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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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| US 08353199 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ou Ma (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Carlos E. Ortega (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Ken Ruble (Chaparral, New Mexico); Qi Lu (Pudong, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ou Ma (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Carlos E. Ortega (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Ken Ruble (Chaparral, New Mexico); Qi Lu (Pudong, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a multiple degree-of-freedom test stand for unmanned air vehicles, and is particularly useful for small or micro unmanned air vehicles. The stand is gravity balanced using springs such that no weight of any part of the stand becomes a burden to the tested vehicle when it flies while constrained to the stand. A joint and a plurality of members are used to enable multiple degrees of freedom. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762981 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/65.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353222 | Petruska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. Petruska (North Ogden, Utah); Jeffrey R. Nostrom (Tremonton, Utah); Amy M. Baesler (Ogden, Utah); Rick R. Baird (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Petruska (North Ogden, Utah); Jeffrey R. Nostrom (Tremonton, Utah); Amy M. Baesler (Ogden, Utah); Rick R. Baird (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A testing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the testing apparatus may include a platform, a first plurality of cables, a second plurality of cables and a third plurality of cables, with each of the cables coupled to a respective load cell. The first plurality of cables may suspend the platform and be substantially parallel to each other. The second plurality of cables may be coupled to the platform, may be substantially parallel to each other cable of the second plurality of cables, and substantially perpendicular to each cable of the first plurality of cables. The third plurality of cables may be coupled to the platform, and each cable of the third plurality of cables may be substantially parallel to each other cable of the third plurality of cables, and substantially perpendicular to each cable of the first plurality of cables and the second plurality of cables. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797127 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353329 | Gleiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A core for creating an airfoil has a ceramic material that forms a body. The body has an outer dimension, a slot extending through the outer dimension and into the body for receiving an insert, the slot disposed at an angle to the outer dimension, and a trip strip having a first portion disposed in the outer dimension. The first portion is in register with the slot wherein a constant dimension such as minimum thickness is maintained between the trip strip and the slot along a length of the slot and wherein said first portion tapers towards said outer dimension. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786066 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353373 | Rudakevych |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pavlo E. Rudakevych (Arroyo Grande, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavlo E. Rudakevych (Arroyo Grande, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile robot includes a robot chassis having a forward end, a rearward end and a center of gravity. The robot includes a driven support surface to propel the robot and first articulated arm rotatable about an axis located rearward of the center of gravity of the robot chassis. The arm is pivotable to trail the robot, rotate in a first direction to raise the rearward end of the robot chassis while the driven support surface propels the chassis forward in surmounting an obstacle, and to rotate in a second opposite direction to extend forward beyond the center of gravity of the robot chassis to raise the forward end of the robot chassis and invert the robot endwise. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323019 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/9.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353480 | Sadeck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts); Justin Riley (Grafton, Massachusetts); Kenneth J. Desabrais (Brimfield, Massachusetts); Calvin Lee (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts); Justin Riley (Grafton, Massachusetts); Kenneth J. Desabrais (Brimfield, Massachusetts); Calvin Lee (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A concentric peripheral canopy parachute having a canopy system including a number of peripheral, stacked, concentric, canopies, each superior canopy centered and spaced above the inferior canopy and having its skirt connected to the vent of the inferior canopy for generating an increased low pressure disturbance behind the canopy system for producing higher fluid drag. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/791142 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353669 | Chon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Young H. Chon (West Hartford, Connecticut); Dominic J. Mongillo (West Hartford, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young H. Chon (West Hartford, Connecticut); Dominic J. Mongillo (West Hartford, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane for use in a gas turbine engine has a platform connected to an airfoil. There is a cooling passage for supplying cooling air to the platform. A cooling chamber supplies cooling air to a plurality of cooling slots at the platform. The cooling slots have a non-uniform cross section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/542918 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/96.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08353673 | Leahy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin P. Leahy (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Richard Joseph Simkulak (Meriden, Connecticut); David A. Kovalsky (Huntington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin P. Leahy (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Richard Joseph Simkulak (Meriden, Connecticut); David A. Kovalsky (Huntington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A main rotor blade assembly includes a main spar with an integral cuff. The main spar is directly to a rotor hub assembly through the integral cuff. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110312 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354011 | Elangovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Feng Zhao (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Feng Zhao (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyzer cell is disclosed which includes a cathode to reduce an oxygen-containing molecule, such as H2O, CO2, or a combination thereof, to produce an oxygen ion and a fuel molecule, such as H2, CO, or a combination thereof. An electrolyte is coupled to the cathode to transport the oxygen ion to an anode. The anode is coupled to the electrolyte to receive the oxygen ion and produce oxygen gas therewith. In one embodiment, the anode may be fabricated to include an electron-conducting phase having a perovskite crystalline structure or structure similar thereto. This perovskite may have a chemical formula of substantially (Pr(1-x)Lax)(z-y)A′yBO(3-∂), wherein 0<x<1, 0≦y≦0.5, and 0.8≦z≦1.1. In another embodiment, the cathode includes an electron-conducting phase that contains nickel oxide intermixed with magnesium oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/950120 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354052 | Guenthner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. Guenthner (Lancaster, California); David Michael Hess (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Guenthner (Lancaster, California); David Michael Hess (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microconduit network structure and methods for making the same. One aspect of the invention relates to a microconduit network structure, including: a solid or semi-solid matrix having at least one interconnected web of filaments formed within the matrix; and wherein at least one interconnected web of filaments having diameters of about 10 nm to about 1 mm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694090 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/465 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354076 | Daniel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jürgen H. Daniel (San Francisco, California); Meng H. Lean (Santa Clara, California); Armin R. Völkel (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jürgen H. Daniel (San Francisco, California); Meng H. Lean (Santa Clara, California); Armin R. Völkel (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluidic system and method includes a channel reservoir which holds 1.5 milliliters or less of fluid. The agitation mechanism, which is partially integrated with the channel or reservoir, includes a fiber or rod at least partially situated within the channel or reservoir, and which acts to move or vibrate to stir and/or agitate fluid within the channel or reservoir. The fluid is then extracted from an extraction area following the agitation or stirring operation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/537679 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354166 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Qi Tan (Rexford, New York); George Theodore Dalakos (Niskayuna, New York); Yang Cao (Niskayuna, New York); Qin Chen (Schenectady, New York); Ri-an Zhao (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Qi Tan (Rexford, New York); George Theodore Dalakos (Niskayuna, New York); Yang Cao (Niskayuna, New York); Qin Chen (Schenectady, New York); Ri-an Zhao (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Present invention provides a film and an article including the film. The film includes first layer, second layer and third layer. The first layer includes a polymer dielectric material. The second layer is disposed on at least one surface of the first layer and includes inorganic oxide dielectric material. The third layer is disposed on the first or second layer and includes a nitride or oxynitride material. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/036089 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354170 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher P. Henry (Thousand Oaks, California); Geoffrey P. McKnight (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. Henry (Thousand Oaks, California); Geoffrey P. McKnight (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An engineered microstructure composite having an elastic or elastomeric matrix with distributed rigid reinforcements. One embodiment of the invention provides an elastomeric composite including an elastomeric matrix, a plurality of rigid reinforcements embedded within the elastomeric matrix, and a plurality of attachments (or ligaments) connected to the reinforcements to interconnect the rigid reinforcements to each other. Here, in this embodiment, the elastomeric composite has a composite reversible strain limit greater than 3 percent (%) (or, in one embodiment, greater than 5%) due to kinematics of the rigid reinforcements interconnected by the attachments and embedded within the elastomeric matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587469 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354231 | Kwong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel A. Kwong (Alhambra, California); Ryan C. Bailey (Urbana, Illinois); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cal. Inst. Tech. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel A. Kwong (Alhambra, California); Ryan C. Bailey (Urbana, Illinois); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and systems for detecting and/or sorting targets in a sample based on the combined use of polynucleotide-encoded protein and substrate polynucleotides. The polynucleotide-encoded protein is comprised of a protein that specifically binds to a predetermined target and of an encoding polynucleotide that specifically binds to a substrate polynucleotide, wherein the substrate polynucleotide is attached to a substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652000 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354239 | Gaylord et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brent S. Gaylord (Santa Barbara, California); Janice W. Hong (Santa Barbara, California); Tsu-Ju Fu (Poway, California); Cheng-Jun Sun (Goleta, California); Russell Baldocchi (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sirigen, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent S. Gaylord (Santa Barbara, California); Janice W. Hong (Santa Barbara, California); Tsu-Ju Fu (Poway, California); Cheng-Jun Sun (Goleta, California); Russell Baldocchi (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided that include a multichromophore and/or multichromophore complex for identifying a target biomolecule. A sensor biomolecule, for example, an antibody can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. Additionally, a signaling chromophore can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. The arrangement is such that the signaling chromophore is capable of receiving energy from the multichromophore upon excitation of the multichromophore. Since the sensor biomolecule is capable of interacting with the target biomolecule, the multichromophore and/or multichromophore complex can provide enhanced detection signals for a target biomolecule. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195736 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354290 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Argonne, Illinois); Orlando H. Auciello (Lemont, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Argonne, Illinois); Orlando H. Auciello (Lemont, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient deposition process is provided for fabricating reliable RF MEMS capacitive switches with multilayer ultrananocrystalline (UNCD) films for more rapid recovery, charging and discharging that is effective for more than a billion cycles of operation. Significantly, the deposition process is compatible for integration with CMOS electronics and thereby can provide monolithically integrated RF MEMS capacitive switches for use with CMOS electronic devices, such as for insertion into phase array antennas for radars and other RF communication systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/080255 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354332 | Ayazi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Ashwin Samarao (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Ashwin Samarao (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electromechanical resonator includes a resonator body having a semiconductor region therein doped with boron to a level greater than about 1×1018 cm−3 and even greater than about 1×1019 cm−3, in order to obtain reductions in the temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) of the resonator over a relatively large temperature range. Still further improvements in TCF can be achieved by degenerately doping the resonator body with boron and/or by boron-assisted aluminum doping of the resonator body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570623 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354390 | Bavari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093681 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354595 | Rolston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin C. Rolston (Westchester, California); Alberto F. Viscarra (Torrance, California); Derek Pruden (Redondo Beach, California); Cindy W. Ma (Lawndale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Rolston (Westchester, California); Alberto F. Viscarra (Torrance, California); Derek Pruden (Redondo Beach, California); Cindy W. Ma (Lawndale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for interconnecting a first flex printed circuit board (PCB) with a second flex PCB. The method includes: providing the first flex PCB with holes at contact locations to be electrically coupled to the second flex PCB; providing the second flex PCB with electrical pads corresponding to the holes at the contact locations; applying a non-conductive material between the first PCB and the and second PCB with clearances for each of the electrical pads; aligning the first PCB with the second PCB so that the holes in the first PCB are in line with the corresponding electrical pads on the second PCB; bonding a portion of flat areas on the first and second PCBs together; dispensing a conductive adhesive into the holes to fill the space created by the holes, corresponding clearances of the non-conductive material, and the corresponding electrical pads; and curing the conductive adhesive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/764854 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354689 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Light emitting devices described herein include dopant front loaded tunnel barrier layers (TBLs). A front loaded TBL includes a first surface closer to the active region of the light emitting device and a second surface farther from the active region. The dopant concentration in the TBL is higher near the first surface of the TBL when compared to the dopant concentration near the second surface of the TBL. The front loaded region near the first surface of the TBL is formed during fabrication of the device by pausing the growth of the light emitting device before the TBL is formed and flowing dopant into the reaction chamber. After the dopant flows in the reaction chamber during the pause, the TBL is grown. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097001 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354690 | Callanan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Callanan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Callanan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a semiconductor bistable switching device that includes a thyristor portion including an anode layer, a drift layer, a gate layer and a cathode layer, the gate layer operable to receive a gate trigger current that, when the anode layer is positively biased relative to the cathode layer, causes the thyristor portion to latch into a conducting mode between the anode and the cathode. The device also includes a transistor portion formed on the thyristor portion, the transistor portion including a source, a drain and a transistor gate, the drain coupled to the cathode of the thyristor portion. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550574 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354737 | Andry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure includes: at least one silicon surface wherein the surface can be a substrate, wafer or other device. The structure further includes at least one electronic circuit formed on each side of the at least one surface; and at least one conductive high aspect ratio through silicon via running through the at least one surface. Each through silicon via is fabricated from at least one etch step and includes: at least one thermal oxide dielectric for coating at least some of a sidewall of the through silicon via for a later etch stop in fabrication of the through silicon via. |
| FILED | Monday, January 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/983552 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/621 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354743 | Jensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald James Jensen (Bloomington, Minnesota); David Scheid (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald James Jensen (Bloomington, Minnesota); David Scheid (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit package base includes a plurality of tiers. In some examples, an integrated circuit package encloses a plurality of stacked integrated circuits that are each electrically coupled to an electrical contact located on a respective tier of the package base. The tiers of the integrated circuit package can have different elevations relative to a bottom surface of the integrated circuit package. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694898 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354858 | Cannon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ethan H. Cannon (Essex Junction, Vermont); AJ KleinOsowski (Austin, Texas); K. Paul Muller (Wappingers Falls, New York); Tak H. Ning (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip J. Oldiges (LaGrangeville, New York); Leon J. Sigal (Monsey, New York); James D. Warnock (Somers, New York); Dieter Wendel (Schoenaich, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan H. Cannon (Essex Junction, Vermont); AJ KleinOsowski (Austin, Texas); K. Paul Muller (Wappingers Falls, New York); Tak H. Ning (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip J. Oldiges (LaGrangeville, New York); Leon J. Sigal (Monsey, New York); James D. Warnock (Somers, New York); Dieter Wendel (Schoenaich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining one or more transistors within a particular circuit to be respectively replaced with a hardened transistor includes: identifying, as not requiring hardening, one or more transistors; identifying, as candidates for hardening, each transistor in the circuit not previously identified as not requiring hardening; and employing the hardened transistor in place of a transistor identified as a candidate for hardening. The circuit is a latch and the transistor is an SOI CMOS FET. The transistor is also an SOI transistor. The series transistor includes first and second series-connected transistors having a shared source/drain region whereby a drain of the first series-connected transistor is merged with a source of the second series-connected transistor. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987106 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/762.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354885 | Griffith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary M. Griffith (Thousand Oaks, California); Miguel E. Urteaga (Moorpark, California); Mark J. W. Rodwell (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary M. Griffith (Thousand Oaks, California); Miguel E. Urteaga (Moorpark, California); Mark J. W. Rodwell (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An operational amplifier may include a transimpedance input stage. The operational amplifier is capable of self-biasing its input voltage(s) including a first stage, an input source connected to the first stage, an output stage connected to the first stage via feedback resistors, and feedback current sources connected to the first stage, wherein the feedback current sources are set to generate feedback currents flowing from the output stage back to the input stage via the feedback resistors, so as to self-bias the input voltage(s) at the input stage. A method for allowing for an op-amp to self-bias its input voltage(s), including generating feedback currents flowing from the output stage back to the input stage via feedback resistors, so as to self-bias the input voltage(s) at the input stage. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481312 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354929 | Herdic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter C Herdic (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert M Baden (Yamaguchi, Japan); Brian H Houston (Fairfax, Virginia); Phillip A Frank (Laurel, Maryland); Alain R Berdoz (Annandale, Virginia); Jeff M Byers (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as respresented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C Herdic (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert M Baden (Yamaguchi, Japan); Brian H Houston (Fairfax, Virginia); Phillip A Frank (Laurel, Maryland); Alain R Berdoz (Annandale, Virginia); Jeff M Byers (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting and classifying intruders is provided. A noise threshold can be determined and set based on background noise. A seismic sensor can be configured to receive a plurality of seismic data signals. A microcontroller can be configured to count the number of times the noise threshold is exceeded over a defined time interval by the plurality of seismic data signals, and then detect and classify the presence of an intruder based on the count. Additionally, an amplitude evaluation module can be configured to determine a signal amplitude for the seismic data signals associated with the detected intruder and compare the detected intruder signal amplitude to known signal amplitudes in order to determine a sub-type of the intruder. Finally, a transmission source can be configured to transmit intruder detection and classification information to a remote location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555918 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/566 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354960 | Krich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Ira Krich (Lexington, Massachusetts); Cory J. Prust (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Ian Weiner (Braintree, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Ira Krich (Lexington, Massachusetts); Cory J. Prust (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Ian Weiner (Braintree, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of modifying an antenna pattern for a phased array antenna having at least one failed antenna element. A number of proximate beamformers in a proximate angular region about a beamformer at an angle of interest are determined. Each of the proximate beamformers has a proximate beamformer weight vector. A corrected beamformer weight vector is determined for the angle of interest as a linear combination of the proximate beamformer weight vectors. Each element of the corrected beamformer weight vector that corresponds to one of the failed antenna elements has a value of zero. The method enables computation of low spatial sidelobe antenna patterns without requiring a recalibration of the antenna thereby enabling uninterrupted operation of systems that employ phased array antennas. The method can also be used to control taper loss or sidelobe level for phased array antennas that have no failed antenna elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/070688 |
| 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 342/379 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355120 | Englert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christoph R. Englert (Springfield, Virginia); David E. Siskind (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph R. Englert (Springfield, Virginia); David E. Siskind (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Obtaining global tropospheric vertical wind profiles by directly detecting atmospheric winds using space borne, airborne and/or ground station platforms is accomplished by a DASH interferometer in the back-end of a Doppler wind LIDAR. In the front-end of the Doppler wind LIDAR, a laser illuminates an atmosphere and a telescope collects backscattered laser light return signals from the laser illuminated atmosphere. The DASH interferometer processes return signals from the atmosphere, forming an interferogram and determines from the interferogram a Doppler shift of the return signals, which is equivalent to determining the line of sight wind speed of the Doppler wind LIDAR observation, by measuring the frequency shift caused by winds. From this determination, global and/or non-global atmospheric wind profile data are transmitted over a communications network in either real-time and/or non-real-time, to facilitate weather forecasting, weather modeling, weather avoidance navigation, atmospheric research, hurricane warnings, operations systems selections and deployment of operational assets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/876755 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/28.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355295 | Smallin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan J. Smallin (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan J. Smallin (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater sensing and communications node includes an underwater vehicle, target sensing capability mounted on a forward portion of the underwater vehicle, at least three passive acoustic sensors evenly distributed about a first circumferential region of the underwater vehicle, and at least three transceiving hydrophones evenly distributed about a second circumferential region of the underwater vehicle. A controller governs collection of sensed data and transmission of the sensed data into the underwater environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807377 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355466 | Kleider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Kleider (Decatur, Georgia); Anthony Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kleider (Decatur, Georgia); Anthony Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are provided for reducing power amplifier induced distortion. Power amplifier induced distortion is iteratively estimated and cancelled. When the difference between the current estimated power amplifier distortion and the previous estimated power amplifier distortion is less than a convergence threshold, particular M-QAM constellation points that are still in error are determined A M-QAM constellation point correction routine is provided that can move the incorrectly estimated M-QAM constellation points that are in error towards their expected quadrants by generating updated M-QAM constellation points. The remaining estimated non-linear power amplifier induced distortion in the received signal can then be estimated and canceled. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567505 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355606 | Englund et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dirk Englund (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrei Faraon (Menlo Park, California); Jelena Vuckovic (Palo Alto, California); Ilya Fushman (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dirk Englund (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrei Faraon (Menlo Park, California); Jelena Vuckovic (Palo Alto, California); Ilya Fushman (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical control of the emitter of a coupled quantum emitter-resonant cavity structure is provided. Electrodes are disposed near a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a semiconductor optical cavity such that varying an applied bias at the electrodes alters an electric field at the quantum dot. Optical input and output ports are coupled to the cavity, and an optical response of the device relates light emitted from the output port to light provided to the input port. Altering the applied bias at the electrodes is capable of altering the optical response. Preferably, the closest electrode to the cavity is disposed between or away from angular lobes of the cavity mode, to reduce loss caused by the proximity of electrode to cavity. The present approach is applicable to both waveguide-coupled devices and non-waveguide devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/590729 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355635 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ketao Liu (Cerritos, California); Qinghong W. Wang (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ketao Liu (Cerritos, California); Qinghong W. Wang (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for pointing control of a laser communication terminal on a spacecraft may include measuring a line-of-sight (LOS) error of the laser communication terminal. The method may also include estimating a LOS error of the laser communication terminal based on measurements from a spacecraft gyro and a gimbal gyro onboard the spacecraft. The method may further include switching from a LOS error measurement feedback to a LOS error estimate feedback to control pointing of the laser communication terminal during a power fade condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551787 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356151 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Robert S. Blackmore (Poughkeepsie, New York); Ronald N. Kalla (Round Rock, Texas); Chulho Kim (Poughkeepsie, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Hanhong Xue (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Robert S. Blackmore (Poughkeepsie, New York); Ronald N. Kalla (Round Rock, Texas); Chulho Kim (Poughkeepsie, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Hanhong Xue (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method performed in a data processing system initiates an asynchronous memory move (AMM) operation, whereby a processor performs a move of data in virtual address space from a first effective address to a second effective address and forwards parameters of the AMM operation to asynchronous memory mover logic for completion of the physical movement of data from a first memory location to a second memory location. The processor executes a second operation, which checks a status of the completion of the data move and returns a notification indicating the status. The notification indicates a status, which includes one of: data move in progress; data move totally done; data move partially done; data move cannot be performed; and occurrence of a translation look-aside buffer invalidate entry (TLBIE) operation. The processor initiates one or more actions in response to the notification received. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024504 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
RE043928 — Borescope inspection port device for gas turbine engine and gas turbine engine using same
| US RE43928 | Clouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Ellis Clouse (Saugus, Massachusetts); David P. Dube (Saco, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Ellis Clouse (Saugus, Massachusetts); David P. Dube (Saco, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An adapter to permit borescope access inside a gas turbine engine including a compressor stator having a plurality of compressor stator segments comprises a body portion defining a bore extending longitudinally therethrough from a first end to be disposed adjacent to outside surfaces of adjacent compressor stator segments to a second end to be disposed adjacent to inside surfaces of adjacent compressor stator segments. The bore permits a borescope to enter therethrough. The adapter further comprises an attachment portion for circumferentially coupling at least one compressor stator segment to an outer casing of the gas turbine engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171708 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08353942 | Merrill |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Lad Merrill (Sewell, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Lad Merrill (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A catheter apparatus configured to provide a delivery system for standard intervention devices typically used during emergency angioplasty and to provide rapid localized cooling to organs at risk of ischemic and reperfusion injury. The catheter apparatus including a catheter shaft having an inner core defining at least two coolant flow lumens adjacent to a blood conveyance lumen. Each coolant flow lumen in thermal contact with the blood conveyance lumen and thermally insulated from each other and the exterior surfaces of the catheter shaft. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/188640 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354093 | Becker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew L. Becker (Frederick, Maryland); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (New York, New York); Dipanjan Pan (West Bengal, India); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (Coppell, Texas); John-Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (Clayton, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Becker (Frederick, Maryland); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (New York, New York); Dipanjan Pan (West Bengal, India); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (Coppell, Texas); John-Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (Clayton, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A functional biologically active particle conjugate useful for diagnosis and treating cancer as a bioportal comprises a nanoscale particle having associated therewith an intracellular targeting ligand comprising a PNA, or another nuclease resistant oligonucleotide analog such as MOE-mRNA (2′-methoxyethyl mRNA) or LNA (locked nucleic acid), having a sequence that binds selectively to an uniquely expressed or overexpressed mRNA specific to the cancer or disease state in a living mammal. In one aspect the uniquely overexpressed target specific to the cancer or disease state is the unr mRNA which can be targeted by the antisense sequence PNA50. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250830 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354110 | Santamaria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pedro Santamaria (Calgary, Canada); Anna Moore (Dracut, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UTI Limited Partnership (Calgary, Alberta, Canada); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedro Santamaria (Calgary, Canada); Anna Moore (Dracut, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods include selectively reducing or expanding T cells according to the antigenic specificity of the T cells. Therefore, the present invention can be used to reduce or eliminate pathogenic T cells that recognize autoantigens, such as beta cell specific T cells. As such, the present invention can be used to prevent, treat or ameliorate autoimmune diseases such as IDDM. Furthermore, the present invention can be used to expand desirable T cells, such as anti-pathogenic T cells to prevent, treat and/or ameliorate autoimmune diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/044435 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354115 | Tripp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph A. Tripp (Decatur, Georgia); Larry J. Anderson (Atlanta, Georgia); Michael P. Brown (St. Georges, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph A. Tripp (Decatur, Georgia); Larry J. Anderson (Atlanta, Georgia); Michael P. Brown (St. Georges, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and adjuvants for enhancing an immune response to RSV in a host, wherein the methods and adjuvants comprise a source of a CD40 binding protein. Preferably, the CD40 binding protein is CD40L and the source is a vector comprising a promoter operatively linked to a CD40L coding region. The enhanced immune response produced by the adjuvants and methods of the current invention includes both increased expression of Th1 cytokines and increased production of antibody. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/098236 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354224 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Ramiro Garzon (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Ramiro Garzon (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer and myeloproliferative disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-cancer agents. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169184 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354225 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Albert Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Albert Michael Sismour (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Albert Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Albert Michael Sismour (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to nucleoside, nucleotide, and oligonucleotide analogs that incorporate non-standard nucleobase analogs, defined to be those that present a pattern of hydrogen bonds to a paired nucleobase analog in a complementary strand that is different from the pattern presented by adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Most specifically, this invention discloses and claims processes for amplifying nucleic acid analogs containing non-standard nucleobases using polymerase chain reactions, and enzymes that perform this amplification. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/371497 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354227 | Kolpashchikov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Kolpashchikov (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Kolpashchikov (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | New binary deoxyribozyme or ribozyme probes and methods are described for nucleic acid analysis, which allows the detection of nucleic acids under mild physiologic conditions with extraordinary specificity and high sensitivity to single nucleotide mismatches without PCR amplification. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/162605 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354229 | Croce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-AML agents. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269410 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354231 | Kwong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel A. Kwong (Alhambra, California); Ryan C. Bailey (Urbana, Illinois); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cal. Inst. Tech. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel A. Kwong (Alhambra, California); Ryan C. Bailey (Urbana, Illinois); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and systems for detecting and/or sorting targets in a sample based on the combined use of polynucleotide-encoded protein and substrate polynucleotides. The polynucleotide-encoded protein is comprised of a protein that specifically binds to a predetermined target and of an encoding polynucleotide that specifically binds to a substrate polynucleotide, wherein the substrate polynucleotide is attached to a substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652000 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354236 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virginia M. Y. Lee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John Q. Trojanowski (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virginia M. Y. Lee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John Q. Trojanowski (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of assessing the absence or presence of a neurodegenerative disease in a subject comprising characterizing TDP-43 in a tissue sample of the subject. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject, and methods for determining the efficacy of a drug against a neurodegenerative disease. Novel antibodies that bind to TDP-43 are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/412015 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354240 | Norris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven J. Norris (Houston, Texas); Jing-Ren Zhang (Delmar, New York); John M. Hardham (Gales Ferry, Connecticut); Jemlyn K. Howell (Houston, Texas); Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); George M. Weinstock (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Norris (Houston, Texas); Jing-Ren Zhang (Delmar, New York); John M. Hardham (Gales Ferry, Connecticut); Jemlyn K. Howell (Houston, Texas); Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); George M. Weinstock (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding Vmp-like polypeptides of pathogenic Borreliae, the use of the DNA sequences in recombinant vectors to express polypeptides, the encoded amino acid sequences, application of the DNA and amino acid sequences to the production of polypeptides as antigens for immunoprophylaxis, immunotherapy, and immunodiagnosis. Also disclosed are the use of the nucleic acid sequences as probes or primers for the detection of organisms causing Lyme disease, relapsing fever, or related disorders, and kits designed to facilitate methods of using the described polypeptides, DNA segments and antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311259 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354246 | Ebright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Jayanta Mukhopadhyay (Edison, New Jersey); Konstantin Severinov (Piscataway, New Jersey); Ekaterina Semenova (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Jayanta Mukhopadhyay (Edison, New Jersey); Konstantin Severinov (Piscataway, New Jersey); Ekaterina Semenova (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of inhibiting a bacterial RNA polymerases. The invention has applications in control of bacterial RNA polymerase activity, control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, and antibacterial therapy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642396 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354247 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lai-Xi Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lai-Xi Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemoenzymatic method for the preparation of a homogeneous glycoprotein or glycopeptide, including (a) providing an acceptor selected from the group consisting of GlcNAc-protein and GlcNAc-peptide; and (b) reacting the acceptor with a donor substrate including an activated oligosaccharide moiety, in the presence of a catalyst comprising endoglycosidase (ENGase), to transfer the oligosaccharide moiety to the acceptor and yield the homogeneous glycoprotein or glycopeptide. The donor substrate includes, in a specific implementation, a synthetic oligosaccharide oxazoline. A related method of glycoprotein or glycopeptide remodeling with a predetermined natural N-glycan or a tailor-made oligosaccharide moiety, and a method of remodeling an antibody including a heterogeneous sugar chain, are also described. The disclosed methodology enables glycoprotein drugs to be modified for prolonged half-life in vivo, reduced immunogenicity, and enhanced in vivo activity, and for targeting and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/898284 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354250 | Okumoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurotransmitter biosensors are disclosed, including YbeJ-based glutamate binding biosensors, comprising a neurotransmitter binding domain conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon binding neurotransmitter. Such biosensors are useful for the detection of neurotransmitter concentrations in vivo and in culture. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823796 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354336 | Afzali-Ardakani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Shafaat Ahmed (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hariklia Deligianni (Tenafly, New Jersey); Dario L. Goldfarb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Stefan Harrer (New York, New York); Binquan Luan (Ossining, New York); Glenn J. Martyna (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Hongbo Peng (Chappaqua, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Putnam Valley, New York); Stephen Rossnagel (Pleasantville, New York); Xiaoyan Shao (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gustavo A. Stolovitzky (Riverdale, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Shafaat Ahmed (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hariklia Deligianni (Tenafly, New Jersey); Dario L. Goldfarb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Stefan Harrer (New York, New York); Binquan Luan (Ossining, New York); Glenn J. Martyna (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Hongbo Peng (Chappaqua, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Putnam Valley, New York); Stephen Rossnagel (Pleasantville, New York); Xiaoyan Shao (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gustavo A. Stolovitzky (Riverdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A substrate which has a conductive layer disposed thereon is provided and the conductive layer has an oxide layer with an exposed surface. The exposed surface of the oxide layer contacts a solution of an organic surface active compound in an organic solvent to form a protective layer of the organic surface active compound over the oxide layer. The protective layer has a thickness of from about 0.5 nm to about 5 nm and ranges therebetween depending on a chemical structure of the surface active compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/820543 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/606 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354378 | Kuliopulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lidija Covic (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lidija Covic (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to G protein coupled receptors and in particular to agonists and antagonists of G protein receptors and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394715 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354379 | Rotundo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Rotundo (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Rotundo (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel chimeric peptides and novel methods for treating animals including humans by administering the novel chimeric peptides. In particular, the invention is useful for enhancing endogenous acetylcholinesterase expression in individuals exposed to organophosphate compounds, such as nerve gases and pesticides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/514384 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354384 | Slack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank J. Slack (Guilford, Connecticut); Michelle M. Boehm (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Slack (Guilford, Connecticut); Michelle M. Boehm (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating aging genes or their targets for the treatment or prevention of senescence or symptoms thereof have been developed based on the discovery of naturally occurring inhibitory nucleic acids, in particular lin-4 miRNA, that downregulate genes involved in senescence, lifespan, or age-related disorders. Representative aging genes include, but are not limited to lin-4, lin-14, let-7, lin-28, egl-35 and lin-42. Methods for identifying modulators of aging genes and targets of aging genes are also provided. The disclosed compositions are useful as diagnostics. These can be used in assays to compare genes in normal individuals, with those who are aging well or who demonstrate early senescence, and with those who have age-related disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The genes can be used to study the pathways and mechanisms involved in aging and age-related disorders. These genes can be used as drug targets, or in drug design, to develop drugs that can inhibit one or more characteristics of senescence or age-related disorders. These compositions should be effective therapies for treating or slowing the effects of one or more symptoms or characteristics of age-related disorders resulting from activation or over-expression of aging genes. Compositions that alter the expression of particular aging genes affecting the insulin-like signal pathway are described. Suitable compositions described herein include, inhibitory nucleic acids and small molecules, in particular miRNA. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426292 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354390 | Bavari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093681 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| US 08354435 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Che-Hong Chen (Fremont, California); Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Che-Hong Chen (Fremont, California); Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds that function as modulators of aldehyde dehydrogenase activity; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The present invention provides therapeutic methods involving administering a subject compound, or a subject pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553805 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354440 | Halperin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | José A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Amarnath Natarajan (Texas City, Texas); Bertal Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts); Yun-Hua Fan (San Antonio, Texas); Han Chen (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | José A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Amarnath Natarajan (Texas City, Texas); Bertal Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts); Yun-Hua Fan (San Antonio, Texas); Han Chen (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/233074 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354447 | Markou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athina Markou (Del Mar, California); Paul Kenny (San Diego, California); Neil Paterson (Encinitas, California); Svetlana Semenova (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athina Markou (Del Mar, California); Paul Kenny (San Diego, California); Neil Paterson (Encinitas, California); Svetlana Semenova (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for treating disorders associated with mGlu receptors by simultaneously inhibiting at least two mGluRs belonging to at least two different groups. In one embodiment, there are provided methods for treating a disorder associated with mGlu receptors 2, 3, and 5, including administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of at least one antagonist which modulates mGluR2, mGluR3, and mGluRS. The disorders treated by the method include, for example, nicotine addiction, cocaine addiction, and depression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/527525 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354451 | Moran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham R. Moran (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Panqing He (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham R. Moran (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Panqing He (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting phagolysosomal fusion in patients infected with a microorganism involve the administration of a 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-inhibiting compound, such as 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione (NTBC) to the patient. A HPPD-inhibiting compound administered in an amount effective to enhance phagolysosomal fusion in the macrophages or neutrophils of the patient reduces or treats the infection. Methods for treating bacterial infections by administering a HPPD-inhibiting compound and reducing the production of pyomelanin or melanin in microorganisms are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720381 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/612 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354501 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Xianyan Wang (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Xianyan Wang (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for the controlled assembly of layered silk fibroin coatings using aqueous silk fibroin material. The methods described herein can be used to coat substrates of any material, shape, or size. Importantly, the described methods enable control of the biomaterial surface chemistry, thickness, morphology and structure using layered thin film coatings, or bulk coatings. Furthermore, the methods can be performed in all water and do not require intensive chemical processing enabling controlled entrapment of labile molecules such as, drugs, cytokines, and even cells or viruses to generate functional coatings that can be used in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/997193 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354521 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dechun Li (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dechun Li (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to compositions and methods which utilization nuclear receptors for regulating adipogenesis in cells. Specifically, the invention is directed to compositions which regulate transcription factor PPARγ, and enhance or inhibit the transcription of genes responsible for directing cell differentiation towards a pathway of adipogenesis. More specifically, disclosed herein is a novel polypeptide coactivator of PPARγ, and fragments thereof, which possess coactivator or corepressor activity. Also related are nucleotide sequences which express these polypeptides. Also disclosed is an interfering RNA that may be used to inhibit adipogenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870991 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354556 | Kavash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Kavash (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Carol Mulrooney (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PolyMedix, Inc. (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Kavash (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Carol Mulrooney (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for preparing a polymeric compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides useful intermediates for preparing the compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908977 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355548 | Kovacs, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandor J. Kovacs, Jr. (St. Louis, Missouri); Leonid Shmuylovich (St. Louis, Missouri); Charles Sangwoo Chung (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandor J. Kovacs, Jr. (St. Louis, Missouri); Leonid Shmuylovich (St. Louis, Missouri); Charles Sangwoo Chung (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and related apparatus and systems for determining a load-independent index of diastolic function in the heart are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/088805 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355767 | Hunter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Hunter (Bradford, Massachusetts); Annika Enejder (Göteborg, Sweden); Thomas Scecina (Medfield, Massachusetts); Michael Feld (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Wei-Chuan Shih (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Hunter (Bradford, Massachusetts); Annika Enejder (Göteborg, Sweden); Thomas Scecina (Medfield, Massachusetts); Michael Feld (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Wei-Chuan Shih (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of Raman spectroscopy for quantitative, non-invasive transcutaneous measurement of blood analytes, such as glucose. Raman spectroscopy is used to measure glucose transcutaneously, in patients whose blood glucose levels were monitored. Raman spectra were collected transcutaneously along with glucose reference values provided by standard capillary blood analysis. A partial least squares calibration was created from the data from each subject and validated using leave-one-out cross validation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412418 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355772 | Wedeen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Van J. Wedeen (Sommerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Van J. Wedeen (Sommerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for processing MRI data in which a reference direction and a first voxel are selected. A first transverse orientation vector associated with the first voxel is determined. This first transverse orientation vector is normal to the reference direction. On the basis of the first transverse orientation vector, a second voxel is selected. A second transverse orientation vector associated with the second voxel is also selected. This second transverse orientation vector is likewise normal to the reference direction. The method also includes determining whether a relationship between the first and second transverse orientation vectors is consistent with a track normal to the reference direction and extending between the first and second voxels. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/817613 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| US 08355776 | Milner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are systems, methods, and compositions for the use of optical coherence tomography for detection of cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/874519 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355795 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A visual prosthesis apparatus and a method for limiting power consumption in a visual prosthesis apparatus. The visual prosthesis apparatus comprises a camera for capturing a video image, a video processing unit associated with the camera, the video processing unit configured to convert the video image to stimulation patterns, and a retinal stimulation system configured to stop stimulating neural tissue in a subject's eye based on the stimulation patterns when an error is detected in a forward telemetry received from the video processing unit. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/168653 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/60 |
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| US 08355876 | Prabhakarpandian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for assaying a tumor drug delivery vehicle comprises a synthetic microvascular network of interconnected flow channels in fluid communication through a porous wall with a tissue space containing animal cells and means for quantifying drug delivery from the microvascular network to the animal cells. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/648296 |
| 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 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08353312 | Petrenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Serhiy Fedorovich Petrenko (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serhiy Fedorovich Petrenko (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| ABSTRACT | A motorized valve has a housing having an inlet and an outlet to be connected to a pipeline, a saddle connected with the housing, a turn plug having a rod, the turn plug cooperating with the saddle, and a drive for turning the valve body and formed as a piezoelectric drive, the piezoelectric drive including a piezoelectric generator of radially directed standing acoustic waves, which is connected with the housing and is connectable with a pulse current source, and a rotor operatively connected with the piezoelectric generator and kinematically connected with the rod of the turn plug so as to turn the turn plug when the rotor is actuated by the piezoelectric generator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/406335 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/554 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354011 | Elangovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Feng Zhao (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Feng Zhao (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyzer cell is disclosed which includes a cathode to reduce an oxygen-containing molecule, such as H2O, CO2, or a combination thereof, to produce an oxygen ion and a fuel molecule, such as H2, CO, or a combination thereof. An electrolyte is coupled to the cathode to transport the oxygen ion to an anode. The anode is coupled to the electrolyte to receive the oxygen ion and produce oxygen gas therewith. In one embodiment, the anode may be fabricated to include an electron-conducting phase having a perovskite crystalline structure or structure similar thereto. This perovskite may have a chemical formula of substantially (Pr(1-x)Lax)(z-y)A′yBO(3-∂), wherein 0<x<1, 0≦y≦0.5, and 0.8≦z≦1.1. In another embodiment, the cathode includes an electron-conducting phase that contains nickel oxide intermixed with magnesium oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/950120 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354046 | Jia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eve Bauer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Filip Ronning (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomas Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Guifu Zou (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eve Bauer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Filip Ronning (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomas Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Guifu Zou (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly ordered Ge films are prepared directly on single crystal Si substrates by applying an aqueous coating solution having Ge-bound polymer onto the substrate and then heating in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere. A coating solution was prepared by mixing water, a germanium compound, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and polyethyleneimine to form a first aqueous solution and then subjecting the first aqueous solution to ultrafiltration. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558314 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/518.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354085 | Guelis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Artem V. Guelis (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Artem V. Guelis (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The process of the invention is the separation of minor actinides from lanthanides in a fluid mixture comprising, fission products, lanthanides, minor actinides, rare earth elements, nitric acid and water by addition of an organic chelating aid to the fluid; extracting the fluid with a solvent comprising a first extractant, a second extractant and an organic diluent to form an organic extractant stream and an aqueous raffinate. Scrubbing the organic stream with a dicarboxylic acid and a chelating agent to form a scrubber discharge. The scrubber discharge is stripped with a simple buffering agent and a second chelating agent in the pH range of 2.5 to 6.1 to produce actinide and lanthanide streams and spent organic diluents. The first extractant is selected from bis(2-ethylhexyl)hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) and mono(2-ethylhexyl)2-ethylhexyl phosphonate (HEH(EHP)) and the second extractant is selected from N,N,N,N-tetra-2-ethylhexyl diglycol amide (TEHDGA) and N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentanediamide (TODGA). |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422006 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354250 | Okumoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurotransmitter biosensors are disclosed, including YbeJ-based glutamate binding biosensors, comprising a neurotransmitter binding domain conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon binding neurotransmitter. Such biosensors are useful for the detection of neurotransmitter concentrations in vivo and in culture. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823796 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354262 | Novick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Novick (Palo Alto, California); Oscar Alvizo (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Novick (Palo Alto, California); Oscar Alvizo (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to chemically modified carbonic anhydrase polypeptides and soluble compositions, homogenous liquid formulations comprising them. The chemically modified carbonic anhydrase polypeptides have improved properties relative to the same carbonic anhydrase polypeptide that is not chemically modified including the improved properties of increased activity and/or stability in the presence of amine compounds, ammonia, or carbonate ion. The present disclosure also provides methods of preparing the chemically modified polypeptides and methods of using the chemically modified polypeptides for accelerating the absorption of carbon dioxide from a gas stream into a solution as well as for the release of the absorbed carbon dioxide for further treatment and/or sequestering. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174253 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354290 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Argonne, Illinois); Orlando H. Auciello (Lemont, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Argonne, Illinois); Orlando H. Auciello (Lemont, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient deposition process is provided for fabricating reliable RF MEMS capacitive switches with multilayer ultrananocrystalline (UNCD) films for more rapid recovery, charging and discharging that is effective for more than a billion cycles of operation. Significantly, the deposition process is compatible for integration with CMOS electronics and thereby can provide monolithically integrated RF MEMS capacitive switches for use with CMOS electronic devices, such as for insertion into phase array antennas for radars and other RF communication systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/080255 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354499 | Mayer-Cumblidge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Uljana Mayer-Cumblidge (Richland, Washington); Haishi Cao (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Uljana Mayer-Cumblidge (Richland, Washington); Haishi Cao (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular probe comprises two arsenic atoms and at least one cyanine based moiety. A method of producing a molecular probe includes providing a molecule having a first formula, treating the molecule with HgOAc, and subsequently transmetallizing with AsCl3. The As is liganded to ethanedithiol to produce a probe having a second formula. A method of labeling a peptide includes providing a peptide comprising a tag sequence and contacting the peptide with a biarsenical molecular probe. A complex is formed comprising the tag sequence and the molecular probe. A method of studying a peptide includes providing a mixture containing a peptide comprising a peptide tag sequence, adding a biarsenical probe to the mixture, and monitoring the fluorescence of the mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/773707 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354514 | Siezak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas R. Siezak (Livermore, California); Shea Gardner (Oakland, California); Clinton Torres (Pleasanton, California); Elizabeth Vitalis (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Lenhoff (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Siezak (Livermore, California); Shea Gardner (Oakland, California); Clinton Torres (Pleasanton, California); Elizabeth Vitalis (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Lenhoff (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are kits and methods useful for detection of agricultural pathogens in a sample. Genomic sequence information from agricultural pathogens was analyzed to identify signature sequences, e.g., polynucleotide sequences useful for confirming the presence or absence of a pathogen in a sample. Primer and probe sets were designed and optimized for use in a PCR based, multiplexed Luminex assay and/or an array assay to successfully identify the presence or absence of pathogens in a sample. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842952 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354517 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for transporting sugars across cell membranes using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200164 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354565 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Brown (Finleyville, Pennsylvania); Charles E. Taylor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alfred J. Unione (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Brown (Finleyville, Pennsylvania); Charles E. Taylor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alfred J. Unione (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for forming gas hydrates from a two-phase mixture of water and a hydrate forming gas. The two-phase mixture is created in a mixing zone which may be wholly included within the body of a spray nozzle. The two-phase mixture is subsequently sprayed into a reaction zone, where the reaction zone is under pressure and temperature conditions suitable for formation of the gas hydrate. The reaction zone pressure is less than the mixing zone pressure so that expansion of the hydrate-forming gas in the mixture provides a degree of cooling by the Joule-Thompson effect and provides more intimate mixing between the water and the hydrate-forming gas. The result of the process is the formation of gas hydrates continuously and with a greatly reduced induction time. An apparatus for conduct of the method is further provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814660 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354650 | Grosholz, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Grosholz, Jr. (Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania); Paul O'Connor (Bellport, New York); Gianluigi Degeronimo (Syosset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (Endicott, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Grosholz, Jr. (Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania); Paul O'Connor (Bellport, New York); Gianluigi Degeronimo (Syosset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detection and counting system (2) includes a radiation detector element (5) for outputting a signal related to an energy of a radiation event received thereby and an amplifier (8) for amplifying the signal output by the detector element (5). A gain equalization circuit (10) adjusts the gain of the amplified output signal and a plurality of comparators (12) compare the gain adjusted amplified output signal to a like plurality of different valued threshold signals that are independently adjustable of each other A plurality of counters (20) is operative whereupon only the counter associated with the one comparator (12) that changes state in response to the peak of the gain adjusted amplified output signal exceeding the value of the trigger threshold signal thereof is incremented. A storage (24) stores the incremented value of each counter (20) accumulated over a sample time interval and data output logic circuit (26) transfers the stored accumulated counts out of the storage. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282607 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354651 | Bingham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Bingham (Knoxville, Tennessee); James Allen Mullens (Farragut, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Bingham (Knoxville, Tennessee); James Allen Mullens (Farragut, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system and method of imaging are disclosed. The imaging system can include an external radiation source producing pairs of substantially simultaneous radiation emissions of a picturization emission and a verification emissions at an emission angle. The imaging system can also include a plurality of picturization sensors and at least one verification sensor for detecting the picturization and verification emissions, respectively. The imaging system also includes an object stage is arranged such that a picturization emission can pass through an object supported on said object stage before being detected by one of said plurality of picturization sensors. A coincidence system and a reconstruction system can also be included. The coincidence can receive information from the picturization and verification sensors and determine whether a detected picturization emission is direct radiation or scattered radiation. The reconstruction system can produce a multi-dimensional representation of an object imaged with the imaging system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827402 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355453 | Dallum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory E. Dallum (Livermore, California); Garth C. Pratt (Discovery Bay, California); Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California); Carlos E. Romero (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory E. Dallum (Livermore, California); Garth C. Pratt (Discovery Bay, California); Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California); Carlos E. Romero (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband (UWB) dual impulse transmitter is made up of a trigger edge selection circuit actuated by a single trigger input pulse; a first step recovery diode (SRD) based pulser connected to the trigger edge selection circuit to generate a first impulse output; and a second step recovery diode (SRD) based pulser connected to the trigger edge selection circuit in parallel to the first pulser to generate a second impulse output having a selected delay from the first impulse output. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/637715 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355481 | Breach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael R. Breach (Leland, North Carolina); David J. Keck (Wilmington, North Carolina); Gerald A. Deaver (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Breach (Leland, North Carolina); David J. Keck (Wilmington, North Carolina); Gerald A. Deaver (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a sliding support and a system using the sliding support unit. The sliding support unit may include a fulcrum capture configured to attach to a support flange, a fulcrum support configured to attach to the fulcrum capture, and a baseplate block configured to support the fulcrum support. The system using the sliding support unit may include a pressure vessel, a pedestal bracket, and a plurality of sliding support units. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541493 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/461 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355818 | Nielsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis W. Nielsen (Rexburg, Idaho); David J. Bruemmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Miles C. Walton (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert S. Hartley (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David I. Gertman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Kinoshita (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jonathan Whetten (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis W. Nielsen (Rexburg, Idaho); David J. Bruemmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Miles C. Walton (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert S. Hartley (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David I. Gertman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Kinoshita (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jonathan Whetten (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A robot includes a hazard sensor, a locomotor, and a system controller. The robot senses a hazard intensity at a location of the robot, moves to a new location in response to the hazard intensity, and autonomously repeats the sensing and moving to determine multiple hazard levels at multiple locations. The robot may also include a communicator to communicate the multiple hazard levels to a remote controller. The remote controller includes a communicator for sending user commands to the robot and receiving the hazard levels from the robot. A graphical user interface displays an environment map of the environment proximate the robot and a scale for indicating a hazard intensity. A hazard indicator corresponds to a robot position in the environment map and graphically indicates the hazard intensity at the robot position relative to the scale. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553794 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355866 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); James A. Moore (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); James A. Moore (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are described for a navigation system. A method includes providing a global positioning system fix having a plurality of tracking parameters; providing a theater positioning system fix; monitoring the plurality of tracking parameters for predetermined conditions; and, when the predetermined conditions are met, sending a notifying signal and switching to the theater positioning system fix as a primary fix. An apparatus includes a system controller; a global positioning system receiver coupled to the system controller; a radio frequency locating receiver coupled to the system controller; and an operator interface coupled to the system controller. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/272973 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — 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 71/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356122 | Satterfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); James C. Sexton (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); James C. Sexton (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of processing cores, are central storage unit having at least memory connected in a daisy chain manner, forming a daisy chain ring layout on an integrated chip. At least one of the plurality of processing cores places trace data on the daisy chain connection for transmitting the trace data to the central storage unit, and the central storage unit detects the trace data and stores the trace data in the memory co-located in with the central storage unit. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684804 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08354093 | Becker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew L. Becker (Frederick, Maryland); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (New York, New York); Dipanjan Pan (West Bengal, India); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (Coppell, Texas); John-Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (Clayton, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Becker (Frederick, Maryland); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (New York, New York); Dipanjan Pan (West Bengal, India); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (Coppell, Texas); John-Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (Clayton, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A functional biologically active particle conjugate useful for diagnosis and treating cancer as a bioportal comprises a nanoscale particle having associated therewith an intracellular targeting ligand comprising a PNA, or another nuclease resistant oligonucleotide analog such as MOE-mRNA (2′-methoxyethyl mRNA) or LNA (locked nucleic acid), having a sequence that binds selectively to an uniquely expressed or overexpressed mRNA specific to the cancer or disease state in a living mammal. In one aspect the uniquely overexpressed target specific to the cancer or disease state is the unr mRNA which can be targeted by the antisense sequence PNA50. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250830 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354227 | Kolpashchikov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Kolpashchikov (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Kolpashchikov (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | New binary deoxyribozyme or ribozyme probes and methods are described for nucleic acid analysis, which allows the detection of nucleic acids under mild physiologic conditions with extraordinary specificity and high sensitivity to single nucleotide mismatches without PCR amplification. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/162605 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354291 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chongwu Zhou (Arcadia, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Alexander Badmaev (Pasadena, California); Chuan Wang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chongwu Zhou (Arcadia, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Alexander Badmaev (Pasadena, California); Chuan Wang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for wafer-scale processing of aligned nanotube devices and integrated circuits. In one aspect, a method can include growing aligned nanotubes on at least one of a wafer-scale quartz substrate or a wafer-scale sapphire substrate. The method can include transferring the grown aligned nanotubes onto a target substrate. Also, the method can include fabricating at least one device based on the transferred nanotubes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/625543 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354384 | Slack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank J. Slack (Guilford, Connecticut); Michelle M. Boehm (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Slack (Guilford, Connecticut); Michelle M. Boehm (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating aging genes or their targets for the treatment or prevention of senescence or symptoms thereof have been developed based on the discovery of naturally occurring inhibitory nucleic acids, in particular lin-4 miRNA, that downregulate genes involved in senescence, lifespan, or age-related disorders. Representative aging genes include, but are not limited to lin-4, lin-14, let-7, lin-28, egl-35 and lin-42. Methods for identifying modulators of aging genes and targets of aging genes are also provided. The disclosed compositions are useful as diagnostics. These can be used in assays to compare genes in normal individuals, with those who are aging well or who demonstrate early senescence, and with those who have age-related disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The genes can be used to study the pathways and mechanisms involved in aging and age-related disorders. These genes can be used as drug targets, or in drug design, to develop drugs that can inhibit one or more characteristics of senescence or age-related disorders. These compositions should be effective therapies for treating or slowing the effects of one or more symptoms or characteristics of age-related disorders resulting from activation or over-expression of aging genes. Compositions that alter the expression of particular aging genes affecting the insulin-like signal pathway are described. Suitable compositions described herein include, inhibitory nucleic acids and small molecules, in particular miRNA. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426292 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354451 | Moran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham R. Moran (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Panqing He (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham R. Moran (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Panqing He (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting phagolysosomal fusion in patients infected with a microorganism involve the administration of a 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-inhibiting compound, such as 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione (NTBC) to the patient. A HPPD-inhibiting compound administered in an amount effective to enhance phagolysosomal fusion in the macrophages or neutrophils of the patient reduces or treats the infection. Methods for treating bacterial infections by administering a HPPD-inhibiting compound and reducing the production of pyomelanin or melanin in microorganisms are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720381 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/612 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354501 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Xianyan Wang (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Xianyan Wang (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for the controlled assembly of layered silk fibroin coatings using aqueous silk fibroin material. The methods described herein can be used to coat substrates of any material, shape, or size. Importantly, the described methods enable control of the biomaterial surface chemistry, thickness, morphology and structure using layered thin film coatings, or bulk coatings. Furthermore, the methods can be performed in all water and do not require intensive chemical processing enabling controlled entrapment of labile molecules such as, drugs, cytokines, and even cells or viruses to generate functional coatings that can be used in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/997193 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354555 | Stellacci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco Stellacci (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin Wunsch (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Stellacci (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin Wunsch (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for increasing the activity of catalysts. The method requires the introduction of the catalyst into nano-structured surfaces. The catalysts are introduced as functional groups in molecules forming a monolayer on a surface. A mixed monolayer of catalyst and inert molecules generates ordered domains of molecules on the surface. The catalyst is confined in regions of 0.5 nm to 3 nm in size and is surrounded by an inert material. The presence of such ordered domains that commensurate in size with the reactants, enhance the performance of the catalyst and increase the rate of the reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470586 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/493 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355136 | Glazier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Glazier (Bloomington, Indiana); Dragos Amarie (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Glazier (Bloomington, Indiana); Dragos Amarie (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Wearable or implantable devices combining microfluidic control of sample and reagent flow and micro-cavity surface plasmon resonance sensors functionalized with surface treatments or coatings capable of specifically binding to target analytes, ligands, or molecules in a bodily fluid are provided. The devices can be used to determine the presence and concentration of target analytes in the bodily fluids and thereby help diagnose, monitor or detect changes in disease conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158502 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355893 | Suresh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krishnan Suresh (Madison, Wisconsin); Kavous Jorabchi (Madison, Wisconsin); Josh Danczyk (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishnan Suresh (Madison, Wisconsin); Kavous Jorabchi (Madison, Wisconsin); Josh Danczyk (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for simulating and analyzing the behavior of a structural component of a computerized model in response to a simulated event to determine an optimized shape for the component is disclosed. The shape is optimized using an implicit dimensional reduction rather than an explicit geometric replacement by discarding data of a 3D discretization that has little or no bearing on the performance of the component to a simulated event. The reduced dataset is then collapsed onto a lower dimension projection that is applied over a force vector that is representative of the simulated event to determine the behavior of the component to the simulated event. Optimization tools may then be used to modify the physical attributes of the component and performance of the component once again simulated until an optimized component is determined. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/333743 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355903 | Birnbaum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence A. Birnbaum (Evanston, Illinois); Kristian J. Hammond (Chicago, Illinois); Nicholas D. Allen (Chicago, Illinois); John R. Templon (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence A. Birnbaum (Evanston, Illinois); Kristian J. Hammond (Chicago, Illinois); Nicholas D. Allen (Chicago, Illinois); John R. Templon (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatically generating a narrative story receives data and information pertaining to a domain event. The received data and information and/or one or more derived features are then used to identify a plurality of angles for the narrative story. The plurality of angles is then filtered, for example through use of parameters that specify a focus for the narrative story, length of the narrative story, etc. Points associated with the filtered plurality of angles are then assembled and the narrative story is rendered using the filtered plurality of angles and the assembled points. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/779683 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08353209 | Zimmerli |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory A. Zimmerli (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Zimmerli (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for measuring the quantity of fluid in a tank may include the steps of selecting a match between a measured set of electromagnetic eigenfrequencies and a simulated plurality of sets of electromagnetic eigenfrequencies using a matching algorithm, wherein the match is one simulated set of electromagnetic eigenfrequencies from the simulated plurality of sets of electromagnetic eigenfrequencies, and determining the fill level of the tank based upon the match. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570841 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/290.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354075 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Siyang Zheng (Pasadena, California); Harvey Kasdan (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); IRIS International, Inc. (Chatsworth, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Siyang Zheng (Pasadena, California); Harvey Kasdan (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a streamline-based device and a method for using the device for continuous separation of particles including cells in biological fluids. The device includes a main microchannel and an array of side microchannels disposed on a substrate. The main microchannel has a plurality of stagnation points with a predetermined geometric design, for example, each of the stagnation points has a predetermined distance from the upstream edge of each of the side microchannels. The particles are separated and collected in the side microchannels. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/408514 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354952 | Dean |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce H. Dean (New Market, Maryland) |
| 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) | Bruce H. Dean (New Market, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for radio phase retrieval. A system practicing the method gathers first data from radio waves associated with an object observed via a first aperture, gathers second data from radio waves associated with the object observed via an introduced second aperture associated with the first aperture, generates reduced noise data by incoherently subtracting the second data from the first data, and performs phase retrieval for the radio waves by modeling the reduced noise data using a single Fourier transform. The first and second apertures are at different positions, such as side by side. This approach can include determining a value Q which represents a ratio of wavelength times a focal ratio divided by pixel spacing. This information can be used to accurately measure and correct alignment errors or other optical system flaws in the apertures. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/839060 |
| 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 342/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355136 | Glazier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Glazier (Bloomington, Indiana); Dragos Amarie (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Glazier (Bloomington, Indiana); Dragos Amarie (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Wearable or implantable devices combining microfluidic control of sample and reagent flow and micro-cavity surface plasmon resonance sensors functionalized with surface treatments or coatings capable of specifically binding to target analytes, ligands, or molecules in a bodily fluid are provided. The devices can be used to determine the presence and concentration of target analytes in the bodily fluids and thereby help diagnose, monitor or detect changes in disease conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158502 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355579 | LeMoigne-Stewart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacqueline J. LeMoigne-Stewart (Bowie, Maryland); Giulia Troglio (Genoa, Italy); Jon A. Benediktsson (Reykjavik, Iceland); Sebastiano B. Serpico (Genoa, Italy); Gabriele Moser (Varazze, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United states of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline J. LeMoigne-Stewart (Bowie, Maryland); Giulia Troglio (Genoa, Italy); Jon A. Benediktsson (Reykjavik, Iceland); Sebastiano B. Serpico (Genoa, Italy); Gabriele Moser (Varazze, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the extraction of Lunar data and/or planetary features is provided. The feature extraction method can include one or more image processing techniques, including, but not limited to, a watershed segmentation and/or the generalized Hough Transform. According to some embodiments, the feature extraction method can include extracting features, such as, small rocks. According to some embodiments, small rocks can be extracted by applying a watershed segmentation algorithm to the Canny gradient. According to some embodiments, applying a watershed segmentation algorithm to the Canny gradient can allow regions that appear as close contours in the gradient to be segmented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/783054 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08354040 | Kenar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Kenar (East Peoria, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Kenar (East Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase change materials that include oleochemical carbonates absorb and release latent heat upon changing phases from solid to liquid (melting) or from liquid to solid (solidifying). The oleochemical carbonates are prepared from oleochemical alcohols derived from animal fats and vegetable oils or other bio-based substances. These oleochemical carbonates have melting temperatures with a relatively high heat of fusion and are non-corrosive. Oleochemical carbonates can be mixed together in various proportions to adjust melting/solidification temperature ranges as required by a particular application. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/780434 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08354371 | Oppert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brenda S. Oppert (Manhattan, Kansas); Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jeffrey A. Fabrick (Maricopa, Arizona); Cristopher Oppert (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Tennesse Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brenda S. Oppert (Manhattan, Kansas); Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jeffrey A. Fabrick (Maricopa, Arizona); Cristopher Oppert (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a novel cadherin peptide that enhances the toxicity of Cry proteins. A novel insecticide composition comprising an effective amount of cadherin peptide having SEQ. ID. NO:2 and an effective amount of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry protein wherein the cadherin peptide comprises a Cry3Aa toxin binding region from the full-length T. molitor cadherin and has synergistic characteristics of a binary toxin potentiating Cry3 and Cry1 toxins against coleopterans and lepidopteran species, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272903 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP23327 | Cummins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Cummins (Geneva, New York); Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle (Geneva, New York); Terence Lee Robinson (Geneva, New York); Gennaro Fazio (Geneva, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Cummins (Geneva, New York); Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle (Geneva, New York); Terence Lee Robinson (Geneva, New York); Gennaro Fazio (Geneva, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock named ‘G.890.’ The ‘G.890’ apple tree rootstock is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum). The ‘G.890’ rootstock is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/931745 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08354737 | Andry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure includes: at least one silicon surface wherein the surface can be a substrate, wafer or other device. The structure further includes at least one electronic circuit formed on each side of the at least one surface; and at least one conductive high aspect ratio through silicon via running through the at least one surface. Each through silicon via is fabricated from at least one etch step and includes: at least one thermal oxide dielectric for coating at least some of a sidewall of the through silicon via for a later etch stop in fabrication of the through silicon via. |
| FILED | Monday, January 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/983552 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/621 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08355501 | Newhart |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald W. Newhart (Elkridge, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Newhart (Elkridge, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of collision-free hashing of near-match by selecting bit positions d that differ between a first input and a second input, selecting a degree of a first polynomial for a cyclic code proportional to d, selecting a bit length i of the first input and the second input, selecting a bit length cv of a check value greater than or equal to d, setting n>=i+cv, generating the first polynomial that divides xn+1, factoring the first polynomial into a second and a third polynomials, receiving the first input, dividing the first input by the second polynomial, dividing the first input by the third polynomial, and identifying the results of the last two steps as a hash of the first input. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385474 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08355776 | Milner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are systems, methods, and compositions for the use of optical coherence tomography for detection of cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/874519 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08354641 | Lorkovic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan M. Lorkovic (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan M. Lorkovic (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting radiation using an array of cells containing a metastable material together with sensing apparatus and display apparatus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473773 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08353846 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Henry (Portland, Oregon); Grayson Silaski (Portland, Oregon); David Gray (Portland, Oregon); Edward V. Porsov (Portland, Oregon); Kimberly Owens (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Henry (Portland, Oregon); Grayson Silaski (Portland, Oregon); David Gray (Portland, Oregon); Edward V. Porsov (Portland, Oregon); Kimberly Owens (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for evaluating tinnitus are disclosed herein. According to various embodiments, a tinnitus evaluation system may include a tinnitus evaluation module configured to perform one or more tinnitus evaluation tests. A tinnitus evaluation test may comprise generating a first single-frequency sound based at least in part on a sound of a patient's tinnitus, and generating a narrow-band sound centered at the frequency of the first single-frequency sound. Tests include a hearing threshold test, a loudness match test, a pitch match test, a bandwidth match test, a minimum masking level test, and a residual inhibition test. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374274 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08354250 | Okumoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sakiko Okumoto (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren L. Looger (Washington, District of Columbia); Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurotransmitter biosensors are disclosed, including YbeJ-based glutamate binding biosensors, comprising a neurotransmitter binding domain conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon binding neurotransmitter. Such biosensors are useful for the detection of neurotransmitter concentrations in vivo and in culture. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823796 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08354556 | Kavash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Kavash (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Carol Mulrooney (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PolyMedix, Inc. (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Kavash (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Carol Mulrooney (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for preparing a polymeric compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides useful intermediates for preparing the compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908977 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08356187 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure electronic mailbox is provided to a customer having an electronic account. The electronic account links the secure electronic mailbox to a physical address of the customer. The customer can send and receive secure and non-secure messages via the secure electronic mailbox. The customer can also access electronic services such as electronic bill presentment and payment using the secure electronic mailbox. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357187 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08355539 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Tan (Princeton, New Jersey); Feng Han (Princeton, New Jersey); Jayan Eledath (Princeton, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Princeton, New Jersey); Faroog Abdel-kareem Ibrahim (Dearborn Heights, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California); Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. (Van Buren Township, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Tan (Princeton, New Jersey); Feng Han (Princeton, New Jersey); Jayan Eledath (Princeton, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Princeton, New Jersey); Faroog Abdel-kareem Ibrahim (Dearborn Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining whether a target vehicle in front of a host vehicle intends to change lanes using radar data and image data is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing the image data to detect the boundaries of the lane of the host vehicle; estimating a ground plane by determining a projected vanishing point of the detected lane boundaries; using a camera projection matrix to map the target vehicle from the radar data to image coordinates; and determining lane change intentions of the target vehicle based on a moving trajectory and an appearance change of the target vehicle. Determining lane change intentions based on a moving trajectory of the target vehicle is based on vehicle motion trajectory relative to the center of the lane such that the relative distance of the target vehicle from the center of the lane follows a predetermined trend. Determining lane change intentions based on an appearance change of the target vehicle is based on a template that tracks changes to the appearance of the rear part of the target vehicle due to rotation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146897 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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