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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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| US 08359993 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald Barnett Harris (Arlington, Virginia); Willard Sokol, III (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert J Galway (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Barnett Harris (Arlington, Virginia); Willard Sokol, III (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert J Galway (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device to permit a water vessel to releasably capture a line. The water vessel may include a step cutout portion to receive a line capturing device. The line capturing device includes a device housing having a capturing notch and a pivotal guide arm. The guide arm may be pivoted to a deployed position. When presented with a line, a water vessel with the line-capturing device may capture the line by deploying the guide arm to guide the line into the notch, where the line is releasably latched. Also included is a system for towing a smaller water vessel to a parent vessel, the smaller water vessel including a device for capturing a line. The line may be attached at one end to the parent vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/154554 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/230.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08360361 | Wadley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haydn N. G. Wadley (Keswick, Virginia); Douglas T. Queheillalt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Hossein Haj-Hariri (Charlottesville, Virginia); Anthony G. Evans (Santa Barbara, California); George P. Peterson (Boulder, Colorado); Robert Kurtz (Charlottesville, Virginia); G. Douglas Long (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yellapu V. Murty (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haydn N. G. Wadley (Keswick, Virginia); Douglas T. Queheillalt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Hossein Haj-Hariri (Charlottesville, Virginia); Anthony G. Evans (Santa Barbara, California); George P. Peterson (Boulder, Colorado); Robert Kurtz (Charlottesville, Virginia); G. Douglas Long (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yellapu V. Murty (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for passive jet blast deflection or the like. Use of the passive jet blast deflector permits the efficient dispersal of a fast moving local heat source into the environment through passive means while providing a high strength structure. The jet blast deflector system may include a first plate, a second plate, and a cellular core disposed between them adapted to allow cooling ambient air to flow through the cellular core, wherein the first plate, second plate, and core are all seamlessly coupled heat pipes that form a single vapor core to facilitate the spreading and even storing of thermal energy. An ejector plate may be attached to the top of the second plate to create a low pressure zone as the heat source passes over it, thereby pulling the ambient air through the cellular core, facilitating the removal the thermal energy from the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301916 |
| 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 244/114.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08360396 | Robledo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jaime Robledo (Sahuarita, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaime Robledo (Sahuarita, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus may comprise a lever operable to rotate a crank arm. The apparatus may further comprise a slotted member affixed to an end of the lever. The slotted member may be operable to clip around a first handle of the crank arm. The apparatus may further comprise an alignment member affixed to the lever. The alignment member may comprise a hole that receives a second handle of the crank arm. The apparatus may further comprise a third handle affixed to the lever such that a force applied to the third handle causes the lever to rotate. The rotation of the lever may cause the crank arm to rotate in a particular plane. The third handle may be offset from the particular plane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/405524 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force 254/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08360685 | Whiteside et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steve Whiteside (San Diego, California); Robert Lee (Descanso, California); Ronald Skala (Murrieta, California); Brian Shook (San Diego, California); Paul Wade (Chula Vista, California); Bret Thomson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Whiteside (San Diego, California); Robert Lee (Descanso, California); Ronald Skala (Murrieta, California); Brian Shook (San Diego, California); Paul Wade (Chula Vista, California); Bret Thomson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous underwater plow can include a frame, a plow assembly and a propulsion assembly. The plow assembly is fixed to the one end of the frame, while the propulsion assembly is pivotably attached to the other end. The propulsion assembly includes thrusters that are rigidly coupled to a float, and that provide a propulsion force perpendicular to the float buoyancy force. The plow sinks when placed in the water, but the float provides sufficient buoyancy so that the float end floats while the plow end is in contact with the ocean floor. This establishes a rake angle of between the frame and ocean floor. The plow requires less propulsion force for motion because part of the plow is floating, and requires less force to overcome obstacles on the ocean floor because the thrusters provides a constant horizontal propulsion force while the frame tilts to overcome the obstacle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/876323 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08360721 | Podgurski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel M. Podgurski (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Thomas A. Zientek (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Evhen M. Mychalowycz (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Podgurski (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Thomas A. Zientek (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Evhen M. Mychalowycz (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A stiff in-plane gimbaled rotor head for a rotorcraft, such as a helicopter, includes a vertically extending rotor shaft, a center hub disposed on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation therewith, and an outer hub surrounding the center hub and coupled thereto through a spherical gimbal bearing for conjoint rotation therewith, and such that the outer hub is also capable of an angular range of gimbaling movement relative to the center hub. A plurality of rotor blades, which may include three or more blades, is coupled to the rotor shaft through the inner and outer hubs by a constant velocity joint that enables the blades to be rotated in a common plane about the axis of the rotor shaft while controlling the respective pitches of the blades and such that any other relative in-plane and out-of-plane movements of the blades during rotation is prevented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/971077 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08360737 | Smisson, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hugh F. Smisson, III (Macon, Georgia); Richard G. Cartledge (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); David C. Field (Snellville, Georgia); Harvey A. Lewis, Jr. (Port Orange, Florida); Frederick J. York (Longwood, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC (Macon, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh F. Smisson, III (Macon, Georgia); Richard G. Cartledge (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); David C. Field (Snellville, Georgia); Harvey A. Lewis, Jr. (Port Orange, Florida); Frederick J. York (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump system selectably and dynamically controls the flow rate of a fluid being delivered to a patient's body over a wide range of flow rates. The pump system includes an infusion tubing, a pumping mechanism, a motor drive assembly in mechanical communication with the pumping mechanism, a user input control, and an electronic controller in electrical communication with and at least partially controlling the motor drive assembly. The electronic controller include a digital signal processing controller in electrical communication with the motor drive assembly that is configured to receive a signal from the user input control and to cause power to be supplied to the motor drive assembly in response at least partially to the signal from the user input control. The pump system may selectably deliver fluid at rates from about 1 milliliter per hour to at least about 3000 milliliters per minute. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835118 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/44.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361133 | Cushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry Michael Cushman (Hudson, Massachusetts); Robert Kovar (Wrentham, Massachusetts); Robert Mulligan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Babin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Anna Galea (Stow, Massachusetts); Jeremiah Slade (Shirley, Massachusetts); Gordon B. Hirschman (Cohoes, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vivonics, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Michael Cushman (Hudson, Massachusetts); Robert Kovar (Wrentham, Massachusetts); Robert Mulligan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Babin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Anna Galea (Stow, Massachusetts); Jeremiah Slade (Shirley, Massachusetts); Gordon B. Hirschman (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A patient warming appliqué typically includes a cover layer, a tape layer for releasably securing the appliqué to the patient's skin and an array of encapsulated cells. The encapsulated cells include a chemical heating mechanism beneath the cover layer and a phase change gel sheet between the chemical heating mechanism and the tape layer. The phase change gel sheet is configured to melt and flow when the chemical heating mechanism is activated. The preferred appliqué further includes zones of weakness between the spaced cells allowing the individual cells or a subset of cells to be removed from the appliqué. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798116 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361413 | Mott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Mott (Burke, Virginia); Peter B Howell, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frances S Ligler (Potomac, Maryland); Stephanie Fertig (Springfield, Virginia); Aron Bobrowski (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Mott (Burke, Virginia); Peter B Howell, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frances S Ligler (Potomac, Maryland); Stephanie Fertig (Springfield, Virginia); Aron Bobrowski (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sheath flow system having a channel with at least one fluid transporting structure located in the top and bottom surfaces situated so as to transport the sheath fluid laterally across the channel to provide sheath fluid fully surrounding the core solution. At the point of introduction into the channel, the sheath fluid and core solutions flow side by side within the channel or the core solution may be bounded on either side by the sheath fluid. The system is functional over a broad channel size range and with liquids of high or low viscosity. The design can be readily incorporated into microfluidic chips without the need for special manufacturing protocols. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/423225 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361582 | Jarvis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine W Jarvis (Six Mile, South Carolina); Robert E Bennett (Westminster, South Carolina); Brian Frederick (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine W Jarvis (Six Mile, South Carolina); Robert E Bennett (Westminster, South Carolina); Brian Frederick (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for joining two or more substrates with a seam is provided. The seam is formed with a thermoplastic tape that is capable of forming an adhesive bond and a physical bond with a substrate. For instance, in one embodiment, the thermoplastic tape is formed from a polyurethane film. In addition, the seam can be utilized in a flat configuration or folded into a variety of different shapes, such as in a z-shaped configuration. As a result of the present invention, it has been discovered that a seam can be formed to have improved strength without substantially sacrificing the desired functional properties of the substrate materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931971 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361792 | Duan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roxanne Duan (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Goldblatt (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Functional Genetics, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roxanne Duan (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Goldblatt (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention reflects enhanced antibody expression of an antibody of interest by cell lines transformed by random homozygous gene perturbation methods to either increase or decrease the expression pattern of a gene of the cell line other than the antibody of interest. The transformed cell line exhibits specific productivity rates, SPR, for the RHGP transformed cell liens of 1.5 or more, as compared with the antibody expressing cell line parents prior to transformation by RHGP. A knock out or anti-sense construct may be devised to reduce expression of the target gene, a promoter may be inserter to enhance expression of the target gene. The antibodies expressed by the transformed cell lines exhibit the binding properties of their parent cell lines prior to transformation with RHGP, and increase Total Volumetric Production of said antibody by said cells in a given volume. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777417 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361809 | Cuppoletti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Cuppoletti (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Cuppoletti (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is directed to methods for ionophorically screening pore forming bacterial protein toxins and receptors for insect toxicity. The method includes: a) forming a membrane comprising a lipid and an insect receptor, b) contacting the membrane with the pore forming bacterial protein toxin and an ion solution, and c) measuring ion flow through the membrane. Also provided are a method and kit for determining the amount of live pore forming bacterial toxin protein in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368861 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361813 | Niyogi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandip Niyogi (San Jose, California); Sean Barstow (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intermolecular, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandip Niyogi (San Jose, California); Sean Barstow (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for depositing graphene is provided. The method includes depositing a layer of non-conducting amorphous carbon over a surface of a substrate and depositing a transition metal in a pattern over the amorphous carbon. The substrate is annealed at a temperature below 500° C., where the annealing converts the non-conducting amorphous carbon disposed under the transition metal to conducting amorphous carbon. A portion of the pattern of the transition metal is removed from the surface of the substrate to expose the conducting amorphous carbon. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/315524 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361827 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond Chan (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Christopher Youtsey (Libertyville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroLink Devices, Inc. (Niles, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Chan (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Christopher Youtsey (Libertyville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly technique for assembling solar cell arrays is provided. During the fabrication of a solar cell, openings through the semiconductor layer are etched through to a top surface of the backmetal layer. The solar cells include an exposed top surface of the backmetal layer. A plurality of solar cells are assembled into a solar cell array where adjacent cells are interconnected in an electrically serial or parallel fashion solely from the top surface of the solar cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/773582 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361853 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guy Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York); Robert L. Wisnieff (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York); Robert L. Wisnieff (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including a nanoribbon-containing layer of alternating graphene nanoribbons separated by alternating insulating ribbons. The alternating graphene nanoribbons are parallel to a surface of an underlying substrate and, in some embodiments, might be oriented along crystallographic directions of the substrate. The alternating insulating ribbons may comprise hydrogenated graphene, i.e., graphane, fluorinated graphene, or fluorographene. The semiconductor structure mentioned above can be formed by selectively converting portions of an initial graphene layer into alternating insulating ribbons, while the non-converted portions of the initial graphene form the alternating graphene nanoribbons. Semiconductor devices such as, for example, field effect transistors, can be formed atop the semiconductor structure provided in the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902620 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361932 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the in vitro detection of proteases using a single peptide-conjugate nanocrescent surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probes with at least nanomolar sensitivity. The probe enables detection of proteolytic activity in extremely small volume and at low concentration. In certain embodiments the probes comprise an indicator for the detection of an active protease, where the indicator comprises a nanocrescent attached to a peptide, where said peptide comprises a recognition site for the protease and a Raman tag attached to the peptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299284 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361970 | Sebti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Growth factor binding molecules having a plurality of peptide loops attached to a non-peptide organic scaffold, preferably having pseudo-six amino acid peptide loops with four amino acid sidechains. The growth factor binding molecules specifically bind various growth factors and are suitable for treating a subject having tumors or restinosis. In one embodiment a platelet-derived growth factor binding molecule is disclosed that is used to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in solid tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622295 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362239 | Laskoski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are an oligomer and a phthalonitrile monomer having the formulas: M is a metal or H. The value n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 for the oligomer and greater than or equal to 0 for the phthalonitrile monomer. Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected aromatic- or heterocyclic-containing groups. Ar1, Ar2, or both are heteroaromatic or heterocyclic groups containing a nitrogen, sulfur, or oxygen heteroatom. Also disclosed are thermosets and pyrolyzed materials made from the phthalonitrile monomer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479432 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362290 | Wynne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James H Wynne (Alexandria, Virginia); Christopher T Lloyd (Springfield, Virginia); Joseph P. Buckley (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Ramesh R. Pant (Fairfax, Virginia); Brian T. Rasley (Fairbanks, Alaska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H Wynne (Alexandria, Virginia); Christopher T Lloyd (Springfield, Virginia); Joseph P. Buckley (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Ramesh R. Pant (Fairfax, Virginia); Brian T. Rasley (Fairbanks, Alaska) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having the formula: Each R1 is C1-C3 alkyl group or fluoridated C1-C3 alkyl group. The value n is a positive integer. Each R2 is alkylene group or polyethylene glycol group. Y1 is hydrogen, quaternary ammonium-containing group, or phenol-containing group. Y2 is quaternary ammonium-containing group or phenol-containing group. The quaternary ammonium-containing group is non-aromatic and contains no more than one quaternary ammonium. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/784752 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/425 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362295 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Drilling fluids comprising graphenes and nanoplatelet additives and methods for production thereof are disclosed. Graphene includes graphite oxide, graphene oxide, chemically-converted graphene, and functionalized chemically-converted graphene. Derivatized graphenes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The derivatized graphenes are prepared from a chemically-converted graphene through derivatization with a plurality of functional groups. Derivatization can be accomplished, for example, by reaction of a chemically-converted graphene with a diazonium species. Methods for preparation of graphite oxide are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812169 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362376 | Sen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prosenjit Sen (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prosenjit Sen (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatically driven high-speed micro droplet switch includes a substrate having an upper surface containing one or more signal electrodes that are selectively connected via a droplet. The switch includes at least one actuation electrode disposed beneath the upper surface of the substrate, the at least one actuation electrode operatively coupled to drive circuitry. The switch includes a frame disposed on or above the upper surface of the substrate that is configured to hold the droplet in substantially the same location during operation of the switch. In one aspect, the frame is configured to absorb variations in the volume of the droplet placed on the switch, leaving the active meniscus not affected by the variation in volume. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523419 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362435 | Bronk |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Burt V. Bronk (Abington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Burt V. Bronk (Abington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for detecting, differentiating from background and providing partial identification (i.e., classification) for biological particles found in aerosols or surface dust. The method is based on the phenomenon that luminescent excitation-emission (EEM) graphs of microorganisms obtained before and after perturbation by irradiation with ultraviolet light show characteristic patterns which differ according to the type of particle. For example, Bacillus endospores may be distinguished from vegetative bacteria, and gram positive vegetative bacteria may be distinguished from gram negative bacteria, and all these may be distinguished from many types of background particles, e.g. house dust, road dust, and pollen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/151509 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362476 | Schoenfeld |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Winston V. Schoenfeld (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winston V. Schoenfeld (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A cubic epitaxial article and electronic devices therefrom includes a single crystal cubic oxide substrate having a substrate band gap and a top surface. An epitaxial cubic oxide alloy layer that includes at least one transition metal or group IIA metal disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The epitaxial cubic oxide alloy layer has a band gap that is different than the substrate band gap and has a lattice that is lattice matched within 5% to a lattice of the single crystal cubic oxide substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726545 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362559 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Jianli He (Houston, Texas); Harry F. Pang (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Jianli He (Houston, Texas); Harry F. Pang (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is generally related to a method of making a molecule-surface interface comprising at least one surface comprising at least one material and at least one organic group wherein the organic group is adjoined to the surface and the method comprises contacting at least one organic group precursor with at least one surface wherein the organic group precursor is capable of reacting with the surface in a manner sufficient to adjoin the organic group and the surface. The present invention is directed to hybrid molecular electronic devices having a molecule-surface interface. Such hybrid molecular electronic devices may advantageously have either a top or bottom gate electrode for modifying a conductivity of the devices. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754268 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362582 | Appenzeller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joerg Appenzeller (Valhalla, New York); Supratik Guha (Chappaqua, New York); Emanuel Tutuc (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joerg Appenzeller (Valhalla, New York); Supratik Guha (Chappaqua, New York); Emanuel Tutuc (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure is provided, which includes multiple sections arranged along a longitudinal axis. Preferably, the semiconductor structure comprises a middle section and two terminal sections located at opposite ends of the middle section. A semiconductor core having a first dopant concentration preferably extends along the longitudinal axis through the middle section and the two terminal sections. A semiconductor shell having a second, higher dopant concentration preferably encircles a portion of the semiconductor core at the two terminal sections, but not at the middle section, of the semiconductor structure. It is particularly preferred that the semiconductor structure is a nanostructure having a cross-sectional dimension of not more than 100 nm. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041754 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362618 | Busnaina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Mehmet R. Dokmeci (Brookline, Massachusetts); Nishant Khanduja (Boston, Massachusetts); Selvapraba Selvarasah (Malden, Massachusetts); Xugang Xiong (Boston, Massachusetts); Prashanth Makaram (Boston, Massachusetts); Chia-Ling Chen (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Mehmet R. Dokmeci (Brookline, Massachusetts); Nishant Khanduja (Boston, Massachusetts); Selvapraba Selvarasah (Malden, Massachusetts); Xugang Xiong (Boston, Massachusetts); Prashanth Makaram (Boston, Massachusetts); Chia-Ling Chen (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly of nanoelements forms a three-dimensional nanoscale circuit interconnect for use in microelectronic devices. A process for producing the circuit interconnect includes using dielectrophoresis by applying an electrical field across a gap between vertically displaced non-coplanar microelectrodes in the presence of a liquid suspension of nanoelements such as nanoparticles or single-walled carbon nanotubes to form a nanoelement bridge connecting the microelectrodes. The assembly process can be carried out at room temperature, is compatible with conventional semiconductor fabrication, and has a high yield. The current-voltage curves obtained from the nanoelement bridge demonstrate that the assembly is functional with a resistance of −40 ohms for gold nanoparticles. The method is suitable for making high density three-dimensional circuit interconnects, vertically integrated nanosensors, and for in-line testing of manufactured conductive nanoelements. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513925 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362651 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for transferring energy wirelessly including transferring energy wirelessly from a first resonator structure to an intermediate resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the first resonator structure and the intermediate resonator structure is κ1B, transferring energy wirelessly from the intermediate resonator structure to a second resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the intermediate resonator structure and the second resonator structure is κB2, and during the wireless energy transfers, adjusting at least one of the coupling rates κ1B and κB2 to reduce energy accumulation in the intermediate resonator structure and improve wireless energy transfer from the first resonator structure to the second resonator structure through the intermediate resonator structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571949 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362699 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois); Andrew J. Price (Savoy, Illinois); Jason D. Readle (Chonnahen, Illinois); Clark J. Wagner (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois); Andrew J. Price (Savoy, Illinois); Jason D. Readle (Chonnahen, Illinois); Clark J. Wagner (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide for large arrays of microcavity plasma devices that can be made inexpensively, and can produce large area but thin displays or lighting sources Interwoven metal wire mesh, such as interwoven Al mesh, consists of two sets of wires which are interwoven in such a way that the two wire sets cross each other, typically at πght angles (90 degrees) although other patterns are also available Fabrication is accomplished with a simple and inexpensive wet chemical etching process The wires in each set are spaced from one another such that the finished mesh forms an array of openings that can be, for example, square, rectangular or diamond-shaped The size of the openings or microcavities is a function of the diameter of the wires in the mesh and the spacing between the wires in the mesh used to form the array of microcavity plasma devices. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682973 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362798 | Fulks, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. Fulks, III (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intuitive Research and Technology (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Fulks, III (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved configuration for a programmable logic device and an improved method for configuration of a programmable logic device are provided. A programmable logic device such as field programmable logic device is configured to include an application logic, an embedded test logic that monitors the application logic, and an access control logic that grants access to an external device to embedded test data provided that an access control requirement is met that is based upon a key stored in a memory and information received from the external device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047234 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362839 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194845 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362856 | Quan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California); Hee Kyung Kim (El Segundo, California); Alberto F. Viscarra (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California); Hee Kyung Kim (El Segundo, California); Alberto F. Viscarra (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) transition for a three dimensional molded RF structure is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a radio frequency (RF) transition for an RF structure, the RF transition includes an assembly having a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, and a third flexible layer, wherein a first section of the assembly includes a microstrip transmission line, wherein a second section of the assembly includes a dielectric stripline transmission line, and wherein a third section of the assembly includes a suspended substrate stripline transmission line. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/620467 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362883 | Hale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly S. Hale (Oviedo, Florida); Sven Fuchs (Westerrönfeld, Germany); Matthew Johnston (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Design Interactive, Inc. (Oviedo, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly S. Hale (Oviedo, Florida); Sven Fuchs (Westerrönfeld, Germany); Matthew Johnston (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for communicating information via a tactile sense is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving input information at a controller comprising a processor. In addition, the method comprises generating a tactile sequence from the input information according to a predetermined communication structure via the controller and transmitting the tactile sequence to a display comprising a plurality of activators. Thereafter, the method comprises outputting the tactile sequence on the display. Systems are also provided for carrying out the described methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482073 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/407.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362942 | McNeill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James McNeill (Orlando, Florida); Todd MacKey (Satellite Beach, Florida); Tim Dyson (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James McNeill (Orlando, Florida); Todd MacKey (Satellite Beach, Florida); Tim Dyson (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting entities based on movement can involve transmission circuitry configured to enable transmission of a stepped-frequency radar signal, an antenna, and receiving circuitry configured to generate data including information associated with frequency and phase shifts between the transmitted signal and the reflections of the transmitted signal. The system also can involve a processor configured to analyze the generated data to determine information associated with a moving object located at a side of a wall different than a side of the wall of which the system is located. The analyzing can involve compensating for the effect of motion of the system on the phase shifts between the transmitted signal and the reflections of the transmitted signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391940 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363201 | O'Rourke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn O'Rourke (Tempe, Arizona); Pete Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn O'Rourke (Tempe, Arizona); Pete Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible, transparent electrode structure and a method of fabrication thereof are provided comprising a transparent electrode which may maintain electrical connectivity across a surface of a flexible substrate so that the substrate may flex without affecting the integrity of an electrical contact. The transparent electrode includes conductive nanowires that are coupled to the substrate through a conducting oxide layer. The conducting oxide layer effectively provides a template onto which the nanowires are deposited and serves to anchor the nanowires to the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/522862 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363215 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kent D. Henry (Laramie, Wyoming); Blase Yamona (Lakewood, Colorado); John S. Lovell (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent D. Henry (Laramie, Wyoming); Blase Yamona (Lakewood, Colorado); John S. Lovell (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method and system is provided for detecting target materials using a combination of stroboscopic signal amplification and Raman spectroscopy techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/020419 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363300 | Hoffman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Hoffman (Woodstock, Virginia); Timothy Pritchett (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Hoffman (Woodstock, Virginia); Timothy Pritchett (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A large-aperture direct-view high-speed electro-optic shutter includes an electro-optic polymer material constructed to form a Pockels cell and an integrated photoconducting semiconductor switch. A chromophore-doped polymer material or chromophore copolymer, wherein the chromophore is oriented within the polymer material, exhibits a linear electro-optic effect when an electric field is applied to the device. In one embodiment, the polymer host material comprises one or more of a polycarbonate, amorphous polycarbonate, or polymethylmethacrylate polymer hosts. The optically active chromophore comprising one or more coumarin and coumarin derivatives, stilbene or tolane derivatives is incorporated within the polymer host, forming a guest-host polymer. In another embodiment, the chromophore is chemically bonded to the monomer that forms the polymer, resulting in an optically active copolymer. The electro-optic shutter device is then activated by incident light through the photoconducting semiconductor switch, rendering the Pockels cell to have an optical density of at least 3.0. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/413799 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363310 | Goldberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for amplifying optical signals propagating in optical fibers comprising a double cladding fiber amplifier having multiple gain stages, a port for coupling pump light into the double cladding fiber amplifier, and a double cladding fiber coupler for splitting the coupled pump light between the gain stages of the double cladding fiber amplifier. Also, a method for amplifying optical signals propagating in optical fibers comprising the steps of providing a double cladding fiber amplifier having multiple gain stages, coupling pump light into the double cladding fiber amplifier, and splitting the coupled pump light between the gain stages of the double cladding fiber amplifier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/773112 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363404 | Colbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Colbert (Byron, Minnesota); Jason R. Eagle (Kasson, Minnesota); Roger D. Hamilton (Rochester, Minnesota); Kenneth C. Marston (Poughquag, New York); Steven P. Ostrander (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Colbert (Byron, Minnesota); Jason R. Eagle (Kasson, Minnesota); Roger D. Hamilton (Rochester, Minnesota); Kenneth C. Marston (Poughquag, New York); Steven P. Ostrander (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for implementing loading and heat removal for a hub module assembly. The hub module assembly includes a hub chip and a plurality of optical modules attached by land grid array (LGA) assembly disposed on a top surface metallurgy (TSM) LGA residing on a hub ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate is connected to a circuit board through a bottom surface metallurgy (BSM) LGA assembly. A base alignment ring includes a plurality of alignment features for engaging the circuit board and locating an LGA interposer of the BSM LGA assembly. Each of a pair of top alignment rings includes cooperating alignment features for engaging and locating a respective LGA interposer of respective LGA sites of the TSM LGA assembly. The two LGA interposers of the TSM LGA assembly align, retain, and make the electrical connection between the optical modules and the hub chip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/967854 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363465 | Kent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Daniel Stein (New York, New York); Jean-Marc Beaujour (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Daniel Stein (New York, New York); Jean-Marc Beaujour (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high speed and low power method to control and switch the magnetization direction and/or helicity of a magnetic region in a magnetic device for memory cells using spin polarized electrical current. The mapetic device comprises a reference magnetic layer with a fixed magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction and a free magnetic layer with a changeable magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction. The fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer are preferably separated by a non-magnetic layer. The fixed and free magnetic layers may have magnetization directions at a substantially nonzero angle relative to the layer normal. A current can be applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, is measured to read out the information stored in the device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041104 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363775 | Guardala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Noel A. Guardala (Columbia, Maryland); Ian Patrick Wellenius (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jack L. Price, Jr. (Derwood, Maryland); John F. Muth (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noel A. Guardala (Columbia, Maryland); Ian Patrick Wellenius (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jack L. Price, Jr. (Derwood, Maryland); John F. Muth (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | As typically embodied, the inventive method features bombardment of atomic nuclei with 3He ions in order to effect transmutation of atoms from a first atomic element to a second atomic element. Two notable inventive genres describe transmutation of: oxygen to nitrogen in an oxygen-containing target (e.g., including ZnO film); and, carbon to boron in a carbon-containing target (e.g., including SiC film). According to the former, transmutation of 16O to 15N occurs; more specifically, transmutation of 16O to 15O occurs via nuclear bombardment, and then transmutation of 15O to 15N occurs via decay by positron emission. According to the latter, transmutation of 12C to 11B occurs; more specifically, transmutation of 12C to 11C occurs via nuclear bombardment, and then transmutation of 11C to 11B occurs via decay by positron emission. Inventive practice frequently results in significant alteration of at least one physical property among: electronic carrier concentration; resistivity; photoconductivity; luminescence; morphology. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998861 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363926 | Khan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saad M. Khan (Hamilton, New Jersey); Pingkun Yan (Peekskill, New York); Mubarak Shah (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saad M. Khan (Hamilton, New Jersey); Pingkun Yan (Peekskill, New York); Mubarak Shah (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a system and method for modeling a three-dimensional object includes capturing two-dimensional images of the object from multiple different viewpoints to obtain multiple views of the object, estimating slices of the object that lie in parallel planes that cut through the object, and computing a surface of the object from the estimated slices. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/366241 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364186 | Agarwal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anil Agarwal (North Potomoc, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ViaSat, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anil Agarwal (North Potomoc, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Satellite communications systems, methods, and related devices are described. In one embodiment, a satellite communications system is configured to dynamically allocate bandwidth and frequencies among different beams. Bandwidth request data may be received and compiled from the terminals. The satellite may be configured with different beam coverage areas, and may dynamically allocate bandwidth and particular frequency channels to different beam coverage areas based on the requests. In each of a series of one or more epochs, and according to the bandwidth requests, there may be allocations among carrier groups, traffic classes, and particular terminals. The setup of slot structure and selection of modes for particular terminals is also addressed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/615499 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364331 | Tureaud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas F. Tureaud (Fairfax, Virginia); Daniel N. Dietz (Alexandria, Virginia); Stacy J. Hills (Ashburn, Virginia); Douglas E. Humphreys (Great Falls, Virginia); Alexander V. Roup (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. Tureaud (Fairfax, Virginia); Daniel N. Dietz (Alexandria, Virginia); Stacy J. Hills (Ashburn, Virginia); Douglas E. Humphreys (Great Falls, Virginia); Alexander V. Roup (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402549 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — 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 71/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364334 | Au et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Alan B. Touchberry (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Brian VanVoorst (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jon Schewe (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Alan B. Touchberry (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Brian VanVoorst (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jon Schewe (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing information for autonomous vehicle navigation are disclosed. The system comprises at least one laser scanner configured to perform one or more range and intensity scans of an area around the autonomous vehicle, and a geo-location unit comprising one or more global positioning system sensors and inertial navigation system sensors. The system also includes at least one processor in operative communication with the laser scanner and the geo-location unit. The processor is configured to execute one or more program modules comprising a ground plane-based processing module configured to receive range scan data transformed into world coordinates, and output ground plane-based classification data; a range-based processing module configured to receive data from a single range scan, and output range-based classification data; an intensity-based processing module configured to receive intensity scan data, and output intensity-based classification data; and a classification fusion module configured to receive the classification data from each of the processing modules, and output range bin classification data. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261683 |
| 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 71/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364340 | Nestico et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Francis Nestico (Mason, Ohio); Sridhar Adibhatla (Glendale, Ohio); David Allen Gutz (Danvers, Massachusetts); Daniel Edgardo Viassolo (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Francis Nestico (Mason, Ohio); Sridhar Adibhatla (Glendale, Ohio); David Allen Gutz (Danvers, Massachusetts); Daniel Edgardo Viassolo (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and systems for engine control of a vehicle propulsion system are provided. The system includes a plurality of engine model modules executing independently and programmed to receive engine operating condition values from a plurality of sensors positioned on an engine wherein each of the plurality of engine model modules is programmed to determine an estimate of a process parameter of a location in the engine where a sensor is not available, not present at the location, has failed, or is determined to be inaccurate. The system also includes an estimate source selector configured to determine model blending factors and a model blending module configured to determine an estimated virtual sensor value using the determined estimates from at least two of the plurality of engine model modules and the model blending factors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415487 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — 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 71/33.100 |
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| US 08364511 | Tambe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Efficient heuristic methods are described for approximating the optimal leader strategy for security domains where threats come from unknown adversaries. These problems can be modeled as Bayes-Stackelberg games. An embodiment of the heuristic method can include defining a patrolling or security domain problem as a mixed-integer quadratic program. The mixed-integer quadratic program can be converted to a mixed-integer linear program. For a single follower (e.g., robber or terrorist) scenario, the mixed-integer linear program can be solved, subject to appropriate constraints. For embodiments applicable to multiple follower situations, the relevant mixed-integer quadratic program and related mixed-integer linear program can be decomposed, e.g., by changing the response function for the follower from a pure strategy to a weighted combination over various pure follower strategies where the weights are probabilities of occurrence of each of the follower types. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479884 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
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| US 08364655 | Hom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard V. Hom (Troy, Michigan); Eric M. Nelson (Durham, North Carolina); James C. North (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard V. Hom (Troy, Michigan); Eric M. Nelson (Durham, North Carolina); James C. North (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to off-peak and just-in-time (JIT) retrieval of directory information to reduce network traffic and load on directory servers and/or data sources by requesting only the information that is currently needed from the directory server, while subsequently updating the directory information during an off-peak period in the case that the directory information retrieved in a JIT manner is outdated. In these embodiments, a hybrid integrator operable with an integration directory capable of retrieving directory information in a JIT manner provides this functionality. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893468 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/694 |
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| US 08364724 | Stolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris Stolte (Palo Alto, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Stolte (Palo Alto, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a visual plot using a hierarchical structure of a dataset. The dataset comprises a measure and a dimension. The dimension consists of a plurality of levels. The plurality of levels form a dimension hierarchy. The visual plot is constructed based on a specification. A first level from the plurality of levels is represented by a first component of the visual plot. A second level from the plurality of levels is represented by a second component of the visual plot. The dataset is queried to retrieve data in accordance with the specification. The data includes all or a portion of the dimension and all or a portion of the measure. The visual plot is populated with the retrieved data in accordance with the specification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821029 |
| ART UNIT | 2158 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/805 |
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| US 08364813 | Atkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark G. Atkins (Arvada, Colorado); James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark G. Atkins (Arvada, Colorado); James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Administering incident pools including creating a pool of incidents, the pool having a predetermined initial period of time; assigning each received incident to the pool; assigning, by the incident analyzer, to each incident a predetermined minimum time for inclusion in a pool; extending for one or more of the incidents the predetermined initial period of time of the pool by a particular period of time assigned to the incident; determining whether conditions have been met to close the pool; and if conditions have been met to close the pool determining for each incident in the pool whether the incident has been in the pool for its predetermined minimum time for inclusion in a pool; and if the incident has not been in the pool for its predetermined minimum time, evicting the incident from the closed pool and including the incident in a next pool. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938067 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
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| US 08365053 | Cassidy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce M. Cassidy (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Cassidy (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method, device and system for encoding and decoding data. The method includes receiving information including data units, storing the data units into a memory and encoding the data units by performing a plurality of store and exclusive-or operations on the data units resulting in encoded symbols Sn, where n is a positive integer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473161 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/784 |
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| US 08365171 | Law et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellick Chi-Lick Law (Woodstock, New York); Haizhu Liu (Poughkeepsie, New York); Richard Roy Truemann (Highland, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellick Chi-Lick Law (Woodstock, New York); Haizhu Liu (Poughkeepsie, New York); Richard Roy Truemann (Highland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An MPI library including selective I/O agent assignment from among executing tasks, provides improved performance. An MPI job is made up of a number of tasks. I/O operations in an MPI job are performed by tasks assigned as I/O agents. I/O agents are assigned such that the number of tasks assigned as I/O agents are less than the total number of tasks that make up the MPI job. In a dynamic MPI job, I/O agents may be selected from among tasks executing on a lead world or may be spread across multiple worlds. To perform I/O operations initiated by any tasks of an MPI job, including tasks not assigned as I/O agents, the MPI library instantiates worker threads within the tasks assigned as I/O agents. Once the tasks are assigned as I/O agents, identity information of the I/O agents may be stored so that a repeat assignment is not necessary. |
| FILED | Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728781 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08361297 | Mayer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theresa S. Mayer (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Christine D. Keating (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingwei Li (Santa Rosa, California); Thomas Morrow (State College, Pennsylvania); Jaekyun Kim (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa S. Mayer (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Christine D. Keating (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingwei Li (Santa Rosa, California); Thomas Morrow (State College, Pennsylvania); Jaekyun Kim (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of the present invention include methods of assembling structures, such as nanostructures, at predetermined locations on a substrate. A voltage between spaced-apart electrodes supported by substrate attracts the structures to the substrate, and positional registration can be provided the substrate using topographic features such as wells. Examples of the present invention also include devices, such as electronic and optoelectronic devices, prepared by such methods. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351509 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361391 | Rubinsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris Rubinsky (El Cerrito, California); Cesar A. Gonzalez (Anahuac, Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris Rubinsky (El Cerrito, California); Cesar A. Gonzalez (Anahuac, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus of determining the condition of a bulk tissue sample, by: positioning a bulk tissue sample between a pair of induction coils (or antennae); passing a spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) through a first of the induction coils (or antennae); measuring spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) produced in the second of the induction coils (or antennae); and comparing the phase shift between the spectrum of alternating currents (or voltages) in the first and second induction coils (or antennae), thereby determining the condition of the bulk tissue sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329080 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.10 |
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| US 08361442 | Papisov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikhail I. Papisov (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alexander Yurkovetskiy (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail I. Papisov (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alexander Yurkovetskiy (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to biodegradable biocompatible polyketals, methods for their preparation, and methods for treating animals by administration of biodegradable biocompatible polyketals. In one aspect, a method for forming the biodegradable biocompatible polyketals comprises combining a glycol-specific oxidizing agent with a polysaccharide to form an aldehyde intermediate, which is combined with a reducing agent to form the biodegradable biocompatible polyketal. The resultant biodegradable biocompatible polyketals can be chemically modified to incorporate additional hydrophilic moieties. A method for treating animals includes the administration of the biodegradable biocompatible polyketal in which biologically active compounds or diagnostic labels can be disposed. The present invention also relates to chiral polyketals, methods for their preparation, and methods for use in chromatographic applications, specifically in chiral separations. A method for forming the chiral polyketals comprises combining a glycol-specific oxidizing agent with a polysaccharide to form an aldehyde intermediate, which is combined with a suitable reagent to form the chiral polyketal. A method for use in chiral separations includes the incorporation of the chiral polyketals in the mobile phase during a chromatographic separation, or into chiral stationary phases such as gels. The present invention further relates to chiral polyketals as a source for chiral compounds, and methods for generating such chiral compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/193211 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
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| US 08361453 | Uhrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (Plainfield, New Jersey); Ashley Carbone (North Haledon, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (Plainfield, New Jersey); Ashley Carbone (North Haledon, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides medical devices that comprise an iodinated polymer and that can be viewed using X-Ray imaging techniques. The invention also provides novel iodinated polymers that can be incorporated into or coated on medical devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/303682 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361457 | Samulski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Douglas M. McCarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Douglas M. McCarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides duplexed parvovirus vector genomes that are capable under appropriate conditions of forming a double-stranded molecule by intrastrand base-pairing. Also provided are duplexed parvovirus particles comprising the vector genome. Further disclosed are templates and methods for producing the duplexed vector genomes and duplexed parvovirus particles of the invention. Methods of administering these reagents to a cell or subject are also described. Preferably, the parvovirus capsid is an AAV capsid. It is further preferred that the vector genome comprises AAV terminal repeat sequences. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/848756 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361503 | Badylak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Donald O. Freytes (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Donald O. Freytes (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for preparing gelled, solubilized extracellular matrix (ECM) compositions useful as cell growth scaffolds. Also provided are compositions prepared according to the methods as well as uses for the compositions. In one embodiment a device, such as a prosthesis, is provided which comprises an inorganic matrix into which the gelled, solubilized ECM is dispersed to facilitate in-growth of cells into the ECM and thus adaptation and/or attachment of the device to a patient. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/040140 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361510 | Lyon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis Andrew Lyon (Marietta, Georgia); John McDonald (Arnoldsville, Georgia); Erin Beth Dickerson (Atlanta, Georgia); William Hobart Blackburn (Mableton, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Andrew Lyon (Marietta, Georgia); John McDonald (Arnoldsville, Georgia); Erin Beth Dickerson (Atlanta, Georgia); William Hobart Blackburn (Mableton, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to nanogels for the cellular delivery of therapeutics and methods of using the same. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for the targeted treatment of neoplastic using nanogel-based technologies. In an embodiment of the present invention, a nanogel-based delivery system comprises: a nanogel comprising a crosslinked polymer particle; and an active agent contained substantially within the nanogel, wherein the active agent is non-covalently associated with the nanogel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/997983 |
| 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 424/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361617 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institue of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a composition comprising porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffold described herein can be adjusted to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836692 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/357 |
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| US 08361707 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in a subject are disclosed. The methods include detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells that specifically recognize an Mtb polypeptide. The methods include in vitro assays for detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells in a biological sample, and in vivo assays that detect a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction. The methods can also include detecting Mtb polypeptides and polynucleotides. Reagents for the detection of an Mtb infection are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/244126 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 08361710 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Nozomu Yanaihara (Kanagawa, Japan); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Nozomu Yanaihara (Kanagawa, Japan); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of lung cancer. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-lung cancer agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075820 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 08361718 | Benkovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Frank Salinas (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Frank Salinas (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786053 |
| 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 |
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| US 08361722 | Croce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for reducing the proliferation of ALL cancer cells through targeted interactions with ALL1 fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274719 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08361723 | Omary et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Bishr Omary (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nam-On Ku (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Bishr Omary (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nam-On Ku (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Keratin 8 and 18 (K8/K18) mutations are shown to be associated with a predisposition to liver or biliary tract disease, particularly noncryptogenic hepatobiliary disease. Unique K8/K18 mutations are shown in patients with diseases including but without limitation to viral hepatitis, biliary atresia, alcoholic cirrhosis and other acute or chronic toxic liver injury, cryptogenic cirrhosis, acute fulminant hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, cystic fibrosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, diseases that are linked with cryptogenic cirrhosis, such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the like. Livers with keratin mutations had increased incidence of cytoplasmic filamentous deposits. Therefore, K8/K18 are susceptibility genes for developing cryptogenic and noncryptogenic forms of liver disease. Mutant alleles are associated with disease susceptibility, and their detection is used in the diagnosis of a predisposition to these conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908548 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
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| US 08361727 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weidong Wu (Houston, Texas); Vladislav A. Litosh (Cypress, Texas); Brian P. Stupi (Houston, Texas); Michael L. Metzker (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lasergen, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weidong Wu (Houston, Texas); Vladislav A. Litosh (Cypress, Texas); Brian P. Stupi (Houston, Texas); Michael L. Metzker (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel nucleotides, nucleoside, and their derivatives described herein, that can be used in DNA sequencing technology and other types of DNA analysis. In one embodiment, the nucleotide or nucleoside with an unprotected 3′-OH group is derivatized at the nucleobase to include a fluorescent dye attached via a linker to a photocleavable terminating group. The photocleavable-fluorescent group is designed to terminate DNA synthesis as well as be cleaved so that DNA oligomers can be sequenced efficiently in a parallel format. The design of such rapidly cleavable fluorescent groups on nucleotides and nucleosides can enhance the speed and accuracy of sequencing of large oligomers of DNA in parallel, to allow rapid whole genome sequencing, and the identification of polymorphisms and other valuable genetic information, as well as allowing further manipulation and analysis of nucleic acid molecules in their native state following cleavage of the fluorescent group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114270 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08361733 | Julius et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Livermore, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Livermore, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905001 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361736 | Majeti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Markers of acute myeloid leukemia stem cells (AMLSC) are identified. The markers are differentially expressed in comparison with normal counterpart cells, and are useful as diagnostic and therapeutic targets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836152 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361738 | Kartalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method for detection of a target in a sample and related devices and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/717402 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.940 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361746 | Dunn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for enriching methyl-CpG sequences from a DNA sample. The method makes use of conversion of cytosine residues to uracil under conditions in which methyl-cytosine residues are preserved. Additional methods of the invention enable to preservation of the context of me-CpG dinucleotides. The invention also provides a recombinant, full length and substantially pure McrA protein (rMcrA) for binding and isolation of DNA fragments containing the sequence 5′-CMeCpGG-3′. Methods for making and using the rMcrA protein, and derivatives thereof are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507522 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361753 | Zon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald Zon (San Carlos, California); Alexandre Lebedev (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Zon (San Carlos, California); Alexandre Lebedev (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for nucleic acid amplification. These methods involve the use of oligonucleotide primers in temperature dependent nucleic acid amplification reactions. In certain aspects, the methods are accomplished by use of certain modified oligonucleotide primers which provide utility in nucleic acid amplification. In preferred embodiments, the oligonucleotide primers are modified with particular chemical groups such as esters. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750237 |
| 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 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361770 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chang C. Liu (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang C. Liu (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate the unnatural amino acid sulfotyrosine into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides encoding the novel synthetase molecules, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing the unnatural amino acid sulfotyrosine and translation systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326143 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361780 | Gaertig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Dorota Wloga (Legionowo, Poland); Swati M. Suryavanshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Dorota Wloga (Legionowo, Poland); Swati M. Suryavanshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Tetrahymena is used as a host cell in a biological assay for identification of modulators of tubulin ligases. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658487 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/258.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361787 | Lois-Caballe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a lentiviral vector. The methods can be used to express doubles stranded RNA complexes. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell, which are capable of down regulating the expression of a target gene through RNA interference. A variety of cells can be treated according to the methods of the invention including embryos, embryogenic stem cells, allowing for the generation of transgenic animals or animals constituted partly by the transduced cells that have a specific gene or a group of genes down regulated. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795581 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361932 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the in vitro detection of proteases using a single peptide-conjugate nanocrescent surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probes with at least nanomolar sensitivity. The probe enables detection of proteolytic activity in extremely small volume and at low concentration. In certain embodiments the probes comprise an indicator for the detection of an active protease, where the indicator comprises a nanocrescent attached to a peptide, where said peptide comprises a recognition site for the protease and a Raman tag attached to the peptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299284 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361970 | Sebti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Growth factor binding molecules having a plurality of peptide loops attached to a non-peptide organic scaffold, preferably having pseudo-six amino acid peptide loops with four amino acid sidechains. The growth factor binding molecules specifically bind various growth factors and are suitable for treating a subject having tumors or restinosis. In one embodiment a platelet-derived growth factor binding molecule is disclosed that is used to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in solid tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622295 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361982 | Lois-Caballe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Pasadena, California); Irvin S. Y. Chen (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Dong Sung An (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Pasadena, California); Irvin S. Y. Chen (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Dong Sung An (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a retroviral vector (FIG. 1A). Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell. In a further aspect, the invention provides methods for producing siRNA encoding lentivirus where the siRNA activity may interfere with the lentiviral life cycle. In yet a further aspect, the invention provides methods for expression of a small RNA molecule within a cell, such as an siRNA capable of downregulating CCR5, wherein expression of the small RNA molecule is relatively non-cytotoxic to the cell. The invention also includes small RNA molecules, such as an siRNA capable of downregulating CCR5, that are relatively non-cytotoxic to cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/769157 |
| 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 08361990 | Capomacchia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony C. Capomacchia (Bishop, Georgia); Solomon T. Garner, Jr. (New Orleans, Louisiana); J. Warren Beach (Horschton, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony C. Capomacchia (Bishop, Georgia); Solomon T. Garner, Jr. (New Orleans, Louisiana); J. Warren Beach (Horschton, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Mutual prodrugs of glucosamine, and derivatives and analogs of glucosamine and an anti-inflammatory agent, compositions thereof, and methods for, e.g., treating disorders and conditions by administration of the compositions are provided. Topical compositions of glucosamine, and derivatives and analogs of glucosamine are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229049 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361992 | Morgan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Roy Morgan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dekk-Tec, Inc. (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Roy Morgan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns complexes of 4-hydroperoxy ifosfamide. In one embodiment the complexes can be represented by the formula wherein A represents an ammonium species selected from the conjugate acid of a basic amino acid, quaternary ammonium, aliphatic ammonium, heterocyclic ammonium, aromatic ammonium, substituted and unsubstituted pyridinium, guanidinium, and amidinium, and wherein X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202833 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362019 | 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 imidazo[4,5-b]pyrazine 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 | 13/330802 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362031 | Georg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ingrid Gunda Georg (St. Paul, Minnesota); Joseph S. Tash (Leawood, Kansas); Ramappa Chakrasali (St. Paul, Minnesota); Sudhakar Rao Jakkaraj (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); James P. Calvet (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ingrid Gunda Georg (St. Paul, Minnesota); Joseph S. Tash (Leawood, Kansas); Ramappa Chakrasali (St. Paul, Minnesota); Sudhakar Rao Jakkaraj (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); James P. Calvet (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Lonidamine derivatives can be useful in methods of treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Accordingly, lonidamine derivatives can be administered in a therapeutically effective amount for inhibiting, and/or preventing polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the subject. This can include administering a therapeutically effective amount of the lonidamine derivatives for inhibiting CFTR and/or Hsp90 or biological pathway thereof. Also, the method can include administering the lonidamine derivatives in a therapeutically effective amount for inhibiting ErbB2, Src, Raf-1, B-Raf, MEK, Cdk4, NKCC1, or combinations thereof. For example, the therapeutically effective amount of the lonidamine derivatives can be configured so as to provide a concentration in or adjacent to a kidney cell of about 0.25 uM or more or less. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395521 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362033 | Cuevas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Javier Cuevas (Lutz, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Cuevas (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a novel composition and method for chemotherapy in leukemia. Activation of the calcium ion channel by tipifarnib increases intracellular calcium and triggers cell death in leukemia cell lines. Increasing the activity of this channel with 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) enhances both the intracellular calcium elevations and cell death, whereas decreasing the activity of the channel with gadolinium or lanthanum blocks the calcium increases and promotes cell survival. The protein target was able to overcome cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance, which often limits the usefulness of other targets. This protein is expressed in other immortalized cell lines, but has limited expression in normal native cell types in humans. Such limited expression would reduce the likelihood of adverse side effects associated with the targeting of this protein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/554512 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362071 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Dasheng Wang (Dublin, Ohio); Samuel K. Kulp (Hilliard, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Dasheng Wang (Dublin, Ohio); Samuel K. Kulp (Hilliard, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Vitamin E succinate derivatives according to formula I: are described. These compounds can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, and can be used for the treatment of cancers such as metastatic cancer and as antiadhesive agents. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761504 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362084 | Schreiber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jack Taunton (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian A. Hassig (Somerville, Massachusetts); Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jack Taunton (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian A. Hassig (Somerville, Massachusetts); Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030086 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/575 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362207 | Debinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Waldemar Debinski (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Hetal Pandya (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Denise Gibo (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waldemar Debinski (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Hetal Pandya (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Denise Gibo (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound comprising, in combination: a cell surface binding ligand or internalizing factor, such as an IL-13Rα2 binding ligand; at least one effector molecule (e.g., one, two, three or more effector molecules); optionally but preferably, a cytosol localization element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule; and a subcellular compartment localization signal element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule (and preferably with said cytosol localization element between said binding ligand and said subcellular compartment localization signal element). Methods of using such compounds and formulations containing the same are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086698 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362218 | Liu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chuanju Liu (Orange, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuanju Liu (Orange, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modulators of TNF, particularly peptides and their derivatives, particularly GEP peptides, which antagonize TNF and TNF-mediated responses, activity or signaling. The invention provides methods of antagonizing TNF and the modulation of TNF-mediated diseases or responses, including inflammatory diseases and conditions. Compositions of GEP peptides, including in combination with other inflammatory mediators, are provided. Methods of treatment, alleviation, or prevention of TNF-mediated diseases and inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel diseases, Chrohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, uveitis, inflammatory lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/799024 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362268 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Garrett C. Moraski (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Garrett C. Moraski (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein provide compounds and methods of making and using such compounds for prevention and treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria. In particular, embodiments are directed to anti-bacterial agents from benzo[d]heterocyclic scaffolds for prevention and treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995437 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/304.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362277 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Plano, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Plano, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protection from neuron cell death. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/832056 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/444 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362311 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Annie J. King (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts); Margaret M. Flook (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Annie J. King (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts); Margaret M. Flook (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571036 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362420 | Clemmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Clemmer (Bloomington, Indiana); Samuel I. Merenbloom (El Cerrito, California); Stormy L. Koeniger (Evanston, Illinois); Stephen J. Valentine (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Clemmer (Bloomington, Indiana); Samuel I. Merenbloom (El Cerrito, California); Stormy L. Koeniger (Evanston, Illinois); Stephen J. Valentine (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus (10) for separating Ions based on ion mobility includes a conduit (12) defining a closed path. The conduit is configured such that a uniform electric field is produced about the closed path upon application of a voltage causing ions within the conduit (12) to move about the closed path and to separate the ions based upon ion mobility. A method of separating a plurality of ions is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439108 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363913 | Boushey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carol Boushey (West Lafayette, Indiana); Edward John Delp (West Lafayette, Indiana); David Scott Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kyle DelMar Lutes (West Lafayette, Indiana); Deborah Kerr (Bentley, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol Boushey (West Lafayette, Indiana); Edward John Delp (West Lafayette, Indiana); David Scott Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kyle DelMar Lutes (West Lafayette, Indiana); Deborah Kerr (Bentley, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present system and method provides a more precise way to record food and beverage intake than traditional methods. The present disclosure provides custom software for use in mobile computing devices that include a digital camera. Photos captured by mobile digital devices are analyzed with image processing and comparisons to certain databases to allow a user to discretely record foods eaten. Specifically, the user captures images of the meal or snack before and after eating. The foods pictured are identified. Image processing software may identify the food or provide choices for the user. Once a food is identified and volume of the food is estimated, nutrient databases are used for calculating final portion sizes and nutrient totals. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553597 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364511 | Tambe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Efficient heuristic methods are described for approximating the optimal leader strategy for security domains where threats come from unknown adversaries. These problems can be modeled as Bayes-Stackelberg games. An embodiment of the heuristic method can include defining a patrolling or security domain problem as a mixed-integer quadratic program. The mixed-integer quadratic program can be converted to a mixed-integer linear program. For a single follower (e.g., robber or terrorist) scenario, the mixed-integer linear program can be solved, subject to appropriate constraints. For embodiments applicable to multiple follower situations, the relevant mixed-integer quadratic program and related mixed-integer linear program can be decomposed, e.g., by changing the response function for the follower from a pure strategy to a weighted combination over various pure follower strategies where the weights are probabilities of occurrence of each of the follower types. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479884 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08360180 | Hoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian D. Hoff (East Peoria, Illinois); Sivaprasad Akasam (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Hoff (East Peoria, Illinois); Sivaprasad Akasam (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes identifying a first operating sequence of a repeated operation of at least one non-traction load. The method also includes determining first and second parameters respectively indicative of a requested energy and output energy of the at least one non-traction load and comparing the determined first and second parameters at a plurality of time increments of the first operating sequence. The method also includes determining a third parameter of the hybrid energy system indicative of energy regenerated from the at least one non-traction load and monitoring the third parameter at the plurality of time increments of the first operating sequence. The method also includes determining at least one of an energy deficiency or an energy surplus associated with the non-traction load of the hybrid energy system and selectively adjusting energy stored within the storage device during at least a portion of a second operating sequence. |
| FILED | Monday, December 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/003721 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/65.265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361195 | Aines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Brian Viani (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Brian Viani (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A slurried solid media for simultaneous water purification and carbon dioxide removal from gas mixtures includes the steps of dissolving the gas mixture and carbon dioxide in water providing a gas, carbon dioxide, water mixture; adding a porous solid media to the gas, carbon dioxide, water mixture forming a slurry of gas, carbon dioxide, water, and porous solid media; heating the slurry of gas, carbon dioxide, water, and porous solid media producing steam; and cooling the steam to produce purified water and carbon dioxide. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/784665 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361442 | Papisov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikhail I. Papisov (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alexander Yurkovetskiy (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail I. Papisov (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alexander Yurkovetskiy (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to biodegradable biocompatible polyketals, methods for their preparation, and methods for treating animals by administration of biodegradable biocompatible polyketals. In one aspect, a method for forming the biodegradable biocompatible polyketals comprises combining a glycol-specific oxidizing agent with a polysaccharide to form an aldehyde intermediate, which is combined with a reducing agent to form the biodegradable biocompatible polyketal. The resultant biodegradable biocompatible polyketals can be chemically modified to incorporate additional hydrophilic moieties. A method for treating animals includes the administration of the biodegradable biocompatible polyketal in which biologically active compounds or diagnostic labels can be disposed. The present invention also relates to chiral polyketals, methods for their preparation, and methods for use in chromatographic applications, specifically in chiral separations. A method for forming the chiral polyketals comprises combining a glycol-specific oxidizing agent with a polysaccharide to form an aldehyde intermediate, which is combined with a suitable reagent to form the chiral polyketal. A method for use in chiral separations includes the incorporation of the chiral polyketals in the mobile phase during a chromatographic separation, or into chiral stationary phases such as gels. The present invention further relates to chiral polyketals as a source for chiral compounds, and methods for generating such chiral compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/193211 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361545 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | In Sung Park (Seoul, South Korea); Tae Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Jin Ho Ahn (Seoul, South Korea); Rana Biswas (Ames, Iowa); Kristen P. Constant (Ames, Iowa); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Jae-Hwang Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IUCF-HYU Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | In Sung Park (Seoul, South Korea); Tae Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Jin Ho Ahn (Seoul, South Korea); Rana Biswas (Ames, Iowa); Kristen P. Constant (Ames, Iowa); Kai-Ming Ho (Ames, Iowa); Jae-Hwang Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A manufacturing method of a photonic crystal is provided. In the method, a high-refractive-index material is conformally deposited on an exposed portion of a periodic template composed of a low-refractive-index material by an atomic layer deposition process so that a difference in refractive indices or dielectric constants between the template and adjacent air becomes greater, which makes it possible to form a three-dimensional photonic crystal having a superior photonic bandgap. Herein, the three-dimensional structure may be prepared by a layer-by-layer method. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/227594 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361566 | Maxwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Maxwell (Jemex Springs, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Maxwell (Jemex Springs, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing a plurality of free-standing structures comprises providing a plurality of free-standing structures, each free-standing structure having a first end coupled to a substrate, and a terminal end; providing at least one laser beam, the laser beam having a beam waste at a point proximate to the terminal end of the free-standing structure; and moving one of the plurality of freestanding structures or the beam waste to provide a growth zone proximate to the terminal end of each of the free-standing structures such that the free-standing structures grow into the growth zones by addition of decomposing precursor components. The growth rates of each of the free-standing structures are substantially the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/099556 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361602 | Keenihan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Gerald Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Andrew T. Graham (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Gerald Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Andrew T. Graham (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon a multi-layer laminate structure and method of manufacture, more particularly to a method of constructing the multi-layer laminate structure utilizing a laminate frame and at least one energy activated flowable polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/345341 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361746 | Dunn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for enriching methyl-CpG sequences from a DNA sample. The method makes use of conversion of cytosine residues to uracil under conditions in which methyl-cytosine residues are preserved. Additional methods of the invention enable to preservation of the context of me-CpG dinucleotides. The invention also provides a recombinant, full length and substantially pure McrA protein (rMcrA) for binding and isolation of DNA fragments containing the sequence 5′-CMeCpGG-3′. Methods for making and using the rMcrA protein, and derivatives thereof are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507522 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361767 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl7, and the corresponding BGL7 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL7, recombinant BGL7 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/347347 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361769 | Koch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Koch (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Koch (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cytochrome P450 CYP153A6 from Myobacterium sp. strain HXN1500 was engineered using in-vivo directed evolution to hydroxylate small-chain alkanes regioselectively. Mutant CYP153A6-BMO1 selectively hydroxylates butane and pentane at the terminal carbon to form 1-butanol and 1-pentanol, respectively, at rates greater than wild-type CYP153A6 enzymes. This biocatalyst is highly active for small-chain alkane substrates and the regioselectivity is retained in whole-cell biotransformations. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/619033 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361823 | Kahen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith B. Kahen (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith B. Kahen (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making an inorganic light emitting layer includes combining a solvent for semiconductor nanoparticle growth, a solution of core/shell quantum dots, and semiconductor nanoparticle precursor(s); growing semiconductor nanoparticles to form a crude solution of core/shell quantum dots, semiconductor nanoparticles, and semiconductor nanoparticles that are connected to the core/shell quantum dots; forming a single colloidal dispersion of core/shell quantum dots, semiconductor nanoparticles, and semiconductor nanoparticles that are connected to the core/shell quantum dots; depositing the colloidal dispersion to form a film; and annealing the film to form the inorganic light emitting layer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/770833 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361932 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang L. Liu (Berkeley, California); Jonathan A. Ellman (Oakland, California); Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Fanqing Frank Chen (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the in vitro detection of proteases using a single peptide-conjugate nanocrescent surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probes with at least nanomolar sensitivity. The probe enables detection of proteolytic activity in extremely small volume and at low concentration. In certain embodiments the probes comprise an indicator for the detection of an active protease, where the indicator comprises a nanocrescent attached to a peptide, where said peptide comprises a recognition site for the protease and a Raman tag attached to the peptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299284 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362047 | Gakh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrei A. Gakh (Bethesda, Maryland); Mikhail Krasavin (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Ruben Karapetian (Moscow, Russian Federation); Konstantin A. Rufanov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Igor Konstantinov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Elena Godovykh (Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation); Olga Soldatkina (Moscow, Russian Federation); Andrey V. Sosnov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei A. Gakh (Bethesda, Maryland); Mikhail Krasavin (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Ruben Karapetian (Moscow, Russian Federation); Konstantin A. Rufanov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Igor Konstantinov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Elena Godovykh (Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation); Olga Soldatkina (Moscow, Russian Federation); Andrey V. Sosnov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to novel compounds that can be used as anti-cancer agents in the prostate cancer therapy. In particular, the invention relates N-substituted derivatives of 4-(hetero)aryl-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl amines having the structural Formula (I) and (II), stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof. Meaning of R1 and R2 in the Formula (I) and (II) are defined in claim 1. The invention also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822243 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362226 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for transporting sugars across cell membranes using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/517887 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362306 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); G. Peter van Walsum (Orono, Maine); Thomas J. Schwartz (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Adriaan van Heiningen (Orono, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); G. Peter van Walsum (Orono, Maine); Thomas J. Schwartz (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Adriaan van Heiningen (Orono, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for upgrading an organic acid includes neutralizing the organic acid to form a salt and thermally decomposing the resulting salt to form an energy densified product. In certain embodiments, the organic acid is levulinic acid. The process may further include upgrading the energy densified product by conversion to alcohol and subsequent dehydration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/912387 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362322 | Apuya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nestor Apuya (Culver City, California); Steven Craig Bobzin (Malibu, California); Jack Okamuro (Oak Park, California); Ke Zhang (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceres, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nestor Apuya (Culver City, California); Steven Craig Bobzin (Malibu, California); Jack Okamuro (Oak Park, California); Ke Zhang (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) lignin content in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding lignin-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to generate transgenic plants having a modulated lignin content. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/446929 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362379 | Haas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin Gerard Haas (Sayville, New York); Ronald Beauman (Hicksville, New York); Maria Anna Palo (East Patchogue, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Gerard Haas (Sayville, New York); Ronald Beauman (Hicksville, New York); Stefan Palo, Jr. (East Patchogue, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device and method for actuating electrical switches remotely. The device is removably attached to the switch and is actuated through the transfer of a user's force. The user is able to remain physically removed from the switch site obviating need for protective equipment. The device and method allow rapid, safe actuation of high-voltage or high-current carrying electrical switches or circuit breakers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823426 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362411 | Rau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott James Rau (Murrieta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott James Rau (Murrieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Concepts and technologies described herein provide for an accurate and cost-effective method for rotating a solar array disk for tracking the movement of the sun. According to various aspects, a motor includes a fixed caliper and a translating caliper positioned adjacent to one another. Electromagnetically controlled brakes on the translating caliper grip the solar array disk while adjacent, but spaced apart, electromagnets on the fixed caliper and the translating caliper are energized to create an attractive force that pulls the translating caliper with the solar array disk toward the fixed caliper. After reaching the fixed caliper, brakes on the fixed caliper are engaged with the disk, brakes on the translating caliper are released from the disk, and the translating caliper is pushed back to the starting location where the process repeats until the desired rotation is completed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/581997 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/203.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362415 | Felton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James S. Felton (Danville, California); Kuang Jen J. Wu (Cupertino, California); Mark G. Knize (Tracy, California); Kristen S. Kulp (Livermore, California); Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Felton (Danville, California); Kuang Jen J. Wu (Cupertino, California); Mark G. Knize (Tracy, California); Kristen S. Kulp (Livermore, California); Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing biological material by exposing the biological material to a recognition element, that is coupled to a mass tag element, directing an ion beam of a mass spectrometer to the biological material, interrogating at least one region of interest area from the biological material and producing data, and distributing the data in plots. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/788146 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362430 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gwyn P. Williams (Yorktown, Virginia); George R. Neil (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Assosiates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gwyn P. Williams (Yorktown, Virginia); George R. Neil (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of large-scale active THz imaging using a combination of a compact high power THz source (>1 watt), an optional optical system, and a camera for the detection of reflected or transmitted THz radiation, without the need for the burdensome power source or detector cooling systems required by similar prior art such devices. With such a system, one is able to image, for example, a whole person in seconds or less, whereas at present, using low power sources and scanning techniques, it takes several minutes or even hours to image even a 1 cm×1 cm area of skin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899292 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362651 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for transferring energy wirelessly including transferring energy wirelessly from a first resonator structure to an intermediate resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the first resonator structure and the intermediate resonator structure is κ1B, transferring energy wirelessly from the intermediate resonator structure to a second resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the intermediate resonator structure and the second resonator structure is κB2, and during the wireless energy transfers, adjusting at least one of the coupling rates κ1B and κB2 to reduce energy accumulation in the intermediate resonator structure and improve wireless energy transfer from the first resonator structure to the second resonator structure through the intermediate resonator structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571949 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362919 | Cooper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Cooper (Oakland, California); Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Cooper (Oakland, California); Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for sensing and communicating in a pipeline that contains a fluid. An acoustic signal containing information about a property of the fluid is produced in the pipeline. The signal is transmitted through the pipeline. The signal is received with the information and used by a control. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/165360 |
| ART UNIT | 2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/870.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik J. Skogen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik J. Skogen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical set-reset (SR) latch is formed from a first electroabsorption modulator (EAM), a second EAM and a waveguide photodetector (PD) which are arranged in an optical and electrical feedback loop which controls the transmission of light through the first EAM to latch the first EAM in a light-transmissive state in response to a Set light input. A second waveguide PD controls the transmission of light through the second EAM and is used to switch the first EAM to a light-absorptive state in response to a Reset light input provided to the second waveguide PD. The optical SR latch, which may be formed on a III-V compound semiconductor substrate (e.g. an InP or a GaAs substrate) as a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), stores a bit of optical information and has an optical output for the logic state of that bit of information. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071095 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364724 | Stolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris Stolte (Palo Alto, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Stolte (Palo Alto, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a visual plot using a hierarchical structure of a dataset. The dataset comprises a measure and a dimension. The dimension consists of a plurality of levels. The plurality of levels form a dimension hierarchy. The visual plot is constructed based on a specification. A first level from the plurality of levels is represented by a first component of the visual plot. A second level from the plurality of levels is represented by a second component of the visual plot. The dataset is queried to retrieve data in accordance with the specification. The data includes all or a portion of the dimension and all or a portion of the measure. The visual plot is populated with the retrieved data in accordance with the specification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821029 |
| ART UNIT | 2158 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/805 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364844 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method and a system for routing data packets in a multi-dimensional computer network. The method comprises routing a data packet among nodes along one dimension towards a root node, each node having input and output communication links, said root node not having any outgoing uplinks, and determining at each node if the data packet has reached a predefined coordinate for the dimension or an edge of the subrectangle for the dimension, and if the data packet has reached the predefined coordinate for the dimension or the edge of the subrectangle for the dimension, determining if the data packet has reached the root node, and if the data packet has not reached the root node, routing the data packet among nodes along another dimension towards the root node. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697015 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364998 | Hsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chung-Hsing Hsu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wu-Chun Feng (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Hsing Hsu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wu-Chun Feng (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is an effective way to reduce energy and power consumption in microprocessor units. Current implementations of DVFS suffer from inaccurate modeling of power requirements and usage, and from inaccurate characterization of the relationships between the applicable variables. A system and method is proposed that adjusts CPU frequency and voltage based on run-time calculations of the workload processing time, as well as a calculation of performance sensitivity with respect to CPU frequency. The system and method are processor independent, and can be applied to either an entire system as a unit, or individually to each process running on a system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032472 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365186 | Faraj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Identifying a collective operation within an application executing on a parallel computer; identifying a call site of the collective operation; determining whether the collective operation is root-based; if the collective operation is not root-based: establishing a tuning session and executing the collective operation in the tuning session; if the collective operation is root-based, determining whether all compute nodes executing the application identified the collective operation at the same call site; if all compute nodes identified the collective operation at the same call site, establishing a tuning session and executing the collective operation in the tuning session; and if all compute nodes executing the application did not identify the collective operation at the same call site, executing the collective operation without establishing a tuning session. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760111 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08359856 | McBride et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Michael Neil Scott (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Cook (Rush, New York); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sustainx Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Michael Neil Scott (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Cook (Rush, New York); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a mechanical assembly and/or storage vessel is fluidly coupled to a circulation apparatus for receiving pressurized heat-transfer fluid from an outlet at a first elevated pressure, boosting a pressure of the heat-transfer fluid to a second pressure larger than the first pressure, and returning heat-transfer fluid to an inlet at a third pressure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/009409 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361297 | Mayer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theresa S. Mayer (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Christine D. Keating (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingwei Li (Santa Rosa, California); Thomas Morrow (State College, Pennsylvania); Jaekyun Kim (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa S. Mayer (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Christine D. Keating (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingwei Li (Santa Rosa, California); Thomas Morrow (State College, Pennsylvania); Jaekyun Kim (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of the present invention include methods of assembling structures, such as nanostructures, at predetermined locations on a substrate. A voltage between spaced-apart electrodes supported by substrate attracts the structures to the substrate, and positional registration can be provided the substrate using topographic features such as wells. Examples of the present invention also include devices, such as electronic and optoelectronic devices, prepared by such methods. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351509 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361337 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jia-Yu Wang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Bokyung Kim (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jia-Yu Wang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Bokyung Kim (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanopatterned substrates can be prepared by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate, annealing the block copolymer film, surface reconstructing the annealed block copolymer film, coating an etch-resistant layer on the surface reconstructed block copolymer film, etching the resist-coated block copolymer film to create an etched article comprising a nanopatterned substrate, and separating the etch-resistant layer and the block copolymer film from the nanopatterned substrate. The method is applicable to a wide variety of substrate materials, avoids any requirement for complicated procedures to produce long-range order in the block copolymer film, and avoids any requirement for metal functionalization of the block copolymer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/049541 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361489 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Kennedy (Akron, Ohio); Gabor Erdodi (Stow, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Kennedy (Akron, Ohio); Gabor Erdodi (Stow, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to implantable devices for producing insulin in diabetic animals. Some embodiments include amphiphilic biomembranes for use in biological applications (e.g., as an alternative and/or supplemental insulin source). Some embodiments also include live insulin-producing cells contained within one or more amphiphilic membranes so as to prevent or diminish an immuno-response and/or rejection by the host. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439057 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361617 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institue of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a composition comprising porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffold described herein can be adjusted to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836692 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/357 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361760 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Collin Hunter Martin (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Kristala Lanett Jones Prather (Milton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Collin Hunter Martin (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Kristala Lanett Jones Prather (Milton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to recombinant cells and their use in the production of 3-hydroxyacids such as 3,4-dihydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxybutyrolactone. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718469 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361780 | Gaertig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Dorota Wloga (Legionowo, Poland); Swati M. Suryavanshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Dorota Wloga (Legionowo, Poland); Swati M. Suryavanshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Tetrahymena is used as a host cell in a biological assay for identification of modulators of tubulin ligases. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658487 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/258.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361802 | Koide et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kazunori Koide (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amanda L. Garner (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazunori Koide (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amanda L. Garner (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A selective, fluorescent “turn-on” probe and method for the detection of ozone in biological and atmospheric samples, wherein the method of detecting ozone in a sample comprises the steps of (1) contacting the sample with a fluorophore capable of undergoing allylic ether or allylic ester cleavage and (2) detecting fluorescence in the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660997 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361969 | Czyryca |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Przemyslaw Czyryca (Lehi, Utah) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Przemyslaw Czyryca (Lehi, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is concerned with a novel composition of matter—a cyclic peptide derived from computer modeling studies that modulates the structure and function of the HIV main envelope protein gp120. The compound is capable of binding to the CD4-binding region of gp120 (this defines it as a CD4 mimic), and can be used for the purposes of: (1) controlling and preventing HIV infections, (2) detecting, isolating and purifying gp120. Contrary to examples of prior art that involved CD4 mimics being either small molecules or macromolecules, the present invention is concerned with the class of “large small molecules” that may offer a satisfactory balance between the activity and drug-like properties. Modified variants of the prototype compound that can be reasonably considered its derivatives are also claimed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452684 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362179 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Eungnak Han (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Eungnak Han (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides structures including a substrate, a crosslinked polymer film disposed over the substrate, and a patterned diblock copolymer film disposed over the crosslinked polymer film. The crosslinked polymer comprises a random copolymer polymerized from a first monomer, a second monomer, and a photo-crosslinkable and/or thermally crosslinkable third monomer, including epoxy-functional or acrylyol-functional monomers. Also disclosed are methods for forming the structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/273987 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/329.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362220 | Girolami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory S. Girolami (Urbana, Illinois); Do Young Kim (Albany, California); John R. Abelson (Urbana, Illinois); Navneet Kumar (Urbana, Illinois); Yu Yang (Urbana, Illinois); Scott Daly (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Girolami (Urbana, Illinois); Do Young Kim (Albany, California); John R. Abelson (Urbana, Illinois); Navneet Kumar (Urbana, Illinois); Yu Yang (Urbana, Illinois); Scott Daly (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions of matter useful as deposition agents for making structures, including thin film structures and hard coatings, on substrates and features of substrates. In an embodiment, for example, the present invention provides metal complexes having one or more diboranamide or diboranaphosphide ligands that are useful as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and/or atomic layer deposition (ALD) precusors for making thin film structures and coatings. Metal complex CVD precursors are provided that possess volitilities sufficiently high so as to provide dense, smooth and homogenous thin films and coatings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595384 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362306 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); G. Peter van Walsum (Orono, Maine); Thomas J. Schwartz (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Adriaan van Heiningen (Orono, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); G. Peter van Walsum (Orono, Maine); Thomas J. Schwartz (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Adriaan van Heiningen (Orono, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for upgrading an organic acid includes neutralizing the organic acid to form a salt and thermally decomposing the resulting salt to form an energy densified product. In certain embodiments, the organic acid is levulinic acid. The process may further include upgrading the energy densified product by conversion to alcohol and subsequent dehydration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/912387 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362311 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Annie J. King (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts); Margaret M. Flook (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Annie J. King (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Zhao (Brighton, Massachusetts); Margaret M. Flook (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571036 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362312 | Brookhart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maurice Brookhart (Carrboro, North Carolina); Alan Goldman (Highland Park, New Jersey); Emily Carson (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zheng Huang (Irbana, Illinois); Sabuj Kumar Kundu (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maurice Brookhart (Carrboro, North Carolina); Alan Goldman (Highland Park, New Jersey); Emily Carson (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zheng Huang (Irbana, Illinois); Sabuj Kumar Kundu (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of converting at least one first alkane to a mixture of at least one low molecular weight alkane (optionally also including additional lower and/or higher molecular weight alkanes) and at least one high molecular weight alkane, comprises: reacting a first alkane in the presence of dual catalyst system comprising a first catalyst (i.e., a hydrogen transfer catalyst) and a second catalyst (i.e., a metathesis catalyst) to produce a mixture of low and high molecular weight alkanes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/663044 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/656 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362321 | Hannah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainesville, Florida); Nikolaos Georgelis (Lesvos, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainesville, Florida); Nikolaos Georgelis (Lesvos, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing plants or plant tissue with increased starch biosynthesis. Increased starch biosynthesis provides for increased yield. One aspect of the invention concerns polynucleotides that encode a mutant plant large subunit of AGPase. In one embodiment, a polynucleotide of the invention encodes a plant AGPase large subunit having an amino acid mutation wherein the cysteine amino acid corresponding to amino acid position 424 of wild type maize AGPase large subunit is substituted with an amino acid that results in increased AGPase activity when provided in an AGPase enzyme. In a specific embodiment, the cysteine corresponding to amino acid position 424 of wild type maize AGPase large subunit is substituted with a valine amino acid. The subject invention also comprises a mutant plant large subunit of AGPase encoded by a polynucleotide of the invention. Characterization of kinetic and allosteric properties indicates increased starch yield is provided when the polynucleotides of the invention are expressed in plants such as monocot endosperms. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322467 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362418 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Xu (West Lafayette, Indiana); William Chappell (Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Xu (West Lafayette, Indiana); William Chappell (Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention herein generally relates to non-destructive, high order harmonic ion motion image current detection. In certain embodiments, ion motion corresponding to high order harmonic frequencies, instead of the secular frequencies, is detected using image current detection with a constant excitation applied to the waveform signal. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990688 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362420 | Clemmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Clemmer (Bloomington, Indiana); Samuel I. Merenbloom (El Cerrito, California); Stormy L. Koeniger (Evanston, Illinois); Stephen J. Valentine (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Clemmer (Bloomington, Indiana); Samuel I. Merenbloom (El Cerrito, California); Stormy L. Koeniger (Evanston, Illinois); Stephen J. Valentine (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus (10) for separating Ions based on ion mobility includes a conduit (12) defining a closed path. The conduit is configured such that a uniform electric field is produced about the closed path upon application of a voltage causing ions within the conduit (12) to move about the closed path and to separate the ions based upon ion mobility. A method of separating a plurality of ions is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439108 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362618 | Busnaina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Mehmet R. Dokmeci (Brookline, Massachusetts); Nishant Khanduja (Boston, Massachusetts); Selvapraba Selvarasah (Malden, Massachusetts); Xugang Xiong (Boston, Massachusetts); Prashanth Makaram (Boston, Massachusetts); Chia-Ling Chen (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Mehmet R. Dokmeci (Brookline, Massachusetts); Nishant Khanduja (Boston, Massachusetts); Selvapraba Selvarasah (Malden, Massachusetts); Xugang Xiong (Boston, Massachusetts); Prashanth Makaram (Boston, Massachusetts); Chia-Ling Chen (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly of nanoelements forms a three-dimensional nanoscale circuit interconnect for use in microelectronic devices. A process for producing the circuit interconnect includes using dielectrophoresis by applying an electrical field across a gap between vertically displaced non-coplanar microelectrodes in the presence of a liquid suspension of nanoelements such as nanoparticles or single-walled carbon nanotubes to form a nanoelement bridge connecting the microelectrodes. The assembly process can be carried out at room temperature, is compatible with conventional semiconductor fabrication, and has a high yield. The current-voltage curves obtained from the nanoelement bridge demonstrate that the assembly is functional with a resistance of −40 ohms for gold nanoparticles. The method is suitable for making high density three-dimensional circuit interconnects, vertically integrated nanosensors, and for in-line testing of manufactured conductive nanoelements. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513925 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362651 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for transferring energy wirelessly including transferring energy wirelessly from a first resonator structure to an intermediate resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the first resonator structure and the intermediate resonator structure is κ1B, transferring energy wirelessly from the intermediate resonator structure to a second resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the intermediate resonator structure and the second resonator structure is κB2, and during the wireless energy transfers, adjusting at least one of the coupling rates κ1B and κB2 to reduce energy accumulation in the intermediate resonator structure and improve wireless energy transfer from the first resonator structure to the second resonator structure through the intermediate resonator structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571949 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362684 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason Heine (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey N. Miller (Los Altos Hills, California); Ronald L. Moon (Atherton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason Heine (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey N. Miller (Los Altos Hills, California); Ronald L. Moon (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-emitting device comprising a population of quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a host matrix and a primary light source which causes the QDs to emit secondary light and a method of making such a device. The size distribution of the QDs is chosen to allow light of a particular color to be emitted therefrom. The light emitted from the device may be of either a pure (monochromatic) color, or a mixed (polychromatic) color, and may consist solely of light emitted from the QDs themselves, or of a mixture of light emitted from the QDs and light emitted from the primary source. The QDs desirably are composed of an undoped semiconductor such as CdSe, and may optionally be overcoated to increase photoluminescence. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465553 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08363465 | Kent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Daniel Stein (New York, New York); Jean-Marc Beaujour (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Daniel Stein (New York, New York); Jean-Marc Beaujour (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high speed and low power method to control and switch the magnetization direction and/or helicity of a magnetic region in a magnetic device for memory cells using spin polarized electrical current. The mapetic device comprises a reference magnetic layer with a fixed magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction and a free magnetic layer with a changeable magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction. The fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer are preferably separated by a non-magnetic layer. The fixed and free magnetic layers may have magnetization directions at a substantially nonzero angle relative to the layer normal. A current can be applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, is measured to read out the information stored in the device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041104 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364510 | Garmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronnie J. Garmon (Marietta, Georgia); Jim J. Deffenbaugh (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vuelogic, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronnie J. Garmon (Marietta, Georgia); Jim J. Deffenbaugh (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are various embodiments for determining discounts that optimize revenue for customers or customer subsets. Transaction records that are associated with a customer and a merchant are obtained. Each transaction record identifies a corresponding purchase of a quantity of one of multiple items by the customer from the merchant at a corresponding unit purchase price. A normalized unit purchase price is generated for each transaction record by normalizing the respective unit purchase price relative to a respective unit retail price at the time of purchase. A demand curve is generated for the customer for the items based at least in part on the transaction records and the normalized unit purchase prices. The demand curve identifies a quantity of units that the customer is predicted to purchase at a range of normalized unit purchase prices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114389 |
| ART UNIT | 3684 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08359974 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material and a compression system adapted to compact the tall grass biomass material into a parallelepiped bale in the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting essentially of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, and wherein the compression system is adjustable by conventional controls to apply at least one operator-selectable compression platen pressure of between 22 psi and 30 psi to the tall grass biomass material in the chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454819 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses 1/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361764 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominic W. S. Wong (El Cerrito, California); Victor J. Chan (Oakland, California); Meiling Shang (Millbrae, California); Mary J. Zidwick (Wayzata, Minnesota); Hans H. Liao (Superior, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic W. S. Wong (El Cerrito, California); Victor J. Chan (Oakland, California); Meiling Shang (Millbrae, California); Mary J. Zidwick (Wayzata, Minnesota); Hans H. Liao (Superior, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel genes that code for a family of feruloyl esterases that break down ferulic acid crosslinks between polysaccharide chains and between polysaccharides and lignins in plant cell walls are described herein as well as a method of rapid gene discovery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893922 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361772 | Donovan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage phi11 endolysin has two peptidoglycan hydrolase domains (endopeptidase and amidase) and a SH3b cell wall-binding domain. In turbidity reduction assays, the purified protein can lyse untreated staphylococcal mastitis-causing pathogens, S. aureus and coagulase negative staphylococci (S. chronogenes, S. epidermis, S. hyicus, S. simulans, S. warneri, and S. xylocus), making it a strong antimicrobial protein and an effective candidate for treating multidrug-resistant staphylococci. Lytic activity is maintained at the pH (6.7) and the ‘free’ calcium concentration (3 mM) of milk. Truncated endolysin-derived proteins, containing just the endopeptidase domain, also lyse staphylococci, in the absence of the SH3b-binding domain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/192150 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08361928 | Baley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George J. Baley (Webster Groves, Missouri); Kimberlee K. Kidwell (Pullman, Washington); Timothy C. Paulitz (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Argiculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George J. Baley (Webster Groves, Missouri); Kimberlee K. Kidwell (Pullman, Washington); Timothy C. Paulitz (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for increasing the production of crops, particularly wheat and soybean, using herbicide resistant cultivars. In one aspect of this method, the method increases crop yield by diminishing the impact of the root diseases caused by Gaeumannomyces and Rhizoctonia species by treating the crop with an herbicide, in particular glyphosate. In another aspect the method for treating crops reduces the effects foliar pathogens and diseases, particularly fungal pathogens, such as rusts, including soybean rust, stem rust, stripe rust and leaf rust. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/567367 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362329 | Rooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William L. Rooney (College Station, Texas); George L. Hodnett (College Station, Texas); Leslie C. Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kansas); David M. Stelly (College Station, Texas); Patricia K. Price (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Rooney (College Station, Texas); George L. Hodnett (College Station, Texas); Leslie C. Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kansas); David M. Stelly (College Station, Texas); Harold James Price (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the production of an intergeneric hybrid plants and plants produced thereby. In certain aspects, intergeneric hybrid plants are produced by crossing a sorghum parent plant comprising a mutant sorghum iap allele with a second moncot plant. Methods for the use of such plants and products obtained therefrom are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/508907 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08362295 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Drilling fluids comprising graphenes and nanoplatelet additives and methods for production thereof are disclosed. Graphene includes graphite oxide, graphene oxide, chemically-converted graphene, and functionalized chemically-converted graphene. Derivatized graphenes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The derivatized graphenes are prepared from a chemically-converted graphene through derivatization with a plurality of functional groups. Derivatization can be accomplished, for example, by reaction of a chemically-converted graphene with a diazonium species. Methods for preparation of graphite oxide are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812169 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362760 | Cairns et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darren Robert Cairns (Morgantown, West Virginia); Wade W. Huebsch (Morgantown, West Virginia); Konstantinos A. Sierros (Morgantown, West Virginia); Matthew S. Shafran (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University Research Corporation, WVU Office of Technology Transfer (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Robert Cairns (Morgantown, West Virginia); Wade W. Huebsch (Morgantown, West Virginia); Konstantinos A. Sierros (Morgantown, West Virginia); Matthew S. Shafran (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and systems related to stimulus responsive nanoparticles. In one embodiment includes a stimulus responsive nanoparticle system, the system includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of elongated electro-responsive nanoparticles dispersed between the first and second electrodes, the plurality of electro-responsive nanorods configured to respond to an electric field established between the first and second electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/388987 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362839 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194845 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364314 | Abdallah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muhammad E Abdallah (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); Matthew J Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Holly, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muhammad E Abdallah (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); Matthew J Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Holly, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system includes a humanoid robot having a plurality of joints adapted for force control with respect to an object acted upon by the robot, a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving an input signal from a user, and a controller. The GUI provides the user with intuitive programming access to the controller. The controller controls the joints using an impedance-based control framework, which provides object level, end-effector level, and/or joint space-level control of the robot in response to the input signal. A method for controlling the robotic system includes receiving the input signal via the GUI, e.g., a desired force, and then processing the input signal using a host machine to control the joints via an impedance-based control framework. The framework provides object level, end-effector level, and/or joint space-level control of the robot, and allows for functional-based GUI to simplify implementation of a myriad of operating modes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/624445 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/264 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08361716 | Patil |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vishal Patil (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PathoGenetix, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vishal Patil (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention relate to devices and methods of use thereof for concentrating, positioning and/or manipulating agents within a fluid, including but not limited to genomic DNA. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/573758 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364511 | Tambe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Efficient heuristic methods are described for approximating the optimal leader strategy for security domains where threats come from unknown adversaries. These problems can be modeled as Bayes-Stackelberg games. An embodiment of the heuristic method can include defining a patrolling or security domain problem as a mixed-integer quadratic program. The mixed-integer quadratic program can be converted to a mixed-integer linear program. For a single follower (e.g., robber or terrorist) scenario, the mixed-integer linear program can be solved, subject to appropriate constraints. For embodiments applicable to multiple follower situations, the relevant mixed-integer quadratic program and related mixed-integer linear program can be decomposed, e.g., by changing the response function for the follower from a pure strategy to a weighted combination over various pure follower strategies where the weights are probabilities of occurrence of each of the follower types. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479884 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08359974 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material and a compression system adapted to compact the tall grass biomass material into a parallelepiped bale in the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting essentially of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, and wherein the compression system is adjustable by conventional controls to apply at least one operator-selectable compression platen pressure of between 22 psi and 30 psi to the tall grass biomass material in the chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454819 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses 1/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08364331 | Tureaud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas F. Tureaud (Fairfax, Virginia); Daniel N. Dietz (Alexandria, Virginia); Stacy J. Hills (Ashburn, Virginia); Douglas E. Humphreys (Great Falls, Virginia); Alexander V. Roup (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. Tureaud (Fairfax, Virginia); Daniel N. Dietz (Alexandria, Virginia); Stacy J. Hills (Ashburn, Virginia); Douglas E. Humphreys (Great Falls, Virginia); Alexander V. Roup (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402549 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — 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 71/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08363926 | Khan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saad M. Khan (Hamilton, New Jersey); Pingkun Yan (Peekskill, New York); Mubarak Shah (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saad M. Khan (Hamilton, New Jersey); Pingkun Yan (Peekskill, New York); Mubarak Shah (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a system and method for modeling a three-dimensional object includes capturing two-dimensional images of the object from multiple different viewpoints to obtain multiple views of the object, estimating slices of the object that lie in parallel planes that cut through the object, and computing a surface of the object from the estimated slices. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/366241 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08363907 | Hassebrook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurence G. Hassebrook (Lexington, Kentucky); Daniel L. Lau (Lexington, Kentucky); Henry G. Dietz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Inc. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence G. Hassebrook (Lexington, Kentucky); Daniel L. Lau (Lexington, Kentucky); Henry G. Dietz (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A biometrics system captures and processes a handprint image using a structured light illumination to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. A processing unit calculates 3D coordinates of the hand from the plurality of images and maps the 3D coordinates to a 2D flat surface to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527704 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08362295 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); Condell D. Doyle (Nocona, Texas); Dmitry V. Kosynkin (Houston, Texas); Jay R. Lomeda (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Drilling fluids comprising graphenes and nanoplatelet additives and methods for production thereof are disclosed. Graphene includes graphite oxide, graphene oxide, chemically-converted graphene, and functionalized chemically-converted graphene. Derivatized graphenes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The derivatized graphenes are prepared from a chemically-converted graphene through derivatization with a plurality of functional groups. Derivatization can be accomplished, for example, by reaction of a chemically-converted graphene with a diazonium species. Methods for preparation of graphite oxide are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812169 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08361707 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah A. Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in a subject are disclosed. The methods include detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells that specifically recognize an Mtb polypeptide. The methods include in vitro assays for detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells in a biological sample, and in vivo assays that detect a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction. The methods can also include detecting Mtb polypeptides and polynucleotides. Reagents for the detection of an Mtb infection are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/244126 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08364511 | Tambe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Praveen Paruchuri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fernando Ordóñez (Van Nuys, California); Sarit Kraus (Givat Shemuel, Israel); Jonathan Pearce (New York, New York); Janusz Marecki (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Efficient heuristic methods are described for approximating the optimal leader strategy for security domains where threats come from unknown adversaries. These problems can be modeled as Bayes-Stackelberg games. An embodiment of the heuristic method can include defining a patrolling or security domain problem as a mixed-integer quadratic program. The mixed-integer quadratic program can be converted to a mixed-integer linear program. For a single follower (e.g., robber or terrorist) scenario, the mixed-integer linear program can be solved, subject to appropriate constraints. For embodiments applicable to multiple follower situations, the relevant mixed-integer quadratic program and related mixed-integer linear program can be decomposed, e.g., by changing the response function for the follower from a pure strategy to a weighted combination over various pure follower strategies where the weights are probabilities of occurrence of each of the follower types. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479884 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08363825 | Newhart |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald W. Newhart (Elkridge, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Newhart (Elkridge, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method of collision-free hashing of near-match inputs that includes the following components. An adder for receiving an input i, a check value cv, and outputs n, which is greater than or equal to the sum of i and cv. A checker for receiving a value n, a value d, a first polynomial, and an output at which the first polynomial appears if the checker determines that the first polynomial is of degree proportional to d and divides xn+1. A factorization block for factoring the first polynomial into a second polynomial and a third polynomial. A first division block for dividing an input of bit length i by the second polynomial to generate a first portion of the hash of the input. A second division block for dividing the input by the third polynomial to generate a second portion of the hash of the input. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454691 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08362839 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194845 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08363201 | O'Rourke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn O'Rourke (Tempe, Arizona); Pete Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn O'Rourke (Tempe, Arizona); Pete Smith (Long Valley, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible, transparent electrode structure and a method of fabrication thereof are provided comprising a transparent electrode which may maintain electrical connectivity across a surface of a flexible substrate so that the substrate may flex without affecting the integrity of an electrical contact. The transparent electrode includes conductive nanowires that are coupled to the substrate through a conducting oxide layer. The conducting oxide layer effectively provides a template onto which the nanowires are deposited and serves to anchor the nanowires to the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/522862 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08364953 | Bullard, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Bullard, Jr. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Bullard, Jr. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for a secured electronic communication in a network that includes a verification station, a registration station, and a authentication station. At the registration station, a request for a digital certificate is received from a user. The registration station instructs the verification station to forward to the user a message associated with the request. The message is compared against the user at the authentication station to determine whether the message properly identifies the user. A first signal indicating the result of the comparison is sent to the verification station. If the first signal indicates that the message properly identifies the user, a second signal is sent to the registration station. Based on the second signal, the registration system then generates a digital certificate. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/289060 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08360388 | Murata et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy P. Murata (Cerritos, California); Raymond D. Fierro (Garden Grove, California); John J. Brown (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy P. Murata (Cerritos, California); Raymond D. Fierro (Garden Grove, California); John J. Brown (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a system for lifting and supporting a vehicle is described. The system includes at least one vehicle hoist fitting configured to distribute the weight of the vehicle along a skin of the vehicle, at least one removable bearing cup assembly configured to attach to said vehicle hoist fitting, and at least one trunnion assembly configured for attachment to a support structure and further configured to engage said removable bearing cup assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274680 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/671 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08362849 | White |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikel J. White (Murphy, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikel J. White (Murphy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the technology includes a balun. The balun includes an un-balanced line, a balanced line, a double-y transition section, a first connection section, and a second connection section. The un-balanced line includes a ground trace and a signal trace. The balanced line includes a first and second signal trace. The double-y transition section includes a first slot trace and a second slot trace. The first slot trace couples the ground trace of the un-balanced line to the first signal trace of the balanced line. The second slot trace couples the signal trace of the un-balanced line to the second signal trace of the balanced line. The first connection section couples the first slot trace to the first signal trace of the balanced line. The second connection section couples the second slot trace to the second signal trace of the balanced line. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/839438 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 29, 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.
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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