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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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| US 08375475 | Rose |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph L. Rose (Pembroke, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Flight Suits (El Cajon, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph L. Rose (Pembroke, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for making a fluid-circulating heat exchanging garment, the method including providing a fabric panel for assembly of the heat exchanging garment, defining a tubing layout on the fabric panel with straight portions and bend portions defined in a flexible tubing. The straight portions of the tubing are affixed to the fabric panel and a mold is inserted into the inner radius of each bend portion. The mold has a shape corresponding to each bend portion and a channel having a radius adapted to closely fit over the tubing. The fabric panel and tubing are heated to an annealing temperature of the tubing. After cooling the fabric panel, the molds are removed, leaving the tubing reshaped at the bend portions to a desired radius. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/951641 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375581 | Romanelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Romanelli (Colchester, Connecticut); Wangen Lin (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Robert P. Delisle (Colchester, Connecticut); Herbert A. Chin (Portland, Connecticut); James J. Moor (New Hartford, Connecticut); Jesse R. Boyer (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Romanelli (Colchester, Connecticut); Wangen Lin (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Robert P. Delisle (Colchester, Connecticut); Herbert A. Chin (Portland, Connecticut); James J. Moor (New Hartford, Connecticut); Jesse R. Boyer (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for fixturing an airfoil stub during linear friction welding are described. Critical clamping support structures are manufactured by a direct digital manufacturing process such as direct metal laser sintering to minimize time and expense of the process. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/026754 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/889 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375782 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles W. Robinson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); William F. Burns, III (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | M Ship Co., LLC (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles W. Robinson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); William F. Burns, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A model hull testing method, platform, and system are disclosed that acquire model hull performance data about one or more hulls in an open-water environment, preferably testing two hulls simultaneously as they encounter essentially the same sea state. Avoiding tow-tank testing by providing a powered watercraft as an open-water testing platform, the method proceeds by supporting the model hulls on the testing platform, so they float in outboard positions, and then by acquiring data about hull performance as the testing platform and model hulls move together through an open body of water. A complement of data acquisition components acquires digital and analog data about the testing environment and model hull performance, preferably including platform motion, time and location information, wave characteristics, apparent wind speed and direction, and model hull drag and motion, with all data being recorded on an onboard laptop computer for later processing and analysis. A trimaran powered watercraft configuration and preferred data-acquisition components and techniques are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136156 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/170.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375860 | Bittle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Bittle (Somerville, Alabama); Robert V. Weber (Huntsville, Alabama); Julian L. Cothran (Arab, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Bittle (Somerville, Alabama); Robert V. Weber (Huntsville, Alabama); Julian L. Cothran (Arab, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A flechette has a forward section or body (12) containing its center of gravity. A quill (10) is connected to the forward section and is integrally connected to a pair of fins (15A, 15B) each having a longitudinal angle and a radial angle. When the two fins are viewed from the aft of the flechette, the pair of fins demonstrate an S-shaped orientation. The size, shape and orientation of the fins provide aerodynamic stability to the flechette while allowing the flechette to be stacked with like-shaped flechettes in rows and columns or in a radial, circular arrangement. When stacked in rows and columns or in a circular arrangement, each flechette has its nose oriented in the same forward direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101018 |
| 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 12/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375861 | Dale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik T. Dale (Tucson, Arizona); Ryan A. Egbert (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik T. Dale (Tucson, Arizona); Ryan A. Egbert (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments pertain to a projectile that includes a frame and a first gimbal that is rotatably supported by the frame. The projectile further includes a second gimbal that is rotatably supported by the first gimbal. A sensor is supported by the second gimbal such that an adjustment mechanism is able to maneuver the first and second gimbals to adjust the position of the sensor. The projectile further includes a stop that is attached to the frame. The stop may be a cup that surrounds a bottom portion of the sensor. The cup provides a barrier to prevent the adjustment mechanism from maneuvering the sensor outside a designated area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/844493 |
| 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 12/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376218 | Jalali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bahram Jalali (Los Angeles, California); Keisuke Goda (Los Angeles, California); Kevin Kin-Man Tsia (Mah On Shan, China Hong Kong) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Jalali (Los Angeles, California); Keisuke Goda (Los Angeles, California); Kevin Kin-Man Tsia (Mah On Shan, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | A barcode reading apparatus and method in which the spectrum of a probe light is first Fourier-transformed into space, directed upon a barcode, and then Fourier-transformed converting the spectrally encoded barcode pattern to a time domain waveform. In one implementation, the Fourier transformation from the spectrum domain into a spatial domain is performed by a dispersive element, while the Fourier transformation from the spectrally encoded barcode pattern to a time domain waveform is performed by group-velocity dispersion (GVD). The temporally encoded barcode pattern is detected by a photodetector, digitized by a digitizer, and analyzed by a digital signal processor. The invention is applicable to a number of fields which involve the reading of one- and two-dimensional barcodes, displacement sensing, surface measurements, measurement of width and gap, flow cytometry, reading of optical media, presence or absence detection, and other related fields. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985539 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376277 | Costanza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Costanza (Maple Valley, Washington); Richard A. Sellers (Renton, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Costanza (Maple Valley, Washington); Richard A. Sellers (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated sensor and self defense system for large aircraft incorporates a forward looking missile warning sensor (MWS) mounted in a replacement panel for mounting in an un-pressurized aft compartment, an aft looking MWS mounted in the panel substantially adjacent the forward looking MWS, and a laser system for engaging a missile detected by an MWS mounted proximate the forward and aft looking MWS. A processor and electronics for controlling said MWS and laser systems are mounted adjacent the active components with indicators and operator control systems mounted in the aircraft cockpit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867194 |
| 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 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376282 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip N. Keller (Longmont, Colorado); Robert Taylor (Superior, Colorado); Doug Richardson (Westminster, Colorado); Adam G. Gray (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Composite Technology Development, Inc. (Lafayette, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip N. Keller (Longmont, Colorado); Robert Taylor (Superior, Colorado); Doug Richardson (Westminster, Colorado); Adam G. Gray (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Collapsible solar array structures are disclosed that include a collapsible structure and detachable solar array. The solar array can be detached stowed separately from the collapsible structure. The collapsible structure can include a plurality of longerons and/or support structures. Longerons can have a slit along a longitudinal length of the longeron. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/302668 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/172.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376337 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Allen Wilson (O'Fallon, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Allen Wilson (O'Fallon, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for aligning objects may be present. A locating pin may be positioned relative to secondary holes in a plurality of objects. The locating pin may comprise a segment with a cross section having an elliptical shape, a surface, and an indicating feature associated with the segment. The locating pin may be inserted into the secondary hole, wherein a number of portions of the surface align the secondary holes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473130 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Work holders 269/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376338 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Allen Wilson (O'Fallon, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Allen Wilson (O'Fallon, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for aligning a plurality of objects may be present. A locating pin may be positioned relative to secondary holes in a plurality of objects. The locating pin may comprise a segment with a cross section having a number of portions alternating between curved sections and angled sections and a surface. The locating pin may be inserted into the secondary holes. The number of portions of the surface corresponding to the angled sections may be configured to align the secondary holes in a desired direction to align the plurality of objects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473152 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Work holders 269/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376613 | Moyers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device 10 for aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams comprising a patient support surface 12, a coarse alignment subsystem 14 connected to the patient support surface, and a fine alignment subsystem connected to the patient support surface 16. A method of aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams from a plurality of device positions comprising compensating for flexion of a radiation beam delivery device within a gantry during movement of the radiation beam delivery device from a first device position to a second device position by using a set of predetermined data describing the flexion behavior of the radiation beam delivery device so that the target tissue within the patient is placed at the beamline center for the radiation beam delivery device at the second device position. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284701 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376694 | Beal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Beal (Providence, Rhode Island); Stephen A. Huyer (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Beal (Providence, Rhode Island); Stephen A. Huyer (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for maneuvering an underwater vehicle by generating vehicle maneuvering forces from a propulsor of the vehicle are provided. A ducted, pre-swirl propulsor is configured such that the pitch angles of the stator blades of the upstream stator row can be varied. By varying the pitch angles of the stator blades about the circumference, a mean stator side force is generated. Subsequently, the axial velocity and swirl that is ingested into the inflow is varied. The rotor of the propulsor then generates a side force in response to the inflow. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/651559 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377147 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Ji-Ho Park (La Jolla, California); Austin Derfus (Solana Beach, California); Ester Segal (Haifa, Israel); Kenneth S. Vecchio (San Diego, California); Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Ji-Ho Park (La Jolla, California); Austin Derfus (Solana Beach, California); Ester Segal (Haifa, Israel); Kenneth S. Vecchio (San Diego, California); Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention uses externally applied electromagnetic stimulus to control and heat porous magnetic particles and material associated with the particles. The particles contain magnetic material, such as superparamagnetic iron oxide and are infused with a material. Application of a DC magnetic field allows them to be moved with their infused material, and application of an AC RF electromagnetic field allows them to be heated with their infused material. The material can be infused into pores of the particles and the particles can also adhere to an aqueous droplet. The present invention also provides a multi-layer porous magnetic particle. The particle includes a host layer having pores sized to accept magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles are infused within pores of the host layer. An encoding layer includes pores that define a spectral code. The pores in the encoding layer are sized to substantially exclude the magnetic nanoparticles. The encoding layer can also be a multi-layer, exhibiting, for example, a complex spectral code. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300369 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/962 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377683 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Nada N. Boustany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Nada N. Boustany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic and noninvasive method of monitoring the adhesion and proliferation of biological cells through multimode operation (acoustic and optical) using a ZnO nanostructure-modified quartz crystal microbalance (ZnOnano-QCM) biosensor is disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/555721 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/286.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377871 | Kallenbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neville Robert Kallenbach (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anne W. Young (Brooklyn, New York); Zhigang Liu (New York, New York); Chunhui Zhou (Woodhaven, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neville Robert Kallenbach (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anne W. Young (Brooklyn, New York); Zhigang Liu (New York, New York); Chunhui Zhou (Woodhaven, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel dendrimeric peptide compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following formula I: The compounds demonstrate antimicrobial activity and may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions and used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans where microbial invasion is involved. The present peptides are particularly valuable as their effect is rapid, broad in spectrum and mostly indifferent to resistance provoked by standard antibiotics. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932742 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377948 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Arlington, Ohio); Yeng-Jeng Shaw (Columbus, Ohio); Jason B. Garrison (Alexandria, Virginia); Natasha Kyprianou (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Arlington, Ohio); Yeng-Jeng Shaw (Columbus, Ohio); Jason B. Garrison (Alexandria, Virginia); Natasha Kyprianou (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Antitumor compounds based on the α1-adrenoceptor antagonist, doxazosin, as well as compositions and methods of use. The disclosed compounds induce apoptosis in cancer cells. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/570966 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/266.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378041 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremiah Johnson (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey T. Koberstein (Storrs, Connecticut); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremiah Johnson (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey T. Koberstein (Storrs, Connecticut); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing degradable model networks from any monomer functionality with any degradation methodology. It is based on the use of Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization CLICK chemistry and a tetrafunctional initiator having terminal halogen groups to form the desired product. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363343 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378075 | Mattoussi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hedi M Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Philip E Dawson (San Diego, California); Harry Tetsuo Uyeda (College Park, Maryland); Igor L Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Johanna Scheinost (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hedi M Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Philip E Dawson (San Diego, California); Harry Tetsuo Uyeda (College Park, Maryland); Igor L Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Johanna Scheinost (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for covalent attachment of peptides to luminescent quantum dots or other inorganic nanoparticles. The first step in the method involves functionalizing at least a portion of a surface of the quantum dot or nanoparticle with one or more materials having at least one reactive functional group therein. Subsequently, a peptide having a reactive functional group is reacted with at least some of the quantum dot or nanoparticle reactive functional groups to covalently bond at least some of the peptide to the quantum dots or nanoparticles. Modifications of the basic method are disclosed which provide methods allowing customized fabrication of quantum dots having a variety of different functional properties and combinations of functional properties. Also disclosed are quantum dots and nanoparticles made by the methods of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/606766 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378089 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai Wang (Bellevue, Washington); David Galas (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Wang (Bellevue, Washington); David Galas (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for protecting and administering small RNA to preserve stability are described. The small RNAs may either be in unmodified form or may be chemically modified to enhance stability further. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032459 |
| 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 08378385 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed methods of making photosensitive devices, such as flexible photovoltaic (PV) devices, through the use of epitaxial liftoff. Also described herein are methods of preparing flexible PV devices comprising a structure having a growth substrate, wherein the selective etching of protective layers yields a smooth growth substrate that us suitable for reuse. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/878261 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378453 | Fedorov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrei G. Fedorov (Atlanta, Georgia); Craig Green (Atlanta, Georgia); Yogendra Joshi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei G. Fedorov (Atlanta, Georgia); Craig Green (Atlanta, Georgia); Yogendra Joshi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include devices or systems that include a composite thermal capacitor disposed in thermal communication with a hot spot of the device, methods of dissipating thermal energy in a device or system, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/066998 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378475 | Veitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall C. Veitch (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wavefront Research, Inc. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall C. Veitch (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Carriers enabling multichip driving of optoelectronic interconnects are disclosed. In one instance, the carriers provide a substantially perpendicular interface between the host circuit board and the optoelectronic die. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/455367 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378552 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Massachusetts); Timothy E. Chin (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Massachusetts); Timothy E. Chin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems, devices, and related methods, involving electrochemical actuation. In some cases, application of a voltage or current to a system or device of the invention may generate a volumetric or dimensional change, which may produce mechanical work. For example, at least a portion of the system may be constructed and arranged to be displaced from a first orientation to a second orientation. Systems such as these may be useful in various applications, including pumps (e.g., infusion pumps) and drug delivery devices, for example. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316833 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378671 | Mahoney |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Morgan Mahoney (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morgan Mahoney (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Cost-effective compact magnetometers can be deployed across large ocean areas to record magnetic field strengths. Each magnetometer has a canister containing a magnetometer sensor at its upper end to detect magnetic field strengths of magnetic influence sweep systems and provide representative data signals. Each magnetometer also has sensors to collect data representative of the orientation of the magnetometer as well as temperature and depth to aid in post operational evaluation of the gathered magnetic strength data. A computer processor connected to the sensors controls receipt of the data signals and stores them in a memory device. Batteries at the canister's lower end supply power for the sensors, processor, and memory. An anchor release mechanism causes an anchor to separate from the canister, allowing it to float to the surface for recovery or to transmit data via a UHF transceiver. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/801028 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378880 | Boka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey B. Boka (Lumberton, New Jersey); Naresh Raman Patel (Mullica Hill, New Jersey); Joseph P. Tadduni (Medford, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Boka (Lumberton, New Jersey); Naresh Raman Patel (Mullica Hill, New Jersey); Joseph P. Tadduni (Medford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An object of interest in a cloud of objects is identified by RF and IR sensing. The RF and IR signals are separately discriminated to determine the probability that the RF tracked object is one of a predetermined number of possible object types, and the IR tracked object is one of the possible object types. Joint probabilities are calculated for all pairs of RF and IR signals and all objects, and the joint probabilities are normalized. Marginal probabilities of the joint RF/IR discrimination results are calculated to produce a vector set of marginal optical probabilities. The vector set is normalized over all object types to thereby produce a vector set of normalized marginal optical probabilities. The object of interest is selected to be the IR object of said vector set of normalized joint optical probabilities with the highest probability of being the object type of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243162 |
| 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 342/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378895 | Blick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Chulki Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonghoo Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Chulki Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonghoo Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale electron shuttle with two elastically mounted conductors positioned within a gap between conductors produces asymmetrical electron conduction between the conductors when the conductors receive an AC signal to provide for rectification, detection and/or power harvesting. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756776 |
| 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 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378905 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jar J. Lee (Irvine, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Stanley W. Livingston (Fullerton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jar J. Lee (Irvine, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Stanley W. Livingston (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A space-fed conformal array for a high altitude airship includes a primary array lens assembly adapted for conformal mounting to a non-planar airship surface. The lens assembly includes a first set of radiator elements and a second set of radiator elements, the first set and the second set spaced apart by a spacing distance. The first set of radiators faces outwardly from the airship surface to provide a radiating aperture. The second set of radiators faces inwardly toward an inner space of the airship, for illumination by a feed array spaced from the second set of radiators. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462709 |
| 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 343/708 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379087 | Rikoski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Rikoski (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Rikoski (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Vehicle attitude is estimated relative to a ground surface over which the vehicle is traveling. An actual image of the ground surface over which the vehicle is traveling is compared with stored or predicted model images of the ground surface. The model images have corresponding known vehicle attitudes associated therewith. For one of the model images that most closely matches the actual image, the known vehicle attitude associated therewith is an estimate of an actual vehicle attitude relative to the ground surface over which the vehicle is traveling. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890099 |
| ART UNIT | 2444 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379193 | Gardner, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles W. Gardner, Jr. (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Matthew Nelson (Harrison City, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemImage Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles W. Gardner, Jr. (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Matthew Nelson (Harrison City, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides for a system and method for detecting explosives and other materials in a sample scene. First interacted photons are produced from a target area wherein the first interacted photons are generated via solar radiation. The first interacted photons are assessed to thereby generate a SWIR hyperspectral image. The SWIR hyperspectral image is analyzed to identify an area of interest likely of comprising an explosive material. The area of interest is illuminated using laser light illumination to generate second interacted photons from the area of interest. These second interacted photons are assessed to determine whether it not an explosive material is present in the area of interest. The system and method may be configured in standoff, OTM, static and UGV configurations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802994 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379286 | Klotzkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Klotzkin (Vestal, New York); Peter G. Goetz (Springfield, Virginia); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland); Mike S. Ferraro (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Klotzkin (Vestal, New York); Peter G. Goetz (Springfield, Virginia); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland); Mike S. Ferraro (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A modulating retroreflector system includes a modulating retroreflector having a plurality of multiple quantum well modulator pixels and at least one transimpedance amplifier. The transimpedance amplifier receives a photocurrent generated by at least one of the plurality of modulator pixels. Each pixel is capacitively coupled to a current driver, which applies a high frequency digital electrical signal to the pixel when the voltage at the output of the transimpedance amplifier exceeds a threshold value. The modulated output of the retroreflector is reflected toward the source of the received optical beam. The system activates high frequency current drivers for only the illuminated pixels, eliminating the need for a separate angle of incidence sensor and reducing power requirements. A low frequency FSK signal can be superimposed on the DC optical interrogation beam and recovered as the unfiltered output of the transimpedance amplifier, to provide simultaneous bidirectional communication without a half-duplex communication protocol. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/116430 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379292 | George et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas George (Pittsford, New York); Kedar Khare (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas George (Pittsford, New York); Kedar Khare (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A phase screen, i.e., an opto-electronic device that can convert a distorted incoming optical wavefront into a plane wave or, conversely, transform a plane wave into a prescribed varying output wavefront. Binary all-digital MEMS interferometer configurations that can be used to create controlled and arbitrary optical wavefront using only 0,1 amplitude changes followed by differential propagation distances to convert these amplitude variations into controllable and/or continuous phase variations. Clustered pixel notions, such as Floyd-Steinberg, Stucki or other algorithms useful in digital half-tone printing, are simultaneously employed to create controllable grey-level variations as well as continuous phase variations. Desired grey-levels can be obtained wherein each pixel is formed by, e.g., a 3×3 or 5×5 cluster of mirrors. Both the filling-in of the outputs of the binary mirror (0,1) and the grey-levels are accomplished simply by spatial averaging over a short propagation distance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/286659 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379296 | Schunemann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter G Schunemann (Hollis, New Hampshire); Kevin T Zawilski (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G Schunemann (Hollis, New Hampshire); Kevin T Zawilski (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | CdSiP2 crystals with sizes and optical quality suitable for use as nonlinear optical devices are disclosed, as well as NLO devices based thereupon. A method of growing the crystals by directional solidification from a stoichiometric melt is also disclosed. The disclosed NLO crystals have a higher nonlinear coefficient than prior art crystals that can be pumped by solid state lasers, and are particularly useful for frequency shifting 1.06 μm, 1.55 μm, and 2 μm lasers to wavelengths between 2 μm and 10 μm. Due to the high thermal conductivity and low losses of the claimed CdSiP2 crystals, average output power can exceed 10 W without severe thermal lensing. A 6.45 μm laser source for use as a medical laser scalpel is also disclosed, in which a CdSiP2 crystal is configured for non-critical phase matching, pumped by a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser, and temperature-tuned to produce output at 6.45 μm. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/809103 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379484 | Rikoski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Rikoski (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Rikoski (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for eliminating aspect dependence of images generated by a radiative scanner such as a radar, sonar, or the like. Echoes from the scanner are received back and detected at a known and preselected number of aspects. The echo received at each aspect is multiplied by the transform of the point spread function of each of the other preselected aspects. In this manner, the frequency domain version of each echo is multiplied by the frequency domain point spread function of all of the preselected aspects, and the ultimate processed echo will be aspect independent. |
| FILED | Monday, May 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802453 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379535 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minghua Chen (Albany, California); Avideh Zakhor (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Videopression LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghua Chen (Albany, California); Avideh Zakhor (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple TRFC connections transport streaming data through a wireless channel, and the difference between measured round trip times of packets and minimum round trip time is used to adjust the number of TFRC connections to fully utilize bandwidth through the wireless channel. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/881089 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379752 | Kleider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Kleider (Decatur, Georgia); Benjamin Russell Hamilton (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Kleider (Decatur, Georgia); Benjamin Russell Hamilton (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments include methods for determining synchronization/pilot sequences (SPS) to be utilized in conjunction with transmissions by antennas of a multiple-antenna transmitter. The SPS include pilot signals that are positioned at subcarriers that are orthogonal in frequency with subcarriers at which pilot signals of other antennas are positioned. The pilot signals may be unevenly spaced across the in-band subcarriers. The multiple-antenna transmit system generates a plurality of wireless signals, each of which may include an SPS having synchronization information in a first plurality of in-band subcarriers and the pilot signals in a second plurality of in-band subcarriers. The wireless signals are simultaneously radiated over a wireless communication channel using a different antenna. A receiver receives channel-affected versions of the wireless signals, and produces a corrected signal by applying corrections to the received signal based on estimated channel perturbations within the received signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725985 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379850 | Bridgford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brendan K. Bridgford (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen M. Trimberger (San Jose, California); Jason J. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edward S. Peterson (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); James Wesselkamper (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John C. Hoffman (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan K. Bridgford (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen M. Trimberger (San Jose, California); Jason J. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edward S. Peterson (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); James Wesselkamper (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John C. Hoffman (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a cryptographic device is provided. The cryptographic device includes a persistent memory and a decryption control circuit coupled to the persistent memory. The decryption control circuit is configured to receive an encrypted data stream and decrypt a first portion of the encrypted data stream using a first cryptographic key stored in the persistent memory, the first portion including a second cryptographic key. The decryption circuit is configured to decrypt a second portion of the encrypted data stream using the second cryptographic key, the second portion of the encrypted data stream including payload data. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900805 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379872 | Parkins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Parkins (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Parkins (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A talk-through system for hearing protectors such as headphones, helmets, earplugs and the like, in which separate left and right microphones are controlled by separate left and right switches. The microphones allow ambient sound to be heard by the wearer of the hearing protector, and normally the wearer hears audio from both microphones in the appropriate ears. Pushing a switch causes the audio from the ear on which the switch is mounted to be enhanced and, preferably, switched to both ears. Various arrangements of control logic are provided such that activation of a switch can cause changes in audio processing. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785767 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380003 | Rad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leili Baghaei Rad (Stanford, California); Ian George Downes (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Lenard Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leili Baghaei Rad (Stanford, California); Ian George Downes (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image reconstruction is based on phase retrieval by combining incomplete Fourier-space magnitude data with real-space information. Phase retrieval is performed based on the Fourier-space magnitude data, where the real-space information is expressed in a form suitable to use as a phase retrieval constraint, preferably using a wavelet-space representation. The use of incomplete Fourier-space magnitude data advantageously reduces the amount of data required compared to approaches that need comprehensive Fourier-space magnitude data. The real space information can be regarded as partial information of the image being reconstructed. Depending on the application, more or less real space information may be available. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454579 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380367 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard R. Schultz (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Florent Martel (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Matthew Lendway (Tucson, Arizona); Brian L. Berseth (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Schultz (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Florent Martel (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Matthew Lendway (Tucson, Arizona); Brian L. Berseth (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A surveillance and guidance method and system for use with autonomously guided, man-on-the-loop or man-in-the-loop guided vehicles where the presence of obstacles must be considered in guiding the vehicle towards a target includes a navigation system configured to determine the position of the vehicle on which it is equipped. A communication system is configured for data exchange between the vehicle, neighboring vehicles and ground stations. A surveillance system is configured to detect and locate fixed or moving targets and obstacles. A computer is configured to track the position of targets and obstacles and to provide guidance commands or 4D flight paths to perform collision avoidance with respect to traffic regulations and procedures, and operational airspace restrictions. Additional computer tasks include station keeping or interception of targets. A command and control system is configured to interact with a user interface and control the vehicle's actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732970 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — 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 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380442 | Ecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Vista, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Bioscience, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Vista, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of investigational bioinformatics and more particularly to secondary structure defining databases. The present invention further relates to methods for interrogating a database as a source of molecular masses of known bioagents for comparing against the molecular mass of an unknown or selected bioagent to determine either the identity of the selected bioagent, and/or to determine the origin of the selected bioagent. The identification of the bioagent is important for determining a proper course of treatment and/or irradication of the bioagent in such cases as biological warfare. Furthermore, the determination of the geographic origin of a selected bioagent will facilitate the identification of potential criminal identity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/930108 |
| 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 08380846 | Abu-Ghazaleh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (Vestal, New York); Weishuai Yang (Ozone Park, New York); Michael Lewis (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (Vestal, New York); Weishuai Yang (Ozone Park, New York); Michael Lewis (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for clustering of nodes for a task, and cluster so provided comprising an automatically partitioned a set of nodes having a branched hierarchy of subsets based at least on a relative distance according to at least one node characteristic distance metric, each subset having a communication node, each node within the subset being adapted to communicate control information with the communication node, and the communication nodes of respective subnets which are hierarchically linked, being configured to communicate control information with each other; and a set of output preferred nodes for allocation of portions of a task, wherein the output set of preferred nodes is dependent on both the hierarchy and the task. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243125 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380964 | Bishop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Wilson Bishop (Newark Valley, New York); Mary Douglass Brown (Austin, Texas); Jeffrey Carl Brownscheidle (Winooski, Vermont); Robert Allen Cordes (Austin, Texas); Maureen Anne Delaney (Burlington, Vermont); Jafar Nahidi (Round Rock, Texas); Dung Quoc Nguyen (Austin, Texas); Joel Abraham Silberman (Somers, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Wilson Bishop (Newark Valley, New York); Mary Douglass Brown (Austin, Texas); Jeffrey Carl Brownscheidle (Winooski, Vermont); Robert Allen Cordes (Austin, Texas); Maureen Anne Delaney (Burlington, Vermont); Jafar Nahidi (Round Rock, Texas); Dung Quoc Nguyen (Austin, Texas); Joel Abraham Silberman (Somers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An information handling system includes a processor with an instruction issue queue (IQ) that may perform age tracking operations. The issue queue IQ maintains or stores instructions that may issue out-of-order in an internal data store IDS. The IDS organizes instructions in a queue position (QPOS) addressing arrangement. An age matrix of the IQ maintains a record of relative instruction aging for those instructions within the IDS. The age matrix updates latches or other memory cell data to reflect the changes in IDS instruction ages during a dispatch operation into the IQ. During dispatch of one or more instructions, the age matrix may update only those latches that require data change to reflect changing IDS instruction ages. The age matrix employs row and column data and clock controls to individually update those latches requiring update. The issue queue may selectively clock a row and a column of cells of the age matrix that correspond to a dispatched instruction's queue position while leaving other cells unclocked to conserve power. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/417878 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08381294 | Jevans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Alexander Jevans (Los Altos, California); Steve Ryan (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Gil Spencer (Los Altos, California); Shannon Holland (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Imation Corp. (Oakdale, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Alexander Jevans (Los Altos, California); Steve Ryan (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Gil Spencer (Los Altos, California); Shannon Holland (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable storage device can comprise a web page confidence module and a device controller. The web page confidence module may be configured to receive a web page address and determine a trust level status associated with the web page address. The device controller may be configured to indicate a trust level status based on the trust level determination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/212151 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08381299 | Stolfo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (New York, New York); Janak Parekh (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (New York, New York); Janak Parekh (Manhasset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection are provided. In some embodiments, methods for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection: receive a training dataset having a plurality of n-grams, which plurality includes a first plurality of distinct training n-grams each being a first size; compute a first plurality of appearance frequencies, each for a corresponding one of the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; receive an input dataset including first input n-grams each being the first size; define a first window in the input dataset; identify as being first matching n-grams, the first input n-grams in the first window that correspond to the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; compute a first anomaly detection score for the input dataset using the first matching n-grams and the first plurality of appearance frequencies; and output the input dataset based on the first anomaly detection score. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/280969 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE44024 | Press et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael F. Press (Redondo Beach, California); Bahman Saffari (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Press (Redondo Beach, California); Bahman Saffari (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an isolated polynucleotide encoding an ECA1 polypeptide. Also provided is the isolated ECA1 polypeptide Further provided is an antibody that specifically recognizes and binds the ECA1 polypeptide or an epitope thereof. The polynucleotides, antibodies and/or polypeptides of this invention may be components of compositions, host cells and/or gene delivery vehicles, where appropriate. In one aspect, the host cell will produce recombinant ECA1, which is further defined herein. In another aspect, the host cell is an antigen presenting cell such as a dendritic cell, and it will display an antigenic portion of the ECA1 polypeptide on its surface. The polypeptides, proteins and compositions of this invention are useful to aid in the diagnosis of a neoplastic condition of a cell of endometrioid origin. In one aspect, the method comprises detecting the presence of an overexpressed ECA1 proto-oncogene in a sample suspected of containing said cell, wherein said overexpression is indicative of the neoplastic condition of said cell. These neoplastic cells include, but are not limited to ovarian and colon carcinoma cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/779699 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08375768 | Zeng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Lei Yu (Auburn Hills, Michigan); Yue Huang (East Lansing, Michigan); Andrew J. Mason (Portland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan); Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Lei Yu (Auburn Hills, Michigan); Yue Huang (East Lansing, Michigan); Andrew J. Mason (Portland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical piezoelectric sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate, three (or more) electrodes over a first surface of the substrate, and another electrode over a second (opposing) surface of the substrate. An ionic liquid in the form of a film is adhered, bound, immobilized, or otherwise positioned over the substrate and electrodes of the first surface. The ionic liquid film permits the absorption and detection of analytes from a gaseous sample, for environmental gases, example explosive vapors and/or explosive vapor species in the gaseous sample. Detection (optionally including analyte quantitation and qualitative identification) can be performed by both electrochemical and piezoelectric techniques using a single sensor. Systems incorporating and methods of using the electrochemical piezoelectric sensor also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/387600 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/24.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375987 | Yeates |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donovan B. Yeates (Escondido, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Donovan B. Yeates (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A concentrator for increasing the particle concentration in an aerosol flow is described. The concentrator comprises a sculptured acceleration plate with a number of slit-shaped and radially extending acceleration channels and a sculptured deceleration plate with a number of slit-shaped and radially extending deceleration plate channels. Acceleration channel exit openings are spaced from a base surface on an exit side of the acceleration plate and sculptured deceleration channel entry openings are spaced from a base surface on an entry side of the deceleration plate so that a relatively large gap is provided between the acceleration plate base surface and the deceleration plate base surface allowing a waste volume flow to be exhausted through this relatively large gap at low flow resistance. The plurality of openings comprises openings of at least two different lengths. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/890429 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/561.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376967 | Mersky |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry L. Mersky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Audiodontics, LLC (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry L. Mersky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for measuring and recording skull vibration in situ comprising a receiving means, a dental material capable of filling any gaps between the receiving means and the at least one tooth, the material capable of transmitting mechanical vibration within the dental bone conduction pathway to the receiving means; a transducer mounted into or unto the receiving means said transducer capable of transducing mechanical vibration within the dental bone conduction pathway into electrical signals; an extra-orally recordation hardware and software capable of receiving and processing said electrical signals from said transducer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/759206 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/590 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377147 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Ji-Ho Park (La Jolla, California); Austin Derfus (Solana Beach, California); Ester Segal (Haifa, Israel); Kenneth S. Vecchio (San Diego, California); Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Ji-Ho Park (La Jolla, California); Austin Derfus (Solana Beach, California); Ester Segal (Haifa, Israel); Kenneth S. Vecchio (San Diego, California); Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention uses externally applied electromagnetic stimulus to control and heat porous magnetic particles and material associated with the particles. The particles contain magnetic material, such as superparamagnetic iron oxide and are infused with a material. Application of a DC magnetic field allows them to be moved with their infused material, and application of an AC RF electromagnetic field allows them to be heated with their infused material. The material can be infused into pores of the particles and the particles can also adhere to an aqueous droplet. The present invention also provides a multi-layer porous magnetic particle. The particle includes a host layer having pores sized to accept magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles are infused within pores of the host layer. An encoding layer includes pores that define a spectral code. The pores in the encoding layer are sized to substantially exclude the magnetic nanoparticles. The encoding layer can also be a multi-layer, exhibiting, for example, a complex spectral code. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300369 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/962 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377447 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon); Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon); Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, in particular embodiments, for modified recombinant T cell receptor (TCR) ligands (RTLs) comprising a MHC class I or MHC class II component. The modified RTLs have redesigned surface features that preclude or reduce aggregation, wherein the modified molecules retain the ability to bind Ag-peptides, target antigen-specific T cells, inhibit T cell proliferation in an Ag-specific manner and have utility to treat, inter alia, autoimmune disease and other conditions mediated by antigen-specific T cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/936467 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377479 | Talton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Talton (Alachua, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotherapeutics, Inc. (Alachua, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Talton (Alachua, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions comprising particles of poorly soluble drugs encapsulated by stabilizers. Further described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such encapsulated compositions. Also described are methods of making such encapsulated particle compositions, and methods of making the corresponding pharmaceutical compositions. The encapsulated particle compositions described herein allow poorly soluble drugs to be administered with good bioavailability by routes that are non-invasive to patients, such as by oral administration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/202881 |
| 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 424/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377637 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Nozomu Yanaihara (Kanagawa, Japan); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio); Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Nozomu Yanaihara (Kanagawa, Japan); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of lung cancer. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-lung cancer agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075828 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377639 | Ryder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean Ryder (West Boylston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Ryder (West Boylston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting RNA binding proteins (e.g., MEX-3, MEX-5 and POS-1), as well as methods for treating and preventing disorders associated with parasitic infections and inflammatory disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823902 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377655 | Wood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teresa L. Wood (Cedar Grove, New Jersey); Anne M. Rowzee (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teresa L. Wood (Cedar Grove, New Jersey); Anne M. Rowzee (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a quantitative PCR assay that differentiates between IR-A, IR-B and IGF-IR mRNAs and compares expression of the three receptors on the same scale. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721327 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377674 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Jefferson Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Derek Jantz (Durham, North Carolina); Homme W. Hellinga (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Jefferson Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Derek Jantz (Durham, North Carolina); Homme W. Hellinga (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Rationally-designed LAGLIDADG meganucleases and methods of making such meganucleases are provided. In addition, methods are provided for using the meganucleases to generate recombinant cells and organisms having a desired DNA sequence inserted into a limited number of loci within the genome, as well as methods of gene therapy, for treatment of pathogenic infections, and for in vitro applications in diagnostics and research. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/532190 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/196 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377685 | Meyvantsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivar Meyvantsson (Madison, Wisconsin); John Majer (Madison, Wisconsin); Steven Hayes (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BellBrook Labs, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivar Meyvantsson (Madison, Wisconsin); John Majer (Madison, Wisconsin); Steven Hayes (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic method and device for testing and analyzing chemotaxis by providing a stable, static fluid gradient. The device includes a sink reservoir for receiving biological cellular material and a source reservoir for receiving a chemoattractant. The biological cellular material migrates through a low fluid volume microfluidic gradient channel located between the source and sink reservoirs. The fluid in the gradient channel is static and stable due to a high fluid volume closed circuit bypass microfluidic channel also in fluid communication with the source and sink reservoirs, whereby the bypass channel relieves any pressure differential imparted across the gradient channel. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/267524 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377691 | Doranz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin J. Doranz (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integral Molecular, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin J. Doranz (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of lipoparticles, virus-like particles, and viruses. The present invention also relates to testing ion channel function and modulators of ion channels. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/698607 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377696 | Seiki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kosuke Seiki (Ibaraki, Japan); Hiroshi Oda (Ibaraki, Japan); Hisashi Yoshioka (Ibaraki, Japan); Hiroshi Akiyama (Tokyo, Japan); Tamio Maitani (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maruha Nichiro Seafoods, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan); Japan as Represented by Director General of National Institute of Health Sciences (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kosuke Seiki (Ibaraki, Japan); Hiroshi Oda (Ibaraki, Japan); Hisashi Yoshioka (Ibaraki, Japan); Hiroshi Akiyama (Tokyo, Japan); Tamio Maitani (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for accurate and precise measurement of target proteins such as food allergen proteins in the specific foods is provided. The method is a method for immunological measurement of a food allergen protein in a processed food using an antibody against the food allergen protein, comprising adding animal tropomyosin to an assay solution upon measurement. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/594867 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377710 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425121 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377712 | Wallace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl J. Wallace (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Eric V. Anslyn (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl J. Wallace (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Eric V. Anslyn (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions for detection of chemical warfare agents that comprise oximate anion reactive sites and fluorophore cores. Methods for detecting a chemical warfare agents that comprise providing a detector molecule comprising an oximate anion reactive site and a fluorophore core and detecting fluorescence from the detector molecule. Methods for enhancing the reactivity of an oximate nucleophile that comprise introducing an oxime into an aprotic solvent and deprotonating the oxime to form the oximate nucleophile with a base that creates noncoordinating anions. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/609202 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377886 | Susztak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Katalin Susztak (Cresskill, New Jersey); Bernhard Bielesz (Rye, New York); Thiruvur G. Niranjan (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katalin Susztak (Cresskill, New Jersey); Bernhard Bielesz (Rye, New York); Thiruvur G. Niranjan (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for treating and preventing renal disease in a subject by administering a gamma secretase inhibitor or a Notch pathway inhibitor to the subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/733339 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377948 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Arlington, Ohio); Yeng-Jeng Shaw (Columbus, Ohio); Jason B. Garrison (Alexandria, Virginia); Natasha Kyprianou (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Arlington, Ohio); Yeng-Jeng Shaw (Columbus, Ohio); Jason B. Garrison (Alexandria, Virginia); Natasha Kyprianou (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Antitumor compounds based on the α1-adrenoceptor antagonist, doxazosin, as well as compositions and methods of use. The disclosed compounds induce apoptosis in cancer cells. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/570966 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/266.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377958 | Georg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ingrid Gunda Georg (St. Paul, Minnesota); Joseph S. Tash (Leawood, Kansas); Ramappa Chakrasali (St. Paul, Minnesota); Sudhakar Rao Jakkaraj (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Katherine Roby (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ingrid Gunda Georg (St. Paul, Minnesota); Joseph S. Tash (Leawood, Kansas); Ramappa Chakrasali (St. Paul, Minnesota); Sudhakar Rao Jakkaraj (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Katherine Roby (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Fertility management can include: administering to the subject one or more doses of a compound according to Formula I so as to reduce fertility in the subject. Fertility management can also include administering an effective amount of the compound to: impair Sertoli cell function in a male subject; inhibit spermatogenesis in the subject; reduce testis weight in the subject; reduce ovary weight in a female subject; reduce serum progesterone in the female subject; impair ovarian follicle function in the female subject; causing reversible fertility in the subject. In order to return fertility, the method can include ceasing administration of the compound to the subject so as to return fertility in the subject. The compound can be administered for irreversibly sterilizing the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/830681 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377981 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale Boger (LaJolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Boger (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A unique class of N-acyl O-amino phenol prodrugs of CBI-TMI and CBI-indole2 were synthesized and shown to be prodrugs, subject to reductive activation by nucleophilic cleavage of a weak N—O bond, effectively releasing the free drug in functional cellular assays for cytotoxic activity approaching or matching the activity of the free drug, yet remain essentially stable to ex vivo DNA alkylation conditions. Most impressively, assessment of the in vivo antitumor activity of a representative O-(acylamino) prodrug, 8, indicate that they approach the potency and exceed the efficacy of the free drug itself (CBI-indole2), indicating that the inactive prodrugs not only effectively release the free drug in vivo, but that they offer additional advantages related to a controlled or targeted release in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/742616 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378071 | Khleif et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samir N. Khleif (Silverspring, Maryland); Yujun Dong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| 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) | Samir N. Khleif (Silverspring, Maryland); Yujun Dong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides antigenic peptides of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2(VEGFR-2)/KDR. Pharmaceutical compositions including the peptides and/or antigen presenting cells that exhibit the VEGFR-2/KDR peptides on their cell surface are also provided. Methods for eliciting an immune response and for inhibiting angiogenesis by administering such pharmaceutical compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/402401 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378076 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Chiang Shen (San Marino, California); Nurmamet Amet (Northridge, California); Xiaoying Chen (Alhambra, California); Hsin-Fang Lee (Alhambra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chiang Shen (San Marino, California); Nurmamet Amet (Northridge, California); Xiaoying Chen (Alhambra, California); Hsin-Fang Lee (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fusion proteins. The invention specifically relates to compositions and methods of Tf-based fusion proteins that demonstrate a high-level expression of transferrin (Tf)-based fusion proteins by inserting a helical linker between two protein domains. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093694 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378086 | Gambhir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portollo Valley, California); Andreas M. Loening (Stanford, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (, None); The Regents of the Univeristy of California (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portollo Valley, California); Andreas M. Loening (Stanford, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include polynucleotides that encode mutant Cnidarian luciferases that exhibit modulated properties as compared to the corresponding wild-type luciferases, and the modulated properties include at least one of: modulated stability; enhanced light output; and modulated emission maximum. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include polypeptides or fragments thereof encoded by the polynucleotides, constructs including the polynucleotide, expression cassettes, cells, methods of producing the polynucleotides and polypeptides, antibodies, transgenic cells and/or animals, kits, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562881 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378100 | Lynch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides β-hydroxy phosphonate compounds that are autotaxin inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351550 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378145 | Buchwald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin W. Anderson (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin W. Anderson (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in various transition-metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The subject methods provide improvements in many features of the transition-metal-catalyzed reactions, including the range of suitable substrates, number of catalyst turnovers, reaction conditions, and efficiency. For example, improvements have been realized in transition metal-catalyzed: aryl amination reactions; aryl amidation reactions; Suzuki couplings; and Sonogashira couplings. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to catalysts and methods of using them that operate in aqueous solvent systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/502749 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08379794 — Method to estimate position, motion and trajectory of a target with a single x-ray imager
| US 08379794 | Poulsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Per Rugaard Poulsen (Aabyhoej, Denmark); Byungchul Cho (Palo Alto, California); Katja Langen (Orlando, Florida); Patrick Kupelian (Winter Park, Florida); Paul J. Keall (Palo Alto, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Per Rugaard Poulsen (Aabyhoej, Denmark); Byungchul Cho (Palo Alto, California); Katja Langen (Orlando, Florida); Patrick Kupelian (Winter Park, Florida); Paul J. Keall (Palo Alto, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for estimation of retrospective and real-time 3D target position by a single imager. The invention includes imaging a target on at least one 2D plane to determine 2D position and/or position components of the target, and resolving a position and/or position component along at least one imager axis of the target using a spatial probability density. The present invention provides a probability-based method for accurate estimation of the mean position, motion magnitude, motion correlation, and trajectory of a tumor from CBCT projections. The applicability of the method for tumors with periodic respiratory motion and for prostate are provided. Clinical feasibility is demonstrated for a pancreas tumor. The method includes monoscopic tracking of the 3D prostate position utilizing the spatial probability density to estimate the unresolved motion from the resolved motion. The method is applicable to prostate tracking even with a population-based probability density. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/584227 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379951 | Lustig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Lustig (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lustig (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for obtaining an image by parallel acquisition magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. Precessing nuclear spins are excited in a region of a subject. A plurality of response signals, representing magnetic resonance signals arising from the precessing nuclear spins, are simultaneously obtained from the region respectively with a plurality of RF reception coils, with each response signal representing a reduced data set of a totality of all of said response signals. Calibration data points are additionally obtained for each data set. A filter is synthesized using the calibration data points. The synthesizing filter is applied to the reduced data set to obtain a plurality of coupled simultaneous linear equations with a plurality of unknowns. The plurality of coupled simultaneously linear equations with the plurality of unknowns is solved to obtain a complete data set. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024919 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380266 | Vaughan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Thomas Vaughan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jinfeng Tian (Falcon Heights, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Thomas Vaughan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jinfeng Tian (Falcon Heights, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An RF coil adjacent an imaging region includes a plurality of conducting coil elements, with each conducting coil element including a proximal portion and a distal portion. The RF coil also includes a capacitance between the distal portions of the at least two conducting coil elements. A mutual coupling inductance between at least two conducting coil elements of the plurality of conducting coil elements is substantially cancelled by the capacitance between the distal portions of the at least two conducting coil elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124206 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380268 | Georgakoudi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Irene Georgakoudi (Acton, Massachusetts); Michael S. Feld (Newton, Massachusetts); Qingguo Zhang (Medford, Massachusetts); Markus G. Mueller (Erlenbach, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irene Georgakoudi (Acton, Massachusetts); Michael S. Feld (Newton, Massachusetts); Qingguo Zhang (Medford, Massachusetts); Markus G. Mueller (Erlenbach, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention utilizes a plurality of spectroscopic systems and methods to measure characteristics of tissue useful in the diagnosis of disease. In a preferred embodiment, a combination of fluorescence, reflectance and light scattered spectra can be measured and processed to provide biochemical, architectural and morphological state of tissue. The methods and systems can be used particularly in the early detection of carcinoma within tissue in vivo and in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166798 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380280 | Basser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J. Basser (Washington, District of Columbia); Yaniv Assaf (Tel-Aviv, Israel) |
| 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) | Peter J. Basser (Washington, District of Columbia); Yaniv Assaf (Tel-Aviv, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic resonance methods include modeling magnetic resonance signals obtained from specimens at low and high q-values to obtain parameters and distributions of parameters associated with specimen structure and orientation. In evaluation of brain white matter specimens, diffusion within axons can be modeled based on hindered diffusion parallel to an axis of the axon and restricted diffusion perpendicular to the axis. Diffusion exterior to axons can be modeled as hindered diffusion with differing diffusivities parallel to and perpendicular to the axis. Based on extracted parameters and associated model functions, distributions of specimen properties such as intra and extra-axonal principal diffusivities and the corresponding principal directions can be estimated. Features of the axon diameter distribution can also be estimated using this approach. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114713 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380288 | Labadie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert F. Labadie (Nasheville, Tennessee); J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Labadie (Nasheville, Tennessee); J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for providing an access to a cochlea of a living subject. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises the steps of operating a surgical instrument towards a region of interest of the living subject for opening an access to the cochlea of the living subject from the lateral edge of the skull of the living subject to the cochlea of the living subject, and intra-operatively monitoring at least a part of the surgical instrument so that the surgical instrument is operated substantially along a predetermined path. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/413254 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380326 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (Montrose, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (Montrose, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an implant able insulated electrical circuit that utilizes polyparaxylylene, preferably as Parylene, a known polymer that has excellent living tissue implant characteristics, to provide for chronic implantation of conductive electrical devices, such as stimulators and sensors. The device is thin, flexible, electrically insulated, and stable after long exposure to living tissue. Layers of Parylene may be combined with layers of a polymer, such as polyimide, to yield greater design flexibility in the circuit. Multiple electrical conduction layers may be stacked in the circuit to increase packing density. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638989 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380445 | Raftery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Raftery (West Lafayette, Indiana); Peter Sandusky (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Raftery (West Lafayette, Indiana); Peter Sandusky (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for differentiating complex mixtures each having one or more chemical species is provided. The method comprises producing a sample NMR spectrum by subjecting a mixture to a selective spectroscopy process, wherein the NMR spectrum has individual spectral peaks representative of the one or more chemical species within the mixture. The one or more chemical species within the mixture are identified by analyzing the individual spectral peaks, and the individual spectral peaks are then subjected to a multivariate statistical analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039136 |
| 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 72/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380539 | Linder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark W. Linder (Louisville, Kentucky); Roland Valdes, Jr. (Simpsonville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Linder (Louisville, Kentucky); Roland Valdes, Jr. (Simpsonville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides personalized medicine management software for determining a series of recommended doses of a medication for a patient. The software contains code to receive information regarding a combination of at least one genetic factor and personal attributes for the patient that are predictive of the patient's reaction to a series of doses of the medication. Using a predictive mathematical model specific to the medication, the code calculates the series of recommended doses specific to the patient's genetic factor and personal attributes and specific to the medication. The series of recommended doses is outputted. In preferred embodiments, the output is the form of an interactive display. The interactive display permits a user, typically a health care professional, to input actual doses and actual patient responses. The subsequent series of recommended doses is preferably then adjusted, in real time, to account for the actual doses and actual patient responses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300104 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08381269 | Yue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chuan Yue (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Haining Wang (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuan Yue (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Haining Wang (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure web browsing method and security system architecture for a mobile device are provided. The architecture establishes a communication link between the mobile device and a computer. A routine transmitted from the mobile device to the computer synchronizes page content of the mobile device to the computer's internet browser. The architecture (i) detects user-supplied inputs to the page content on the computer's internet browser, (ii) generates a verification request at the mobile device when user-supplied inputs are so-detected, and (iii) transmits the user-supplied inputs from the mobile device as an internet communication only when the verification request is confirmed by the user at the mobile device. The architecture also processes each new page loaded at the mobile device to perform removal and/or obfuscation of selected information associated with the new page in order to generate a modified page. The computer's internet browser is updated to the modified page. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891853 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 08375726 | Wiebe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly in a gas turbine engine. The combustor assembly includes a combustor device coupled to a main engine casing, a first fuel injection system, a transition duct, and an intermediate duct. The combustor device includes a flow sleeve for receiving pressurized air and a liner disposed radially inwardly from the flow sleeve. The first fuel injection system provides fuel that is ignited with the pressurized air creating first working gases. The intermediate duct is disposed between the liner and the transition duct and defines a path for the first working gases to flow from the liner to the transition duct. An intermediate duct inlet portion is associated with a liner outlet and allows movement between the intermediate duct and the liner. An intermediate duct outlet portion is associated with a transition duct inlet section and allows movement between the intermediate duct and the transition duct. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/431302 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08375758 | Matsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc R. Matsen (Seattle, Washington); William Dykstra (Rockford, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc R. Matsen (Seattle, Washington); William Dykstra (Rockford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A laminated tooling apparatus includes a first tooling die, a first susceptor carried by the first tooling die and having at least one straight susceptor portion and at least one angled susceptor portion adjacent to the straight susceptor portion, a first plurality of susceptor slots extending through the at least one angled susceptor portion of the first tooling die, a second tooling die adjacent to the first tooling die, a second susceptor carried by the second tooling die and having at least one straight susceptor portion and at least one angled susceptor portion adjacent to the straight susceptor portion; and a second plurality of susceptor slots extending through the at least one angled susceptor portion of the second tooling die. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835207 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal deforming 072/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376172 | Allen, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Burgess M. Allen, Jr. (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Burgess M. Allen, Jr. (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and a process for forming a protective barrier seal along a “ring of concern” of a transfer container used with double door systems is provided. A protective substrate is supplied between a “ring of concern” and a safety cover in which an adhesive layer of the substrate engages the “ring of concern”. A compressive foam strip along an opposite side of the substrate engages a safety cover such that a compressive force is maintained between the “ring of concern” and the adhesive layer of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/380330 |
| ART UNIT | 3788 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376593 | Bazydola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts); Robert Harrison (North Andover, Massachusetts); Anil Jeswani (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osram Sylvania Inc. (Danvers, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts); Robert Harrison (North Andover, Massachusetts); Anil Jeswani (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A luminaire with a thermal pathway to reduce the junction temperature of the luminaire's light source, and methods for so doing, are disclosed. The luminaire includes a can, a light engine, and a trim, that define a substantially continuous thermal pathway from the light engine to a surrounding environment. The can defines a can cavity and includes a can end region. The light engine is within the can cavity and includes a light source and a heat sink, including a heat sink end region, coupled thereto. The trim is at least partially disposed within the can cavity and includes a first trim end region coupled to the heat sink end region and a second trim end region coupled to the can end region. Thermal interface material may be located between: the heat sink and the trim, the trim and the can, and/or the heat sink and the light source. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770884 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08376697 | Wiebe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Todd Ebert (West Palm Beach, Florida); Alexander Beeck (Orlando, Florida); George Liang (Palm City, Florida); Walter H. Marussich (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Todd Ebert (West Palm Beach, Florida); Alexander Beeck (Orlando, Florida); George Liang (Palm City, Florida); Walter H. Marussich (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine includes forward and aft rows of rotatable blades, a row of stationary vanes between the forward and aft rows of rotatable blades, an annular intermediate disc, and a seal housing apparatus. The forward and aft rows of rotatable blades are coupled to respective first and second portions of a disc/rotor assembly. The annular intermediate disc is coupled to the disc/rotor assembly so as to be rotatable with the disc/rotor assembly during operation of the gas turbine. The annular intermediate disc includes a forward side coupled to the first portion of the disc/rotor assembly and an aft side coupled to the second portion of the disc/rotor assembly. The seal housing apparatus is coupled to the annular intermediate disc so as to be rotatable with the annular intermediate disc and the disc/rotor assembly during operation of the gas turbine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/611241 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377334 | Lyons |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Joseph Lyons (Burnt Hills, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Joseph Lyons (Burnt Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising a phosphor and a compound having the formula R1R2M, wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyl, acyl heterocycle, haloalkyl, oxaalkyl, or silyl; R2 is a sulfate, sulfonate, or carboxylate and M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal are provided. Phosphors coated with the compound, methods of making the coated phosphors and articles comprising the compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646205 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4H0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377358 | Keenihan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Todd M. Clarey (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Todd M. Clarey (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon an inventive method of producing an over-molded edge portion on a flexible substrate, wherein the edge portion is void of open areas due to support devices in the mold cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989747 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377404 | Kiplinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jaqueline L. Kiplinger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marisa J. Monreal (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert K. Thomson (Norman, Oklahoma); Thibault Cantat (Issy les Moulineaux, France); Nicholas E. Travia (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaqueline L. Kiplinger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marisa J. Monreal (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert K. Thomson (Norman, Oklahoma); Thibault Cantat (Issy les Moulineaux, France); Nicholas E. Travia (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | UI3(1,4-dioxane)1.5 and UI4(1,4-dioxane)2, were synthesized in high yield by reacting turnings of elemental uranium with iodine dissolved in 1,4-dioxane under mild conditions. These molecular compounds of uranium are thermally stable and excellent precursor materials for synthesizing other molecular compounds of uranium including alkoxide, amide, organometallic, and halide compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/353917 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377405 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Puja Jain (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Suzanne Linehan (Groveland, Massachusetts); Francis Joseph Lipiecki (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Stephen Gerard Maroldo (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Samuel J. November (Newtown, Pennsylvania); John Hiroshi Yamamoto (New Britain, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Puja Jain (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Suzanne Linehan (Groveland, Massachusetts); Francis Joseph Lipiecki (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Stephen Gerard Maroldo (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Samuel J. November (Newtown, Pennsylvania); John Hiroshi Yamamoto (New Britain, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for production of a borohydride compound. The process comprises combining a compound comprising boron and oxygen with an adduct of alane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322567 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377415 | Zidan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Douglas A. Knight (Aiken, South Carolina); Long V. Dinh (Aiken, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Douglas A. Knight (Aiken, South Carolina); Long V. Dinh (Aiken, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided to synthesize an alane without the formation of alane adducts as a precursor. The resulting product is a crystallized α-alane and is a highly stable product and is free of halides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/313472 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/645 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377416 | Varma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvind Varma (West Lafayette, Indiana); Moiz Diwan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Evgeny Shafirovich (El Paso, Texas); Hyun-Tae Hwang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ahmad Al-Kukhun (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvind Varma (West Lafayette, Indiana); Moiz Diwan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Evgeny Shafirovich (El Paso, Texas); Hyun-Tae Hwang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ahmad Al-Kukhun (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of releasing hydrogen from ammonia borane is disclosed. The method comprises heating an aqueous ammonia borane solution to between about 80-135° C. at between about 14.7 and 200 pounds per square inch absolute (psia) to release hydrogen by hydrothermolysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544832 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/648.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377512 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry S. Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas M. Lillo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kevin M. McHugh (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry S. Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas M. Lillo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kevin M. McHugh (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An armor system and method involves providing a core material and a stream of atomized coating material that comprises a liquid fraction and a solid fraction. An initial layer is deposited on the core material by positioning the core material in the stream of atomized coating material wherein the solid fraction of the stream of atomized coating material is less than the liquid fraction of the stream of atomized coating material on a weight basis. An outer layer is then deposited on the initial layer by positioning the core material in the stream of atomized coating material wherein the solid fraction of the stream of atomized coating material is greater than the liquid fraction of the stream of atomized coating material on a weight basis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893160 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377555 | Mohtadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rana F. Mohtadi (Northville, Michigan); George G. Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Leung K. Heung (Aiken, South Carolina); Kenji Nakamura (Toyota, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rana F. Mohtadi (Northville, Michigan); George G. Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Leung K. Heung (Aiken, South Carolina); Kenji Nakamura (Toyota, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A material for the storage and release of gases comprises a plurality of hollow elements, each hollow element comprising a porous wall enclosing an interior cavity, the interior cavity including structures of a solid-state storage material. In particular examples, the storage material is a hydrogen storage material such as a solid state hydride. An improved method for forming such materials includes the solution diffusion of a storage material solution through a porous wall of a hollow element into an interior cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/035908 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377659 | Goedegebuur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Edmund Larenas (Moss Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Edmund Larenas (Moss Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are variants of Humicola grisea Cel7A (CBH1.1), H. jecorina CBH1 variant or S. thermophilium CBH1, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for producing the same. The variant cellulases have the amino acid sequence of a glycosyl hydrolase of family 7A wherein one or more amino acid residues are substituted. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/092068 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377738 | Dennis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy D. Dennis (Canton, Texas); Bo Li (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy D. Dennis (Canton, Texas); Bo Li (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell fabrication process includes printing of dopant sources over a polysilicon layer over backside of a solar cell substrate. The dopant sources are cured to diffuse dopants from the dopant sources into the polysilicon layer to form diffusion regions, and to crosslink the dopant sources to make them resistant to a subsequently performed texturing process. To prevent counter doping, dopants from one of the dopant sources are prevented from outgassing and diffusing into the other dopant source. For example, phosphorus from an N-type dopant source is prevented from diffusing to a P-type dopant source comprising boron. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828573 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377831 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for size selection of nanostructures comprising utilizing a gas-expanded liquids (GEL) and controlled pressure to precipitate desired size populations of nanostructures, e.g., monodisperse. The GEL can comprise CO2 antisolvent and an organic solvent. The method can be carried out in an apparatus comprising a first open vessel configured to allow movement of a liquid/particle solution to specific desired locations within the vessel, a second pressure vessel, a location controller for controlling location of the particles and solution within the first vessel, a inlet for addition of antisolvent to the first vessel, and a device for measuring the amount of antisolvent added. Also disclosed is a method for forming nanoparticle thin films comprising utilizing a GEL containing a substrate, pressurizing the solution to precipitate and deposit nanoparticles onto the substrate, removing the solvent thereby leaving a thin nanoparticle film, removing the solvent and antisolvent, and drying the film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082189 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377840 | Seals et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Rdige, Tennessee); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Rdige, Tennessee); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating nano-catalysts are described. In some embodiments the nano-catalyst is formed from a powder-based substrate material and is some embodiments the nano-catalyst is formed from a solid-based substrate material. In some embodiments the substrate material may include metal, ceramic, or silicon or another metalloid. The nano-catalysts typically have metal nanoparticles disposed adjacent the surface of the substrate material. The methods typically include functionalizing the surface of the substrate material with a chelating agent, such as a chemical having dissociated carboxyl functional groups (—COO), that provides an enhanced affinity for metal ions. The functionalized substrate surface may then be exposed to a chemical solution that contains metal ions. The metal ions are then bound to the substrate material and may then be reduced, such as by a stream of gas that includes hydrogen, to form metal nanoparticles adjacent the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370892 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377843 | Baker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick S. Baker (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick S. Baker (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing activated carbon fibers (ACFs) includes the steps of providing a natural carbonaceous precursor fiber material, blending the carbonaceous precursor material with a chemical activation agent to form chemical agent-impregnated precursor fibers, spinning the chemical agent-impregnated precursor material into fibers, and thermally treating the chemical agent-impregnated precursor fibers. The carbonaceous precursor material is both carbonized and activated to form ACFs in a single step. The method produces ACFs exclusive of a step to isolate an intermediate carbon fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763327 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378109 | Mukherjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jogeshwar Mukherjee (Irvine, California); Ramaiah Pichika (Oregon, California); Steven Potkin (Irvine, California); Frances Leslie (Irvine, California); Sankha Chattopadhyay (Bidhannagar, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jogeshwar Mukherjee (Irvine, California); Ramaiah Pichika (Oregon, California); Steven Potkin (Irvine, California); Frances Leslie (Irvine, California); Sankha Chattopadhyay (Bidhannagar, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Contemplated compositions and methods are employed to bind in vitro and in vivo to an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in a highly selective manner. Where such compounds are labeled, compositions and methods employing such compounds can be used for PET and SPECT analysis. Alternatively, and/or additionally contemplated compounds can be used as antagonists, partial agonists or agonists in the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with α4ββ2 dysfunction. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/721145 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/276.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378163 | Ida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junko Ida (Columbus, Ohio); Francis P. Daly (Delaware, Ohio); Terry Mazanec (Solon, Ohio); Barry L. Yang (Dublin, Ohio); Richard Long (New Albany, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Velocys Corp. (Plain City, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junko Ida (Columbus, Ohio); Francis P. Daly (Delaware, Ohio); Terry Mazanec (Solon, Ohio); Barry L. Yang (Dublin, Ohio); Richard Long (New Albany, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes catalysts, methods of making catalysts, methods of making a microchannel reactor, and methods of conducting chemical reactions. It has been discovered that superior performance can be obtained from a catalyst formed by directly depositing a catalytic material onto a (low surface area) thermally-grown alumina layer. Improved methods of conducting oxidative dehydrogenations are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088692 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/658 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378286 | Thundat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lawrence R. Senesac (Knoxville, Tennessee); Charles W. Van Neste (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lawrence R. Senesac (Knoxville, Tennessee); Charles W. Van Neste (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are improvements to photo detecting devices and methods for enhancing the sensitivity of photo detecting devices. A photo detecting device generates an electronic signal in response to a received light pulse. An electro-mechanical acoustic resonator, electrically coupled to the photo detecting device, damps the electronic signal and increases the signal noise ratio (SNR) of the electronic signal. Increased photo detector standoff distances and sensitivities will result. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837703 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378296 | Enke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christie Enke (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christie Enke (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and instruments for high dynamic range analysis of sample components are described. A sample is subjected to time-dependent separation, ionized, and the ions dispersed with a constant integration time across an array of detectors according to the ions m/z values. Each of the detectors in the array has a dynamically adjustable gain or a logarithmic response function, producing an instrument capable of detecting a ratio of responses or 4 or more orders of magnitude. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/080392 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378308 | Gerts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Gerts (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert S. Bean (Rigby, Idaho); Richard R. Metcalf (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Gerts (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert S. Bean (Rigby, Idaho); Richard R. Metcalf (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detector is disclosed. The radiation detector comprises an active detector surface configured to generate charge carriers in response to charged particles associated with incident radiation. The active detector surface is further configured with a sufficient thickness for a partial energy deposition of the charged particles to occur and permit the charged particles to pass through the active detector surface. The radiation detector further comprises a plurality of voltage leads coupled to the active detector surface. The plurality of voltage leads is configured to couple to a voltage source to generate a voltage drop across the active detector surface and to separate the charge carriers into a plurality of electrons and holes for detection. The active detector surface may comprise one or more graphene layers. Timing data between active detector surfaces may be used to determine energy of the incident radiation. Other apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907834 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378329 | Zaliznyak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Zaliznyak (Port Jefferson, New York); Alexei Tsvelik (Stony Brook, New York); Dmitri Kharzeev (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Zaliznyak (Port Jefferson, New York); Alexei Tsvelik (Stony Brook, New York); Dmitri Kharzeev (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene magnet multilayers (GMMs) are employed to facilitate development of spintronic devices. The GMMs can include a sheet of monolayer (ML) or few-layer (FL) graphene in contact with a magnetic material, such as a ferromagnetic (FM) or an antiferromagnetic material. Electrode terminals can be disposed on the GMMs to be in electrical contact with the graphene. A magnetic field effect is induced in the graphene sheet based on an exchange magnetic field resulting from a magnetization of the magnetic material which is in contact with graphene. Electrical characteristics of the graphene can be manipulated based on the magnetization of the magnetic material in the GMM. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/530862 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378385 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed methods of making photosensitive devices, such as flexible photovoltaic (PV) devices, through the use of epitaxial liftoff. Also described herein are methods of preparing flexible PV devices comprising a structure having a growth substrate, wherein the selective etching of protective layers yields a smooth growth substrate that us suitable for reuse. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/878261 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380550 | Mattimore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernard G. Mattimore (Danville, California); Paul E. Reynolds (Ripon, California); Jill M. Farrell (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard G. Mattimore (Danville, California); Paul E. Reynolds (Ripon, California); Jill M. Farrell (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a computer program product for determining future facility conditions includes a computer readable medium having computer readable program code stored therein. The computer readable program code includes computer readable program code for calculating a time period specific maintenance cost, for calculating a time period specific modernization factor, and for calculating a time period specific backlog factor. Future facility conditions equal the time period specific maintenance cost plus the time period specific modernization factor plus the time period specific backlog factor. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for calculating future facility conditions includes calculating a time period specific maintenance cost, calculating a time period specific modernization factor, and calculating a time period specific backlog factor. Future facility conditions equal the time period specific maintenance cost plus the time period specific modernization factor plus the time period specific backlog factor. Other embodiments are also presented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/633656 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380765 | Shinde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pravin Shinde (Austin, Texas); Eric Van Hensbergen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pravin Shinde (Austin, Texas); Eric Van Hensbergen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for group communications using a MULTI-PIPE synthetic file system. A master application creates a multi-pipe synthetic file in the MULTI-PIPE synthetic file system, the master application indicating a multi-pipe operation to be performed. The master application then writes a header-control block of the multi-pipe synthetic file specifying at least one of a multi-pipe synthetic file system name, a message type, a message size, a specific destination, or a specification of the multi-pipe operation. Any other application participating in the group communications then opens the same multi-pipe synthetic file. A MULTI-PIPE file system module then implements the multi-pipe operation as identified by the master application. The master application and the other applications then either read or write operation messages to the multi-pipe synthetic file and the MULTI-PIPE synthetic file system module performs appropriate actions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/563120 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/822 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08381230 | Dozsa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabor J. Dozsa (Ardsley, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Sameer Kumar (White Plains, New York); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabor J. Dozsa (Ardsley, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Sameer Kumar (White Plains, New York); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, a reception thread receives a source node identifier, a type, and a data pointer from an application and, in response, creates a receive request. If the source node identifier specifies a source node, the reception thread adds the receive request to a fast-post queue. If a message received from a network does not match a receive request on a posted queue, a polling thread adds a receive request that represents the message to an unexpected queue. If the fast-post queue contains the receive request, the polling thread removes the receive request from the fast-post queue. If the receive request that was removed from the fast-post queue does not match the receive request on the unexpected queue, the polling thread adds the receive request that was removed from the fast-post queue to the posted queue. The reception thread and the polling thread execute asynchronously from each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/764315 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08376317 | Chuang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Han-Sheng Chuang (Taipei, Taiwan); Steven T. Wereley (W. Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han-Sheng Chuang (Taipei, Taiwan); Steven T. Wereley (W. Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic purge valve in a microfluidics system includes a notch defined in the valve seat of a microfluidic valve. The notch is sized so that gas entrained within a liquid pumped through the microfluidics system can pass freely therethrough but the liquid cannot. The notch is sized so that the resistant force generated by the surface tension of the liquid is equal to or greater than the force generated by the fluid pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/074699 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377390 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deying Xia (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deying Xia (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the invention, there are surfaces exhibiting anisotropic wetting, microfluidic devices and microreactors including the surfaces and methods of controlling anisotropic wetting behavior of the surfaces. The exemplary surface can include a substrate and a plurality of rectangular shaped structures arranged to form a macroscopic pattern over the substrate, wherein the plurality of rectangular shaped structures delineate a top surface of the rectangular structures from a surface of the substrate, the rectangular shaped structures including substantially vertical walls having a height of about 100 nm to about 10 μm and wherein the shape of the macroscopic pattern, the height of the substantially vertical walls, and a surface chemistry of the top surface controls anisotropic wetting at the top surface of the rectangular structures. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/475371 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377576 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | T. Danny Xiao (Willington, Connecticut); Xinqing Ma (Willington, Connecticut); Heng Zhang (Storrs, Connecticut); Junfeng Zhou (Mansfield Center, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inframat Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | T. Danny Xiao (Willington, Connecticut); Xinqing Ma (Willington, Connecticut); Heng Zhang (Storrs, Connecticut); Junfeng Zhou (Mansfield Center, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a magnetic paste that generally includes a magnetic component and a liquid organic component. The magnetic component includes a plurality of discrete nanoparticles, a plurality of nanoparticle-containing assemblies, or both. Magnetic devices can be formed from the magnetic paste. Methods of making and using the magnetic paste are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/432086 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/692.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377683 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Nada N. Boustany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Nada N. Boustany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic and noninvasive method of monitoring the adhesion and proliferation of biological cells through multimode operation (acoustic and optical) using a ZnO nanostructure-modified quartz crystal microbalance (ZnOnano-QCM) biosensor is disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/555721 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/286.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377700 | Strano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Paul W. Barone (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jin-Ho Ahn (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea); Ardemis Anoush Boghossian (White Lake, Michigan); Rene Ortiz-Garcia (Dresden, Germany); Hyeonseok Yoon (Gwangju, South Korea); Jingqing Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Paul W. Barone (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jin-Ho Ahn (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea); Ardemis Anoush Boghossian (White Lake, Michigan); Rene Ortiz-Garcia (Dresden, Germany); Hyeonseok Yoon (Gwangju, South Korea); Jingqing Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods related to compositions including hydrogels and photoluminescent nanostructures are described. The compositions can undergo a change in a physical, chemical, dielectric, or other property upon exposure to an altering stimulus. Changes in one or more properties of the hydrogel may impart a change in the photoluminescence of the nanostructures embedded in the hydrogel. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/659193 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377704 | DiMagno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen DiMagno (Lincoln, Nebraska); Ronald Cerny (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen DiMagno (Lincoln, Nebraska); Ronald Cerny (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of detecting anions in solution. In particular, the methods can be used to detect trace anions in solution. For example, the anions can be present in an amount of between about 500 femtomoles to about 10 millimoles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907079 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377710 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425121 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377717 | Bright |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the detection of analytes, methods for forming the MIPs and detecting the analyte using the MIPs. The MIP comprises templated sites which are formed using a mimic of the analyte such that a reporter compound can be selectively attached at the templated sites, thus providing a site selectively tagged and templated MIP. |
| FILED | Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728783 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/531 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377831 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for size selection of nanostructures comprising utilizing a gas-expanded liquids (GEL) and controlled pressure to precipitate desired size populations of nanostructures, e.g., monodisperse. The GEL can comprise CO2 antisolvent and an organic solvent. The method can be carried out in an apparatus comprising a first open vessel configured to allow movement of a liquid/particle solution to specific desired locations within the vessel, a second pressure vessel, a location controller for controlling location of the particles and solution within the first vessel, a inlet for addition of antisolvent to the first vessel, and a device for measuring the amount of antisolvent added. Also disclosed is a method for forming nanoparticle thin films comprising utilizing a GEL containing a substrate, pressurizing the solution to precipitate and deposit nanoparticles onto the substrate, removing the solvent thereby leaving a thin nanoparticle film, removing the solvent and antisolvent, and drying the film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082189 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377841 | Flytzani-Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Howard M. Saltsburg (Newton, Massachusetts); Qi Fu (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Howard M. Saltsburg (Newton, Massachusetts); Qi Fu (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention contemplates a method of making a catalytic material, and uses of the material. The catalytic material is made by depositing catalytic metals, such as gold or platinum, on substrate materials, such as lanthanum-doped ceria or other oxides. The catalytic metal, which comprises both crystalline and non-crystalline structures, is treated, for example with aqueous basic NaCN solution, to leach away at least some of the crystalline metallic component. The remaining noncrystalline metallic component associated with the substrate exhibits catalytic activity that is substantially similar to the catalyst as prepared. The use of the catalyst in an apparatus such as a reactor or analytic instrument is contemplated, as is the use of the catalyst in efficient, cost-effective reactions, such as removal of carbon monoxide from fuel gases, for example by performing the water gas shift reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243173 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378003 | Manish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kumar Manish (Newton, Massachusetts); Clark Mark (Chicago, Illinois); Zilles L. Julie (Champaign, Illinois); Mariusz Grzelakowski (Marina Del Rey, California); Rainer Nehring (Basel, Switzerland); WolfGang Meier (Therwil, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kumar Manish (Newton, Massachusetts); Clark Mark (Chicago, Illinois); Zilles L. Julie (Champaign, Illinois); Mariusz Grzelakowski (Marina Del Rey, California); Rainer Nehring (Basel, Switzerland); WolfGang Meier (Therwil, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are substantially flat membranes that include a block or graft co-polymer and a water transport protein, such as Aquaporin-Z, or a synthetic mimic of such proteins. Also provided are methods of removing contaminants from a liquid, by contacting the liquid with a substantially flat membrane that includes a block or graft co-polymer and a water transport protein or synthetic mimic thereof. Also provided are methods of making such membranes. Further provided are compositions that include at least one active ingredient and vesicles surrounding the active ingredient, where the vesicles include a block or graft copolymer and a water transport protein or synthetic mimic surrounding the active ingredient. Also provided are methods that include administering such compositions to patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/745692 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378041 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremiah Johnson (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey T. Koberstein (Storrs, Connecticut); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremiah Johnson (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey T. Koberstein (Storrs, Connecticut); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing degradable model networks from any monomer functionality with any degradation methodology. It is based on the use of Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization CLICK chemistry and a tetrafunctional initiator having terminal halogen groups to form the desired product. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363343 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378089 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai Wang (Bellevue, Washington); David Galas (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Wang (Bellevue, Washington); David Galas (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for protecting and administering small RNA to preserve stability are described. The small RNAs may either be in unmodified form or may be chemically modified to enhance stability further. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032459 |
| 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 08378333 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parag Banerjee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Israel Perez (Bethesda, Maryland); Erin Robertson (College Park, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parag Banerjee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Israel Perez (Bethesda, Maryland); Erin Robertson (College Park, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a lateral two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The lateral nanotube device can include a substrate, an anodic oxide material disposed on the substrate, and a column disposed in the anodic oxide material extending from one distal end of the anodic oxide material to another end of the anodic oxide material. The lateral nanotube device further can include a first material disposed within the column, and a second material disposed within the column. The first material fills a distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards another distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the another distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards the distal end of the column within the first material. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/285005 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378669 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hua Wang (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Wang (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one aspect, an integrated magnetic particle measurement device for detecting a presence or absence of magnetic particles in a sample volume includes at least one sensor cell having a differential sensor pair. An active sensor oscillator frequency is responsive to one or more magnetic particles situated within a sample volume. The sensor cell is configured to be operative in the absence of an externally applied magnetic field. A frequency measurement circuit provides as a time-multiplexed output a first count representative of the active sensor oscillator frequency and a second count representative of the reference sensor oscillator frequency. A calculated difference between the first count and the second count is indicative of a presence or an absence of one or more magnetic particles within the sample volume. An integrated magnetic particle measurement system array and a method for detecting one or more magnetic particles are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/559517 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/228 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378879 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas L. Lewis (Sykesville, Maryland); Andrew E. Feldman (Columbia, Maryland); Christopher L. Eddins (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. Lewis (Sykesville, Maryland); Andrew E. Feldman (Columbia, Maryland); Christopher L. Eddins (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for sensing motion having a transmitter for transmitting a carrier signal; a frequency control connected to the transmitter for controlling the frequency of the carrier signal; a first receiver for receiving the reflected transmitted carrier signal; a second receiver for receiving the reflected transmitted carrier signal, the second receiver being placed out of phase by less than a wavelength of the carrier signal from the first receiver; means for subtracting the carrier signal received by the second receiver from the carrier signal received by the first receiver to produce an error signal; wherein when motion is sensed by the apparatus, the error signal moves from zero thereby causing a corrective signal to be generated and sent to the frequency control, the frequency control forcing the error signal to zero. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817765 |
| 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 342/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379535 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minghua Chen (Albany, California); Avideh Zakhor (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Videopression LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghua Chen (Albany, California); Avideh Zakhor (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple TRFC connections transport streaming data through a wireless channel, and the difference between measured round trip times of packets and minimum round trip time is used to adjust the number of TFRC connections to fully utilize bandwidth through the wireless channel. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/881089 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380025 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Anderson (Lyons, Colorado); Scott D. Rommel (Lakewood, Colorado); Scott R. Davis (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vescent Photonics, Inc. (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Anderson (Lyons, Colorado); Scott D. Rommel (Lakewood, Colorado); Scott R. Davis (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid crystal waveguides for dynamically controlling the refraction of light. Generally, liquid crystal materials may be disposed within a waveguide in a cladding proximate or adjacent to a core layer of the waveguide. In one example, portions of the liquid crystal material can be induced to form refractive or lens shapes in the cladding that interact with a portion (e.g. evanescent) of light in the waveguide so as to permit electronic control of the refraction/bending, focusing, or defocusing of light as it travels through the waveguide. In one example, a waveguide may be formed using one or more patterned or shaped electrodes that induce formation of such refractive or lens shapes of liquid crystal material, or alternatively, an alignment layer may have one or more regions that define such refractive or lens shapes to induce formation of refractive or lens shapes of the liquid crystal material. In another example, such refractive or lens shapes of liquid crystal material may be formed by patterning or shaping a cladding to define a region or cavity to contain liquid crystal material in which the liquid crystal materials may interact with the evanescent light. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774525 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380846 | Abu-Ghazaleh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (Vestal, New York); Weishuai Yang (Ozone Park, New York); Michael Lewis (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (Vestal, New York); Weishuai Yang (Ozone Park, New York); Michael Lewis (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for clustering of nodes for a task, and cluster so provided comprising an automatically partitioned a set of nodes having a branched hierarchy of subsets based at least on a relative distance according to at least one node characteristic distance metric, each subset having a communication node, each node within the subset being adapted to communicate control information with the communication node, and the communication nodes of respective subnets which are hierarchically linked, being configured to communicate control information with each other; and a set of output preferred nodes for allocation of portions of a task, wherein the output set of preferred nodes is dependent on both the hierarchy and the task. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243125 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08381269 | Yue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chuan Yue (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Haining Wang (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuan Yue (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Haining Wang (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure web browsing method and security system architecture for a mobile device are provided. The architecture establishes a communication link between the mobile device and a computer. A routine transmitted from the mobile device to the computer synchronizes page content of the mobile device to the computer's internet browser. The architecture (i) detects user-supplied inputs to the page content on the computer's internet browser, (ii) generates a verification request at the mobile device when user-supplied inputs are so-detected, and (iii) transmits the user-supplied inputs from the mobile device as an internet communication only when the verification request is confirmed by the user at the mobile device. The architecture also processes each new page loaded at the mobile device to perform removal and/or obfuscation of selected information associated with the new page in order to generate a modified page. The computer's internet browser is updated to the modified page. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891853 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08375623 | Havens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk J. Havens (Plainview, Virginia); Donna Marie Bilkovic (Hayes, Virginia); David M. Stanhope (Hayes, Virginia); Kory T. Angstadt (Gloucester, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk J. Havens (Plainview, Virginia); Donna Marie Bilkovic (Hayes, Virginia); David M. Stanhope (Hayes, Virginia); Kory T. Angstadt (Gloucester, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein we describe crustacean fishing traps having degradable cull ring panels, as well as methods for ensuring that such traps have reduced functionality after becoming derelict. Derelict crab and lobster traps have a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use degradable traps that will lose their ability to catch and retain fish over time. Incorporating degradable cull ring panels into such traps provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable cull ring panels are described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714370 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying 043/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377622 | Andrews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald Donald Andrews (Hockessin, Delaware); Richard Kevin Bailey (Newark, Delaware); Graciela Beatriz Blanchet (Wilmington, Delaware); Reid John Chesterfield (Santa Barbara, California); Feng Gao (Hockessin, Delaware); Marc B. Goldfinger (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Gary Delmar Jaycox (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Lynda Kaye Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware); William J. Marshall (Wilmington, Delaware); Elizabeth Forrester McCord (Hockessin, Delaware); Charles Nehemiah McEwen (Newark, Delaware); Jeffrey Scott Meth (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Geoffrey Nunes (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Kenneth George Sharp (Landenberg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Donald Andrews (Hockessin, Delaware); Richard Kevin Bailey (Newark, Delaware); Graciela Beatriz Blanchet (Wilmington, Delaware); Reid John Chesterfield (Santa Barbara, California); Feng Gao (Hockessin, Delaware); Marc B. Goldfinger (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Gary Delmar Jaycox (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Lynda Kaye Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware); William J. Marshall (Wilmington, Delaware); Elizabeth Forrester McCord (Hockessin, Delaware); Charles Nehemiah McEwen (Newark, Delaware); Jeffrey Scott Meth (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Geoffrey Nunes (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Kenneth George Sharp (Landenberg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to thermal imageable dielectric layers and thermal transfer donors and receivers comprising dielectric layers. The thermal transfer donors are useful in making electronic devices by thermal transfer of dielectric layers having excellent resistivity, good transfer properties and good adhesion to a variety of receivers. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239826 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378512 | Nair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oscilla Power Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for harvesting electrical power from hydrodynamic energy, the apparatus including a buoy or other water flotation device connected to an anchor by a tether and a magnetostrictive component having an internal pre-stressed magnetostrictive core that experiences at least a part of load changes experienced by the tether. The magnetic property of the magnetostrictive core is configured to change with changes in stress within the magnetostrictive core along at least one direction within the magnetostrictive component. The hydrodynamic energy acting on the buoy or other water flotation device results in changes in force within the tether, which in turn changes the stress within the magnetostrictive core and consequently changes a magnetic property. The magnetostrictive component is also configured such that the change in the magnetic property will result in a change in magnetic flux, which change can be used to generate electrical power. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/016828 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379215 | Ellis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Armin T. Ellis (La Canada Flintridge, California); Ulf Osterberg (Trondheim, Norway) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armin T. Ellis (La Canada Flintridge, California); Ulf Osterberg (Trondheim, Norway) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods determining amplitude and phase versus frequency of an incoming beam of pulsed laser light. The incoming beam is split into two beams of substantially equal intensity, one of which is delayed for a delay period t. The two split beams are recombined to shine onto a thick SHG crystal at rotation angle θ and light emitted from the thick SHG crystal is detected as data and stored with reference to the delay period t and the angle θ. The thick SHG crystal is rotated by an angle δθ, and light is detected as data and stored until the thick SHG crystal has completed 360° of rotation. This is repeated for δt increases in the delay period until a selected beam delay period range has been completed. The stored data is processed to determine amplitude and phase versus frequency of the incoming beam of pulsed laser light. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904936 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08375675 | Fernandez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ian M. Fernandez (Boulder Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian M. Fernandez (Boulder Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A truss beam comprised of a plurality of joined convex-curved rods with self-aligning adapters (SAA) adhesively attached at each end of the truss beam is disclosed. Shear web panels are attached to adjacent pairs of rods, providing buckling resistance for the truss beam. The rods are disposed adjacent to each other, centered around a common longitudinal axis, and oriented so that adjacent rod ends converge to at least one virtual convergence point on the common longitudinal axis, with the rods' curvature designed to increase prevent buckling for the truss beam. Each SAA has longitudinal bores that provide self-aligning of the rods in the SAA, the self-aligning feature enabling creation of strong adhesive bonds between each SAA and the rods. In certain embodiments of the present invention, pultruded unidirectional carbon fiber rods are coupled with carbon fiber shear web panels and metal SAA(s), resulting in a lightweight, low-cost but strong truss beam that is highly resistant to buckling. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/574493 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/650.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08377278 | Cardenas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry E. Cardenas (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation; a division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc. (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry E. Cardenas (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for strengthening cementitious concrete by placing a nanoparticle carrier liquid in contact with a first surface of a concrete section and inducing a current across the concrete section at sufficient magnitude and for sufficient time that nanoparticles in the nanoparticle carrier liquid migrate through a significant depth of the concrete section. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341074 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/515 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378659 | Scott-Carnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa A. Scott-Carnell (Norfolk, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa A. Scott-Carnell (Norfolk, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for monitoring the structural health of a structure of interest by coupling one or more electroactive polymer fibers to the structure and monitoring the electroactive responses of the polymer fiber(s). Load changes that are experienced by the structure cause changes in the baseline responses of the polymer fiber(s). A system for monitoring the structural health of the structure is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/703221 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08378333 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parag Banerjee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Israel Perez (Bethesda, Maryland); Erin Robertson (College Park, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parag Banerjee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Israel Perez (Bethesda, Maryland); Erin Robertson (College Park, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a lateral two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The lateral nanotube device can include a substrate, an anodic oxide material disposed on the substrate, and a column disposed in the anodic oxide material extending from one distal end of the anodic oxide material to another end of the anodic oxide material. The lateral nanotube device further can include a first material disposed within the column, and a second material disposed within the column. The first material fills a distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards another distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the another distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards the distal end of the column within the first material. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/285005 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380485 | Callahan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan E. Callahan (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan E. Callahan (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a device for and method of language processing that includes a communication database of communications, a transcription database of transcripts for the communication, an extractor for extracting a visual representation of each communication, a first displayer for displaying a visual representation of a communication and its transcription, a segmentor for segmenting a visual representation, a media player, a first editor for blanking portions of a transcription and adding text, a second editor for filling in blanks and adding text, a second displayer for displaying a transcription that were blanked along with the corresponding entries made by the second editor and adding textual information, and a third displayer for providing feedback. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/460906 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08380935 | Abts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis C. Abts (Eleva, Wisconsin); Steven L. Scott (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis C. Abts (Eleva, Wisconsin); Steven L. Scott (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An atomic memory operation cache comprises a cache memory operable to cache atomic memory operation data, a write timer, and a cache controller. The cache controller is operable to update main memory with one or more dirty atomic memory operation cache entries stored in the cache memory upon expiration of the write timer, and is further operable to update main memory with one or more dirty atomic memory operation cache entries stored in the cache memory upon eviction of the one or more dirty atomic memory operation cache entries from the cache memory. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/484165 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US PP23407 | Philley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Wayne Philley (Mathiston, Mississippi); Gregg C. Munshaw (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Wayne Philley (Mathiston, Mississippi); Gregg C. Munshaw (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Bermudagrass plant ‘MSB-04-264’ is a new and distinct variety of bermudagrass cultivar characterized by its good growth habit, extremely fine leaf texture, upright as opposed to prostrate leaf orientation, and good fall and winter color retention. ‘MSB-04-264’ is particularly suited for golf course greens and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065578 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08376280 | Gendron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Q. Gendron (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Christopher L. Chew (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Michael R. Mendenhall (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Q. Gendron (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Christopher L. Chew (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Michael R. Mendenhall (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for operating an infrared countermeasure optical device on an aircraft, the improvement comprises the steps of positioning a deflector upstream from the optical device to allow said optical device to operate in high-speed freestream flows. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349982 |
| 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 244/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08377447 | Burrows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon); Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory G. Burrows (Portland, Oregon); Arthur A. Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, in particular embodiments, for modified recombinant T cell receptor (TCR) ligands (RTLs) comprising a MHC class I or MHC class II component. The modified RTLs have redesigned surface features that preclude or reduce aggregation, wherein the modified molecules retain the ability to bind Ag-peptides, target antigen-specific T cells, inhibit T cell proliferation in an Ag-specific manner and have utility to treat, inter alia, autoimmune disease and other conditions mediated by antigen-specific T cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/936467 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08375982 | Gray, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic manifold has features adapted to the needs of hybrid vehicle applications. In one embodiment, multifunction valves selectively regulate fluid flow among primary and auxiliary flow paths. A normally closed butterfly valve is biased by a relatively small secondary biasing force against rotation in first and second (opposite) directions, and by a relatively large principal biasing force against rotation in the first direction past a transitional angular position at which the principal biasing force takes effect. An actuator selectively controls the transitional angular position and the magnitude of the principal biasing force. In the first direction, flow must overcome only the secondary biasing force to pass the valve. In the second direction, any flow sufficient to overcome the secondary biasing force but not the principal biasing force will divide into a first flow passing the valve and a second flow induced to enter an auxiliary path upstream. Additional flow causing the principal biasing force to additionally be overcome will substantially pass the valve as part of the first flow. This and other embodiments provide a manifold that is controllable to allocate flow among primary and auxiliary paths while remaining responsive to sudden large changes in flow independently of immediate control response. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567938 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/493 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08379872 | Parkins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Parkins (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Red Tail Hawk Corporation (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Parkins (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A talk-through system for hearing protectors such as headphones, helmets, earplugs and the like, in which separate left and right microphones are controlled by separate left and right switches. The microphones allow ambient sound to be heard by the wearer of the hearing protector, and normally the wearer hears audio from both microphones in the appropriate ears. Pushing a switch causes the audio from the ear on which the switch is mounted to be enhanced and, preferably, switched to both ears. Various arrangements of control logic are provided such that activation of a switch can cause changes in audio processing. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785767 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08377373 | Glennon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn N. Glennon (Berlin, Connecticut); Christopher DellaCorte (Medina, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia); Abbott Ball Company (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn N. Glennon (Berlin, Connecticut); Christopher DellaCorte (Medina, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosing herein is a method for manufacturing nickel-titanium compositions. The method includes disposing a powdered composition in a mold; the powdered composition comprising nickel and titanium; the titanium being present in an amount of about 38 to about 42 wt % and the nickel being present in an amount of about 58 to about 62 wt %; sintering the powdered composition to produce a sintered preform; compacting the preform; machining the preform to form an article; heat treating the article; the annealing being conducted at a temperature of about 1650° F. to about 1900° F. at a pressure of about 3 Torr to about 5 Kg-f/cm2 for a time period of about 10 minutes to about 5 hours; and quenching the article. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544674 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08378212 | Sturges et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Sturges (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Robert E. Walsh (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); George L. Fix (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Sturges (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Robert E. Walsh (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); George L. Fix (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical feed-through assembly and method of making an electrical feed-through assembly provide an electrical feed-through assembly that can survive exposure in a high pressure liquid, for example, seawater at least 9000 psi, for substantial periods of time, for example, twenty years, without substantial leakage of the high pressure liquid into or through the electrical feed-through assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478160 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/50.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08379485 | Cevher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Volkan Cevher (Houston, Texas); Ali Cafer Gurbuz (Marietta, Georgia); James H. McClellan (Chamblee, Georgia); Ramalingam Chellappa (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volkan Cevher (Houston, Texas); Ali Cafer Gurbuz (Marietta, Georgia); James H. McClellan (Chamblee, Georgia); Ramalingam Chellappa (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressive Sensing (CS) is an emerging area which uses a relatively small number of non-traditional samples in the form of randomized projections to reconstruct sparse or compressible signals. Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation is performed with an array of sensors using CS. Using random projections of the sensor data, along with a full waveform recording on one reference sensor, a sparse angle space scenario can be reconstructed, giving the number of sources and their DOA's. Signal processing algorithms are also developed and described herein for randomly deployable wireless sensor arrays that are severely constrained in communication bandwidth. There is a focus on the acoustic bearing estimation problem and it is shown that when the target bearings are modeled as a sparse vector in the angle space, functions of the low dimensional random projections of the microphone signals can be used to determine multiple source bearings as a solution of an l]-norm minimization problem. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740947 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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