existence or nonexistence of the region of enhanced optical intensity. Comparing the rate of emissions when the region of enhanced optical intensity exists to when it does not creates a detailed image of the sample. By not requiring the probe to oscillate, this system enhances the resolution of the microscope without potentially causing damage to the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536974 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08291776 | Pickens 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) | Herman L. Pickens (Gurley, Alabama); James A. Richard (Grant, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A force sensor includes a magnetostrictive material and a magnetic field generator positioned in proximity thereto. A magnetic field is induced in and surrounding the magnetostrictive material such that lines of magnetic flux pass through the magnetostrictive material. A sensor positioned in the vicinity of the magnetostrictive material measures changes in one of flux angle and flux density when the magnetostrictive material experiences an applied force that is aligned with the lines of magnetic flux. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827515 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08291788 | Ihrke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Joshua S. Mehling (League City, Texas); Adam H. Parsons (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Bryan Kristian Griffith (Webster, Texas); Nicolaus A. Radford (League City, Texas); Frank Noble Permenter (Webster, Texas); Donald R. Davis (Brighton, Michigan); Robert O. Ambrose (Houston, Texas); Lucien Q. Junkin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary actuator assembly is provided for actuation of an upper arm assembly for a dexterous humanoid robot. The upper arm assembly for the humanoid robot includes a plurality of arm support frames each defining an axis. A plurality of rotary actuator assemblies are each mounted to one of the plurality of arm support frames about the respective axes. Each rotary actuator assembly includes a motor mounted about the respective axis, a gear drive rotatably connected to the motor, and a torsion spring. The torsion spring has a spring input that is rotatably connected to an output of the gear drive and a spring output that is connected to an output for the joint. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564090 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/490.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08292217 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Smith (Westminster, California); Angel M. Espinosa (St. Charles, Missouri); Daniel J. Farrell (St. Louis, Missouri); Andrew Robertson (West Sayville, New York); John C. Leylegian (White Plains, New York); Jason S. Tyll (Blue Point, New York); Florin Girlea (Flushing, New York); Joseph A. Alifano (Ronkonkoma, New York); Randy S. M. Chue (Bohemia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Hypersonic inlet systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an inlet for an airbreathing propulsion system includes an inboard surface at least partially shaped to conform to a plurality of streamline-traces of a design flowfield approaching an aperture, an outboard surface spaced apart from the inboard surface, an upper surface extending between the inboard and outboard surfaces, and a lower surface extending between the inboard and outboard surfaces, wherein leading edges of the inboard, outboard, upper, and lower surfaces cooperatively define the aperture. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133289 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/53.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293168 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts); Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to nanocomposite thermoelectric materials that exhibit enhanced thermoelectric properties. The nanocomposite materials include two or more components, with at least one of the components forming nano-sized structures within the composite material. The components are chosen such that thermal conductivity of the composite is decreased without substantially diminishing the composite's electrical conductivity. Suitable component materials exhibit similar electronic band structures. For example, a band-edge gap between at least one of a conduction band or a valence band of one component material and a corresponding band of the other component material at interfaces between the components can be less than about 5kBT, wherein kB is the Boltzman constant and T is an average temperature of said nanocomposite composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/273783 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08293178 | Roberson 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) | Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Janine E. Captain (Titusville, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); LaNetra Clayton Tate (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemochromic sensor for detecting a combustible gas, such as hydrogen, includes a chemochromic pigment mechanically mixed with a polymer and formed into a rigid or pliable material. In a preferred embodiment, the chemochromic detector includes aerogel material. The detector is robust and easily modifiable for a variety of applications and environmental conditions, such as atmospheres of inert gas, hydrogen gas, or mixtures of gases, or in environments that have variable temperature, including high temperatures such as above 100° C. and low temperatures such as below −196° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935545 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294989 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Williamsburg, Virginia); James R. Elliott (Versuvius, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical apparatus includes an optical diffraction device configured for diffracting a predetermined wavelength of incident light onto adjacent optical focal points, and a photon detector for detecting a spectral characteristic of the predetermined wavelength. One of the optical focal points is a constructive interference point and the other optical focal point is a destructive interference point. The diffraction device, which may be a micro-zone plate (MZP) of micro-ring gratings or an optical lens, generates a constructive ray point using phase-contrasting of the destructive interference point. The ray point is located between adjacent optical focal points. A method of generating a densely-accumulated ray point includes directing incident light onto the optical diffraction device, diffracting the selected wavelength onto the constructive interference focal point and the destructive interference focal point, and generating the densely-accumulated ray point in a narrow region. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/512344 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/565 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295081 | Campbell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristy A. Campbell (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-volatile memory devices with two stacked layers of chalcogenide materials comprising the active memory device have been investigated for their potential as phase-change memories. The devices tested included GeTe/SnTe, Ge2Se3/SnTe, and Ge2Se3/SnSe stacks. All devices exhibited resistance switching behavior. The polarity of the applied voltage with respect to the SnTe or SnSe layer was critical to the memory switching properties, due to the electric field induced movement of either Sn or Te into the Ge-chalcogenide layer. One embodiment of the invention is a device comprising a stack of chalcogenide-containing layers which exhibit phase-change switching only after a reverse polarity voltage potential is applied across the stack causing ion movement into an adjacent layer and thus “activating” the device to act as a phase-change random access memory device or a reconfigurable electronics device when the applied voltage potential is returned to the normal polarity. Another embodiment of the invention is a device that is capable of exhibiting more than two data states. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085265 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08295342 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Chen (Hamilton, Canada); Dake He (Yorktown Heights, New York); Ashish Jagmohan (Irvington, New York); Ligang Lu (New City, New York); Vadim Sheinin (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a method and system for video compression, wherein the video encoder has low computational complexity and high compression efficiency. The disclosed system comprises a video encoder and a video decoder, wherein the method for encoding includes the steps of converting a source frame into a space-frequency representation; estimating conditional statistics of at least one vector of space-frequency coefficients; estimating encoding rates based on the said conditional statistics; and applying Slepian-Wolf codes with the said computed encoding rates. The preferred method for decoding includes the steps of; generating a side-information vector of frequency coefficients based on previously decoded source data, encoder statistics, and previous reconstructions of the source frequency vector; and performing Slepian-Wolf decoding of at least one source frequency vector based on the generated side-information, the Slepian-Wolf code bits and the encoder statistics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/939882 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08293004 | Chow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Foundation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence C. Chow (Germantown, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This study reports in vitro and in vivo properties of fluorapatite (FA)-forming calcium phosphate cements (CPCs). Experimental cements contained from (0 to 3.1) mass % of F, corresponding to presence of FA at levels of approximately (0 to 87) mass %. The crystallinity of the apatitic cement product increased greatly with the FA content. When implanted subcutaneously in rats, the in vivo resorption rate decreased significantly with increasing FA content. The cement with the highest FA content was not resorbed in soft tissue, making it biocompatible and bioinert CPC. These bioinert CPCs are candidates for use in useful applications where slow or no resorption of the implant is required to achieve the desired clinical outcome. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/175368 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294007 | Shenoy 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); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devanand K. Shenoy (McLean, Virginia); Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia); William R. Barger (Cobb Island, Maryland); John J. Kasianowicz (Darnestown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane is disclosed made from a compound having a hydrophilic head group, an aliphatic tail group, and a polymerizable functional group. The membrane spans an aperture and may be polymerized. The membrane may be useful for DNA sequencing when the membrane includes an ion channel. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070398 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/713 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294567 | Stell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Williams-Pyro, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew W Stell (Aledo, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are provided, which provides reliable fire detection. In one implementation, the automated system includes a combination of sensors configured to measure various factors associated with a hazard, such as a fire or gas leakage, and generate sensor readings. Factors measured can include smoke, carbon monoxide and heat. The system further includes a detection device that is configured to determine whether a hazard or fire exists by performing a fuzzy analysis of sensor readings. The fuzzy analysis includes categorizing respective sensor readings into fuzzy sets, and determining whether the hazard exists based on a combination of the categorizations. In addition the size and direction of a fire can be determined from multiple sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084796 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296842 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sumeet Singh (San Francisco, California); George Varghese (San Diego, California); Cristi Estan (La Jolla, California); Stefan Savage (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Network worms or viruses are a growing threat to the security of public and private networks and the individual computers that make up those networks. A content sifting method if provided that automatically generates a precise signature for a worm or virus that can then be used to significantly reduce the propagation of the worm elsewhere in the network or eradicate the worm altogether. The content sifting method is complemented by a value sampling method that increases the throughput of network traffic that can be monitored. Together, the methods track the number of times invariant strings appear in packets and the network address dispersion of those packets including variant strings. When an invariant string reaches a particular threshold of appearances and address dispersion, the string is reported as a signature for suspected worm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/547944 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08294525 | Bulzacchelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Francis Bulzacchelli (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zeynep Toprak Deniz (Yorktown Heights, New York); Daniel Joseph Friedman (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shahrzad Naraghi (Austin, Texas); Alexander V Rylyakov (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods are provided relating to a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) based on current starved inverting delay stages; wherein in each stage a PMOS transistor as header and an NMOS transistor as footer are used with their gate-to-source voltages always equal to analog control voltage. The analog control voltage is also used as the supply voltage of the oscillator. An exemplary apparatus includes a VCO of n stages, where n is an odd number and where each stage includes a current starved inverter where the analog control voltage is also used as the supply voltage of each delay stage. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818790 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08296168 | Subrahmanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkatramanan Siva Subrahmanian (Potomac, Maryland); Diego Recupero Reforgiato (Hyattsville, Maryland); Antonio Picariello (Montefredane, Italy); Bonnie J. Dorr (Laurel, Maryland); Carmine Cesarano (Somma Vesuviana, Italy); Amelia Sagoff (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for analysis of an opinion expressed in documents on a particular topic computes opinion strength on a continuous numeric scale, or qualitatively. A variety of opinion scoring techniques are plugged in to score opinion expressing words and sentences in documents. These scores are aggregated to measure the opinion intensity of documents. Multilingual opinion analysis is supported by capability to concurrently identify and visualize the opinion intensity expressed in documents in multiple languages. A multi-dimensional representation of the measured opinion intensity is generated which is agreeable with multi-lingual domain. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/808278 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08292192 | Purswell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph L. Purswell (Starkville, Mississippi); Berry D. Lott (Starkville, Mississippi); Matthew Darr (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The automated humidity control system controls the humidity within a setter hall. The system continuously monitors the existing setter hall thermal conditions and electronically compares the existing conditions to computerized data describing the targeted conditions. The system then takes action to conform the existing condition to the targeted condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/471847 |
| ART UNIT | 3784 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic temperature and humidity regulation 236/44.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mito Tech, LLC (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bobi Den Hartog (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a computer system and methods of computer-facilitated data analysis for providing reliable DNA alignments. More specifically, the invention relates to the automation of alignment and naming of mitochondrial DNA sequences for use in forensic analysis. The methods of the present invention provide consistency of sequence nomenclature by minimizing alignment ambiguities, thus providing a common functional system within and among laboratories. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469035 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 08296223 | Breeden, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia); Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio); Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia); Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin T. Breeden, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland); Steven D. Martin (Parma, Ohio); Timothy Rachek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Randall Lee Mueller (Kansas City, Missouri); V. Srinivas Nori (Norcross, Georgia); Daniel A. Maslaney (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Processing duplicate items in image cash letter (“ICL”) reversal files for efficient handling. A duplicate item processing module can receive ICL reversal files comprising items representing duplicate electronic checks. The duplicate item processing module can determine whether the processing entity erroneously presented the item more than once. The duplicate item processing module can also determine whether the depositing institution erroneously deposited the item more than once for processing. Based on the determination of the source of the error, the duplicate item processing module can make a correction in its own records and/or forward the ICL reversal file with the duplicate item to the receiving institution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/982923 |
| ART UNIT | 3694 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08293780 | Gakh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei A Gakh (Bethesda, Maryland); Mykhaylo V. Vovk (Kyiv, Ukraine); Nina V. Mel'nychenko (Kyiv, Ukraine); Volodymyr A. Sukach (Brovary, Ukraine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to novel compounds having the structural Formulas (1a,1b), stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof as chemotherapy agents for treating of cancer, particularly androgen-independent prostate cancer. The disclosure also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422158 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08293517 | Cunningham |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. However, in order the develop a system to product narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose method and compositions for screening Pseudomonas aeruginosa 16S rRNA in E. coli cells. In certain embodiments, a plasmid comprising the 16S rRNA gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa t mutated to replace the natural helix 9 region with the corresponding region of the E. coli rRNA, is shown to form functional ribosomes in E. coli host cells. Li other embodiments, a plasmid, comprising the unmutated 16S rRNA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, along with a plasmid containing the Pseudomonas aeruginosa S20 protein, can yield functional ribosomes in E. coli cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914062 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08294102 | Lall |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ravinder P. Lall (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This relates to a chemical biological threat detection system for enhancing the, discrimination in chemical biological threat detection in atmospheric air, low level chemical biological threat detection in air, as well as tactical determination of threat chemical biological agents' concentrations in a specific atmospheric range, at various time intervals. This uses the concept of quantitative monitoring the atmospheric air for chemical biological threats, as well as measuring the quantitative correlations/ratios in differential changes in the air, for the active/passive chemical biological Infrared (IR) EM radiation at an 8-12 μM wavelength, absorption/emission/scattering, using Electro-Optics. This chemical biological solution will use the reference chemical biological IR EM radiation (absorption, emission, scattering) signatures for comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/399858 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294132 | Miao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Miao (Mountain View, California); Joshua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphene memristor includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode, an active region interspersed between the first and second electrodes, a defective graphene structure that modulates a barrier height to migration of ions through the active region, fast diffusing ions that migrate under the influence an electric field to change a state of the graphene memristor, and a source that generates the electric field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/750351 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08294763 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jiangjian Xiao (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Harpreet Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of extracting at least two entities from the video data, tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks, deriving at least one association between at least two entities by detecting at least one event involving the at least two entities, where the detecting of at least one event is based on detecting at least one spatiotemporal motion correlation between the at least two entities, and constructing the AEN by creating a graph wherein the at least two objects form at least two nodes and the at least one association forms a link between the at least two nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/271173 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, October 23, 2012.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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