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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 05, 2013
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| US 08365315 | Ortiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine Ortiz (Melrose, Massachusetts); Haimin Yao (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Ortiz (Melrose, Massachusetts); Haimin Yao (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Protective articles for resisting mechanical loads and associated methods are generally described. The load resistant articles described herein can incorporate one or more features that enhance the ability of the article to absorb an applied force. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958188 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365373 | Ballato |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Ballato (Oceanport, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Ballato (Oceanport, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Though the initial concept of the face-mounted resonator was ahead of fabrication technology, the solidly-mounted resonator (SMR) is now a practical resonator design yielding high Qs in a space-efficient and robust mounting configuration. An agile tunable piezoelectric SMR is now provided with a resonator and alternating stacks of high mechanical impedance and low mechanical impedance, piezoelectric layers advantageously stacked on a substrate with the piezoelectric layers connected to an adaptive circuit that alternates with an external electrical impedance having values anywhere between an open circuit and a short circuit. The piezoelectric Bragg stacks with alternating layers of high and low mechanical impedance and properties made variable via the additional piezoelectric properties of the stack materials overcomes difficulties caused by the limitations of manufacturing techniques, acoustic power leakage and inability to meet the single-frequency, quarter-wavelength criterion due to manufacturing deviations. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/456264 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/25.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365511 | Suciu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); James W. Norris (Lebanon, Connecticut); Brian Merry (Andover, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); James W. Norris (Lebanon, Connecticut); Brian Merry (Andover, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A tip turbine engine assembly includes an engine support structure with a rear case, exit guide vanes, an exhaust mixer, and engine mounts. The rear case is disposed about an engine centerline. The exit guide vanes extend radially inwardly from the rear case. The exhaust mixer extends in a flow path of a combustor to mix a high energy gas stream from the combustor with bypass air from a bypass fan. The engine mounts are located on the periphery of the rear case for mounting the engine to an aircraft. The rear case, exit guide vanes, exhaust mixer, and engine mounts form a unitary engine support structure which is installable as a single piece into an engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/720543 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365619 | Ziegler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Ziegler (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Christopher P. Drew (Clinton, Massachusetts); Michelle Markey (Douglas, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Ziegler (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Christopher P. Drew (Clinton, Massachusetts); Michelle Markey (Douglas, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for testing the effectiveness of anti-fog coatings on eyewear lenses, the assembly comprising a chamber for receiving and retaining the eyewear, means for controlling the temperature and relative humidity in the chamber, means for providing warm moist air to the chamber, and a hazemeter for detecting and recording haze values exhibited by the lenses; and a method for evaluating effectiveness of anti-fog coatings on eyewear lenses, utilizing the assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774458 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/865.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365664 | Neff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel R. Neff (Jasper, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Neff (Jasper, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An impulse cartridge having multiple charges that are independently activatable. The impulse cartridge is further voltage polarity independent through the use of diodes. The polarity independence provides increased reliability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892524 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365666 | Hooke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Hooke (Sparta, New Jersey); Daniel Salman (East Windsor, New Jersey); George Sudol (Kenvil, New Jersey); Brian Travers (Wayne, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Hooke (Sparta, New Jersey); Daniel Salman (East Windsor, New Jersey); George Sudol (Kenvil, New Jersey); Brian Travers (Wayne, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular explosive breaching and demolition system comprised of inert light weight plastic assemblies, field custom hand packed or pre-loaded, utilizing for example cast-cure or press loaded explosives. The assemblies can be snapped together to make different geometeric shapes or lines as may be desired, for demolition objectives. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/022880 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365804 | Genovese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Patrick M. Nolan (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Win Van Basten (Hatboro, Pennsylvania); Charles Ruppert (Massapequa Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Patrick M. Nolan (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Win Van Basten (Hatboro, Pennsylvania); Charles Ruppert (Massapequa Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inflatable separation device and method of using the device to form a gas-impermeable barrier in a structural location such as a hallway. The device also provides a safe, effective passage across the barrier to form a concealed region for decontamination protocols. The inflatable separation device includes an inflatable support frame and a cover that envelops the support frame and forms an enclosed interior space when the support frame is inflated. An inflatable perimeter sealing bladder is disposed about the cover and adapted to form a seal between the cover and exterior surfaces of a structural space when the support frame and the sealing bladder are inflated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099785 |
| ART UNIT | 3634 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel 160/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08365848 | Won |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chikyung Won (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chikyung Won (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main tracks. Each main track includes a flexible continuous belt coupled to a corresponding side of the main frame. The forward section includes an elongated arm. One end of the arm is pivotally coupled to the main frame near the forward end of the main frame about a transverse axis that is generally perpendicular to the sides of the main frame. The arm has a length sufficiently long to allow the forward section to extend below the main section in at least some degrees of rotation of the arm, and a length shorter than the length of the main section. The center of mass of the main section is located forward of the rearmost point reached by the end of the arm in its pivoting about the transverse axis. The main section is contained within the volume defined by the main tracks and is symmetrical about a horizontal plane, thereby allowing inverted operation of the robot. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140371 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/9.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366047 | Euvino, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank J. Euvino, Jr. (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Anthony J. Vinciquerra (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Euvino, Jr. (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Anthony J. Vinciquerra (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular fan inlet ice protection system includes a center ring, an outer ring and a plurality of struts. The struts are each coupled at a first end to the center ring, and at a second end to the outer ring. A plurality of shell members are each configured to be removably coupled to a corresponding strut. Moreover, the shell members each include an electrothermal heater element. Preferably the system further includes a plurality of inlet guide vanes each including an electrothermal heater element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/140790 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/134.D00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366050 | Odle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard C. Odle (Long Beach, California); Dino Roman (Lake Forest, California); Blaine Knight Rawdon (San Pedro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Odle (Long Beach, California); Dino Roman (Lake Forest, California); Blaine Knight Rawdon (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A blended wing body cargo aircraft is disclosed. A body section defines a cargo volume, where an outer surface of the body section is shaped to provide an aerodynamic lifting surface. A cargo door and ramp structure is located in an aft end of the body section and is shaped to conform to an outer shape of the aerodynamic lifting surface when in a closed position. A control surface has a slightly cambered downward shape, and is positioned substantially near an aft end of the cargo door and ramp structure. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623404 |
| 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 244/137.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366053 | Watts |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith Peter Watts (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Peter Watts (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for deploying a plurality of independent payloads with a launch vehicle, the launch vehicle being longitudinally oriented about an axis, includes a plurality of launch modules. Each respective launch module of the plurality of launch modules includes a plurality of package elements. A respective predetermined set of package elements of the plurality of package elements comprises a respective payload of the plurality of payloads. Each respective launch module of the plurality of launch modules is situated in an abuttingly supporting relation with at least one adjacent launch module in a facing relation at an interface in a launch orientation. The interface is generally parallel with the axis. At least one restraining member cooperates with the plurality of launch modules to effect compressingly maintaining the plurality of launch modules in the launch orientation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043859 |
| 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 244/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366054 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald Miller (Bedford, Indiana); James Stewart (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Miller (Bedford, Indiana); James Stewart (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned aerial vehicle including a controller operating in a search mode of operation where a receiver of an acquisition sensor searches for a target and causes flight control surfaces to guide the vehicle in a downward spiral path, a terminal mode of operation where the acquisition sensor detects a target and causes flight control surfaces to direct the vehicle toward the target, and an activation mode of operation where a trigger sensor detects a target within a predetermined distance to the vehicle and the controller activates a responder. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/640585 |
| 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 244/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366704 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Clemens Alt (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Clemens Alt (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for applying radiation to the retina of a patient. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a radiation source for generating a radiation beam suitable for absorption by retinal pigment epithelial cells. One or more optical components are included to direct the beam onto the retina. A scanner is optically coupled to the radiation source to control movement of the beam in two dimensions to allow a scan over the retina. A controller applies control signals to the scanner to adjust beam movement to illuminate a plurality of retinal locations in a temporal sequence according to a predefined pattern. The device can be operated in one mode to effect selective targeting of retinal pigment epithelial cells, or in another mode to effect thermal photocoagulation of the retina. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480955 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366755 | Brainard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progressive Lighting and Radiometrics, LLC (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves a light system for stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals based upon the discovery of peak sensitivity ranging from 425-505 nm; a light meter system for quantifying light which stimulates or regulates mammalian circadian, photoneural, and neuroendocrine systems. The present invention also relates to translucent and transparent materials, and lamps or other light sources with or without filters capable of stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals. Additionally, the present invention involves treatment of mammals with a wide variety of disorders or deficits, including light responsive disorders, eating disorders, menstrual cycle disorders, non-specific alerting and performance deficits, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657533 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366809 | Rollins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California); Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California); Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example deaerator assembly includes a deaerating member disposed within a housing. The deaerating member includes an apertured stem extending from a pedestal. The apertured stem is configured to communicate air away from a mixture of air and coolant when the mixture of air and coolant is communicated about the apertured stem. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099320 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366847 | Yamamoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christina M. Yamamoto (Bloomington, Indiana); Robert G. Shortridge (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina M. Yamamoto (Bloomington, Indiana); Robert G. Shortridge (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Perchlorate-free flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce yellow smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007188 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366894 | Manoukian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mourad Manoukian (Watertown, Massachusetts); Anthony B. LaConti (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); W. Michael Krebs (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); John W. Forchione, Jr. (Ashland, Massachusetts); Erich Muehlanger, Jr. (East Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Giner, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mourad Manoukian (Watertown, Massachusetts); Anthony B. LaConti (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); W. Michael Krebs (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); John W. Forchione, Jr. (Ashland, Massachusetts); Erich Muehlanger, Jr. (East Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-gas microsensor assembly for simultaneously detecting carbon dioxide and oxygen in real time. According to one embodiment, the assembly comprises a non-conductive, solid substrate. A plurality of sensing electrodes, a single reference electrode, and a single counter electrode are positioned on one side of the non-conductive, solid substrate. In addition, all of the electrodes are in intimate contact with the same side of a solid-polymer electrolyte anion-exchange membrane, the solid polymer electrolyte membrane having at least one gas diffusion opening aligned with each sensing electrode. The sensor is operated in a three-electrode potentiostatic mode, in which a constant potential is maintained between the sensing and reference electrodes, and the current is measured between the sensing and counter electrodes. Control of the electrodes is achieved with a small bi-potentiostat. The design of the bi-potentiostat allows at least two different sensing electrodes to share the same counter and reference electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660197 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366946 | Ferguson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Douglas Ferguson (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Douglas Ferguson (Bloomfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A rigid holder is provided for supporting a flexible article. The rigid holder may include a first frame member and a second frame member which are held together through magnets. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550289 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366961 | Doona et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Doona (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Maria Agudelo Curtin (Easton, Massachusetts); Irwin A. Taub (Ashland, Massachusetts); Kenneth Kustin (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Doona (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Maria Agudelo Curtin (Easton, Massachusetts); Irwin A. Taub (Ashland, Massachusetts); Kenneth Kustin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises a lightweight, portable chemical combination of reagents for sterilizing or disinfecting objects in the absence of electrical power or fire. The chemical combination includes a chemical oxidant with the capacity to liberate a biocidal intermediate, a chemical reductant of the oxidant with the capacity to react with the oxidant, and an effector to induce a reaction between the oxidant and reductant. In one embodiment, the oxidant comprises chlorite, the reductant comprises sulfite, and the effector comprises ascorbate. In another embodiment, the chemical combination comprises the oxidant, reductant, effector and iron-activated magnesium. When water or water solutions are added to either embodiment, the chemical combination generates heat, steam and a biocidal intermediate that can destroy contaminating microorganisms. In one embodiment, the biocidal intermediate is a halogen-based biocidal intermediate, such as chlorine dioxide. In another embodiment, the biocidal intermediate is a halogen-free biocidal intermediate. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977133 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/187.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366995 | McLaren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sterilucent, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483014 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367001 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Shi-Wei Zhang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Shi-Wei Zhang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to luminescent and/or optically absorbing compositions and/or precursors to those compositions, including solid films incorporating these compositions/precursors, exhibiting increased luminescent lifetimes, quantum yields, enhanced stabilities and/or amplified emissions. The present invention also relates to sensors and methods for sensing analytes through luminescent and/or optically absorbing properties of these compositions and/or precursors. Examples of analytes detectable by the invention include electrophiles, alkylating agents, thionyl halides, and phosphate ester groups including phosphoryl halides, cyanides and thioates such as those found in certain chemical warfare agents. The present invention additionally relates to devices and methods for amplifying emissions, such as those produced using the above-described compositions and/or precursors, by incorporating the composition and/or precursor within a polymer having an energy migration pathway. In some cases, the compositions and/or precursors thereof include a compound capable of undergoing a cyclization reaction. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946685 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367059 | Ma |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teng Ma (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teng Ma (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous HCG scaffolds are provided in a perfusion bioreactor. Cells are seeded in the HCG scaffolds and cell culture media is perfused through the bioreactor to allow for cell seeding and growth. The cell culture media is removed, the HCG-cell constructs washed, and then preserved in the bioreactor with a perfusion comprising cryopreservation fluid comprising one or more of DMSO, trehalose, glycerol, ethylene glycol, or serum. The HCG-cell constructs (or the perfusion chambers containing them) are then removed from the bioreactor and placed in a cryopreservant media and maintained at about −80° C. The frozen HCG-cell constructs (or the chambers containing them) can then be stored at a suitable cryogenic temperature until needed. When needed, frozen HCG-cell constructs can be removed from cold storage and thawed using suitable means. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/184357 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367327 | Sagripanti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose-Luis Sagripanti (Bel Air, Maryland); Monica Carrera Zandomeni (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose-Luis Sagripanti (Bel Air, Maryland); Monica Carrera Zandomeni (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiplex PCR assay for simultaneously detecting biological threat agents whose genome is DNA or RNA, by using computational tools to identify a specific target sequence which is unique to a specific genus or species of organism and is also a conserved sequence within that group, selecting specific primer sets, creating a probe to label the target nucleic acid, extracting the target nucleic acid from a sample, amplifying the targeted nucleic acid to detectible levels and reading the presence or absence of the target nucleic acid simultaneously from all threat agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/154237 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367369 | Vincent |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting phycocyanin algae or bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499288 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367462 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Suman Das (Atlanta, Georgia); Sheng Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dajun Yuan (Atlanta, Georgia); Rui Guo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yaguang Wei (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Suman Das (Atlanta, Georgia); Sheng Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dajun Yuan (Atlanta, Georgia); Rui Guo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yaguang Wei (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for growing a nanowire array, a photoresist layer is placed onto a nanowire growth layer configured for growing nanowires therefrom. The photoresist layer is exposed to a coherent light interference pattern that includes periodically alternately spaced dark bands and light bands along a first orientation. The photoresist layer exposed to the coherent light interference pattern along a second orientation, transverse to the first orientation. The photoresist layer developed so as to remove photoresist from areas corresponding to areas of intersection of the dark bands of the interference pattern along the first orientation and the dark bands of the interference pattern along the second orientation, thereby leaving an ordered array of holes passing through the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer and the nanowire growth layer are placed into a nanowire growth environment, thereby growing nanowires from the nanowire growth layer through the array of holes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091855 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367621 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Tambet Teesalu (Goleta, California); Kazuki Sugahara (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Tambet Teesalu (Goleta, California); Kazuki Sugahara (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to tissue experiencing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/355672 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367714 | Bornhop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Mingfeng Bai (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania); Nephi Stella (Seattle, Washington); Eric Stern (Saint-Quentin, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Mingfeng Bai (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania); Nephi Stella (Seattle, Washington); Eric Stern (Saint-Quentin, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the following formula: wherein X is H or substituted with with at least one X being substituted; and halo is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine; and stereoisomers and conjugable analogs thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/200732 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367815 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase L. Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase L. Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an improved design for the construction of extensible nucleic acid-based, ligand-controlled regulatory systems, and the nucleic acid regulatory systems resulting therefrom. The invention contemplates improving the design of the switches (ligand-controlled regulatory systems) through the design of an information transmission domain (ITD). The improved ITD eliminates free-floating ends of the switching and the competing strands, and localizes competitive hybridization events to a contiguous strand of competing and switching strands in a strand-displacement mechanism-based switch, thereby improving the kinetics of strand-displacement. The improved regulatory systems have many uses in various biological systems, including gene expression control or ligand-concentration sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/284154 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367991 | Bradley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Bradley (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Bradley (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A modulation device provides optical energy to hamper the operation of a mobile tracking device. The optical energy may include multiple mobile device specific optical codes directed at the mobile tracking device in parallel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778870 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08367992 — Aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle with reconfigurable control surfaces
| US 08367992 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); T Terry Ng (Sylvania, Ohio); Alan B Cain (Saint Louis, Missouri); Zak Sowle (Cleveland, Ohio); Jack DiCocco (Medina, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); T Terry Ng (Sylvania, Ohio); Alan B Cain (Saint Louis, Missouri); Zak Sowle (Cleveland, Ohio); Jack DiCocco (Medina, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle with an improved control system and a method for increasing the maneuverability or stability of an aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the maneuverability or stability of an aircraft, missile, underwater vehicle or projectile through the use of removable control surfaces. The technical advantage of the removable control surface system (or “removable control surface”) over other systems is that the removable control surface system enables the aircraft, missile, underwater vehicle or projectile to have two or more design configurations, each configuration being tailored to the aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle's specific stability or maneuverability requirements during a specific portion of the flight. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977519 |
| 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 244/3.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367993 | Velez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Javier Velez (Tucson, Arizona); Ralph H. Klestadt (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Velez (Tucson, Arizona); Ralph H. Klestadt (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A missile has a flight termination system that includes deployable lift surfaces that deploy forward of a center of gravity of the missile. When deployed, the lift surfaces cause the missile to rotate about its longitudinal axis. This rotation eventually increases in rate until the missile nears a natural roll frequency of the missile. As the missile nears or reaches its natural roll frequency, the missile's nose pitches up, angle of attack diverges and the missile tumbles, resulting in rapid termination of flight by loss of aerodynamic lift, vertical plunging and crashing. The lift surfaces may be curved surfaces that conform to the shape of a fuselage of the missile, prior to the deployment of the lift surfaces. The lift surfaces may be canted slightly relative to a missile longitudinal axis when the lift surfaces are deployed, so as to provide a sufficient rolling moment to overcome aerodynamic damping or resistance (roll drag) of the missile. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837587 |
| 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 244/3.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368008 | Schonbrun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ethan Schonbrun (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Charles Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Kenneth B. Crozier (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Schonbrun (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Charles Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Kenneth B. Crozier (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus (1100) for trapping fluid-borne object(s) (212) using one or more Fresnel zone plates (202) located in proximity to a fluid medium (208). Optical tweezers based on one or more Fresnel zone plates may be integrated with a microfluidic structure (e.g., chambers, channels) (1104) of various geometries so as to form one or more optical traps (215) within a fluid medium contained by the microfluidic structure(s). Three-dimensional trapping of objects can be obtained with stiffness comparable to that of conventional optical tweezers based on a microscope objective. In one example, a single Fresnel zone plate is particularly configured to form multiple optical traps upon irradiation, so as to trap multiple objects simultaneously. Exemplary applications of the methods and apparatus disclosed herein include determination of various fluid medium properties (e.g., velocity, refractive index, viscosity, temperature, pH) and object sorting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/679436 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368024 | Chow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Y. Chow (Hanover Park, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Y. Chow (Hanover Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The Present Invention relates to methods and systems particularly useful in electrical products used to monitor and detect very weak signals. These products include, for example, night vision binoculars and remote listening devices. More specifically, the methods and systems of the Present Invention provide a signal conditioning technique that attenuates electrical noise generated within the product while at the same time preserving the integrity of the input signal. This provides a high signal-to-noise ratio within the product electronics and a dramatically clear final image. The Present Invention includes a method and system for chopping or splitting an input signal into two components, tagging each of the split signal components with opposite polarities, and a second reverse chopping step that combines the split and tagged input signal components into a restored input signal. The combining step, in addition to restoring the original input signal, cancels and attenuates internally generated, and untagged, electronic noise, providing image quality and detection in an efficient and economical manner that could not be obtained in the past. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686665 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368154 | Trusov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Trusov (Irvine, California); Montgomery C. Rivers (Irvine, California); Sergei A. Zotov (Irvine, California); Andrei M. Shkel (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Trusov (Irvine, California); Montgomery C. Rivers (Irvine, California); Sergei A. Zotov (Irvine, California); Andrei M. Shkel (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is fabricated with a plurality of semiconductor-device substrates and/or MEMS substrates with micromachined sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices fabricated on the plurality of substrates. A plurality of flexible hinges couple the plurality of substrates into a substantially flat two dimensional foldable assembly. Electrical interconnects coupled to the sensors, circuits, transducers, and/or MEMS devices extend other ones of the plurality of substrates. The foldable assembly of substrates is assembled or folded into a three dimensional polyhedral structure with the plurality of substrates configured in three dimensions to form defined relative orientations in space with respect to each other. The invention includes a wafer scale method of fabricating the apparatus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024112 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368155 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for preparing freestanding films using laser-assisted chemical etch (LACE), and freestanding films formed using same, are provided. In accordance with one aspect a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a substantially continuous film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity. In accordance with another aspect, a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity, the film including at least one of hafnium oxide (HfO2), diamond-like carbon, graphene, and silicon carbide (SiC) of a predetermined phase. In accordance with still another aspect, a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a multi-layer film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869597 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368156 | Jones, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for designing an electrically small antenna, in one embodiment, within an enclosing volume. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of designing the electrically small antenna which has a general cross-sectional contour shape of an oblate spheroid from a top load portion to a stem portion below the top load portion. The oblate spheroid contour shape is represented by an antenna dipole moment algorithm which includes a dipole moment term. The method further comprises the steps of controlling the amplitude of the dipole moment term, including adjusting the amplitude of the dipole moment term to independently change the oblate spheroid contour shape, resulting in a change to the electric field outside the enclosing volume and a change to the electric field inside the enclosing volume. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/076488 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368208 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott T. Johnson (Torrance, California); Shadi S. Merhi (Cypress, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Johnson (Torrance, California); Shadi S. Merhi (Cypress, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, a semiconductor cooling apparatus includes a monolithic array of cooling elements. Each cooling element of the monolithic array of cooling elements is configured to thermally couple to a respective semiconductor element of an array of semiconductor elements. At least two of the semiconductor elements have a different height and each cooling element independently flexes to conform to the height of the respective semiconductor element. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896054 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/719 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368395 | Weischedel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herbert R. Weischedel (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDT Technologies, Inc. (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert R. Weischedel (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic inspection device for nondestructively inspecting elongated objects, such as wire cables, pipes, and the like, for loss of metallic cross-section due to abrasion, corrosion, and external and internal discontinuities, having a magnet for inducing in sections of the object between the stations, magnetic flux at the saturation level. A magnetic flux detector having magnetic sensors positioned between the poles and laterally of the elongated object utilizes shields and flux decompressors to render the flux detector more sensitive to leakage flux caused by discontinuities in the objects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/336585 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368584 | Askelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Anthony Askelson (Thompson, North Dakota); Benjamin M. Trapnell (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Christopher Joseph Theisen (Thompson, North Dakota); Ronald Arthur Marsh (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Timothy Raymond Young (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Hassan Reza (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Anthony Askelson (Thompson, North Dakota); Benjamin M. Trapnell (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Christopher Joseph Theisen (Thompson, North Dakota); Ronald Arthur Marsh (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Timothy Raymond Young (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Hassan Reza (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | An airspace risk mitigation system includes a plurality of airspace input sources, an airspace data fusion and sensor coordination system, a communications link, and a risk mitigation support system. The airspace input sources includes a radar for generating radar data for an airspace, and an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver for generating additional data for the airspace. The airspace data fusion and sensor coordination system is configured to receive airspace data from the plurality of airspace input sources, correlating airspace data with new or known objects in the airspace, fusing airspace data into a common airspace data set, and generating target and system status information. The risk mitigation support system is configured to calculate a risk associated with aircraft operation in the airspace as a function of the target and system status information. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/813276 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368605 | Tam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprising a first current probe having an aperture; a first transceiver operatively coupled to the current probe; a signal enhancer disposed approximately inside the aperture, wherein the signal enhancer comprises an inlet, a first outlet, and a housing having an internal volume, and wherein the outer dimensions of the housing are nearly equivalent to the dimensions of the aperture; a pump configured to pump electrolytic fluid through the internal volume via the inlet and the first outlet; and a first nozzle hydraulically coupled to the first outlet so that when electrolytic fluid is pumped through the internal volume the electrolytic fluid exits the first nozzle in a stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/539834 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368615 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brock David (San Diego, California); Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brock David (San Diego, California); Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The device, a conformal antenna, includes an antenna element directly coupled to a layer of gyrotropic material and means for creating a magnetic field, the magnetic field having a component substantially perpendicular to, and passing through, the layer of gyrotropic material and the antenna element. The gyrotropic material may be at least partially disposed on a ground plane and may comprise a material such as yttrium iron garnet. The means for creating a magnetic field can be located within the layer of gyrotropic material and may comprise at least one external magnet. The reflective metal ground plane can be the outer surface of a vehicle. The antenna element could have a dipole antenna configuration, and can produce a wave that is linearly polarized. The operation of the device may be at or above the resonant frequency of the gyrotropic material. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/861128 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368774 | Grycewicz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J Grycewicz (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J Grycewicz (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Imaging devices and techniques that utilize multiple optical detectors are described and, in particular, imaging geometries for imaging devices that include three or more optical detectors with overlapping fields of regard. The imaging geometries are determined and provided in consideration of one or more performance criteria evaluated over multiple different operating conditions for a process of generating a reconstructed image from the captured images. Imaging systems and methods utilizing the imaging geometries are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952079 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368996 | Cole |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Boyd Cole (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Boyd Cole (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable bandwidth selector is disclosed. The tunable bandwidth selector may include a plurality of spaced apart electron sheets which selectively separate a first bandwidth from an input spectrum. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/509154 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369001 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel F Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Antonio C Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Phillip A Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Antonio C Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Phillip A Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for generating terahertz radiation using a phase matched optical rectification technique. The device converts laser radiation to terahertz radiation via a particular type of photonic downconversion. The device includes a crystalline material suitable for photonic downconversion of laser radiation, a first coupling component for coupling the laser radiation to the crystalline material and a second coupling component for coupling the generated terahertz radiation from the crystalline material to the environment. By sustaining the phase matching condition over a significant distance, the device is capable of providing terahertz radiation with high peak and average power. Also disclosed is a method for generating terahertz radiation including the steps of optically coupling laser radiation to a crystalline material suitable for downconversion of the laser radiation to terahertz radiation, downconverting the laser radiation to terahertz radiation and optically coupling the generated terahertz radiation from the crystalline material to the environment. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/504769 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369006 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio); Dean R Evans (Beavercreek, Ohio); Anatoly Gluschenko (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Victor Yu Reshetnyak (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio); Dean R Evans (Beavercreek, Ohio); Anatoly Gluschenko (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Victor Yu Reshetnyak (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a photorefractive hybrid cell including a window and a gain media disposed adjacent the window. The gain media includes nanoparticles therein. The window includes a material that forms a space-charge field. The gain media includes a material having refractive index properties that depend on an electric field. The nanoparticles include a material which responds orientationally to the presence of an electric or magnetic field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089604 |
| 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 359/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369070 | Helvajian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California); William W. Hansen (Lakewood, California); Lee F. Steffeney (Lake Elsinore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California); William W. Hansen (Lakewood, California); Lee F. Steffeney (Lake Elsinore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices may include one or more of chemical, mechanical, electrical, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686978 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/679.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369399 | Egnal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey Egnal (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney Feldman (Herndon, Virginia); Kyungnam Kim (Herndon, Virginia); Bennett Wilburn (Bejing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey Egnal (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney Feldman (Herndon, Virginia); Bobby Gintz (Knoxville, Tennessee); Kyungnam Kim (Herndon, Virginia); Robert G. Palmer, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bennett Wilburn (Bejing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for combining multiple video streams are provided. Video feeds are received from multiple optical sensors, and homography information and/or corner metadata is calculated for each frame from each video stream. This data is used to mosaic the separate frames into a single video frame. Local translation of each image may also be used to synchronize the video frames. The optical sensors can be provided by an airborne platform, such as a manned or unmanned surveillance vehicle. Image data can be requested from a ground operator, and transmitted from the airborne platform to the user in real time or at a later time. Various data arrangements may be used by an aggregation system to serialize and/or multiplex image data received from multiple sensor modules. Fixed-size record arrangement and variable-size record arrangement systems are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/674561 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369460 | Su |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A simplified, highly accurate, and real-time constellation pattern recognition and classification device for a software-defined communications apparatus is provided. The constellation pattern recognition and classification device includes an r(k) input, a group of test functions, a means for estimating, a means for calculating, a means for selecting the optimal test function, a means for signal processing, and a means for classifying a pattern that substantially decreases the amount of current constellation pattern calculations and intensive computational requirements and provides a real-time rapid response that improves performance of the software-defined communications apparatus. The present invention also includes a simplified, highly accurate, and real-time constellation pattern recognition and classification article of manufacture with a storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for a software-defined communications system and a method for highly accurate and real-time reduced complexity constellation pattern recognition and classification for a software-defined communications system. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454492 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369567 | Buck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heidi Buck (San Diego, California); Bryan Bagnall (San Diego, California); Elan Sharghi (San Diego, California); John Stastny (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heidi Buck (San Diego, California); Bryan Bagnall (San Diego, California); Elan Sharghi (San Diego, California); John Stastny (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for automatically detecting and mapping fires based on information extracted from commercial overhead EO/IR imagery, creating geo-referenced files which can be opened in most common geographic information system (GIS) software packages. The method creates a shapefile (*.shp & *.shx) and a Google Earth file (*.kmz) which contain the outlines of the areas from the image being processed with active fire in them, which types of files are typically very small compared to the size of the image file being processed. The method utilizes algorithms designed to process information contained in multi-spectral electro-optical imagery to classify pixels as ‘fire’ or ‘non-fire’. The method also has the ability to identify the approximate length, width, and area of the fires detected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777349 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369606 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan Liu (Milpitas, California); Ying Zhang (Cupertino, California); Gabriel Hoffmann (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Liu (Milpitas, California); Ying Zhang (Cupertino, California); Gabriel Hoffmann (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for aligning maps using polyline matching is provided. A global map and a local map are represented as polyline maps including a plurality of line segments. One or more approximate matches between the polyline maps are identified. One or more refined matches are determined from the approximate matches. The global map and the local map are aligned at the one or more refined matches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841092 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369915 | Kuech et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Nirmala Ramanujam (Durham, North Carolina); Leon McCaughan (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Nirmala Ramanujam (Durham, North Carolina); Leon McCaughan (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic probe having one or more photodetectors bound thereto is provided. By directly integrating thin, flexible photodetectors with an optical fiber, the probes provide a compact structure that increases throughput and decreases cost, making it practical for a clinical use. In some embodiments, the fiber optic probes are small enough for insertion into the shaft of a needle, such as a biopsy needle. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/613715 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370074 | Trabanino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides computer-implemented methods and apparatus implementing a hierarchical protocol using multiscale molecular dynamics and molecular modeling methods to predict the presence of transmembrane regions in proteins, such as G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and protein structural models generated according to the protocol. The protocol features a coarse grain sampling method, such as hydrophobicity analysis, to provide a fast and accurate procedure for predicting transmembrane regions. Methods and apparatus of the invention are useful to screen protein or polynucleotide databases for encoded proteins with transmembrane regions, such as GPCRs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/606605 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370091 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Christopher Reed (El Segundo, California); Tom R. Newbauer (Claremont, California); Richard Briët (Cypress, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Christopher Reed (El Segundo, California); Tom R. Newbauer (Claremont, California); Richard Briët (Cypress, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer-implemented systems and methods for detecting ESD on a surface and determining an origination location of the ESD. A programmed computer device monitors time-varying current data related to the surface to detect ESD on the surface. The current profile for the surface may be compared to a catalog of ESD current profiles, where each ESD current profile in the catalog corresponds to a different location on the surface. The location on the surface whose corresponding ESD current profile best matches the actual current profile from the ESD may be determined to be the origination location of the ESD. Moderately different processes may be used to determine the ESD origination location depending on whether the surface is symmetrical or irregular, flat or curved, etc. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/808000 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370101 | Torres |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Anthony Torres (Newbury Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Anthony Torres (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to a circuit card assembly testing system for testing and troubleshooting new and failed circuit card assemblies. Specifically, circuit card assemblies that are part of a guided missile and launcher test set are tested using a board testing system (BTS), the preferred embodiment, to isolate faults or to verify final assembly. The BTS is used for testing and troubleshooting a wide variety of circuit card assemblies at the end of final assembly and upon their return as a failed item from the field. The BTS is designed to rapidly isolate faults in failed circuit card assemblies that have been returned to a maintenance facility by providing an improved means of fault isolation. The BTS is designed to aid in the production of circuit card assemblies by providing an improved means of rapidly verifying the proper operation of circuit boards after final assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/127129 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370123 | Cutts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Cutts (New London, New Hampshire); Robert Schmidt (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Cutts (New London, New Hampshire); Robert Schmidt (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for simulating a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, if a client based model is not available, the server supplies a software agent to replace the inputs and outputs normally associated with that portion of the overall simulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/187700 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370413 | Fleizach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Fleizach (San Diego, California); Ralph Hunt (San Marcos, California); Michael Anderson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Fleizach (San Diego, California); Ralph Hunt (San Marcos, California); Michael Anderson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) no-multiply filter (NMF), which replaces complex multiplications with phase additions. At each tap in the FIR filter, only phases are accumulated and at the output the complex result is reconstructed in I/Q. Noise dither is relied upon to smooth the digitized phase resolution. The NMF is ideally suited to a matched filtering scenario for constant modulus signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715584 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370466 | Verma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dinesh Verma (Mount Kisco, New York); Graham Anthony Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dinesh Verma (Mount Kisco, New York); Graham Anthony Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | An operator guidance system is provided for an administrator managing a computer network such as a distributed computer system. Fault events reported by a fault management system in the network are enhanced to include topology information about other nodes (such as neighbor nodes, path nodes and/or service nodes) that may have been responsible for the fault. The enhanced events are correlated with configuration commands used in the past to correct faults. A set of guidance rules are developed based on the actions that were taken by the operator in handling previous faults of a similar nature. The guidance rules can be displayed to the administrator to facilitate network fault resolution. Using a set of predefined policies, some of the corrective actions can be performed automatically. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/177973 |
| ART UNIT | 2452 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370812 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling processing graphs in an information processing system, includes: performing, in an offline manner, translating a plurality of component descriptions into a planning language and performing reasoning on the plurality of component descriptions during the translation; and performing, in an online manner, receiving a processing request that specifies a desired processing outcome; translating the processing request into a planning goal; and assembling a plurality of processing graphs, each of the processing graphs including a plurality of the translated and reasoned components that satisfy the desired processing outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695349 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370855 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for managing a process-to-process intra-cluster communication request. A call from a first application is received in a first operating system in a first data processing system. The first operating system passes the call from the first operating system to a first host fabric interface controller in the first data processing system without processing the call. The first host fabric interface controller processes the call without intervention by the first operating system to determine a second data processing system in the plurality of data processing systems with which the call is associated. The first host fabric interface controller initiates an intra-cluster connection to a second host fabric interface controller in the second data processing system. The first host fabric interface controller then transfers the call to the second host fabric interface controller in the second data processing system via the intra-cluster connection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/342616 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE43983 | Palmese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Giuseppe Raffaello Palmese (Hainesport, New Jersey); John Joseph La Scala (Bear, Delaware); James Matthew Sands (Kingsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giuseppe Raffaello Palmese (Hainesport, New Jersey); John Joseph La Scala (Bear, Delaware); James Matthew Sands (Kingsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-modal vinyl ester resins having one or more of good fracture toughness, good processing viscosity, and low volatile organic compound emissions are provided. The multi-modal vinyl ester resins are the reaction product of a liquid or crystalline epoxy and an amorphous, solid epoxy, as determined at 25° C., with a vinyl carboxylic acid. The multi-modal vinyl ester resins may contain a reactive diluent, though generally, lower reactive diluent contents are required for such resins than for similar, commercially available vinyl ester resins. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 12/943598 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08366271 | Izatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Yuankai K. Tao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cynthia A. Toth (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Yuankai K. Tao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cynthia A. Toth (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A surgical microscope assembly includes a microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics. The microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics define a viewing beam path that passes from a sample through the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The assembly includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) unit having an illumination beam and a collection beam and a beamsplitter between the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The beamsplitter is configured to direct a portion of light from the microscope main objective to the microscope imaging optics and to direct another portion of light from the microscope main objective to the OCT unit collection beam. The beamsplitter is further configured to direct an illumination beam from the OCT unit to the microscope main objective and to the sample. A beam forming unit is between the OCT unit and the beamsplitter. The beam forming unit is configured to form the illumination beam of the OCT unit so as to generally correspond to a size of the microscope main objective. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010497 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366627 | Kashif et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faisal Mahmood Kashif (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas Heldt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George Cheeran Verghese (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Faisal Mahmood Kashif (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas Heldt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George Cheeran Verghese (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems, devices, and methods described herein provide for the estimation and monitoring of cerebrovascular system properties and intracranial pressure (ICP) from one or more measurements or measured signals. These measured signals may include central or peripheral arterial blood pressure (ABP), and cerebral blood flow (CBF) or cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV). The measured signals may be acquired noninvasively or minimally-invasively. The measured signals may be used to estimate parameters and variables of a computational model that is representative of the physiological relationships among the cerebral flows and pressures. The computational model may include at least one resistive element, at least one compliance element, and a representation of ICP. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555713 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366704 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Clemens Alt (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Clemens Alt (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for applying radiation to the retina of a patient. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a radiation source for generating a radiation beam suitable for absorption by retinal pigment epithelial cells. One or more optical components are included to direct the beam onto the retina. A scanner is optically coupled to the radiation source to control movement of the beam in two dimensions to allow a scan over the retina. A controller applies control signals to the scanner to adjust beam movement to illuminate a plurality of retinal locations in a temporal sequence according to a predefined pattern. The device can be operated in one mode to effect selective targeting of retinal pigment epithelial cells, or in another mode to effect thermal photocoagulation of the retina. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480955 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366755 | Brainard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progressive Lighting and Radiometrics, LLC (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves a light system for stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals based upon the discovery of peak sensitivity ranging from 425-505 nm; a light meter system for quantifying light which stimulates or regulates mammalian circadian, photoneural, and neuroendocrine systems. The present invention also relates to translucent and transparent materials, and lamps or other light sources with or without filters capable of stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals. Additionally, the present invention involves treatment of mammals with a wide variety of disorders or deficits, including light responsive disorders, eating disorders, menstrual cycle disorders, non-specific alerting and performance deficits, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657533 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Stone (Twisp, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Stone (Twisp, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxidatively carbonatable composition, a paste for forming an oxidatively carbonated composition, an oxidatively carbonated composition, methods of making an oxidatively carbonated composition, and articles formed from an oxidatively carbonated composition. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/376791 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366899 | Albrecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Albrecht (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Albrecht (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to devices and methods for the separation of species, including biological species. Some embodiments involve the use of free flow isoelectric focusing (FF-IEF) devices in the separation of a mixture of species. Various device configurations and/or features may enhance the performance of the devices, providing faster and more efficient devices and methods for separating mixtures of species with high resolution. In some embodiments, separation of a mixture of species may be achieved with high resolution and with short sample residence times. Such devices may provide simplified, inexpensive, and optionally disposable devices for the separation of chemical and biological species and may optionally be integrated with orthogonal separation techniques, such as SDS-PAGE or capillary electrophoresis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666113 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/548 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366995 | McLaren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sterilucent, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483014 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367037 | Byrd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Byrd (Columbus, Ohio); David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey); Hans J. Hansen (Picayune, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Byrd (Columbus, Ohio); David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey); Hans J. Hansen (Picayune, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions that include anti-CD74 immunoconjugates and optionally a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent. In preferred embodiments, the immunoconjugates comprise one or more anti-CD74 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, conjugated to a liposome or micelle. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the immunoconjugates and using the immunoconjugates in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In certain preferred embodiments, the therapeutic methods comprise administering to a subject with a CD74-expressing disease an anti-CD74 immunoconjugate and thereby inducing apoptosis of CD74-expressing cells. In more preferred embodiments, the CD74 immunoconjugate is capable of inducing cell death in the absence of any other therapeutic agent, although such agents may be optionally administered prior to, together with or subsequent to administration of the anti-CD74 immunoconjugate. The compositions may be part of a kit for administering the anti-CD74 immunoconjugates or compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/347934 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.210 |
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| US 08367055 | Talaat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adel M. Talaat (Madison, Wisconsin); Bassam Abomoelak (Madison, Wisconsin); Sarah K. Ward (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adel M. Talaat (Madison, Wisconsin); Bassam Abomoelak (Madison, Wisconsin); Sarah K. Ward (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of preparing mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with one or more disrupted genes are presented, where the disrupted genes include ctpV, rv0990c, rv0971c, and/or rv0348. Compositions containing mutants with attenuated virulence and pathogenesis, which are capable of stimulation of an immune response against tuberculosis, are described. Compositions and methods relating to immunogenic compositions, which include an attenuated M. tb strain in which the M. tb genome includes a disruption of at least one of the ctpV gene, the rv0990c gene, the rv0971c gene, and the rv0348 gene, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/800374 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367074 | Skiadopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mario H. Skiadopoulos (Potomac, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario H. Skiadopoulos (Potomac, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) viruses and related immunogenic compositions and methods are provided. The recombinant HPIV2 viruses, including HPIV2 chimeric and chimeric vector viruses, provided according to the invention are infectious and attenuated in permissive mammalian subjects, including humans, and are useful in immunogenic compositions for eliciting an immune responses against one or more PIVs, against one or more non-PIV pathogens, or against a PIV and a non-PIV pathogen. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a recombinant HPIV2 genome or antigenome. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/863196 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367078 | Sayeski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter P. Sayeski (Gainesville, Florida); György M. Keserü (Telki, Hungary) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter P. Sayeski (Gainesville, Florida); György M. Keserü (Telki, Hungary) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to kinase inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disorders, especially cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/663521 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367098 | Maguire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitchell Thorn (Astoria, New York); Naomi Rutenberg (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Population Council, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin A. Maguire (Ossining, New York); Mitchell Thorn (Astoria, New York); David M. Phillips (Piermont, New York); Naomi Rutenberg (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified antiretroviral agents comprising NNRTIs and NRTIs. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587405 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367113 | Gu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank X. Gu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Benjamin A. Teply (Omaha, Nebraska); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank X. Gu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Benjamin A. Teply (Omaha, Nebraska); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to polymers and macromolecules, in particular, to block polymers useful in particles such as nanoparticles. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of developing nanoparticles with desired properties. In one set of embodiments, the method includes producing libraries of nanoparticles having highly controlled properties, which can be formed by mixing together two or more macromolecules in different ratios. One or more of the macromolecules may be a polymeric conjugate of a moiety to a biocompatible polymer. In some cases, the nanoparticle may contain a drug. The moiety, in some embodiments, may have a molecular weight greater than about 1000 Da; for example, the moiety may include a polypeptide or a polynucleotide, such as an aptamer. The moiety may also be a targeting moiety, an imaging moiety, a chelating moiety, a charged moiety, or a therapeutic moiety. Another aspect of the invention is directed to systems and methods of producing such polymeric conjugates. In some embodiments, a solution containing a polymer is contacted with a liquid, such as an immiscible liquid, to form nanoparticles containing the polymeric conjugate. Other aspects of the invention are directed to methods using such libraries, methods of using or administering such polymeric conjugates, methods of promoting the use of such polymeric conjugates, kits involving such polymeric conjugates, or the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803843 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367121 | Mazzio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabeth Anne Mazzio (Tallahassee, Florida); Karam F Soliman (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Anne Mazzio (Tallahassee, Florida); Karam F Soliman (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes a comprehensive nutraceutical designed to antagonize major mitigating factors to the degenerative process associated with Parkinson's disease. The formulation is comprised of a primary base of pyruvate, succinate, α-Ketoglutarate and/or oxaloacetate, niacin/NADH, fruit extracts, anthocyanins, further combined with specific macro/micronutrients, trace elements, amino acids, flavonoids and concentrated plant sources. The nutraceutical contains all natural substances that should mitigate many of the neurodegenerative processes known to be associated with PD. Mechanisms addressed are to prevent the loss of ATP/by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium rotenone, scavenge hydrogen peroxide/O2.−, augment antioxidant enzymes, prevent dopamine (DA) oxidation to DA-quinone via inhibition of COX, PLA2, LOX, xanthine oxidase, tyrosinase, prevent hyperhomocysteinemia, antagonize PARP-1 apoptosis, increase blood flow, glucose and oxygen delivery to the brain, potentiate mitochondrial function, antagonize glia iNOS and MAO or its products, chelate redox-active iron, inhibit heme oxygenase-1, inhibit alpha-synuclein aggregation, augment ATP storage, mediate anti-inflammatory effects via inhibition of PDE, MAPK p38/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase/PGE2, antagonize excitotoxicity and downregulate N-methyltransferase, all of which contribute toward PD pathology. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658307 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/641 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367313 | Travis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander J. Travis (Ithaca, New York); Gregory S. Kopf (Leawood, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander J. Travis (Ithaca, New York); Gregory S. Kopf (Leawood, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes unique patterns of distribution of ganglioside GM1 in non-capacitated sperm and demonstrates that the pattern of distribution of GM1 undergoes changes that can be correlated with the process of capacitation and/or with acrosomal exocytosis. Accordingly, the present invention discloses a method for determining the ability of sperm to respond to capacitation and/or acrosomal exocytosis stimuli. The method comprises determination of distribution pattern for GM1. The method can be used for both diagnostic and predictive purposes when assessing male reproductive fitness, and can also be used to assess the effects of any agent or environment on sperm including cryoprotective agents and protocols, and contraceptive agents. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714858 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367314 | Chilkoti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An article such as a biosensor having a nonfouling surface thereon is described. The article comprises: (a) a substrate having a surface portion; (b) a linking layer on the surface portion; (c) a polymer layer comprising brush molecules formed on the linking layer; and (d) optionally but preferably, a first member of a specific binding pair (e.g., a protein, peptide, antibody, nucleic acid, etc.) coupled to the brush molecules. The polymer layer is preferably formed by the process of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) of monomeric units thereon. Preferably, each of the monomeric units comprises a monomer (for example, a vinyl monomer) core group having at least one protein-resistant head group coupled thereto, to thereby form the brush molecule on the surface portion. Methods of using the articles are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/644197 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367322 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Jianzhao Kiu (Boston, Massachusetts); Brian W. Kirk (New York, New York); Monib Zirvi (Willingboro, New Jersey); Norman P. Gerry (Boston, Massachusetts); Philip B. Paty (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Jianzhao Kiu (Boston, Massachusetts); Brian W. Kirk (New York, New York); Monib Zirvi (Willingboro, New Jersey); Norman P. Gerry (Boston, Massachusetts); Philip B. Paty (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of assembling genomic maps of an organism's DNA or portions thereof. A library of an organism's DNA is provided where the individual genomic segments or sequences are found on more than one clone in the library. Representations of the genome are created, and nucleic acid sequence information is generated from the representations. The sequence information is analyzed to determine clone overlap from a representation. The clone overlap and sequence information from different representations is combined to assemble a genomic map of the organism. Once the genomic map is obtained, genomic sequence information from multiple individuals can be applied to the map and compared with one another to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms. These single nucleotide polymorphisms can be detected, and alleles quantified, by conducting (1) a global PCR amplification which creates a genome representation, and (2) a ligation detection reaction process whose ligation products are captured by hybridization to a support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/198235 |
| 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 08367334 | Pugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Franklin Pugh (State College, Pennsylvania); Ho Sung Rhee (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Franklin Pugh (State College, Pennsylvania); Ho Sung Rhee (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and kits for detecting protein-nucleic acid interactions, in particular, detecting the genomic location to near-base pair resolution at which a particular protein (e.g., transcription factor) binds includes combining steps of a conventional chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay with use of an exonuclease that digests nucleic acid strands in the 5′-3′ or 3′-5′ direction until it reaches a bound protein including a protein crosslinked to the nucleic acid. Proteins that inefficiently crosslink to a nucleic acid and thus are very difficult to detect, are expected to be significantly detected by the kits and methods described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817027 |
| 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 08367340 | Carrier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | France Carrier (Silver Spring, Maryland); Narasimharoa Nalabothula (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | France Carrier (Silver Spring, Maryland); Narasimharoa Nalabothula (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of predicting cell response to drug-based therapy using both PCR-Stop assays and real time PCR assays. Methods herein may be used for assessment of drug effect, evaluation of regimen suitability for a given patient, and/or for determination of an optimal drug dose. Also provided are isolated oligonucleotide primers such as primers capable of annealing under PCR conditions to a segment of a c-myc locus, where the primers may be used in the disclosed methods. Further disclosed are kits and systems that may be used for predicting a cell response to drug-based therapy. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630022 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367344 | Reuther |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Willard Reuther (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Willard Reuther (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed in a method of detecting cancer using IL-27 receptors. IL27R is a cytokine receptor identified as a novel oncogene from an acute myeloid leukemia patient. It induces cancer-like properties when expressed in cells and can activate a protein that causes various myeloid cell disorders. The data show cytokine receptors play unappreciated roles in mediating activation of signaling pathways in circulatory system cancers. Also method of screening for novel oncogenes using a functional, approach is disclosed using cytokine-dependent cells to screen for transforming events. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761649 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367352 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhigang He (Boston, Massachusetts); Kevin Park (Boston, Massachusetts); Kai Liu (Boston, Massachusetts); Yang Hu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhigang He (Boston, Massachusetts); Kevin Park (Boston, Massachusetts); Kai Liu (Boston, Massachusetts); Yang Hu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Survival of, or axon regeneration in a lesioned mature central nervous system (CNS) neuron is promoted by (a) contacting the neuron with a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous activator of protein translation; and (b) detecting the resultant promotion of the survival of, or axon regeneration in the neuron. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479805 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367364 | McGrath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia McGrath (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wen Lin Seng (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia McGrath (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wen Lin Seng (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of screening an agent for an activity in an isolated organ, e.g., eye, from a teleost, e.g., zebrafish. Methods of isolating eyes from zebrafish are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in the isolated eye are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in a model of ocular disease or disorder are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in the isolated eye and for screening the agent for cell death and/or toxic activity in the eye or other organ or tissue are provided. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening agents for an activity in isolated eyes of zebrafish in multi-well plates. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037104 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367366 | Tackett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan J. Tackett (Little Rock, Arkansas); Nathan L. Avaritt (Little Rock, Arkansas); Lauren P. Blair (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Tackett (Little Rock, Arkansas); Nathan L. Avaritt (Little Rock, Arkansas); Lauren P. Blair (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and kits for characterizing the activity of a methyltransferase or demethylase. The method involves enzymatically methylating or demethylating in vitro a substrate that is a peptide fragment of a full-length polypeptide, and then non-enzymatically methylating the peptide substrate with methyl groups that differ in molecular weight from the enzymatically added or removed methyl groups. Typically, deuterated or 13C formaldehyde is used to non-enzymatically methylate the substrate. The fully methylated substrate is then characterized by mass spectrometry to determine the ratio of enzymatically produced nonmethyl, monomethyl, and dimethyl residues on the peptide. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960486 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367401 | Lemon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley M. Lemon (Galveston, Texas); MinKyung Yi (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley M. Lemon (Galveston, Texas); MinKyung Yi (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975658 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367415 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juhua Zhou (Lexington, South Carolina); Mitzi Nagarkatti (Columbia, South Carolina); Prakash Nagarkatti (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juhua Zhou (Lexington, South Carolina); Mitzi Nagarkatti (Columbia, South Carolina); Prakash Nagarkatti (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a predisposition to breast cancer in a subject is provided. The method includes detecting in a biological sample from the subject one or more polymorphisms in the sequence of CD44 gene. The presence of one or more polymorphisms in the sequence of CD44 gene indicates that the subject has a predisposition for developing breast cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555128 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367588 | Tsao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (Merced, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (Merced, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to posttranslational modification of phage-displayed polypeptides. These displayed polypeptides comprise at least one unnatural amino acid, e.g., an aryl-azide amino acid such as p-azido-L-phenylalanine, or an alkynyl-amino acid such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine, which are incorporated into the phage-displayed fusion polypeptide at a selected position by using an in vivo orthogonal translation system comprising a suitable orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and a suitable orthogonal tRNA species. These unnatural amino acids advantageously provide targets for posttranslational modifications such as azide-alkyne [3+2]cycloaddition reactions and Staudinger modifications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992341 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367609 | Detmar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Detmar (Boppelsen, Switzerland); Kentaro Kajiya (Schweiz, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Detmar (Boppelsen, Switzerland); Kentaro Kajiya (Schweiz, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | This application features methods of treating (e.g., reducing, ameliorating, or preventing) skin damage (e.g., induced by UVB) by decreasing the level or activity of VEGF-A, e.g., in the skin, of a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/654776 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367621 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Tambet Teesalu (Goleta, California); Kazuki Sugahara (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Tambet Teesalu (Goleta, California); Kazuki Sugahara (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to tissue experiencing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/355672 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367625 | Aggen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Bradley Aggen (Burlingame, California); Martin Sheringham Linsell (San Mateo, California); Adam Aaron Goldblum (Berkeley, California); Darin James Hildebrandt (Mountain View, California); Timothy Robert Kane (Moss Beach, California); Paola Dozzo (San Francisco, California); Micah James Gliedt (Sunnyvale, California); Heinz Ernst Moser (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Achaogen, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Bradley Aggen (Burlingame, California); Martin Sheringham Linsell (San Mateo, California); Adam Aaron Goldblum (Berkeley, California); Darin James Hildebrandt (Mountain View, California); Timothy Robert Kane (Moss Beach, California); Paola Dozzo (San Francisco, California); Micah James Gliedt (Sunnyvale, California); Heinz Ernst Moser (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds having antibacterial activity are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein Q1, Q2, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082141 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367627 | Sullenger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Juliana M. Layzer (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher P. Rusconi (Durham, North Carolina); Sabah Oney (Durham, North Carolina); Nanette L. S. Que-Gewirth (Buffalo, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Juliana M. Layzer (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher P. Rusconi (Durham, North Carolina); Sabah Oney (Durham, North Carolina); Nanette L. S. Que-Gewirth (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Focused aptamer libraries are constructed in accordance with a proteome (i.e., complex mixture of native biomolecules). The libraries may be screened to identify one or more candidate aptamers with desired biological activities other than specific binding to a target. Aptamers which are selected or derivatives thereof may be used for those specific activities in biological systems. Any combination of deconvoluting a focused library (functional profiling), increasing frequencies of particular aptamers in a focused library (Laser SELEX), and decreasing frequencies of particular aptamers in a focused library (DeSELEX) may be performed prior to assaying biological activity. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992125 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367630 | Tian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xianbin Tian (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Peijin Zhang (Apex, North Carolina); Kim L. R. Brouwer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xianbin Tian (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Peijin Zhang (Apex, North Carolina); Kim L. R. Brouwer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of screening a candidate compound for susceptibility to biliary excretion by a hepatocyte transport protein. In some embodiments the method can comprise inhibiting expression of the transport protein. Expression of the transport protein can be inhibited through introduction of a RNA having a sequence corresponding to a coding strand of the gene encoding the transport protein into the hepatocyte. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550109 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367639 | Kilck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. The hydrogel may contain covalent and non-covalent crosslinks. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814826 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367643 | Voelker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis R. Voelker (Greenwood Village, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis R. Voelker (Greenwood Village, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods to inhibit inflammation or pathogen infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention also relates to methods to prevent or inhibit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention further relates to compositions comprising randomly mixed surfactant lipids and methods to produce the compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/057967 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367644 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Sante Fe, California); Maurizio Pellecchia (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Sante Fe, California); Maurizio Pellecchia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for treating cancer in a mammal comprising contacting the cancer cells with a compound which is a apogossypol, derivative. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900319 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367655 | Rajagopalan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parthasarathi Rajagopalan (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Daya Drug Discoveries, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parthasarathi Rajagopalan (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses pyridoindolobenzox- and thiazepine compositions of Formula 1, wherein A is —CH(R9)—X—, —XCH(R9)—; —CO—X— or —X—CO—; X is —O—, —S—, —SO—, or —SO2—. Y is a single bond or a double bond. D and E are independently —(CH2)n—; and ‘n’ varies from 0 to 2. R1 to R9 are various electron donating, electron withdrawing, hydrophilic, or lipophilic groups selected to optimize the physicochemical and biological properties of compounds of Formula I. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/803701 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/211.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367669 | Oates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Oates (Nashville, Tennessee); L. Jackson Roberts, II (Gallatin, Tennessee); Ned A. Porter (Franklin, Tennessee); Olivier Boutaud (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Oates (Nashville, Tennessee); L. Jackson Roberts, II (Gallatin, Tennessee); Ned A. Porter (Franklin, Tennessee); Olivier Boutaud (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds for the treatment or prevention of oxidative damage in a mammalian subject. The treatment and/or prevention may be on inhibiting heme-induced lipid peroxidation. Also discloses are methods and compounds for treating or preventing isoprostane-mediated tissue damage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/056245 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367672 | Watterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda J. Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch, France); Anastasia Velentza (San Diego, California); Wenhui Hu (Guangzhou, Switzerland); Magdalena Zasadzki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universite de Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda J. Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch, France); Anastasia Velentza (San Diego, California); Wenhui Hu (Guangzhou, Switzerland); Magdalena Zasadzki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel chemical compounds and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the invention provides pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives and compositions comprising the same, for modulation of cellular pathways (e.g., signal transduction pathways), for treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), for research, drug screening, and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666803 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367714 | Bornhop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Mingfeng Bai (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania); Nephi Stella (Seattle, Washington); Eric Stern (Saint-Quentin, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Mingfeng Bai (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania); Nephi Stella (Seattle, Washington); Eric Stern (Saint-Quentin, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the following formula: wherein X is H or substituted with with at least one X being substituted; and halo is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine; and stereoisomers and conjugable analogs thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/200732 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367815 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase L. Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase L. Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an improved design for the construction of extensible nucleic acid-based, ligand-controlled regulatory systems, and the nucleic acid regulatory systems resulting therefrom. The invention contemplates improving the design of the switches (ligand-controlled regulatory systems) through the design of an information transmission domain (ITD). The improved ITD eliminates free-floating ends of the switching and the competing strands, and localizes competitive hybridization events to a contiguous strand of competing and switching strands in a strand-displacement mechanism-based switch, thereby improving the kinetics of strand-displacement. The improved regulatory systems have many uses in various biological systems, including gene expression control or ligand-concentration sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/284154 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368889 | Schwiegerling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James T. Schwiegerling (Tucson, Arizona); Eustace Dereniak (Tucson, Arizona); Michael W. Kudenov (Tucson, Arizona); Haitao Luo (New York, New York); Kazuhiko Oka (Hokkaido, Japan); Edward A. DeHoog (Long Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Schwiegerling (Tucson, Arizona); Eustace Dereniak (Tucson, Arizona); Michael W. Kudenov (Tucson, Arizona); Haitao Luo (New York, New York); Kazuhiko Oka (Hokkaido, Japan); Edward A. DeHoog (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging polarimeter optics unit comprising: a first polarization-sensitive beam-splitter optic, a retarder, a second polarization-sensitive beam-splitter optic, and an analyzer, through which input light passes in sequence, wherein the retarder and polarization-sensitive beam-splitters cause the input light to have optical components that provide different information about the state of polarization of the input beam is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595079 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368897 | Reilly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael T. Reilly (Manchester, Connecticut); Ernest F. Guignon (Canton, Connecticut); George N. Gibson (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ciencia, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Reilly (Manchester, Connecticut); Ernest F. Guignon (Canton, Connecticut); George N. Gibson (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An instrument for measuring and analyzing surface plasmon resonance on a sensor surface has a polarized light source optically connected to the sensor surface by a plurality of optical elements, including in one embodiment an optical telescope that transfers light from a rotatable reflecting surface to the sensor surface. Selective positioning of a cylindrical lens into a first position within the path of light transforms collimated light to a rectangular wedge that is incident upon the sensor surface at numerous angles. In another embodiment, the light source is operated as a laser to excite fluorescence on the sensor surface and the fluorescence is selectively directed to a detector by appropriate optical elements positioned in specific configurations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/545656 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369926 | Lang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly in a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern of the joint to assess the effect of movement on cartilage wear. Changes in the thickness of cartilage over time can be determined so that therapies can be provided. Information on thickness of cartilage and curvature of cartilage or subchondral bone can be used to plan therapy. Information on movement pattern can be used to plan therapy. Planning therapy may include generating one or more physical models. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017886 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369956 | Towe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce C. Towe (Mesa, Arizona); William E. Crisp (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C. Towe (Mesa, Arizona); William E. Crisp (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry, an acoustic transducer and a pair of electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/214077 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369957 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Talbot (Montrose, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); James Little (Saugus, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Talbot (Montrose, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); James Little (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A retinal prosthesis with an improved configuration by mounting necessary components within and surrounding the eye. The improved configuration better allows for the implantation of electronics within the delicate eye structure and further limits the necessary width of a thin film conductor passing through the sclera by use of a multiplexer external to the sclera and a demultiplexer internal to the sclera. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/004538 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370074 | Trabanino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides computer-implemented methods and apparatus implementing a hierarchical protocol using multiscale molecular dynamics and molecular modeling methods to predict the presence of transmembrane regions in proteins, such as G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and protein structural models generated according to the protocol. The protocol features a coarse grain sampling method, such as hydrophobicity analysis, to provide a fast and accurate procedure for predicting transmembrane regions. Methods and apparatus of the invention are useful to screen protein or polynucleotide databases for encoded proteins with transmembrane regions, such as GPCRs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/606605 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08365532 | Zuo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); John Charles Intile (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); John Charles Intile (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle includes an inlet, an outlet, and an axial centerline. A shroud surrounding the axial centerline extends from the inlet to the outlet and defines a circumference. The circumference proximate the inlet is greater than the circumference at a first point downstream of the inlet, and the circumference at the first point downstream of the inlet is less than the circumference at a second point downstream of the first point. A method for supplying a fuel through a nozzle directs a first airflow along a first path and a second airflow along a second path separate from the first path. The method further includes injecting the fuel into at least one of the first path or the second path and accelerating at least one of the first airflow or the second airflow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570678 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366398 | Kimmel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith D Kimmel (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith D Kimmel (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An air cooled turbine blade or vane of a spar and shell construction with the shell made from a high temperature resistant material that must be formed from an EDM process. The shell and the spar both have a number of hooks extending in a spanwise direction and forming a contact surface that is slanted such that a contact force increases as the engaging hooks move away from one another. The slanted contact surfaces on the hooks provides for an better seal and allows for twisting between the shell and the spar while maintaining a tight fit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795796 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366902 | Hawkes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grant L. Hawkes (Sugar City, Idaho); James E. O'Brien (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Carl M. Stoots (Idaho Falls, Idaho); J. Stephen Herring (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Richard A. Wood (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Carrington (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Richard D. Boardman (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant L. Hawkes (Sugar City, Idaho); James E. O'Brien (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Carl M. Stoots (Idaho Falls, Idaho); J. Stephen Herring (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Richard A. Wood (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Carrington (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Richard D. Boardman (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for producing syngas utilizing heat from thermochemical conversion of a carbonaceous fuel to support decomposition of at least one of water and carbon dioxide using one or more solid-oxide electrolysis cells. Simultaneous decomposition of carbon dioxide and water or steam by one or more solid-oxide electrolysis cells may be employed to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A portion of oxygen produced from at least one of water and carbon dioxide using one or more solid-oxide electrolysis cells is fed at a controlled flow rate in a gasifier or combustor to oxidize the carbonaceous fuel to control the carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide ratio produced. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/054269 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/637 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366974 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Josh Goldberger (Chicago, Illinois); Marina Sofos (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Josh Goldberger (Chicago, Illinois); Marina Sofos (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An article of manufacture and methods of making same. In one embodiment, the article of manufacture has a plurality of zinc oxide layers substantially in parallel, wherein each zinc oxide layer has a thickness d1, and a plurality of organic molecule layers substantially in parallel, wherein each organic molecule layer has a thickness d2 and a plurality of molecules with a functional group that is bindable to zinc ions, wherein for every pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers, one of the plurality of organic molecule layers is positioned in between the pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers to allow the functional groups of the plurality of organic molecules to bind to zinc ions in the neighboring zinc oxide layers to form a lamellar hybrid structure with a geometric periodicity d1+d2, and wherein d1 and d2 satisfy the relationship of d1≦d2≦3d1. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631633 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/519.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366979 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Georges A. Guiohon (Farragut, Tennessee); Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Georges A. Guiohon (Farragut, Tennessee); Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon monolith includes a robust carbon monolith characterized by a skeleton size of at least 100 nm, and a hierarchical pore structure having macropores and mesopores. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011554 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367001 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Shi-Wei Zhang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Shi-Wei Zhang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to luminescent and/or optically absorbing compositions and/or precursors to those compositions, including solid films incorporating these compositions/precursors, exhibiting increased luminescent lifetimes, quantum yields, enhanced stabilities and/or amplified emissions. The present invention also relates to sensors and methods for sensing analytes through luminescent and/or optically absorbing properties of these compositions and/or precursors. Examples of analytes detectable by the invention include electrophiles, alkylating agents, thionyl halides, and phosphate ester groups including phosphoryl halides, cyanides and thioates such as those found in certain chemical warfare agents. The present invention additionally relates to devices and methods for amplifying emissions, such as those produced using the above-described compositions and/or precursors, by incorporating the composition and/or precursor within a polymer having an energy migration pathway. In some cases, the compositions and/or precursors thereof include a compound capable of undergoing a cyclization reaction. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946685 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367027 | Sutton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Sutton (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin C. Ott (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Anthony K Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Sutton (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin C. Ott (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Anthony K Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of producing ammonia borane, comprising providing a reagent comprising a dehydrogenated material in a suitable solvent; and combining the reagent with a reducing agent comprising hydrazine, a hydrazine derivative, or combinations thereof, in a reaction which produces a mixture comprising ammonia borane. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762895 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367032 | Alford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael D. Diener (Boulder, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Michael Karpuk (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Frontier Carbon Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael D. Diener (Boulder, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Michael Karpuk (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this invention produce carbon nanomaterials including without limitation, soot, fullerenic soot, and fullerenes. The burners of the invention do not require premixing of the fuel and oxidizing gases and are suitable for use with low vapor pressure fuels such as those containing substantial amounts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The burners of the invention can operate with a hot (e.g., uncooled) burner surface and require little, if any, cooling or other forms of heat sinking. The burners of the invention comprise one or more refractory elements forming the outlet of the burner at which a flame can be established. The burners of the invention provide for improved flame stability, can be employed with a wider range of fuel/oxidizer (e.g., air) ratios and a wider range of gas velocities, and are generally more efficient than burners using water-cooled metal burner plates. The burners of the invention can also be operated to reduce the formation of undesirable soot deposits on the burner and on surfaces downstream of the burner. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/684319 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367034 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cobalt and molybdenum doped mesoporous silica catalysts and methods for using the catalysts to making Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The methods offer increased control over the orientation, length and diameter of the nanotubes produced. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628256 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367109 | Chidambaram et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Devicharan Chidambaram (Middle Island, New York); Ying Liu (Stony Brook, New York); Miriam H. Rafailovich (Plainview, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devicharan Chidambaram (Middle Island, New York); Ying Liu (Stony Brook, New York); Miriam H. Rafailovich (Plainview, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to porous films comprising crosslinked electrospun hydrogel fibers. Viable microbes are encapsulated within the crosslinked electrospun hydrogel fibers. The crosslinked electrospun hydrogel fibers are water insoluble and permeable. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such porous films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420088 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367253 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zonghai Chen (Downers Grove, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U Chicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zonghai Chen (Downers Grove, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to the field of lithium rechargeable batteries, and more particularly relates to the positive electrode design of lithium-ion batteries with improved high-rate pulse overcharge protection. Thus the present invention provides electrochemical devices containing a cathode comprising at least one primary positive material and at least one secondary positive material; an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a redox shuttle additive; wherein the redox potential of the redox shuttle additive is greater than the redox potential of the primary positive material; the redox potential of the redox shuttle additive is lower than the redox potential of the secondary positive material; and the redox shuttle additive is stable at least up to the redox potential of the secondary positive material. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/345947 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367267 | Frey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Daniel M. Pierpont (North St. Paul, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Daniel M. Pierpont (North St. Paul, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane which comprises a highly fluorinated polymer electrolyte and at least one cerium oxide compound dispersed therein. In addition, a method of making a fuel cell polymer electrolyte membrane is provided comprising the steps of: a) providing a highly fluorinated polymer electrolyte comprising acidic functional groups; b) dispersing therein at least one cerium oxide in an amount so as to provide between 0.01 and 5 percent of the total weight of the polymer electrolyte membrane; and c) thereafter forming a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising said polymer electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/261053 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367305 | Wojciechowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth E. Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth E. Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed which calculates dimensions for a MEM resonator in terms of integer multiples of a grid width G for reticles used to fabricate the resonator, including an actual sub-width La=NG and an effective electrode width We=MG where N and M are integers which minimize a frequency error fe=fd−fa between a desired resonant frequency fd and an actual resonant frequency fa. The method can also be used to calculate an overall width Wo for the MEM resonator, and an effective electrode length Le which provides a desired motional impedance for the MEM resonator. The MEM resonator can then be fabricated using these values for La, We, Wo and Le. The method can also be applied to a number j of MEM resonators formed on a common substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/884237 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367416 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Kitchener, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Kitchener, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A nucleic acid enzyme comprises an oligonucleotide containing thymine bases. The nucleic acid enzyme is dependent on both Hg2+and a second ion as cofactors, to produce a product from a substrate. The substrate comprises a ribonucleotide, a deoxyribonucleotide, or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/672833 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367425 | Schabron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Schabron (Laramie, Wyoming); Joseph F. Rovani, Jr. (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Schabron (Laramie, Wyoming); Joseph F. Rovani, Jr. (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining asphaltene stability in a hydrocarbon-containing material having solvated asphaltenes therein is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, it involves the steps of: (a) precipitating an amount of the asphaltenes from a liquid sample of the hydrocarbon-containing material with an alkane mobile phase solvent in a column; (b) dissolving a first amount and a second amount of the precipitated asphaltenes by changing the alkane mobile phase solvent to a final mobile phase solvent having a solubility parameter that is higher than the alkane mobile phase solvent; (c) monitoring the concentration of eluted fractions from the column; (d) creating a solubility profile of the dissolved asphaltenes in the hydrocarbon-containing material; and (e) determining one or more asphaltene stability parameters of the hydrocarbon-containing material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/490316 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse D. Adams (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, On Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse D. Adams (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of detecting a chemical species with an oscillating cantilevered probe. A cantilevered beam is driven into oscillation with a drive mechanism coupled to the cantilevered beam. A free end of the oscillating cantilevered beam is tapped against a mechanical stop coupled to a base end of the cantilevered beam. An amplitude of the oscillating cantilevered beam is measured with a sense mechanism coupled to the cantilevered beam. A treated portion of the cantilevered beam is exposed to the chemical species, wherein the cantilevered beam bends when exposed to the chemical species. A second amplitude of the oscillating cantilevered beam is measured, and the chemical species is determined based on the measured amplitudes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/416852 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367462 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Suman Das (Atlanta, Georgia); Sheng Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dajun Yuan (Atlanta, Georgia); Rui Guo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yaguang Wei (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Suman Das (Atlanta, Georgia); Sheng Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dajun Yuan (Atlanta, Georgia); Rui Guo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yaguang Wei (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for growing a nanowire array, a photoresist layer is placed onto a nanowire growth layer configured for growing nanowires therefrom. The photoresist layer is exposed to a coherent light interference pattern that includes periodically alternately spaced dark bands and light bands along a first orientation. The photoresist layer exposed to the coherent light interference pattern along a second orientation, transverse to the first orientation. The photoresist layer developed so as to remove photoresist from areas corresponding to areas of intersection of the dark bands of the interference pattern along the first orientation and the dark bands of the interference pattern along the second orientation, thereby leaving an ordered array of holes passing through the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer and the nanowire growth layer are placed into a nanowire growth environment, thereby growing nanowires from the nanowire growth layer through the array of holes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091855 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367588 | Tsao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (Merced, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (Merced, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to posttranslational modification of phage-displayed polypeptides. These displayed polypeptides comprise at least one unnatural amino acid, e.g., an aryl-azide amino acid such as p-azido-L-phenylalanine, or an alkynyl-amino acid such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine, which are incorporated into the phage-displayed fusion polypeptide at a selected position by using an in vivo orthogonal translation system comprising a suitable orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and a suitable orthogonal tRNA species. These unnatural amino acids advantageously provide targets for posttranslational modifications such as azide-alkyne [3+2]cycloaddition reactions and Staudinger modifications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992341 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367839 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huaping Li (Goleta, California); Yunhua Xu (Hyattsville, Maryland); Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huaping Li (Goleta, California); Yunhua Xu (Hyattsville, Maryland); Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Tetrakis(1-imidazolyl)borate (BIm4) based zwitterionic and/or related molecules for the fabrication of PLEDs is provided. Device performances with these materials approaches that of devices with Ba/Al cathodes for which the cathode contact is ohmic. Methods of producing such materials, and electron injection layers and devices containing these materials are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/592761 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367976 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Ian Kennedy (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Board of Regents, The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Ian Kennedy (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of heating a sample on a microchip includes the steps of providing a microchannel flow channel in the microchip; positioning the sample within the microchannel flow channel, providing a laser that directs a laser beam onto the sample for heating the sample; providing the microchannel flow channel with a wall section that receives the laser beam and enables the laser beam to pass through wall section of the microchannel flow channel without being appreciably heated by the laser beam; and providing a carrier fluid in the microchannel flow channel that moves the sample in the microchannel flow channel wherein the carrier fluid is not appreciably heated by the laser beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331487 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368218 | Blizzard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Donald Blizzard (Bay City, Michigan); William Kenneth Weidner (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Donald Blizzard (Bay City, Michigan); William Kenneth Weidner (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An adhesive flexible barrier film comprises a substrate and a barrier layer disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is formed from a barrier composition comprising an organosilicon compound. The adhesive flexible barrier film also comprises an adhesive layer disposed on the barrier layer and formed from an adhesive composition. A method of forming the adhesive flexible barrier film comprises the steps of disposing the barrier composition on the substrate to form the barrier layer, disposing the adhesive composition on the barrier layer to form the adhesive layer, and curing the barrier layer and the adhesive layer. The adhesive flexible barrier film may be utilized in organic electronic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144395 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368315 | Gaines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Gaines (Glen Ellyn, New York); Bernd Clauberg (Schaumburg, Illinois); Josephus A. M. Van Erp (Asten, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Gaines (Glen Ellyn, New York); Bernd Clauberg (Schaumburg, Illinois); Josephus A. M. Van Erp (Asten, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | An LED lamp color control system and method including an LED lamp having an LED controller 58; and a plurality of LED channels 60 operably connected to the LED controller 58, each of the plurality of LED channels 60 having a channel switch 62 in series with at least one shunted LED circuit 83, the shunted LED circuit 83 having a shunt switch 68 in parallel with an LED source 80. The LED controller 58 determines whether the LED source 80 is in a feedback controllable range, stores measured optical flux for the LED source 80 when the LED source 80 is in the feedback controllable range, and bypasses storing the measured optical flux when the LED source 80 is not in the feedback controllable range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746551 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369480 | Barty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher P. J. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. J. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual isotope notch observer for isotope identification, assay and imaging with mono-energetic gamma-ray sources includes a detector arrangement consists of three detectors downstream from the object under observation. The latter detector, which operates as a beam monitor, is an integrating detector that monitors the total beam power arriving at its surface. The first detector and the middle detector each include an integrating detector surrounding a foil. The foils of these two detectors are made of the same atomic material, but each foil is a different isotope, e.g., the first foil may comprise U235 and second foil may comprise U238. The integrating detectors surrounding these pieces of foil measure the total power scattered from the foil and can be similar in composition to the final beam monitor. Non-resonant photons will, after calibration, scatter equally from both foils. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/506639 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369670 | Bermel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alejandro Rodriguez (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alejandro Rodriguez (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device is provided having a solid state nonlinear material with a nanostructured extent, in at least one dimension, that is less than about 10 nm or that is at a temperature of less than about 77 K. An electronic band gap, EGap, of the material is at least about twice as large as an energy of a photon with a wavelength, λ, equal to an operational wavelength of the device. The material is characterized by a switching figure of merit, ξ, having a value that is at least about 2π. A dielectric structure is around at least one dimension of the nonlinear material in a geometric arrangement having a characteristic photonic band gap that at least partially overlaps the electronic band gap of the material. At least one waveguide is disposed at the dielectric structure in sufficient proximity with the material for coupling light to the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596709 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370006 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pennsylvania); Wolfgang Daum (Erie, Pennsylvania); Tom Otsubo (Oak Grove, Missouri); John Erik Hershey (Ballston Lake, New York); Gerald James Hess (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pennsylvania); Wolfgang Daum (Erie, Pennsylvania); Tom Otsubo (Oak Grove, Missouri); John Erik Hershey (Ballston Lake, New York); Gerald James Hess (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the invention includes a system for operating a railway network comprising a first railway vehicle (400) during a trip along track segments (401/412/420). The system comprises a first element (65) for determining travel parameters of the first railway vehicle (400), a second element (65) for determining travel parameters of a second railway vehicle (418) relative to the track segments to be traversed by the first vehicle during the trip, a processor (62) for receiving information from the first (65) and the second (65) elements and for determining a relationship between occupation of a track segment (401/412/420) by the second vehicle (418) and later occupation of the same track segment by the first vehicle (400) and an algorithm embodied within the processor (62) having access to the information to create a trip plan that determines a speed trajectory for the first vehicle (400), wherein the speed trajectory is responsive to the relationship and further in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the first vehicle (400). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/608066 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370074 | Trabanino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides computer-implemented methods and apparatus implementing a hierarchical protocol using multiscale molecular dynamics and molecular modeling methods to predict the presence of transmembrane regions in proteins, such as G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and protein structural models generated according to the protocol. The protocol features a coarse grain sampling method, such as hydrophobicity analysis, to provide a fast and accurate procedure for predicting transmembrane regions. Methods and apparatus of the invention are useful to screen protein or polynucleotide databases for encoded proteins with transmembrane regions, such as GPCRs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/606605 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370551 | Ohmacht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method and computer program product for reducing the latency of signals communicated through a crossbar switch, the method including using at slave arbitration logic devices associated with Slave devices for which access is requested from one or more Master devices, two or more priority vector signals cycled among their use every clock cycle for selecting one of the requesting Master devices and updates the respective priority vector signal used every clock cycle. Similarly, each Master for which access is requested from one or more Slave devices, can have two or more priority vectors and can cycle among their use every clock cycle to further reduce latency and increase throughput performance via the crossbar. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684287 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370661 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda E. Peters (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda E. Peters (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for budget-based power consumption for application execution on a plurality of compute nodes that include: assigning an execution priority to each of one or more applications; executing, on the plurality of compute nodes, the applications according to the execution priorities assigned to the applications at an initial power level provided to the compute nodes until a predetermined power consumption threshold is reached; and applying, upon reaching the predetermined power consumption threshold, one or more power conservation actions to reduce power consumption of the plurality of compute nodes during execution of the applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557320 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nabil Simaan (Baltimore, Maryland); Russell H. Taylor (Severna Park, Maryland); Paul Flint (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory Chirikjian (Towson, Maryland); David Stein (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabil Simaan (Baltimore, Maryland); Russell H. Taylor (Severna Park, Maryland); Paul Flint (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory Chirikjian (Towson, Maryland); David Stein (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured are systems, devices and apparatuses for use in minimally invasive surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic methods and/or techniques, in particular methods and/or techniques for a mammalian throat. In particular embodiments, a dexterity apparatus including one or more dexterity devices is featured, where each of the dexterity devices comprises surgical tools and each is configured and arranged with end-tip dexterity for enhanced manipulation. A portion of the dexterity devices is snake like, which is re-configurable (i.e., can be bent) so as to in effect maneuver the surgical tool and put the tool in a desired position with respect to the surgical site. Another portion of the dexterity device includes the surgical tool thereby providing the capability of performing surgical actions such as sewing, gripping, soft tissue manipulation, cutting and suction of saliva, blood and other materials from the surgical site. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850821 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/490.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366755 | Brainard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progressive Lighting and Radiometrics, LLC (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves a light system for stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals based upon the discovery of peak sensitivity ranging from 425-505 nm; a light meter system for quantifying light which stimulates or regulates mammalian circadian, photoneural, and neuroendocrine systems. The present invention also relates to translucent and transparent materials, and lamps or other light sources with or without filters capable of stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals. Additionally, the present invention involves treatment of mammals with a wide variety of disorders or deficits, including light responsive disorders, eating disorders, menstrual cycle disorders, non-specific alerting and performance deficits, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657533 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08366974 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Josh Goldberger (Chicago, Illinois); Marina Sofos (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Josh Goldberger (Chicago, Illinois); Marina Sofos (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An article of manufacture and methods of making same. In one embodiment, the article of manufacture has a plurality of zinc oxide layers substantially in parallel, wherein each zinc oxide layer has a thickness d1, and a plurality of organic molecule layers substantially in parallel, wherein each organic molecule layer has a thickness d2 and a plurality of molecules with a functional group that is bindable to zinc ions, wherein for every pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers, one of the plurality of organic molecule layers is positioned in between the pair of neighboring zinc oxide layers to allow the functional groups of the plurality of organic molecules to bind to zinc ions in the neighboring zinc oxide layers to form a lamellar hybrid structure with a geometric periodicity d1+d2, and wherein d1 and d2 satisfy the relationship of d1≦d2≦3d1. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631633 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/519.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367034 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cobalt and molybdenum doped mesoporous silica catalysts and methods for using the catalysts to making Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The methods offer increased control over the orientation, length and diameter of the nanotubes produced. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628256 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367035 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Coskun Kocabas (Urbana, Illinois); Moonsub Shim (Savoy, Illinois); Seong Jun Kang (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Coskun Kocabas (Urbana, Illinois); Moonsub Shim (Savoy, Illinois); Seong Jun Kang (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides arrays of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes having specified positions, nanotube densities and orientations, and corresponding methods of making nanotube arrays using guided growth and guided deposition methods. Also provided are electronic devices and device arrays comprising one or more arrays of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes including multilayer nanotube array structures and devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596343 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367117 | Rafailovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miriam Rafailovich (Plainview, New York); Divya Bhatnagar (Stony Brook, New York); Mary K. Cowman (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York); Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miriam Rafailovich (Plainview, New York); Divya Bhatnagar (Stony Brook, New York); Mary K. Cowman (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydrogels formed from hyaluronic acid, a nanoclay and gelatin-type A. The hyaluronic acid is preferably dissolved in a cell culture medium containing amino acids, salts, glucose, vitamins and an antibiotic to form a hyaluronic acid solution. The gelatin-type A has a weight/volume of from about 0.02% to 0.08%. The nanoclay is exfoliated in deionized water and preferably includes SiO2, MgO, Na2O and Li2O. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/104605 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367386 | Farinas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edgardo Farinas (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California); Ulrich Schwaneberg (Ritterhude, Germany); Anton Glieder (Gieiadorf, Austria) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgardo Farinas (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California); Ulrich Schwaneberg (Ritterhude, Germany); Anton Glieder (Gieiadorf, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids encoding cytochrome P450 variants are provided. The cytochrome P450 variants of have a higher alkane-oxidation capability, alkene-oxidation capability, and/or a higher organic-solvent resistance than the corresponding wild-type or parent cytochrome P450 enzyme. A preferred wild-type cytochrome P450 is cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants include those having an improved capability to hydroxylate alkanes and epoxidate alkenes comprising less than 8 carbons, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to V78A, H236Q, and E252G of cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants also include those having an improved hydroxylation activity in solutions comprising co-solvents such as DMSO and THF, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to T235A, R471A, E494K, and S1024E of cytochrome P450 BM-3. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323398 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367416 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Kitchener, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Kitchener, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A nucleic acid enzyme comprises an oligonucleotide containing thymine bases. The nucleic acid enzyme is dependent on both Hg2+and a second ion as cofactors, to produce a product from a substrate. The substrate comprises a ribonucleotide, a deoxyribonucleotide, or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/672833 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367435 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Yichiun Chow (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jaebum Joo (Medford, Massachusetts); Manu Prakash (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Yichiun Chow (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jaebum Joo (Medford, Massachusetts); Manu Prakash (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, hydrothermal synthesis of zinc oxide nanowires is morphologically controlled. Metal complex ions are used to suppress growth in a face-selective manner, by electrostatic crystal growth inhibition. This permits the aspect ratio (height/diameter) of the nanowires to be dynamically tuned over a wide range, from needle-like nanowires that are efficient field emitters to flattened nanowires with a platelet-like shape. The nanowire synthesis is all inorganic and occurs at low temperatures (e.g., <=60° C.). The growth inhibition may be predictively modeled, using speciation plots and treating non-zinc complex ions as ligands. Microfluidic channels may be used for the synthesis, with different solutions flowing down different channels, permitting nanowires with different properties to be synthesized in parallel. This invention may be used to produce field emission devices and nanowire-embedded AC electroluminescent devices, and for in-situ fabrication of spatially complex integrated devices in a polymeric microfluidic system. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960182 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367639 | Kilck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. The hydrogel may contain covalent and non-covalent crosslinks. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814826 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367680 | Blackwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen E. Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Matthew D. Bowman (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Stringer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen E. Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Matthew D. Bowman (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Stringer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compounds providing antibacterial therapeutic agents and preparations, and related methods of using and making antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial compounds of the present invention include chalcone, alkylpyrimidine, aminopyrimidine and cyanopyridine compounds and derivatives thereof exhibiting minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) similar to or less than conventional antibacterial compounds in wide use. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/412658 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367796 | Hedrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Russell Clayton Pratt (Oakland, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); Stanford University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Russell Clayton Pratt (Oakland, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods and materials useful for polymerizing a monomer. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosure provides a method for polymerizing a monomer containing a plurality of electrophilic groups, wherein the method comprises contacting the monomer with a nucleophilic reagent in the presence of a guanidine-containing catalyst. The methods and materials of the disclosure find utility, for example, in the field of materials science. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496535 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368008 | Schonbrun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ethan Schonbrun (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Charles Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Kenneth B. Crozier (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Schonbrun (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Charles Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Kenneth B. Crozier (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus (1100) for trapping fluid-borne object(s) (212) using one or more Fresnel zone plates (202) located in proximity to a fluid medium (208). Optical tweezers based on one or more Fresnel zone plates may be integrated with a microfluidic structure (e.g., chambers, channels) (1104) of various geometries so as to form one or more optical traps (215) within a fluid medium contained by the microfluidic structure(s). Three-dimensional trapping of objects can be obtained with stiffness comparable to that of conventional optical tweezers based on a microscope objective. In one example, a single Fresnel zone plate is particularly configured to form multiple optical traps upon irradiation, so as to trap multiple objects simultaneously. Exemplary applications of the methods and apparatus disclosed herein include determination of various fluid medium properties (e.g., velocity, refractive index, viscosity, temperature, pH) and object sorting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/679436 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369134 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jawar Singh (University Park, Pennsylvania); Ramakrishnan Krishnan (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Saurabh Mookerjea (Hillsboro, Oregon); Suman Datta (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jawar Singh (University Park, Pennsylvania); Ramakrishnan Krishnan (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Saurabh Mookerjea (Hillsboro, Oregon); Suman Datta (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Memory devices and methods of operation are provided. A memory device includes first and second cross-coupled inverters and first and second access transistors coupled to an input node of the second inverter. The memory device also includes a control circuit for providing a first reference voltage at a first ground node of the first inverter and a second reference voltage at a second ground node of the second inverter. The first access transistor is configured to conduct current from a first bit line to the input node and to provide substantially no current conduction from the input node to the first bit line. The second access transistor is configured to conduct current from the input node to one of the first bit line and a second bit line and to provide substantially no current conduction from the input node to the one of first and second bit lines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/912904 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369670 | Bermel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alejandro Rodriguez (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alejandro Rodriguez (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device is provided having a solid state nonlinear material with a nanostructured extent, in at least one dimension, that is less than about 10 nm or that is at a temperature of less than about 77 K. An electronic band gap, EGap, of the material is at least about twice as large as an energy of a photon with a wavelength, λ, equal to an operational wavelength of the device. The material is characterized by a switching figure of merit, ξ, having a value that is at least about 2π. A dielectric structure is around at least one dimension of the nonlinear material in a geometric arrangement having a characteristic photonic band gap that at least partially overlaps the electronic band gap of the material. At least one waveguide is disposed at the dielectric structure in sufficient proximity with the material for coupling light to the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596709 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370074 | Trabanino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene J. Trabanino (Los Angeles, California); Nagarajan Vaidehi (Arcadia, California); Spencer E. Hall (Tucson, Arizona); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California); Wely Floriano (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides computer-implemented methods and apparatus implementing a hierarchical protocol using multiscale molecular dynamics and molecular modeling methods to predict the presence of transmembrane regions in proteins, such as G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and protein structural models generated according to the protocol. The protocol features a coarse grain sampling method, such as hydrophobicity analysis, to provide a fast and accurate procedure for predicting transmembrane regions. Methods and apparatus of the invention are useful to screen protein or polynucleotide databases for encoded proteins with transmembrane regions, such as GPCRs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/606605 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370869 | Paek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seungyup Paek (New York, New York); Ana Benitez (New York, New York); Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Atul Puri (Riverdale, New York); Qian Huang (Ashburn, Virginia); Chung-Sheng Li (Ossining, New York); John R. Smith (New Hyde Park, New York); Lawrence Bergman (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seungyup Paek (New York, New York); Ana Benitez (New York, New York); Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Atul Puri (Riverdale, New York); Qian Huang (Ashburn, Virginia); Chung-Sheng Li (Ossining, New York); John R. Smith (New Hyde Park, New York); Lawrence Bergman (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for describing video content establish video description records which include an object set (24), an object hierarchy (26) and entity relation graphs (28). Video objects can include global objects, segment objects and local objects. The video objects are further defined by a number of features organized in classes, which in turn are further defined by a number of feature descriptors (36, 38, and 40). The relationships (44) between and among the objects in the object set (24) are defined by the object hierarchy (26) and entity relation graphs (28). The video description records provide a standard vehicle for describing the content and context of video information for subsequent access and processing by computer applications such as search engines, filters and archive systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/448114 |
| ART UNIT | 2424 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Interactive video distribution systems 725/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08370888 | Zimmermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Zimmermann (Walnut, California); Dwipal A. Desai (Los Angeles, California); Kun Fu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Zimmermann (Walnut, California); Dwipal A. Desai (Los Angeles, California); Kun Fu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A data stream recorder system, for multi-stream recording and retrieval of utilizes a number of gateways, each for sending and receiving packets containing streaming multimedia content data at real-time rates via a packet data network. A session manager communicates via the network with source client devices and receiver client devices, to establish and control recording and retrieval sessions. The manager assigns sessions to the gateways for the sending and receiving of the packets to and from client devices. Content is distributed across storage devices associated in storage nodes. Each of the gateways receives packets containing content data at real time rates during a recording session and distributes the received packets from the session across all of the storage nodes. A scheduler of each respective storage node distributes content data from packets distributed to the respective storage node, across all of the digital storage devices of the respective storage node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/157557 |
| ART UNIT | 2426 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Interactive video distribution systems 725/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08366932 | Sung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shihwu Sung (Ames, Iowa); Samir Kumar Khanal (Honolulu, Hawaii); Thanapong Duangmanee (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shihwu Sung (Ames, Iowa); Samir Kumar Khanal (Honolulu, Hawaii); Thanapong Duangmanee (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for treating sulfide-containing wastewater is described which involves treating sulfide-laden biogas produced in a bioreactor in a sulfide oxidizing unit (SOU). Oxidation in the SOU is monitored by an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) probe which minimizes the input of air/oxygen to produce elemental sulfur without significant production of sulfate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564581 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367058 | Hargis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Billy M. Hargis (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Stacy E. Higgins (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Lisa Bielke (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Guillermo L. Tellez (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Lisa A. Newberry (Benton, Arkansas); Gerardo Nava (Urbana, Illinois); Ann M. Donoghue (Springdale, Arkansas); Daniel J. Donoghue (Springdale, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy M. Hargis (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Stacy E. Higgins (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Lisa Bielke (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Guillermo L. Tellez (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Lisa A. Newberry (Benton, Arkansas); Gerardo Nava (Urbana, Illinois); Ann M. Donoghue (Springdale, Arkansas); Daniel J. Donoghue (Springdale, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of selecting wide host range bacteriophage capable of growing in a plurality of bacteria including pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and bacteriophage selected by the methods. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject infected with a pathogenic bacterium using bacteriophage and methods of decontaminating objects using bacteriophage. Also disclosed are methods of producing vaccines. In another aspect, methods of determining bacterial viability and methods of improving the sensitivity of a biosensor using wide host range bacteriophages are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091762 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367359 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean H. Adams (Davis, California); Oliver Fiehn (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean H. Adams (Davis, California); Oliver Fiehn (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are small molecule metabolites useful as biomarkers for the evaluation and treatment of pre diabetes, diabetes and insulin resistance. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910771 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367420 | Sridhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | B. B. Maruthi Sridhar (Bowling Green, Ohio); Robert K. Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. B. Maruthi Sridhar (Bowling Green, Ohio); Robert K. Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting soil nutrients or soil nutrients in soil from reflected light, and also includes systems for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to or carrying out that method. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658436 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP23374 | NeSmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia); Mark K. Ehlenfeldt (Tabernacle, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia); Mark K. Ehlenfeldt (Tabernacle, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The variety ‘T-885’ ripens around the first week of June in southern Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘T-885’ are generally small. The fruit of the new ‘T-885’ variety ripens progressively and not all at once creating multiple-colored fruit clusters. The new ‘T-885’ variety is highly vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317178 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP23375 | Weber |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Courtney A. Weber (Geneva, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Courtney A. Weber (Geneva, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a new and distinct primocane bearing variety of red raspberry plant named ‘Crimson Giant,’ primarily adapted to growing conditions of west central New York and other regions of similar climate. ‘Crimson Giant’ is primarily characterized by sturdy upright canes growing primarily in a crown formation, very large conical fruit that is longer than broad, very late primocane production and bright red fruit color. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932475 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08366755 | Brainard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progressive Lighting and Radiometrics, LLC (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Brainard (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Gena Glickman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves a light system for stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals based upon the discovery of peak sensitivity ranging from 425-505 nm; a light meter system for quantifying light which stimulates or regulates mammalian circadian, photoneural, and neuroendocrine systems. The present invention also relates to translucent and transparent materials, and lamps or other light sources with or without filters capable of stimulating or regulating neuroendocrine, circadian, and photoneural systems in mammals. Additionally, the present invention involves treatment of mammals with a wide variety of disorders or deficits, including light responsive disorders, eating disorders, menstrual cycle disorders, non-specific alerting and performance deficits, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657533 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367369 | Vincent |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting phycocyanin algae or bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499288 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367410 | Radisic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milica Radisic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyoungshin Park (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Lisa Freed (Lexington, Massachusetts); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milica Radisic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyoungshin Park (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Lisa Freed (Lexington, Massachusetts); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new methods for the in vitro preparation of bioartificial tissue equivalents and their enhanced integration after implantation in vivo. These methods include submitting a tissue construct to a biomimetic electrical stimulation during cultivation in vitro to improve its structural and functional properties, and/or in vivo, after implantation of the construct, to enhance its integration with host tissue and increase cell survival and functionality. The inventive methods are particularly useful for the production of bioartificial equivalents and/or the repair and replacement of native tissues that contain electrically excitable cells and are subject to electrical stimulation in vivo, such as, for example, cardiac muscle tissue, striated skeletal muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue, bone, vasculature, and nerve tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872577 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367639 | Kilck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kilck (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. The hydrogel may contain covalent and non-covalent crosslinks. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814826 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368051 | Ting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Z. Ting (Arcadia, California); Sumith V. Bandara (Burke, Virginia); Cory J. Hill (Pasadena, California); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Z. Ting (Arcadia, California); Sumith V. Bandara (Burke, Virginia); Cory J. Hill (Pasadena, California); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An infrared detector having a hole barrier region adjacent to one side of an absorber region, an electron barrier region adjacent to the other side of the absorber region, and a semiconductor adjacent to the electron barrier. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/501167 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369992 | Barajas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leandro G. Barajas (Troy, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Matthew J Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Philip A Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| 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) | Leandro G. Barajas (Troy, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Matthew J Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Philip A Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system includes a humanoid robot with multiple compliant joints, each moveable using one or more of the actuators, and having sensors for measuring control and feedback data. A distributed controller controls the joints and other integrated system components over multiple high-speed communication networks. Diagnostic, prognostic, and health management (DPHM) modules are embedded within the robot at the various control levels. Each DPHM module measures, controls, and records DPHM data for the respective control level/connected device in a location that is accessible over the networks or via an external device. A method of controlling the robot includes embedding a plurality of the DPHM modules within multiple control levels of the distributed controller, using the DPHM modules to measure DPHM data within each of the control levels, and recording the DPHM data in a location that is accessible over at least one of the high-speed communication networks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564083 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — 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 7/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08366897 | Ross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Ross (Silver Spring, Maryland); Sam Forry (Rockville, Maryland); Jason Kralj (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ross (Silver Spring, Maryland); Sam Forry (Rockville, Maryland); Jason Kralj (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic apparatus and method for performing electrophoretic separation of compounds. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a separation buffer; b) providing a sample solution in fluid contact with the separation buffer; c) applying an electric field to the separation buffer; and d) producing a variable bulk flow of the separation buffer in a direction substantially aligned with said electric field. Fluid contact between the separation buffer and the sample solution is made through a separation column having a length in the range of from approximately 0.01 mm to approximately 5 mm. By the foregoing, compounds can be sequentially detected and quantified. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/577494 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368100 | Donofrio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Zhimin Jamie Yao (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Zhimin Jamie Yao (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Light emitting diodes include a diode region having first and second opposing faces that include therein an n-type layer and a p-type layer, an anode contact that ohmically contacts the p-type layer and extends on the first face, and a cathode contact that ohmically contacts the n-type layer and also extends on the first face. The anode contact and/or the cathode contact may further provide a hybrid reflective structure on the first face that is configured to reflect substantially all light that emerges from the first face back into the first face. Related fabrication methods are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463709 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08368421 | Gibson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ursula J. Gibson (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ursula J. Gibson (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Micromagnetic elements, logic devices and methods of fabricating and using them to store data and perform logic operations are disclosed. Micromagnetic elements for data storage, as well as those providing output from a logic device, are at least partially covered with an optical coating that facilitates determination of the magnetic state. The disclosed logic devices perform one or more of AND, OR, NAND and NOR operations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/377078 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08366995 | McLaren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sterilucent, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jami McLaren (Crystal, Minnesota); Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Michelle Meyer (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kent Larson (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483014 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367032 | Alford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael D. Diener (Boulder, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Michael Karpuk (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Frontier Carbon Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael D. Diener (Boulder, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Michael Karpuk (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this invention produce carbon nanomaterials including without limitation, soot, fullerenic soot, and fullerenes. The burners of the invention do not require premixing of the fuel and oxidizing gases and are suitable for use with low vapor pressure fuels such as those containing substantial amounts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The burners of the invention can operate with a hot (e.g., uncooled) burner surface and require little, if any, cooling or other forms of heat sinking. The burners of the invention comprise one or more refractory elements forming the outlet of the burner at which a flame can be established. The burners of the invention provide for improved flame stability, can be employed with a wider range of fuel/oxidizer (e.g., air) ratios and a wider range of gas velocities, and are generally more efficient than burners using water-cooled metal burner plates. The burners of the invention can also be operated to reduce the formation of undesirable soot deposits on the burner and on surfaces downstream of the burner. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/684319 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367655 | Rajagopalan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parthasarathi Rajagopalan (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Daya Drug Discoveries, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parthasarathi Rajagopalan (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses pyridoindolobenzox- and thiazepine compositions of Formula 1, wherein A is —CH(R9)—X—, —XCH(R9)—; —CO—X— or —X—CO—; X is —O—, —S—, —SO—, or —SO2—. Y is a single bond or a double bond. D and E are independently —(CH2)n—; and ‘n’ varies from 0 to 2. R1 to R9 are various electron donating, electron withdrawing, hydrophilic, or lipophilic groups selected to optimize the physicochemical and biological properties of compounds of Formula I. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/803701 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/211.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08366894 | Manoukian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mourad Manoukian (Watertown, Massachusetts); Anthony B. LaConti (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); W. Michael Krebs (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); John W. Forchione, Jr. (Ashland, Massachusetts); Erich Muehlanger, Jr. (East Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Giner, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mourad Manoukian (Watertown, Massachusetts); Anthony B. LaConti (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); W. Michael Krebs (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); John W. Forchione, Jr. (Ashland, Massachusetts); Erich Muehlanger, Jr. (East Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-gas microsensor assembly for simultaneously detecting carbon dioxide and oxygen in real time. According to one embodiment, the assembly comprises a non-conductive, solid substrate. A plurality of sensing electrodes, a single reference electrode, and a single counter electrode are positioned on one side of the non-conductive, solid substrate. In addition, all of the electrodes are in intimate contact with the same side of a solid-polymer electrolyte anion-exchange membrane, the solid polymer electrolyte membrane having at least one gas diffusion opening aligned with each sensing electrode. The sensor is operated in a three-electrode potentiostatic mode, in which a constant potential is maintained between the sensing and reference electrodes, and the current is measured between the sensing and counter electrodes. Control of the electrodes is achieved with a small bi-potentiostat. The design of the bi-potentiostat allows at least two different sensing electrodes to share the same counter and reference electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660197 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08369399 | Egnal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey Egnal (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney Feldman (Herndon, Virginia); Kyungnam Kim (Herndon, Virginia); Bennett Wilburn (Bejing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey Egnal (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney Feldman (Herndon, Virginia); Bobby Gintz (Knoxville, Tennessee); Kyungnam Kim (Herndon, Virginia); Robert G. Palmer, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bennett Wilburn (Bejing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for combining multiple video streams are provided. Video feeds are received from multiple optical sensors, and homography information and/or corner metadata is calculated for each frame from each video stream. This data is used to mosaic the separate frames into a single video frame. Local translation of each image may also be used to synchronize the video frames. The optical sensors can be provided by an airborne platform, such as a manned or unmanned surveillance vehicle. Image data can be requested from a ground operator, and transmitted from the airborne platform to the user in real time or at a later time. Various data arrangements may be used by an aggregation system to serialize and/or multiplex image data received from multiple sensor modules. Fixed-size record arrangement and variable-size record arrangement systems are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/674561 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08370812 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling processing graphs in an information processing system, includes: performing, in an offline manner, translating a plurality of component descriptions into a planning language and performing reasoning on the plurality of component descriptions during the translation; and performing, in an online manner, receiving a processing request that specifies a desired processing outcome; translating the processing request into a planning goal; and assembling a plurality of processing graphs, each of the processing graphs including a plurality of the translated and reasoned components that satisfy the desired processing outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695349 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
| US 08367098 | Maguire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitchell Thorn (Astoria, New York); Naomi Rutenberg (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Population Council, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin A. Maguire (Ossining, New York); Mitchell Thorn (Astoria, New York); David M. Phillips (Piermont, New York); Naomi Rutenberg (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified antiretroviral agents comprising NNRTIs and NRTIs. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587405 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08367034 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (New York, New York); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cobalt and molybdenum doped mesoporous silica catalysts and methods for using the catalysts to making Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The methods offer increased control over the orientation, length and diameter of the nanotubes produced. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628256 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08370165 | Snapp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); Michael C. Garner (Collierville, Tennessee); James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee); David J. Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); Michael C. Garner (Collierville, Tennessee); James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee); David J. Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for providing an alternative delivery point code may comprise receiving delivery data corresponding to a delivery point. Furthermore, the systems and methods may include determining if the delivery data includes a secondary element. Moreover, the systems and methods may include creating the alternative delivery point code based upon the secondary element if the delivery data includes the secondary element. The secondary element may comprise a descriptor or a secondary number associated with the delivery point. If the delivery data does not include the secondary element, a normal delivery point code may be created. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/820796 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — 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 75/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08365634 | Farwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark L. Farwell (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Anthony Jon Feltman (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Kyle Adam Frerichs (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Todd Evan Vande Brake (Peyton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Farwell (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Anthony Jon Feltman (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Kyle Adam Frerichs (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Todd Evan Vande Brake (Peyton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuation and control system for a steering mechanism of a mobile vehicle includes a motor including a drive shaft that is rotatable in two opposing directions, a securing structure configured to be secured to the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle, and a linking structure that couples the motor with the securing structure. The system is configured such that rotational motion of the drive shaft is imparted to the securing structure to facilitate control of the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle. The system is relatively easy to assemble and install and in a mobile vehicle and can be used with a variety of different vehicles to facilitate remote and/or unmanned navigational control of a mobile vehicle. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562035 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08367346 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Taylor (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Nathan Wymer (Peoria, Illinois); Francis Michael Racine (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biotechnology Research Development Corporation (Peoria, Illinois); The United States of America, as represented by Sec. of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Taylor (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Nathan Wymer (Peoria, Illinois); Francis Michael Racine (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides biosynthetic routes to xylitol production that do not require pure |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105027 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08369572 | Stanfill et al. |
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| FUNDED BY |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Robert Stanfill (Kissimmee, Florida); Daniel B. Rutherford (Rockwell, Texas); Hassan N. Beydoun (Dearborn, Michigan); Robert R. Muise (Oviedo, Florida); Abhijit Mahalanobis (Orlando, Florida); Ramamurthy Bhagavatula (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Robert Stanfill (Kissimmee, Florida); Daniel B. Rutherford (Rockwell, Texas); Hassan N. Beydoun (Dearborn, Michigan); Robert R. Muise (Oviedo, Florida); Abhijit Mahalanobis (Orlando, Florida); Ramamurthy Bhagavatula (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive automatic target recognition (ATR) system includes a range map processor configured to generate range-to-pixel map data based on digital elevation map data and parameters of a passive image sensor. The passive image sensor is configured to passively acquire image data. The passive ATR system also includes a detection processor configured to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the passively acquired sensor image data based on the range-to-pixel map data, and an ATR processor configured to generate an ATR decision for the ROI. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/457368 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| 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, February 05, 2013.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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