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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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| US 08356437 | Holmes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward W. Holmes (Valley Falls, New York); Wayland P. Barber (Mechanicville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward W. Holmes (Valley Falls, New York); Wayland P. Barber (Mechanicville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A firing pin position indicator may be mounted to the breech end of a weapon. The indicator may include a solenoid with a plunger and a firing pin adapter that is selectively engageable with the plunger. The firing pin adapter may be fixed to the firing pin of the weapon. The solenoid plunger may be coupled to a quick-release lock. The quick-release lock may be selectively engageable with the firing pin adapter. The quick-release lock may include a housing and a spring-loaded piston that is translatable in the housing. The quick-release lock housing may be coupled to the solenoid plunger with a pin. A sensor may sense the position of the solenoid plunger and may provide a control signal to the weapon. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875327 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/1.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356469 | Dale |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark R. Dale (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Dale (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a gas turbine engine including a first combustion chamber, a dual compression rotor positioned behind the combustion chamber, and a centrifugal compression rotor positioned behind the dual compression rotor. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/156809 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356541 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Robin Cromwell (Mitchell, Indiana); Donald Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Robin Cromwell (Mitchell, Indiana); Donald Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective structure for a vehicle having an opening on an upper surface is provided. One embodiment of the invention has at least a partial enclosure around an area defined laterally by the vehicle opening with an overhead and side protective capability. An embodiment of the invention has an overhead cover that is formed to substantially enclose a top area of the enclosure and having multiple panels that may be locked into place or opened by an occupant for exit through a top area of the enclosure. Biasing devices may be provided to bias the panels toward an open position and thereby facilitate occupant egress. The multiple panels in this embodiment extend upwardly and inwardly from a section of the enclosure's side walls. Ballistic windows are provided on the protective structure such that an occupant can view laterally and vertically through the enclosure and overhead cover. A shield or protective plate can be mounted on one side of the enclosure. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/857223 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356567 | Gaston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory V. Gaston (Chesapeake, Virginia); John T. Phillips (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Brandon R. Bagwell (Hampton, Virginia); Ronald K. Moser (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory V. Gaston (Chesapeake, Virginia); John T. Phillips (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Brandon R. Bagwell (Hampton, Virginia); Ronald K. Moser (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for securing and fueling a surface water vessel at a floating station, attached to and remote from a parent ship. The surface water vessel may be an unmanned surface vehicle, for example. According to the invention, the surface water vessel includes a probe and the floating station includes an opening for receiving the probe therein. The floating station includes a fuel-delivering arrangement for feeding fuel from the parent ship to the water vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570291 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356727 | Traxler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric W. Traxler (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jaime B. Vanderhorst (West Chester, Ohio); David E. Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); Brandon C. Kirby (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael J. Fisher (Springboro, Ohio); Joel J. Everhart (Beavercreek, Ohio); Matthew C. Everhart (Fairborn, Ohio); Kevin J. Heitkamp (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric W. Traxler (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jaime B. Vanderhorst (West Chester, Ohio); David E. Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); Brandon C. Kirby (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael J. Fisher (Springboro, Ohio); Joel J. Everhart (Beavercreek, Ohio); Matthew C. Everhart (Fairborn, Ohio); Kevin J. Heitkamp (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed device primarily consists of a band, ring, or other piece of shape memory polymer (SMP) or SMP composite in various embodiments that allows or disallows containment. When the SMP reaches its transition temperature (Tg) the SMP provides the means for releasing containment of the pressurized material so as to prevent ignition or explosion of hazardous material. At normal operating temperatures, the SMP is in a deformed shape maintaining an environmental seal to protect the contents of the container. When environmental conditions cause the SMP or SMP composite to exceed its Tg, specified by the operating requirements, the SMP returns to its memory shape in a controlled geometry, rather than simply melting. The return of the SMP to its memory shape causes the venting of the container in different manners depending on which embodiment is utilized. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526360 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/745 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356766 | Garthaffner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph M. Garthaffner (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Garthaffner (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for winding wire into a coil. The device includes a shaft for turning on an axis; a hub attached to the shaft; inner and outer wheels; a mandrel having an outer radial surface for looping the wire; and a guide connectable to the mandrel and extending past the inner wheel. The shaft is structurally supported by a housing. The inner wheel, mandrel and outer wheel are removably fastened to the hub, the wire passes along the guide and lays along the radial surface of the mandrel, and the shaft rotates for looping the wire around the mandrel. The shaft can be rotated either manually or by a motor. A system is provided that includes the winding device, and further includes a wire-feed device, particularly for arranging several strands of wire into a ribbon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924028 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Winding, tensioning, or guiding 242/437.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356770 | Parks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Parks (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Parks (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft tail section has a first tail component and a second tail component, the first tail component being positioned further forward than the second tail component with respect to a nose of the aircraft. Each tail component has two surfaces, each of the two surfaces of at least one of the first and second tail components comprises a solar panel configured to collect solar energy. Each tail component is rotatable with respect to a centerline of the aircraft such that an offset angle of between zero degrees and 180 degrees is formed between corresponding surfaces of the first and second tail components. Preferably, the tail components are rotated into (i) a takeoff and landing configuration that is substantially horizontal, and (ii) a crosswise configuration during flight such that collection of solar energy is maximized. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904562 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356774 | Banik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy A. Banik (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas W. Murphey (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy A. Banik (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas W. Murphey (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Flexible and resilient masts are connected by flexible and resilient inner and outer spars, and flexible cords radially connect the spars. A flexible material is attached to the cords. The assembly is wrapped around a rotatable cylindrical drum in the structure's stored configuration. Each mast is flexible only about an axis lying parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum, and is otherwise rigid. Each mast is linear when extended and has a bending stress when deformed into a non-linear configuration, such as when wrapped around the drum. When the structure is in its stored configuration, a restraining device opposes the bending stress and another prevents the drum from rotating. Upon disengagement of the restraining devices, the stored bending strain energy forces the drum to rotate and the masts to extend into the deployed configuration and thereby unfurl the flexible material. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/106716 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/159.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356959 | Ganguli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rahul Ganguli (Oak Park, California); Vivek Mehrotra (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Ganguli (Oak Park, California); Vivek Mehrotra (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomimetic system for mitigating marine bio-fouling is disclosed which is based upon the sacrificial skin mechanism found in the pilot whale species. The anti-bio-fouling system is characterized by the continuous in-situ underwater formation of a conformal protective skin around a submerged object or structure and employs a circulatory system embedded in a diffuser layer conformably fitted and secured to the structure to controllably deliver a sacrificial skin-forming material to the structural surface. The system advantageously utilizes the unique chemical properties of the skin-forming material to alter the material's viscosity in response to contact with sea water such that the material is uniformly distributed over the structure surface by a self-diffusion process, notwithstanding structural configuration or gravitational orientation, thus forming a stabilized waterproof layer or sacrificial skin. The sacrificial skin controllably self-dissolves and is shed in response to continuous contact with sea water, thereby carrying away the marine bio-fouling material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/572010 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356978 | Beattie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Beattie (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Manchester, Connecticut); Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Beattie (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Manchester, Connecticut); Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine component has a platform and an airfoil extending from the platform. The platform has a pressure side and a suction side. A cooling passage is formed within the platform, and extends along a pressure side of the platform. Air leaves the passage through an air outlet on a suction side of the platform. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623666 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/193.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356997 | Bergeron |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan Bergeron (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accella Learning, LLC (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Bergeron (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An intelligent tutoring system can be implemented using filters, predictive modeling, and a knowledge warehouse, which allows content to be dynamically selected for individualized presentation to a learner. Such an intelligent tutoring system can be implemented using a variety of techniques, including polynomial vector equations in modeling, extensible markup language storage formats for presentation data, and a knowledge warehouse with information stored in data cubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328018 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357000 | Albrecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Allen Albrecht (Rotterdam, New York); Alex Wakulenko (Cohoes, New York); Mohammed Badawi (Niskayuna, New York); Evan Finn (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Joseph Nicoll (East Greenbush, New York); Lisa Madigan (Melrose, New York); Robert Mysliwiec (Cohoes, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Allen Albrecht (Rotterdam, New York); Alex Wakulenko (Cohoes, New York); Mohammed Badawi (Niskayuna, New York); Evan Finn (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Joseph Nicoll (East Greenbush, New York); Lisa Madigan (Melrose, New York); Robert Mysliwiec (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical make-break connection for an apparatus having a recoiling portion and a non-recoiling portion may include a non-recoiling assembly fixed to the non-recoiling portion and a recoiling assembly fixed to the recoiling portion. Each of the non-recoiling and recoiling assemblies may include a mounting bracket and an electrical contact assembly disposed in the mounting bracket. Each contact assembly may include one or more electrical conductors. The non-recoiling contact assembly may float in its mounting bracket. Part of the mating surface of the recoiling contact assembly may be more elastic than part of the mating surface of the non-recoiling contact assembly. Elastic deformation of the recoiling mating surface by the non-recoiling mating surface may provide a fluid seal for the make-break connection. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248140 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357095 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Rox Anderson (Boston, Massachusetts); Kirby Vosburgh (Newton, Massachusetts); John A. Parrish (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Rox Anderson (Boston, Massachusetts); Kirby Vosburgh (Newton, Massachusetts); John A. Parrish (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Various methods and devices for minimally invasive treatment and prevention of conditions of the fascia are provided. In one aspect, a method includes providing an acoustic wave source effective to deliver a focused acoustic wave to a target site within a patient's body focusing an acoustic wave through a patient's skin such that at least one location in the patient's fascia is fenestrated in a desired pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/089643 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/441 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357251 | Watson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Watson (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Watson (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A powder processing method includes degassing a metallic powder in a rotating chamber that is evacuated to a sub-atmospheric pressure. The method may also include storing the metallic powder in a rotating storage chamber that is pressurized to a super-atmospheric pressure with a dry cover gas. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/847427 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357258 | Heng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vann Heng (Buena Park, California); Robert A. DiChiara, Jr. (Carlsbad, California); Elizabeth Chu (Mountain View, California); Dave Zorger (Sun City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vann Heng (Buena Park, California); Robert A. DiChiara, Jr. (Carlsbad, California); Elizabeth Chu (Mountain View, California); Dave Zorger (Sun City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal insulation assemblies, methods for fabricating thermal insulation assemblies, and thermally insulated structures are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermally insulated structure is disclosed that includes a thermal insulation assembly comprises a ceramic tile having a surface coated with an alumina-mullite slurry. A ceramic matrix composite is disposed on the coated surface. The ceramic matrix composite comprises a first ply of a ceramic fiber impregnated with a ceramic matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/983918 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357304 | Reich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama); Stephen Doherty (New Hope, Alabama); H Waite Dykes (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Streamline Automation, LLC (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama); Stephen Doherty (New Hope, Alabama); H Waite Dykes (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-contained storage system for hazardous materials includes a containment envelope enclosing a storage tank containing hazardous materials and forming a containment space between the storage tank and containment envelope. Leaked material is detected by one or more sensors in the containment space and, depending on the concentration or time rate of change in concentration of the leaked material, alarms and corresponding mitigation measures are reversibly activated to remove leaked material from the containment space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331715 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/739 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357335 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven P. Harvey (Fallston, Maryland); Joseph J. DeFrank (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Harvey (Fallston, Maryland); Joseph J. DeFrank (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An assay for screening potential hydrolysis enhancing agents capable of facilitating the hydrolysis of a substantially water insoluble halogenated compound such as mustard gas (HD) in an aqueous reaction mixture is disclosed. The assay includes at least one chamber adapted for receiving and retaining the substantially water insoluble mustard gas compound and a potential hydrolysis agent in an aqueous reaction mixture, and a pH indicating agent adapted to produce a visible color change corresponding to the amount of the substantially water insoluble mustard gas compound hydrolyzed in the aqueous reaction mixture wherein the rate of hydrolysis can be established by measuring the change in the detectable signal over time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272422 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357571 | Radulescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fabian Radulescu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jennifer Gao (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jennifer Duc (Cary, North Carolina); Scott Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabian Radulescu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jennifer Gao (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jennifer Duc (Cary, North Carolina); Scott Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming semiconductor devices having customized contacts are provided including providing a first insulator layer and patterning the first insulator layer such that the first insulator layer defines at least one contact window. A second insulator layer is provided on the first insulator layer and in the at least one contact window such that the second insulator layer at least partially fills the at least one contact window. A first portion of the second insulator layer is etched such that a second portion of the second insulator layer remains in the at least one contact window to provide at least one modified contact window having dimensions that are different than dimensions of the at least one contact window. Related methods and devices are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879398 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357849 | Peumans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Peumans (Palo Alto, California); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Peumans (Palo Alto, California); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoactive device is provided. The device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The photoactive region further includes an organic donor layer and an organic acceptor layer that form a donor-acceptor heterojunction. The mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region are different by a factor of at least 100, and more preferably a factor of at least 1000. At least one of the mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region is greater than 0.001 cm2/V-sec, and more preferably greater than 1 cm2/V-sec. The heterojunction may be of various types, including a planar heterojunction, a bulk heterojunction, a mixed heterojunction, and a hybrid planar-mixed heterojunction. |
| FILED | Monday, September 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/949375 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357919 | Bushmaker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Wayne Bushmaker (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wayne Bushmaker (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for generating terahertz electromagnetic radiation. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for generating terahertz electromagnetic radiation. The method includes: coupling a terahertz resonator with an optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator comprises non-linear optical material; directing laser light through the optical resonator to generate terahertz radiation by parametric interaction of the laser light with the optical resonator and the terahertz resonator; and directing the terahertz radiation from the terahertz resonator to an output. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/115598 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358049 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dylan J. Morris (Seneca, South Carolina); David F. Bahr (Pullman, Washington); Michael J. Anderson (Troy, Idaho); John M. Youngsman (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dylan J. Morris (Seneca, South Carolina); David F. Bahr (Pullman, Washington); Michael J. Anderson (Troy, Idaho); John M. Youngsman (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy converters and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an energy converter includes a first structural member spaced apart from a second structure member, a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element individually coupled to the first structural member and the second structural member, and a deflection member tensionally suspended between the first and second piezoelectric elements. The deflection member is substantially rigid. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030667 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358051 | Bosch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell H. Bosch (Gaines, Michigan); Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom); Christopher Andrew Goat (Offham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell H. Bosch (Gaines, Michigan); Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom); Christopher Andrew Goat (Offham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric actuator comprises a co-fired stack of piezoelectric elements formed from a piezoelectric material and a plurality of positive internal electrodes interdigitated with a plurality of negative internal electrodes throughout the stack to define active regions of the piezoelectric material which are responsive to a voltage applied across the internal electrodes, in use. An external positive electrode connects with the positive internal electrodes and an external negative electrode connects with the negative internal electrodes. The actuator is characterized in that the stack further comprises means for deliberately creating artificial cracks within the stack at a location at which the artificial cracks do not give rise to a short circuit between the internal electrodes but serve to relieve stresses within the piezoelectric material. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/991894 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358136 | Fredette |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven J. Fredette (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UTC Power Corporation (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Fredette (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An arrangement for monitoring the current or state of charge (SOC) of an energy system (230) having one or more series-connected strings (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of battery cells (C1, C2, . . . Cn). The battery cells each have respective dissipative devices (D1, D2, . . . Dn) selectively connectable in parallel therewith for balancing cell voltages in the string. The dissipative devices are of predetermined, typically equal, impedance value. The voltage across each cell (Vc1, Vc2, . . . Vcn) may be separately monitored, such that by dividing the monitored voltage across a cell by the impedance value of a dissipative device connected in parallel therewith, the dissipative current is determined. A summation of all of the dissipative currents yields an error value, which error value is then removed from the measured gross current (Ibat) flowing through the combined battery cells and dissipative devices to yield a corrected value of current (Ibatnet). A corrected SOC value (Qnet) is obtainable in a similar manner. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/733435 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/434 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358155 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Arlene Proebsting (Sonora, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Robert Proebsting (Sonora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates proximity communication. This system includes a circuit containing a bootstrap transistor and a pass-gate transistor, where the drain of the bootstrap transistor is coupled to the gate of the pass-gate transistor. Note that a first coupling capacitance exists between the source of the pass-gate transistor and the drain of the bootstrap transistor and a second coupling capacitance exists between the drain of the pass-gate transistor and the drain of the bootstrap transistor. During operation, the gate and the source of the bootstrap transistor are coupled to a high voltage, thereby causing an intermediate voltage at the drain of the bootstrap transistor. When the source of the pass-gate transistor transitions to a high voltage, the first coupling capacitance and the second coupling capacitance boost the voltage at the gate of the pass-gate transistor higher than the high voltage, thereby enabling the high voltage at the source of the pass-gate transistor to pass to the drain of the pass-gate transistor. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215943 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358190 | Hoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brad W. Hoff (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Peter J. Mardahl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christina H. Chen (Niskayuna, New York); John C. Horwath (Kettering, Ohio); Michael D. Haworth (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad W. Hoff (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Peter J. Mardahl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christina H. Chen (Niskayuna, New York); John C. Horwath (Kettering, Ohio); Michael D. Haworth (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide aperture permanent magnet structure which is useful in creating a highly uniform longitudinal or solenoidal magnetic field in the working region of the magnet and in which the aperture of the structure can be equal in cross-sectional area to the working region of the magnet. The geometry and magnetization direction of the constituent magnets are chosen to maximize the uniformity of the longitudinal or solenoidal magnetic field in the working region of the magnet while minimizing the overall volume and weight of the structure as well as eliminating the need for magnetic pole pieces made of iron or other high permeability materials. The invention can take the form of a cylindrical shell of permanent magnets to create a solenoidal magnetic field, or a parallel surface arrangement to create a longitudinal magnetic field. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245374 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358233 | Foreman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terry L. Foreman (Colonial Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. Foreman (Colonial Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for analyzing a radar signal using CLEAN to identify an undetected target in sidelobes of a detected target. The process includes obtaining system impulse response data of a waveform for a point target having a signal data vector based on a convolution under conjugate transpose multiplied by a target amplitude vector plus a noise vector, estimating the target amplitude vector, and applying a CLEAN Deconvolver to remove the detected target from the data signal vector based on the estimate amplitude vector absent the detected target and an amplitude vector of an undetected target. The process further includes building a detected target vector with the amplitude estimate vector, setting to zero all elements of the detected target vector except at an initial time, and recomputing the amplitude estimate vector by a Reformulated CLEAN Detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924030 |
| 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 342/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358238 | Friedman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel L. Friedman (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Friedman (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A hostile missile is identified as being of a type which maneuvers aerodynamically within the atmosphere when it performs an exoatmospheric maneuver which significantly changes its specific energy. When the determination is made that the hostile missile is an atmospheric maneuvering missile, the hostile missile is engaged with an interceptor which is guided toward a predicted intercept point (PIP) assuming horizontal hostile missile flight at an altitude above a specified minimum altitude. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612056 |
| 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 342/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358239 | Krich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Ira Krich (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ian Weiner (Braintree, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Ira Krich (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ian Weiner (Braintree, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An iterative clutter calibration method comprises measuring an average of a sidelobe power in a range-Doppler image for a plurality of ranges. A determined value of an objective function is responsive to an average of the sidelobe clutter power. A plurality of beamformer weights is modified and the step of determining the value of the objective function is repeated until a maximum value of the objective function is determined. Each beamformer weight determines a gain and phase of a respective antenna element in an antenna system. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/070566 |
| 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 342/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358415 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Ho Wu (Olney, Maryland); Anthony Garzarella (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Ho Wu (Olney, Maryland); Anthony Garzarella (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, for measuring an applied electrical field and for reducing perturbation to the electrical field being measured, includes a laser integrated into an electro optic crystal sensor head prior to the output fiber. A probe beam is passed along the crystal direction of low birefringence of nearly circular optical indicatrix, rather than one of high EO modulation. The EO crystal is placed between two crossed polarizers and oriented such that a small tilt angle is subtended between its optic axis and the path of the probe beam. Improved optical coupling is achieved by using a large core multimode fiber at the output, to reduce optical insertion losses. A collimating lens emits the intensity modulated laser beam back to a photodetector, where the intensity modulated laser beam is converted to an electrical signal representing both field strength and phase of the electrical field applied to the sensor head. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/829298 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358457 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature rotating transmissive optical scanner system employs a drum of small size having an interior defined by a circumferential wall rotatable on a drum axis, an optical element positioned within the interior of the drum, and a light-transmissive lens aperture provided at an angular position in the circumferential wall of the drum for scanning a light beam to or from the optical element in the drum along a beam azimuth angle as the drum is rotated. The miniature optical drum scanner configuration obtains a wide scanning field-of-view (FOV) and large effective aperture is achieved within a physically small size. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854035 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358644 | Baxley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert John Baxley (Atlanta, Georgia); John Eric Kleider (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert John Baxley (Atlanta, Georgia); John Eric Kleider (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment includes a method for generating a set of synchronization/pilot sequences (SPS) by generating a plurality of candidate SPS using different initial conditions. Correlations are performed among the candidate SPS to generate a plurality of correlation values, and a plurality of permutations of the candidate SPS are determined, where each permutation includes a different set of candidate SPS, and wherein each permutation includes a number, D, of candidate SPS. In addition a selected permutation is identified from the plurality of permutations, where the selected permutation corresponds to the set of SPS being generated. A system includes a transmitter adapted to generate a wireless signal in which an SPS is embedded by combining each SPS of the set with phase shifted input data, determining peak-to-average power ratios (PARs) for at least some of the combined signals, and identifying a selected combined signal based on the PARs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051535 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358716 | Bliss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel W. Bliss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter A. Parker (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Bliss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter A. Parker (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for synchronizing a receiver and transmitter in a wireless communication system address synchronization within the context of a detection formulation and provide synchronization statistics used to declare a synchronization detection. A signal is received from a channel at multiple receiving antennas. The receiver and transmitter are synchronized based on the received signal and a channel model incorporating the multiple receiving antennas. The channel model may also incorporate a resolvable delay spread of the received signal with respect to each receiving antenna. Synchronization may be based on a known component of a received signal and further on a channel model incorporating multiple receiving antennas and an interference signal. The known component may be a cyclic prefix or a pilot sequence as in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/381076 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358730 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for non-intrusively detecting the existence of fissile materials in a container via the measurement of energetic prompt neutrons are disclosed. The methods and systems use the unique nature of the prompt neutron energy spectrum from neutron-induced fission arising from the emission of neutrons from almost fully accelerated fragments to unambiguously identify fissile material. These signals from neutron-induced fission are unique and allow the detection of any material in the actinide region of the nuclear periodic table. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/204189 |
| 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 376/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358855 | Hamza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rida Hamza (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rida Hamza (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for recognizing particular objects of interest in a captured image. One or more salient features that are correlative to an object of interest are detected within a captured image. The captured image is segmented into one or more regions of interest that include a detected salient feature. A covariance appearance model is generated for each of the one or more regions of interest, and first and second comparisons are conducted. The first comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to a plurality of stored covariance appearance models, and the second comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to each of the other generated covariance appearance model. Based on the first and second comparisons, a determination is made as to whether each of the one or more detected salient features is a particular object of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/499707 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359083 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Arthur Clark (Salt Lake City, Utah); David J. Warren (Salt Lake City, Utah); Noah M. Ledbetter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Marcy Lloyd (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Arthur Clark (Salt Lake City, Utah); David J. Warren (Salt Lake City, Utah); Noah M. Ledbetter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Marcy Lloyd (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectrode array system used to sense physiological signals and stimulate physiological tissue to form signals is disclosed. The array includes a dielectric substrate and a two dimensional array of signal microelectrodes substantially perpendicular to and integrated on the dielectric substrate. At least one reference microelectrode is located adjacent to and integrated with the signal microelectrodes on the dielectric substrate. The reference microelectrodes are positioned on the dielectric substrate relative to the signal microelectrodes to enable a reduced level of electrical noise to be detected between the reference microelectrodes and the recording microelectrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/417530 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359178 | Rowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Rowe (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mike Gruer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Rowe (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mike Gruer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying erroneous sensor outputs is provided. The method includes obtaining a first plurality of samples from a sensor over a period of time. A mean of the plurality of samples is determined. A first additional sample from the sensor at a time subsequent to times that the first plurality of samples were obtained is also received. A divergence of the first additional sample from the mean is determined. The first additional sample is identified as erroneous when the divergence is greater than a threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398041 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359347 | Branson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael John Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Bradley William Fawcett (Byron, Minnesota); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); William Waller (Laurel, Maryland); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael John Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Bradley William Fawcett (Byron, Minnesota); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); William Waller (Laurel, Maryland); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooperative data stream processing system is provided that utilizes a plurality of independent, autonomous and possibly heterogeneous sites in a cooperative arrangement to process user-defined job requests over dynamic, continuous streams of data. The sites negotiate peering relationships to share data and processing resources to handle the submitted job requests. These peering relationships can be cooperative or federated and can be expressed using common interest policies. Each site within the system runs an instance of a system architecture for processing job requests and is therefore a self-contained, fully functional instance of the cooperative data stream processing system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733684 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359480 | Poovendran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radha Poovendran (Seattle, Washington); Basel Alomair (Kirkland, Washington); Andrew Clark (Bellevue, Washington); Jorge Cuellar (Baierbrunn, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radha Poovendran (Seattle, Washington); Basel Alomair (Kirkland, Washington); Andrew Clark (Bellevue, Washington); Jorge Cuellar (Baierbrunn, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A protocol with constant-time complexity solves the problem of private identification of tags in low-cost, large-scale radio frequency identification (RFID) systems—assuming that an adversary has complete control over the communication channel. Each RFID tag has an internal counter, c, and is preloaded with a unique pseudonym, ψ, and a secret key, k. A RFID reader attempting to identify and authenticate a tag within its range generates and transmits a random nonce to the RFID tag, which returns a first hash of its current pseudonym and counter, and a second hash that is a function of the secret key. The reader uses the returned data to identify the RFID tag and its secret key by reference to a database and returns other hash values that authenticate the reader to the RFID tag. The most expensive operation that RFID tags are required to perform is a hash function. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642307 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359589 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Juan C. Rubio (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Juan C. Rubio (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A set of helper thread binaries is created to retrieve data used by a set of main thread binaries. If executing a portion of the set of helper thread binaries results in the retrieval of data needed by the set of main thread binaries, then that retrieved data is utilized by the set of main thread binaries. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024191 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359635 | Desai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saurabh Desai (Austin, Texas); Murali Vaddagiri (Karnataka, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saurabh Desai (Austin, Texas); Murali Vaddagiri (Karnataka, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and program product is provided that allows new privileges to be dynamically added to an operating system. Entities are assigned roles and these roles are associated with various authorizations. Authorizations are associated with privileges, including the new privilege. A request is received to dynamically add the new privilege to the operating system. The operating system then dynamically adds the new privilege to the system. A software service is installed that requires the new privilege. A request to execute the installed software service is received from an entity that is running on the operating system. The operating system allows the entity to execute the installed software service in response to determining that the entity has been granted the privilege. However, if the entity has not been granted the new privilege, then the operating system inhibits execution of the software service by the entity. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036318 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08357102 | Zeng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fan-Gang Zeng (Irvine, California); Qing Tang (Irvine, California); Jeffrey Alan Carroll (Corona, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fan-Gang Zeng (Irvine, California); Qing Tang (Irvine, California); Jeffrey Alan Carroll (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for treating tinnitus in human or animal subjects wherein the subject is caused to perceive a tinnitus suppressing sound which fully or partially suppresses the subject's tinnitus. In some embodiments of this method, the subject selects a sound that he or she perceives to be the same as the tinnitus and that sound (or a similar sound that is complementary to the subject's perceived tinnitus) is then used as the tinnitus suppressing sound. In other embodiments, the tinnitus suppressing may be a sound that has previously been determined to suppress tinnitus in a substantial number of subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746171 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357308 | Strouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201589 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357365 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jenny J. Kim (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jenny J. Kim (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Granulysin peptides are small antimicrobial agents with potent activity. A pharmaceutical composition comprising granulysin peptides as an active agent is administered therapeutically to a patient for exfoliation, e.g. for the treatment of skin lesions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/815650 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357373 | Old et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd J. Old (New York, New York); Gerd Ritter (New York, New York); Hiroyoshi Nishikawa (New York, New York); Sacha Gnjatic (New York, New York); Jorge E. Galan (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd J. Old (New York, New York); Gerd Ritter (New York, New York); Hiroyoshi Nishikawa (New York, New York); Sacha Gnjatic (New York, New York); Jorge E. Galan (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the use of the type III secretion system of bacteria to stimulate immune responses against tumor antigen(s) for treating antigen-loss variant tumors. Methods are provided for stimulating and/or increasing an immune response against tumor antigens. The invention also relates to the preparation of antigen presenting cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells using bacteria having a type III secretion system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/083188 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 08357374 | Carson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Wolfgang Wrasidlo (La Jolla, California); Christina C. N. Wu (Escondido, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Wolfgang Wrasidlo (La Jolla, California); Christina C. N. Wu (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides TLR agonists and conjugates thereof useful in vaccines and to prevent, inhibit or treat a variety of disorders including pathogen infection and asthma. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027960 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/194.100 |
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| US 08357488 | McGee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lesley McGee (Tucker, Georgia); Maria Lucia Tondella (Decatur, Georgia); Maria da Gloria Siqueira Carvalho (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lesley McGee (Tucker, Georgia); Maria Lucia Tondella (Decatur, Georgia); Maria da Gloria Siqueira Carvalho (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing a nucleic acid of S. pneumoniae is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. The presence of the S. pneumoniae nucleic acid indicates the presence of S. pneumoniae. Determining whether the S. pneumoniae nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by detecting hybridization between a S. pneumoniae probe, such as a S. pneumoniae lytA probe, a S. pneumoniae psaA probe, or a S. pneumoniae ply probe. Probes and primers for the detection of S. pneumoniae are also disclosed. Kits and arrays that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/600568 |
| 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 08357491 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael F. Clarke (Palo Alto, California); Sean J. Morrison (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Max S. Wicha (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Muhammad Al-Hajj (Eagleville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Clarke (Palo Alto, California); Sean J. Morrison (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Max S. Wicha (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Muhammad Al-Hajj (Eagleville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A small percentage of cells within an established solid tumor have the properties of stem cells. These solid tumor stem cells give rise to both more tumor stem cells and to the majority of cells in the tumor that have lost the capacity for extensive proliferation and the ability to give rise to new tumors. Thus, solid tumor heterogeneity reflects the presence of tumor cell progeny arising from a solid tumor stem cell. We have developed a xenograft model in which we have been able to establish tumors from primary tumors via injection of tumors in the mammary gland of severely immunodeficient mice. These xenograft assay have allowed us to do biological and molecular assays to characterize clonogenic solid tumor stem cells. We have also developed evidence that strongly implicates the Notch pathway, especially Notch 4, as playing a central pathway in carcinogenesis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/979991 |
| 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 08357505 | Frommer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren Looger (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren Looger (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Environmentally stable biosensors are disclosed, which comprise a ligand binding domain from a thermophilic organism conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon ligand binding. Such biosensors demonstrate enhanced acid-, thermal- and chemical stability as compared to sensors constructed using protein domains from mesophilic organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/817475 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357511 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Clay Brown (Chelsea, Michigan); James E. Delproposto (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Janet Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Clay Brown (Chelsea, Michigan); James E. Delproposto (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Janet Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fusion proteins. In particular, the present invention relates to protein tags for use in protein solubilization and purification. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055199 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357517 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Weiss (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Marco Ramoni (Boston, Massachusetts); Blanca Himes (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Weiss (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Marco Ramoni (Boston, Massachusetts); Blanca Himes (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to genetic sequence variations that can be used to predict whether a person will develop asthma. Disease is likely to occur if certain polymorphic forms the CCL11 gene, the CCL2 gene and the TLR7 gene are present. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/448949 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357525 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baoming Jiang (Lilburn, Georgia); Roger I. Glass (Atlanta, Georgia); Jean-Francois Saluzzo (Marcy L'etoile, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoming Jiang (Lilburn, Georgia); Roger I. Glass (Atlanta, Georgia); Jean-Francois Saluzzo (Marcy L'etoile, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of thermally inactivating a rotavirus are provided according to the present invention which include exposing the rotavirus to a temperature in the range of about 50° C.-80° C., inclusive, for an incubation time sufficient to render the rotavirus incapable of replication or infection. The thermally inactivated rotavirus is antigenic and retains a substantially intact rotavirus particle structure. Vaccine compositions and methods of vaccinating a subject against rotavirus are provided which include generation and use of thermally inactivated rotavirus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676490 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357529 | Swartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Robert Swartz (Menlo Park, California); Michael Christopher Jewett (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Robert Swartz (Menlo Park, California); Michael Christopher Jewett (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Biological macromolecules are synthesized in vitro under conditions and in a reaction composition wherein oxidative phosphorylation is activated and protein folding is improved. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/971130 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/317.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357532 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443800 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357637 | Glimcher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Dallas C. Jones (Brookline, Massachusetts); Antonios O. Aliprantis (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Dallas C. Jones (Brookline, Massachusetts); Antonios O. Aliprantis (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of molecules involved in the differentiation and/or activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of bone formation, mineralization, and/or osteoclastogenesis and methods for treating disorders that would benefit from modulation of bone formation, mineralization, and/or osteoclastogenesis using agents identified as described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/156008 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357655 | Herman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ira M. Herman (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira M. Herman (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for the treatment of wounds in a mammalian subject are provided. Particularly, novel polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids that stimulate keratinocyte and endothelial cell motility and/or proliferation are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/811124 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357664 | Stein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Stein (Corvallis, Oregon); Qing Ge (Santa Cruz, California); Jianzhu Chen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Patrick L. Iversen (Corvallis, Oregon); Hong M. Moulton (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AVI BioPharma, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon); M.I.T. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Stein (Corvallis, Oregon); Qing Ge (Santa Cruz, California); Jianzhu Chen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Patrick L. Iversen (Corvallis, Oregon); Hong M. Moulton (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of influenza virus infection in a mammal. The antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged morpholino oligonucleotides having 1) a nuclease resistant backbone, 2) 12-40 nucleotide bases, and 3) a targeting sequence of at least 12 bases in length that hybridizes to a target region selected from the following: a) the 5′ or 3′ terminal 25 bases of the negative sense viral RNA segment of Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B and Influenzavirus C; b) the terminal 25 bases of the 3′ terminus of the positive sense cRNA and; and c) the 50 bases surrounding the AUG start codon of an influenza viral mRNA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259434 |
| 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 08357667 | Korc |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Murray Korc (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murray Korc (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of treating pancreatic cancer by inhibiting the activity cyclin D1 activity in tumor cells. The invention is based on the finding that cyclin D1 shRNA molecules are capable of attenuating tumor growth and interfering with tumor angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/856954 |
| 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 08357668 | Gourdie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Musc Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/871461 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357669 | Ferrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Ferrell (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kari Alitalo (Helsinki, Finland); David N. Finegold (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marika Karkkainen (Espoo, Finland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vegenics Pty Limited (Toorak, Victoria, Australia); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Ferrell (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kari Alitalo (Helsinki, Finland); David N. Finegold (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marika Karkkainen (Espoo, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods for screening for and treating hereditary lymphedema in human subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242082 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357671 | Paulson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Paulson (Del Mar, California); Brian Collins (Encinitas, California); Shoufa Han (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | James Paulson (Del Mar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Paulson (Del Mar, California); Brian Collins (Encinitas, California); Shoufa Han (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to high affinity Siglec ligands that are useful for isolating cells that express Siglecs and for delivering agents to cells that express Siglecs. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for treating cancer in a mammal that involves administering a Siglec ligand of the invention to the mammal, where the Siglec ligand is linked to a therapeutic agent. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084723 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357701 | Lai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kent Lai (Salt Lake City, Utah); Klass Jan Wierenga (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Manshu Tang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent Lai (Salt Lake City, Utah); Klass Jan Wierenga (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Manshu Tang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Therapeutic agents for treatment of Galactosemia and disorders thereof, and other enzyme related disorders thereof are identified. The compounds inhibit galactokinase (GALK) and other kinase activity and are identified by a high throughput screening assay. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/672347 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357783 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Yang Feng (Frederick, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Yang Feng (Frederick, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are isolated human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind human mesothelin with a binding affinity of about 25 nM or less. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. The antibodies can be used to detect human mesothelin in a sample. Methods of diagnosing cancer, or confirming a diagnosis of cancer, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies. Methods of treating a subject with cancer are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/934060 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357790 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard A. Anderson (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Nicholas J. Schill (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Anderson (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Nicholas J. Schill (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of phosphatidylinositol based signaling pathways, and more specifically to the use of novel members of these pathways for disease prognosis and treatment. In some aspects, the present invention relates to the use of novel splice variants of type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase γ, named PIPKIγ 700 and PIPKIγ 707, to determine breast cancer and breast cancer prognosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243664 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358739 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianping Lu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Otto Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Guohua Cao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jian Zhang (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianping Lu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Otto Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Guohua Cao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jian Zhang (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging of dynamic objects with high temporal resolution and fast imaging speed. A pulsed x-ray beam can irradiate an object undergoing a range of motion such as a cyclic motion. Multiple x-ray images can be acquired at different phases within a single motion cycle or range of the object. The multiple x-ray images can be demultiplexed to produce an individual phase image. Compared to sequential imaging, temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can achieve high temporal resolution of dynamics object in multiple phases with imaging time comparable to that of a single phase. Temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can thus be applied to a wide variety of applications, including biomedical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875260 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358818 | Miga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael I. Miga (Franklin, Tennessee); Logan W. Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert L Galloway, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael I. Miga (Franklin, Tennessee); Logan W. Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert L Galloway, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of compensation for intra-operative organ shift of a living subject usable in image guide surgery. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of generating a first geometric surface of the organ of the living subject from intra-operatively acquired images of the organ of the living subject, constructing an atlas of organ deformations of the living subject from pre-operatively acquired organ images from the pre-operatively acquired organ images, generating a second geometric surface of the organ from the atlas of organ deformations, aligning the second geometric surface of the organ to the first geometric surface of the organ of the living subject to determine at least one difference between a point of the first geometric surface and a corresponding point of the second geometric surface of the organ of the living subject, which is related to organ shift, and compensating for the intra-operative organ shift. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985526 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358819 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaodong Wu (Coralville, Iowa); Mona Garvin (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael David Abramoff (University Heights, Iowa); Milan Sonka (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaodong Wu (Coralville, Iowa); Mona Garvin (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael David Abramoff (University Heights, Iowa); Milan Sonka (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for the efficient segmentation of globally optimal surfaces representing object boundaries in volumetric datasets is provided. An optical surface detection system and methods are provided that are capable of simultaneously detecting multiple interacting surfaces in which the optimality is controlled by the cost functions designed for individual surfaces and by several geometric constraints defining the surface smoothness and interrelations. The graph search applications use objective functions that incorporate non-uniform cost terms such as “on-surface” costs as well as “in-region” costs. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001066 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359084 | Love et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Love (Chesterland, Ohio); King C. Li (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke PHilips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Love (Chesterland, Ohio); King C. Li (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolation system with imaging or radiation therapy capability is disclosed. At least one containment barrier (14, 15, 16, 17) defines an isolation region (10). An imaging or therapy system (20) is disposed outside of the isolation region. The containment barrier includes a substantially hollow tubular extension (24, 42, 44, 124, 224, 324) protruding away from the isolation region (10). The substantially hollow tubular extension surrounds an interior volume (26) that is in fluid communication with the isolation region and is in fluid isolation from the imaging or therapy system. The substantially hollow tubular extension is made at least partially of a material providing operative communication between the imaging or therapy system and the interior volume of the substantially hollow tubular extension. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/056950 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08357234 | Sluder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles S. Sluder (Knoxville, Tennessee); John M. Storey (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Samuel A. Lewis, Sr. (Andersonville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Sluder (Knoxville, Tennessee); John M. Storey (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Samuel A. Lewis, Sr. (Andersonville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for rapid fractionation of hydrocarbon phases in a sample fluid stream are disclosed. Examples of the disclosed apparatus and method include an assembly of elements in fluid communication with one another including one or more valves and at least one sorbent chamber for removing certain classifications of hydrocarbons and detecting the remaining fractions using a detector. The respective ratios of hydrocarbons are determined by comparison with a non separated fluid stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840341 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357239 | Boxley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chett Boxley (Park City, Utah); Akash Akash (Salt Lake City, Utah); Qiang Zhao (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chett Boxley (Park City, Utah); Akash Akash (Salt Lake City, Utah); Qiang Zhao (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for treating fly ash to render it highly usable as a concrete additive. A quantity of fly ash is obtained that contains carbon and which is considered unusable fly ash for concrete based upon foam index testing. The fly ash is mixed with a quantity of spray dryer ash (SDA) and water to initiate a geopolymerization reaction and form a geopolymerized fly ash. The geopolymerized fly ash is granulated. The geopolymerized fly ash is considered usable fly ash for concrete according to foam index testing. The geopolymerized fly ash may have a foam index less than 40%, and in some cases less than 20%, of the foam index of the untreated fly ash. An optional alkaline activator may be mixed with the fly ash and SDA to facilitate the geopolymerization reaction. The alkaline activator may contain an alkali metal hydroxide, carbonate, silicate, aluminate, or mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450272 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08357512 — Systems for the expression of orthogonal translation components in eubacterial host cells
| US 08357512 | Ryu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Youngha Ryu (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngha Ryu (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention related to compositions and methods for the in vivo production of polypeptides comprising one or more unnatural amino acids. Specifically, the invention provides plasmid systems for the efficient eubacterial expression of polypeptides comprising one or more unnatural acids at genetically-programmed positions. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468736 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357532 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); T. Ashton Cropp (Bethesda, Maryland); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443800 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357623 | Lillo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas M. Lillo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Henry S. Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William M. Harrison (Hopkinsville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Lillo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Henry S. Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William M. Harrison (Hopkinsville, Kentucky); Derek Bailey (Muncie, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming composite materials include coating particles of titanium dioxide with a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon, and reacting the titanium dioxide with the substance including boron and the substance including carbon to form titanium diboride. The methods may be used to form ceramic composite bodies and materials, such as, for example, a ceramic composite body or material including silicon carbide and titanium diboride. Such bodies and materials may be used as armor bodies and armor materials. Such methods may include forming a green body and sintering the green body to a desirable final density. Green bodies formed in accordance with such methods may include particles comprising titanium dioxide and a coating at least partially covering exterior surfaces thereof, the coating comprising a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/414147 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357893 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Xu (Knoxville, Tennessee); David B. Watson (Knoxville, Tennessee); William B. Whitten (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xu (Knoxville, Tennessee); David B. Watson (Knoxville, Tennessee); William B. Whitten (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion mobility sensor system including an ion mobility spectrometer and a differential mobility spectrometer coupled to the ion mobility spectrometer. The ion mobility spectrometer has a first chamber having first end and a second end extending along a first direction, and a first electrode system that generates a constant electric field parallel to the first direction. The differential mobility spectrometer includes a second chamber having a third end and a fourth end configured such that a fluid may flow in a second direction from the third end to the fourth end, and a second electrode system that generates an asymmetric electric field within an interior of the second chamber. Additionally, the ion mobility spectrometer and the differential mobility spectrometer form an interface region. Also, the first end and the third end are positioned facing one another so that the constant electric field enters the third end and overlaps the fluid flowing in the second direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586619 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357994 | Habermehl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Habermehl (Corrales, New Mexico); Roger T. Apodaca (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Habermehl (Corrales, New Mexico); Roger T. Apodaca (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An antifuse is disclosed which has an electrically-insulating region sandwiched between two electrodes. The electrically-insulating region has a single layer of a non-hydrogenated silicon-rich (i.e. non-stoichiometric) silicon nitride SiNX with a nitrogen content X which is generally in the range of 0<X≦1.2, and preferably 0.5≦X≦1.2. The breakdown voltage VBD for the antifuse can be defined to be as small as a few volts for CMOS applications by controlling the composition and thickness of the SiNX layer. The SiNX layer thickness can also be made sufficiently large so that Poole-Frenkel emission will be the primary electrical conduction mechanism in the antifuse. Different types of electrodes are disclosed including electrodes formed of titanium silicide, aluminum and silicon. Arrays of antifuses can also be formed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/365990 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358141 | Xiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao-Dong Xiang (Danville, California); Chen Gao (Hefei, China PRC); Fred Duewer (Albany, California); Hai Tao Yang (Albany, California); Yalin Lu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-Dong Xiang (Danville, California); Chen Gao (Hefei, China PRC); Fred Duewer (Albany, California); Hai Tao Yang (Albany, California); Yalin Lu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning evanescent microwave microscope (SEMM) that uses near-field evanescent electromagnetic waves to probe sample properties is disclosed. The SEMM is capable of high resolution imaging and quantitative measurements of the electrical properties of the sample. The SEMM has the ability to map dielectric constant, loss tangent, conductivity, electrical impedance, and other electrical parameters of materials. Such properties are then used to provide distance control over a wide range, from to microns to nanometers, over dielectric and conductive samples for a scanned evanescent microwave probe, which enable quantitative non-contact and submicron spatial resolution topographic and electrical impedance profiling of dielectric, nonlinear dielectric and conductive materials. The invention also allows quantitative estimation of microwave impedance using signals obtained by the scanned evanescent microwave probe and quasistatic approximation modeling. The SEMM can be used to measure electrical properties of both dielectric and electrically conducting materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465022 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/635 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358893 | Sanderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen N. Sanderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Titus James Appel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Walter C. Wrye, IV (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen N. Sanderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Titus James Appel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Walter C. Wrye, IV (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-cable assembly includes a power source cable connector (“PSCC”) coupled to a power receive cable connector (“PRCC”) via a fiber cable. The PSCC electrically connects to a first electronic device and houses a photonic power source and an optical data transmitter. The fiber cable includes an optical transmit data path coupled to the optical data transmitter, an optical power path coupled to the photonic power source, and an optical feedback path coupled to provide feedback control to the photonic power source. The PRCC electrically connects to a second electronic device and houses an optical data receiver coupled to the optical transmit data path, a feedback controller coupled to the optical feedback path to control the photonic power source, and a photonic power converter coupled to the optical power path to convert photonic energy received over the optical power path to electrical energy to power components of the PRCC. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/687652 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359124 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhi Zhou (Selkirk, New York); Juan Manuel de Bedout (West Glenville, New York); John Michael Kern (Rexford, New York); Emrah Biyik (Guilderland, New York); Ramu Sharat Chandra (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhi Zhou (Selkirk, New York); Juan Manuel de Bedout (West Glenville, New York); John Michael Kern (Rexford, New York); Emrah Biyik (Guilderland, New York); Ramu Sharat Chandra (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for optimizing customer utility usage in a utility network of customer sites, each having one or more utility devices, where customer site is communicated between each of the customer sites and an optimization server having software for optimizing customer utility usage over one or more networks, including private and public networks. A customer site model for each of the customer sites is generated based upon the customer site information, and the customer utility usage is optimized based upon the customer site information and the customer site model. The optimization server can be hosted by an external source or within the customer site. In addition, the optimization processing can be partitioned between the customer site and an external source. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/640021 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359131 | Gallegos-Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Torrance, California); Silva Hiti (Redondo Beach, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Torrance, California); Silva Hiti (Redondo Beach, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for operating an electric motor having a plurality of windings with an inverter having a plurality of switches coupled to a voltage source are provided. A first plurality of switching vectors is applied to the plurality of switches. The first plurality of switching vectors includes a first ratio of first magnitude switching vectors to second magnitude switching vectors. A direct current (DC) current associated with the voltage source is monitored during the applying of the first plurality of switching vectors to the plurality of switches. A second ratio of the first magnitude switching vectors to the second magnitude switching vectors is selected based on the monitoring of the DC current associated with the voltage source. A second plurality of switching vectors is applied to the plurality of switches. The second plurality of switching vectors includes the second ratio of the first magnitude switching vectors to the second magnitude switching vectors. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732003 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359167 | Keeling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph F. Keeling (San Diego, California); Manvendra K. Dubey (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph F. Keeling (San Diego, California); Manvendra K. Dubey (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Data representative of a measured carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and of a measured oxygen (O2) concentration at a measurement location can be used to determine whether the measured carbon dioxide concentration at the measurement location is elevated relative to a baseline carbon dioxide concentration due to escape of carbon dioxide from a source associated with a carbon capture and storage process. Optionally, the data can be used to quantify a carbon dioxide concentration increase at the first location that is attributable to escape of carbon dioxide from the source and to calculate a rate of escape of carbon dioxide from the source by executing a model of gas-phase transport using at least the first carbon dioxide concentration increase. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730031 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359367 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Croton On Hudson, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Croton On Hudson, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product for supporting system initiated checkpoints in parallel computing systems. The system and method generates selective control signals to perform checkpointing of system related data in presence of messaging activity associated with a user application running at the node. The checkpointing is initiated by the system such that checkpoint data of a plurality of network nodes may be obtained even in the presence of user applications running on highly parallel computers that include ongoing user messaging activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731796 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359404 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sameer Kumar (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sameer Kumar (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for routing data in a network comprising a network logic device at a sending node for determining a path between the sending node and a receiving node, wherein the network logic device sets one or more selection bits and one or more hint bits within the data packet, a control register for storing one or more masks, wherein the network logic device uses the one or more selection bits to select a mask from the control register and the network logic device applies the selected mask to the hint bits to restrict routing of the data packet to one or more routing directions for the data packet within the network and selects one of the restricted routing directions from the one or more routing directions and sends the data packet along a link in the selected routing direction toward the receiving node. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684184 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359428 | Hemmert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Scott Hemmert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keith D. Underwood (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Scott Hemmert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keith D. Underwood (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An associative list processing unit and method comprising employing a plurality of prioritized cell blocks and permitting inserts to occur in a single clock cycle if all of the cell blocks are not full. Also, an associative list processing unit and method comprising employing a plurality of prioritized cell blocks and using a tree of prioritized multiplexers descending from the plurality of cell blocks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243772 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08357279 | Aubry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nadine Aubry (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Pushpendra Singh (Pine Brook, New Jersey); Muhammad Janjua (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan); Sai Nudurupati (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadine Aubry (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Pushpendra Singh (Pine Brook, New Jersey); Muhammad Janjua (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan); Sai Nudurupati (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for concentrating particles on the surface of a drop or bubble in a continuous phase, for separating different types of particles, and for removing particles from the surface of the drop or bubble. The methods also facilitate separation of two types of particles on a drop or bubble, optionally followed by solidification of the drop or bubble, to produce a particle for which the surface properties vary, such as a Janus particle. The methods can be also used to destabilize emulsions and foams by re-distributing or removing particles on the surface of the drop or bubble, facilitating coalescence of the particle-free drops or bubbles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/710885 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357308 | Strouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201589 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357319 | Nadella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krishna V. Nadella (Seattle, Washington); Dustin Miller (Seattle, Washington); Vipin Kumar (Seattle, Washington); William F. Kuykendall (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Probert (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishna V. Nadella (Seattle, Washington); Dustin Miller (Seattle, Washington); Vipin Kumar (Seattle, Washington); William F. Kuykendall (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Probert (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for reducing the density of thermoplastic materials and the articles made therefrom having similar or improved mechanical properties to the solid or noncellular material. Also disclosed are improvements to foaming methods and the cellular structures of the foams made therefrom, and methods for altering the impact strength of solid or noncellular thermoplastic materials and the shaping of the materials into useful articles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/313873 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357351 | Annapragada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Efstathios Karathanasis (Atlanta, Georgia); Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Russell M. Lebovitz (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Efstathios Karathanasis (Atlanta, Georgia); Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Russell M. Lebovitz (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for evaluating a subject's vasculature integrity, for differentiating between a malignant lesion and a benign lesion, for evaluating the accessibility of a tumor to nano-sized therapeutics, for treating tumors, and for live or real time monitoring of a nano-probe's biodistribution. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357950 |
| 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 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357400 | Ying et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jackie Y. Ying (Winchester, Massachusetts); Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Andrey Zarur (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jackie Y. Ying (Winchester, Massachusetts); Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Andrey Zarur (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of delivering a therapeutic agent by providing a cross-linked polymer encapsulating the therapeutic agent to a site in a patient. The degradation rate of the cross-linked polymer is correlated with a local concentration of an indicator, and the therapeutic agent is released as the cross-linked polymer degrades. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301049 |
| 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 424/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358354 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (San Mateo, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California); Marc S Levoy (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (San Mateo, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California); Marc S Levoy (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Digital images are computed using an approach for correcting lens aberration. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a digital imaging arrangement implements microlenses to direct light to photosensors that detect the light and generate data corresponding to the detected light. The generated data is used to compute an output image, where each output image pixel value corresponds to a selective weighting and summation of a subset of the detected photosensor values. The weighting is a function of characteristics of the imaging arrangement. In some applications, the weighting reduces the contribution of data from photosensors that contribute higher amounts of optical aberration to the corresponding output image pixel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/466338 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358367 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (Mountain View, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Marc A. Levoy (Stanford, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (Mountain View, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Marc A. Levoy (Stanford, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078909 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08359597 | John et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lizy K. John (Austin, Texas); Jian Chen (Austin, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lizy K. John (Austin, Texas); Jian Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The proposed method exploits inherent characteristics of a software program to select a core of a multi-core processor for executing the software program. Each characteristic is associated with a suitability metric, which measures the degree of the match between that characteristic and the corresponding hardware configuration. In one embodiment, fuzzy logic is used to combine individual metrics to produce an overall suitability that indicates the overall degree of the match between a program and a core. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557737 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08357353 | Laszlo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Laszlo (Peoria, Illinois); David L. Compton (Peoria, Illinois); Louis J. DeFilippi (Palatine, Illinois); Steven Grall (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (Peoria, Illinois); United States Department of Agriculture (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Laszlo (Peoria, Illinois); David L. Compton (Peoria, Illinois); Louis J. DeFilippi (Palatine, Illinois); Steven Grall (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical composition comprising a linker agent and a compound comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, wherein the linker agent is characterized by the general formula: wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different, and at least one of X1 or X2 is a functional group that bonds with the compound comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, and b+f≧2, Y comprises an O, N, or S that is substituted or unsubstituted, each a, b, c, e and f is ≧0 and a+b+c+e+f≧2, d is 0 or 1, n1 and n2 represent the number of hydrogen atoms required to complete the undesignated valencies, and m ranges from 1 to about 100 and each individual m unit may be the same or different. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776876 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357509 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tung-Shi Huang (Auburn, Alabama); Ywh-Min Tzou (Auburn, Alabama); Narendra Slngh (Auburn, Alabama); Bryan A. Chin (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tung-Shi Huang (Auburn, Alabama); Ywh-Min Tzou (Auburn, Alabama); Narendra Slngh (Auburn, Alabama); Bryan A. Chin (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are recombinant tobacco osmotin polypeptides and methods for expressing tobacco osmotin polypeptides in microbial host cells. The recombinant tobacco osmotin polypeptides produced by the methods disclosed herein may be utilized as biocides or as therapeutic agents in medicaments. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/972115 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357645 | Glenn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Serena Stephenson (El Cerrito, California); Nikita R. Manalo (Santa Clara, California); David Lestage (Livermore, California); Marc Privitera (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Serena Stephenson (El Cerrito, California); Nikita R. Manalo (Santa Clara, California); David Lestage (Livermore, California); Marc Privitera (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to semi-rigid gels, methods of manufacture and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/055667 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP23337 | 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 | A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica×Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.210’ is described herein. The new variety is a semi-dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum). The ‘G.210’ 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 | 12/931756 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08357211 | Shirron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J. Shirron (Silver Spring, Maryland); Michael J. DiPirro (Silver Spring, Maryland); Edgar R. Canavan (Columbia, 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) | Peter J. Shirron (Silver Spring, Maryland); Michael J. DiPirro (Silver Spring, Maryland); Edgar R. Canavan (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for producing a salt pill for use in very low temperature adiabatic demagnetization refrigerators (ADRs). The method can include providing a thermal bus in a housing. The thermal bus can include an array of thermally conductive metal conductors. A hydrated salt can be grown on the array of thermally conductive metal conductors. Thermal conductance can be provided to the hydrated salt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872445 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Physical processes 023/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357884 | Ethridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin C. Ethridge (Huntsville, Alabama); William F. Kaukler (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| 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) | Edwin C. Ethridge (Huntsville, Alabama); William F. Kaukler (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for the extraction and collection of volatiles from soil or planetary regolith. The device utilizes core drilled holes to gain access to underlying volatiles below the surface. Microwave energy beamed into the holes penetrates through the soil or regolith to heat it, and thereby produces vapor by sublimation. The device confines and transports volatiles to a cold trap for collection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/839848 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/679 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358457 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature rotating transmissive optical scanner system employs a drum of small size having an interior defined by a circumferential wall rotatable on a drum axis, an optical element positioned within the interior of the drum, and a light-transmissive lens aperture provided at an angular position in the circumferential wall of the drum for scanning a light beam to or from the optical element in the drum along a beam azimuth angle as the drum is rotated. The miniature optical drum scanner configuration obtains a wide scanning field-of-view (FOV) and large effective aperture is achieved within a physically small size. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854035 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358723 | Hamkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon Hamkins (La Crescenta, California); Marvin K. Simon (La Canada, California); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California); Samuel J. Dolinar (Sunland, California); Andre Tkacenko (Pasadena, California) |
| 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) | Jon Hamkins (La Crescenta, California); Marvin K. Simon (La Canada, California); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California); Samuel J. Dolinar (Sunland, California); Andre Tkacenko (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, radio receiver, and system to autonomously receive and decode a plurality of signals having a variety of signal types without a priori knowledge of the defining characteristics of the signals is disclosed. The radio receiver is capable of receiving a signal of an unknown signal type and, by estimating one or more defining characteristics of the signal, determine the type of signal. The estimated defining characteristic(s) is/are utilized to enable the receiver to determine other defining characteristics. This in turn, enables the receiver, through multiple iterations, to make a maximum-likelihood (ML) estimate for each of the defining characteristics. After the type of signal is determined by its defining characteristics, the receiver selects an appropriate decoder from a plurality of decoders to decode the signal. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602440 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08356905 | Cossairt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oliver S. Cossairt (New York, New York); Thomas J. Purtell, II (Belmont, California); Samuel L. Hill (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Parellel Consulting Limited Liability Company (Dover, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oliver S. Cossairt (New York, New York); Thomas J. Purtell, II (Belmont, California); Samuel L. Hill (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhanced image sequences are provided by a high resolution imaging system (HRIS) for generating an enhanced image, where the system includes a device for outputting an image sequence including a plurality of K source images, each source image including a plurality of pixels; and a projector for projecting, within a period of integration, each of the source images to an optical filter, the filter adapted for providing pixels of each source image as sub-pixels of pixels in the enhanced image. The enhanced images may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. A method and computer program product are provided for generating enhanced images, as well as techniques for fabrication of the HRIS. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614548 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Image projectors 353/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357708 | Luesch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hendrik Luesch (Gainesville, Florida); Taori Kanchan (Gainesville, Florida); Valerie J. Paul (Fort Pierce, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Resesarch Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Smithsonian Institutution (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik Luesch (Gainesville, Florida); Taori Kanchan (Gainesville, Florida); Valerie J. Paul (Fort Pierce, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having therapeutic activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders, or affect cell differentiation, dedifferentiation or transdifferentiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331497 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357945 | D'Evelyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Philip D'Evelyn (Niskayuna, New York); Dong-Sil Park (Niskayuna, New York); Steven Francis LeBoeuf (Raleigh, North Carolina); Larry Burton Rowland (Scotia, New York); Kristi Jean Narang (Voorheesville, New York); Huicong Hong (Niskayuna, New York); Peter Micah Sandvik (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Philip D'Evelyn (Niskayuna, New York); Dong-Sil Park (Niskayuna, New York); Steven Francis LeBoeuf (Raleigh, North Carolina); Larry Burton Rowland (Scotia, New York); Kristi Jean Narang (Voorheesville, New York); Huicong Hong (Niskayuna, New York); Peter Micah Sandvik (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a GaN single crystal at least about 2.75 millimeters in diameter, with a dislocation density less than about 104 cm−1, and having substantially no tilt boundaries. A method of forming a GaN single crystal is also disclosed. The method includes providing a nucleation center, a GaN source material, and a GaN solvent in a chamber. The chamber is pressurized. First and second temperature distributions are generated in the chamber such that the solvent is supersaturated in the nucleation region of the chamber. The first and second temperature distributions have different temperature gradients within the chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/588181 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08356547 | Gray, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In a bent axis hydraulic machine, a back plate and cylinder barrel vary in distance from a drive plate as a stroke angle of the cylinder barrel changes, thereby minimizing unswept fluid volume in the cylinders of the barrel at any stroke angle. Distance is controlled by one or more rollers, engaging respective tracks that define a profile of contact that determines the distance as a function of the stroke angle. Telescoping fluid supply channels are employed to maintain a fluid supply to the cylinder barrel as the distance changes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/701438 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motors: Expansible chamber type 091/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08356985 | Gray. Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray. Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Anthony J. Tesoriero (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray. Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Anthony J. Tesoriero (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fail-safe system for a hybrid vehicle employing an over-center variable-displacement hydraulic motor includes an actuator configured to stroke the motor to a zero angle if each of two control ports is supplied with fluid at an equal pressure. A control valve is configured, in the event of loss of power to the valve, to default to a position in which high-pressure fluid is supplied to both control ports. A pilot-controlled check valve is coupled between high- and low-pressure ports of the motor such that, during normal operation, passage of fluid through the check valve from the high-pressure port to the low-pressure port is checked, while passage of fluid through the check valve from the second port to the first port is enabled. When the pilot control is activated, passage of fluid in the opposite direction is also enabled. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540089 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08358808 | Malinovskiy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yegor Malinovskiy (Shoreline, Washington); Yinhai Wang (Seattle, Washington); Yao-Jan Wu (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yegor Malinovskiy (Shoreline, Washington); Yinhai Wang (Seattle, Washington); Yao-Jan Wu (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for detecting and tracking objects, such as motor vehicles, within video data. The systems and method analyze video data, for example, to count objects, determine object speeds, and track the path of objects without relying on the detection and identification of background data within the captured video data. The detection system uses one or more scan lines to generate a spatio-temporal map. A spatio-temporal map is a time progression of a slice of video data representing a history of pixel data corresponding to a scan line. The detection system detects objects in the video data based on intersections of lines within the spatio-temporal map. Once the detection system has detected an object, the detection system may record the detection for counting purposes, display an indication of the object in association with the video data, determine the speed of the object, etc. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987854 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08358855 | Hamza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rida Hamza (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rida Hamza (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for recognizing particular objects of interest in a captured image. One or more salient features that are correlative to an object of interest are detected within a captured image. The captured image is segmented into one or more regions of interest that include a detected salient feature. A covariance appearance model is generated for each of the one or more regions of interest, and first and second comparisons are conducted. The first comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to a plurality of stored covariance appearance models, and the second comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to each of the other generated covariance appearance model. Based on the first and second comparisons, a determination is made as to whether each of the one or more detected salient features is a particular object of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/499707 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08359347 | Branson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael John Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Bradley William Fawcett (Byron, Minnesota); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); William Waller (Laurel, Maryland); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael John Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Bradley William Fawcett (Byron, Minnesota); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); William Waller (Laurel, Maryland); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooperative data stream processing system is provided that utilizes a plurality of independent, autonomous and possibly heterogeneous sites in a cooperative arrangement to process user-defined job requests over dynamic, continuous streams of data. The sites negotiate peering relationships to share data and processing resources to handle the submitted job requests. These peering relationships can be cooperative or federated and can be expressed using common interest policies. Each site within the system runs an instance of a system architecture for processing job requests and is therefore a self-contained, fully functional instance of the cooperative data stream processing system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733684 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08357505 | Frommer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren Looger (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolf B. Frommer (Washington, District of Columbia); Loren Looger (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Environmentally stable biosensors are disclosed, which comprise a ligand binding domain from a thermophilic organism conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon ligand binding. Such biosensors demonstrate enhanced acid-, thermal- and chemical stability as compared to sensors constructed using protein domains from mesophilic organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/817475 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08358457 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lewis (Bend, Oregon); Lawrence Parrington (Rexford, New York); Michael Rutberg (Wethersfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature rotating transmissive optical scanner system employs a drum of small size having an interior defined by a circumferential wall rotatable on a drum axis, an optical element positioned within the interior of the drum, and a light-transmissive lens aperture provided at an angular position in the circumferential wall of the drum for scanning a light beam to or from the optical element in the drum along a beam azimuth angle as the drum is rotated. The miniature optical drum scanner configuration obtains a wide scanning field-of-view (FOV) and large effective aperture is achieved within a physically small size. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854035 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08357364 | Kumta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prashant Nagesh Kumta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Charles S. Sfeir (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Abhijit Roy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prashant Nagesh Kumta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Charles S. Sfeir (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Abhijit Roy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to bone substitute compositions and methods of their preparation, and their use in a wide variety of clinical applications. The compositions include calcium phosphate, acidic calcium salt, basic calcium salt, sodium hydrogen phosphate and porogen. The compositions further include a mixing liquid. The compositions can optionally include biological signaling molecules and/or a growth compound. Further, the compositions can optionally include a plasticizer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882554 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357376 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Liu (Milpitas, California); Richard Schwartz (San Mateo, California); Mark Thompson (Morgan Hill, California); Luis Jorge Camilo Maranga (Santa Clara, California); Simon Sheng-Tsiung Hsu (Palo Alto, California); Mridul Ghosh (San Jose, California); Ajit Subramanian (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memimmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Liu (Milpitas, California); Richard Schwartz (San Mateo, California); Mark Thompson (Morgan Hill, California); Luis Jorge Camilo Maranga (Santa Clara, California); Simon Sheng-Tsiung Hsu (Palo Alto, California); Mridul Ghosh (San Jose, California); Ajit Subramanian (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel MDCK cells which can be to grow viruses, e.g., influenza viruses, in cell culture to higher titer than previously possible. The MDCK cells can be adapted to serum-free culture medium. The present invention further relates to cell culture compositions comprising the MDCK cells and cultivation methods for growing the MDCK cells. The present invention further relates to methods for producing influenza viruses in cell culture using the MDCK cells of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652557 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357528 | Vacanti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Eli Weinberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Eli Weinberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a three-dimensional system, and compositions obtained therefrom, wherein individual layers of the system comprise channels divided longitudinally into two compartments by a centrally positioned membrane, and wherein each compartment can comprise a different cell type. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156675 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/284.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08357691 | Winfield |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leyte L. Winfield (Austell, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leyte L. Winfield (Austell, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for compounds, compositions, and methods that involve anti-proliferative and anti-neoplastic activity in cancer cells. In particular, a series of benzimidazole, purine, imidazopyridine, and imidazopyrizine compounds having selected substitution patterns are disclosed, and the activity of various subject compounds is demonstrated. In particular, the disclosure provides for substituted purine compounds having the general formula their salts, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment using the subject compounds and compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/330806 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358000 | Beaupre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Alfred Beaupre (Pittsfield, Massachusetts); Arun Virupaksha Gowda (Rexford, New York); Ljubisa Dragol jub Stevanovic (Clifton Park, New York); Stephen Adam Solovitz (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Alfred Beaupre (Pittsfield, Massachusetts); Arun Virupaksha Gowda (Rexford, New York); Ljubisa Dragol jub Stevanovic (Clifton Park, New York); Stephen Adam Solovitz (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A power module includes one or more semiconductor power devices having a power overlay (POL) bonded thereto. A first heat sink is bonded to the semiconductor power devices on a side opposite the POL. A second heat sink is bonded to the POL opposite the side of the POL bonded to the semiconductor power devices. The semiconductor power devices, POL, first channel heat sink, and second channel heat sink together form a double side cooled power overlay module. The second channel heat sink is bonded to the POL solely via a compliant thermal interface material without the need for planarizing, brazing or metallurgical bonding. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/404272 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/691 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08358408 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California); Fung Suong Ou (Palo Alto, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California); Fung Suong Ou (Palo Alto, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for performing Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) includes a reflective layer positioned above the substrate, a plurality of tapered nanowires disposed above the reflective layer, each of the plurality of tapered nanowires having a tapered end directed away from the reflective layer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/771824 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2013/fedinvent-patents-20130122.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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