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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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| US 08413490 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan J. Bell (Pinellas Park, Florida); R. Timothy Short (St. Petersburg, Florida); Strawn K. Toler (Bradenton, Florida); Bill Huzar (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan J. Bell (Pinellas Park, Florida); R. Timothy Short (St. Petersburg, Florida); Strawn K. Toler (Bradenton, Florida); Bill Huzar (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for obtaining a sample underwater. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a syringe pump comprising a plurality of syringes, a sampling probe coupled to the syringe pump for collecting the sample underwater and an analyzer module coupled to the syringe pump. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558337 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/64.560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413564 | Genovese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Stephen J. Comaty (Bel Air, Maryland); Edward M. Rychwalski (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Stephen J. Comaty (Bel Air, Maryland); Edward M. Rychwalski (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable protective shield for an IED or other suspected explosive devices includes a plurality of toroidal rings clamped between a lid and a base of the shield. The device is capable of withstanding high-pressure blast waves, thermal release and/or high-velocity fragments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569379 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosive-charge making 086/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413569 | Helton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin R. Helton (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin R. Helton (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A gun mount is provided that includes a first linear actuator, a second linear actuator, and a gimbal. Each of the first linear actuator and second linear actuator is terminated by a ball joint at either end thereof. One ball joint associated with each linear actuator is coupled to a location on a gun where the two locations are proximate to one another. The remaining ball joint associated with each linear actuator is coupled to a support base. An angular relationship is defined between the two linear actuators. The gimbal is one that provides two-degree-of-freedom movement, and is coupled to the gun forward of the ball joint attachment locations. The gimbal further is coupled to the support base so that the gun is supported by the gimbal and the linear actuators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317037 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/37.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413752 | Page et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Page (Middleton, Massachusetts); Tucker Kuhe (Acton, Massachusetts); Lee F. Sword (Hollis, New Hampshire); Adam P. Couture (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Page (Middleton, Massachusetts); Tucker Kuhe (Acton, Massachusetts); Lee F. Sword (Hollis, New Hampshire); Adam P. Couture (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic vehicle includes a chassis supported on right and left driven tracks, right and left elongated flippers disposed on corresponding sides of the chassis, and a battery unit holder disposed on the chassis for removably receiving a battery unit weighing at least 50 lbs. The battery unit holder includes a guide for receiving and guiding the battery unit to a connected position and a connector mount having locating features and communication features. The locating features receive corresponding locating features of the battery unit, as the battery unit is moved to its connected position, to align the communication features of the connector mount with corresponding communication features of the battery unit. The communication features of the connector mount are movable in a plane transverse to the guide to aid alignment of the communication features for establishment of an electrical connection therebetween when the battery unit is in its connected position. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/696749 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/68.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413773 | Anderfaas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric N. Anderfaas (Westminster, California); Dean Banks (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MillenWorks (Tustin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Anderfaas (Westminster, California); Dean Banks (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetorheological damper system comprising a reservoir in communication with a damper. The damper comprises a damper cylinder defining a damper chamber, wherein the damper chamber contains a magnetorheological fluid and a movable damper piston. The damper piston comprises at least two coil windings on the outer surface of the damper piston, wherein the damper piston is capable of generating a magnetic field between the damper piston and a wall of the damper cylinder. The reservoir comprises a reservoir cylinder defining a passageway, wherein the reservoir includes a magnetorheological electromagnet capable of generating a magnetic field between the magnetorheological piston and a wall of the passageway. The combination of the an MR reservoir and MR damper leads to a damping system capable of damping a wide range of extreme forces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578483 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/267.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414026 | Lou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken-An Lou (Phoenix, Arizona); Matthew Luster (Mesa, Arizona); Christina Hadder (Decatur, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Armorworks Enterprises LLC (Chandler, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken-An Lou (Phoenix, Arizona); Matthew Luster (Mesa, Arizona); Christina Hadder (Decatur, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for a safety restraint system for use inside a vehicle compartment by a mobile occupant or crew member. In one preferred embodiment the safety restraint system comprises an upper trolley and track system connected to the ceiling of the vehicle compartment, a lower trolley and track system connected to the floor of the compartment, and a lockable inertia reel with an extensible strap pivotally attached to the upper trolley. The restraint system further comprises an upper tether connected at an upper end to the end of the inertia reel extensible strap, and at the other end to a harness worn by the occupant. The system may further include a lower tether connected at one end to the lower trolley, and connectable at the other end to the occupant's harness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042630 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles 280/804 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414182 | Paul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kevin Paul (Corvallis, Oregon); Anna Evelyn Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kevin Paul (Corvallis, Oregon); Anna Evelyn Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromixer device has at least one fluid inlet channel and at least one fluid outlet channel. A plurality of pathways extend between the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet channel. The width of at least some of the plurality of pathways varies in a substantially parabolic manner along at least one dimension of the micromixer device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/414597 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414494 | Vaezy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Jinfei Yu (Beijing, China PRC); Vesna Zderic (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Jinfei Yu (Beijing, China PRC); Vesna Zderic (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound therapy probe including a thin-profile therapy head for implementing therapeutic procedures in confined spaces. The thin-profile is achieved by incorporating a cooling fluid channel about a periphery of at least a portion of the housing. A therapy transducer is disposed in an inner volume of the housing, and fluid circulated through the peripheral cooling channel can be used to remove heat generated by the therapy transducer, without requiring bulky external cooling devices, such as balloons. The housing can include an acoustic lens portion, to enable the housing to be used with flat transducers and can also be configured to be used with concave transducers, and so that an acoustic lens is not required. Electrical connections can be made with conductors that extend through an elongate hollow handle. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/065768 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414677 | Schlesser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raoul Schlesser (Cary, North Carolina); Rafael F. Dalmau (Cary, North Carolina); Vladimir Noveski (Chandler, Arizona); Zlatko Sitar (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raoul Schlesser (Cary, North Carolina); Rafael F. Dalmau (Cary, North Carolina); Vladimir Noveski (Chandler, Arizona); Zlatko Sitar (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of forming a dense, shaped article, such as a crucible, formed of a refractory material, the method comprising the steps of placing a refractory material having a melting point of at least about 2900° C. in a mold configured to form the powder into an approximation of the desired shape. The mold containing the powder is treated at a temperature and pressure sufficient to form a shape-sustaining molded powder that conforms to the shape of the mold, wherein the treating step involves sintering or isostatic pressing. The shape-sustaining molded powder can be machined into the final desired shape and then sintered at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce a dense, shaped article having a density of greater than about 90% and very low open porosity. Preferred refractory materials include tantalum carbide and niobium carbide. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/556851 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414678 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Challa S. S. R. Kumar (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Rohini M. de Silva (Dehiwela, Sri Lanka); Josef Hormes (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Lousiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Challa S. S. R. Kumar (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Rohini M. de Silva (Dehiwela, Sri Lanka); Josef Hormes (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating metallic nanomaterials using acetylenic-bridged metal-carbonyl complexes as a precursor allows control of nanoparticle properties. The novel method produced metallic nanomaterials resistant to oxidation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/440542 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414754 | Santiago et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Byoungsok Jung (Stanford, California); Rajiv Bharadwaj (Mountain View, California); Tarun Kumar Khurana (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Byoungsok Jung (Stanford, California); Rajiv Bharadwaj (Mountain View, California); Tarun Kumar Khurana (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of samples is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, an electrophoresis approach involves electrophoretically stacking and/or separating a sample or samples. An electrolyte and a mixture of one or more samples with another electrolyte are added to a microchannel or capillary. An electric field is applied to stack (and, in some applications, further separate) the one or more samples. Generally, the electric field and electrolyte are used to facilitate isotachophoretic (ITP) stacking. In some embodiments, a further electric field is applied and used with the electrolyte to facilitate subsequent capillary electrophoresis (CE). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/755449 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/549 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414785 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher I. Walker (Pasadena, California); Aditya Rajagopal (Irvine, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher I. Walker (Pasadena, California); Aditya Rajagopal (Irvine, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabrication of microfluidic systems on printed circuit boards (PCB) are described. The PCB contains layers of insulating material and a layer or layers of metal buried within layers of insulating material. The metal layers are etched away, leaving fully enclosed microfluidic channels buried within the layers of insulating material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/572211 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414831 | Jayatissa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahalapitiya H. Jayatissa (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahalapitiya H. Jayatissa (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorine gas sensor system includes carbon nanotubes at least partially coated with a metal oxide deposited on a substrate, and a source of infra-red light positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the coated nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482024 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414981 | Iezzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); David N. Walters (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRC DeSoto International, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); David N. Walters (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for applying and curing a multilayer coating on a substrate. The methods include applying to an aluminum substrate a primer composition, coalescing the composition to form a substantially continuous film over the substrate, exposing the film to radiation to cure the film, applying a second composition to the cured film, coalescing the second composition to form a substantially continuous second film, and curing the second film. The primer composition includes a polyene and a polythiol. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840288 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415037 | Nealson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Massoud Pirbazari (Los Angeles, California); Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Massoud Pirbazari (Los Angeles, California); Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microbial fuel cell includes an anode compartment with an anode and an anode biocatalyst and a cathode compartment with a cathode and a cathode biocatalyst, with a membrane positioned between the anode compartment and the cathode compartment, and an electrical pathway between the anode and the cathode. The anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an organic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an inorganic substance. The reduced organic substance can form a precipitate, thereby removing the inorganic substance from solution. In some cases, the anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an inorganic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an organic or inorganic substance. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114097 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415059 | Minteer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Becky L. Treu (St. Peters, Missouri); Rodica Duma (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Becky L. Treu (St. Peters, Missouri); Rodica Duma (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioanodes, biocathodes, and biofuel cells comprising an electron conductor, at least one anode enzyme or cathode enzyme, and an enzyme immobilization material. The anode enzyme is capable of reacting with a fuel fluid to produce an oxidized form of the fuel fluid, and capable of releasing electrons to the electron conductor. The cathode enzyme is capable of reacting with an oxidant to produce water, and capable of gaining electrons from the electron conductor. The enzyme immobilization material for both the anode enzyme and the cathode enzyme is capable of immobilizing and stabilizing the enzyme, and is permeable to the fuel fluid and/or the oxidant. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/092118 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415109 | North |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962177 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415131 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive and modified M13 bacteriophages, and methods of making and using the same, are generally provided. The reactive M13 bacteriophage can include a alkyne functional group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophage can include a substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage via a 1,2,3-triazole linkage. Dual-modified M13 bacteriophages are also generally provided, and can include a cancer-targeting substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage and a fluorescent group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophages can not only be employed as a fluorescent probe for cancer imaging, but also can be used as biomaterials for cell alignment and scaffolding. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604575 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415290 | Banta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Banta (New York, New York); Scott Andrew Calabrese Barton (East Lansing, Michigan); Ian R. Wheeldon (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Banta (New York, New York); Scott Andrew Calabrese Barton (East Lansing, Michigan); Ian R. Wheeldon (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein hydrogel monomers incorporating bio-active proteins and methods for producing the same are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter includes a protein hydrogel monomer including a bio-active protein and two alpha helices that are adapted to interact with alpha helices on other monomers to form coiled-coil junctions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/249427 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415452 | Rubenstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitchell Rubenstein (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Rubenstein (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-destructive process for removing chromium from polyvinyl chloride filters is disclosed. The process involves immersing the polyvinyl chloride filters in a concentrated hydrogen peroxide solution at elevated temperatures, followed by rinsing with deionized water. Removing the background concentration of chromium from the filters allows for more accurate measurements of the amount of hexavalent and total chromium present in workplace environments. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434913 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415554 | Das |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjeet Das (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjeet Das (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device including a metamaterial layer having a negative index of refraction for at least one wavelength in the visible range of 400-700 nm, a photovoltaic cell, and an optical waveguide arranged between the metamaterial layer and the photovoltaic cell. The optical waveguide has a first face and second face arranged opposite the first face, the first face having a larger area than the second face, the metamaterial layer positioned at the first face of the optical waveguide and the photovoltaic cell positioned at the second face of the optical waveguide. The optical device can be a solar collector. The optical waveguide can have a trapezoidal cross section, with the side faces of the waveguide having an angle of tilt sufficient to ensure total internal reflection for all incidence angles within the metamaterial's acceptance cone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232663 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415598 | Terhune et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Terhune (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Michael Hollis (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Terhune (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Michael Hollis (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilizing fin deployment apparatus may include a base assembly for attachment to the rear end of a projectile. The base assembly may include a base, a spacer, a fin mount, a gas cavity and an opening that extends from the rear end of the base to the gas cavity. A retention nut may engage the base and secure the fin mount and spacer to the base. A retention plug may be disposed in the opening in the base assembly. The retention plug may include at least one gas conduit between an outer surface of the retention plug and the gas cavity. A retention bolt may extend through the retention plug and may be fixed to the base. A plurality of fins hubs may be rotatably fixed to the base. A plurality of fins may be translatably connected to the fin hubs. When deployed, the fin hubs may rotate forward and the fins may translate outward far into the airstream. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973074 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415612 | McBride et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sterling Eduardo McBride (Princeton, New Jersey); Steven Alan Lipp (West Windsor, New Jersey); Joey John Michalchuk (Lambertville, New Jersey); Dana Z. Anderson (Boulder, Colorado); Evan Salim (Boulder, Colorado); Matthew Squires (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado); Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sterling Eduardo McBride (Princeton, New Jersey); Steven Alan Lipp (West Windsor, New Jersey); Joey John Michalchuk (Lambertville, New Jersey); Dana Z. Anderson (Boulder, Colorado); Evan Salim (Boulder, Colorado); Matthew Squires (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A cold-atom system has multiple vacuum chambers. One vacuum chamber includes an atom source. A fluidic connection is provided between that vacuum chamber and another vacuum chamber. The fluidic connection includes a microchannel formed as a groove in a substantially flat surface and covered by a layer of material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/600825 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415624 | Shashidhar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ranganathan Shashidhar (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polestar Technologies, Inc. (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranganathan Shashidhar (Needham Heights, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detection and identification of concealed materials, is provided, wherein a dark image and two or more NIR sample images are taken at two or more key wavelengths or bands of wavelengths corresponding to peaks and/or valleys in the NIR spectra of known materials, and differential wavelength imaging processes are used to produce a differential wavelength image based on therein. The differential wavelength image is then analyzed/processed so as to detect any materials concealed on the target of interest, such as a human or piece of baggage, by calculation of pixel intensity values in the image and identification of distinctive pixel values. Then, via various methods, the distinctive pixel values of the detected materials are compared to a data set of known wavelengths related to known materials, such as explosives and other contraband. Correspondence thereof results in an accurate identification of the concealed material(s). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660348 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415640 | Babinec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas M. Babinec (Watertown, Massachusetts); Birgit J. M. Hausmann (Watertown, Massachusetts); Mughees Khan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yinan Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Philip R. Hemmer (College Station, Texas); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Babinec (Watertown, Massachusetts); Birgit J. M. Hausmann (Watertown, Massachusetts); Mughees Khan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yinan Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Philip R. Hemmer (College Station, Texas); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a general aspect, a system includes a plurality of diamond nanowires disposed on the surface of a diamond substrate, at least some of the nanowires including a color center. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate at least one of the plurality of nanowires with excitation light at a wavelength corresponding to an excitation wavelength of the color center included in the illuminated nanowire; and an optical receiver configured to receive a fluorescence emitted from the color center included in the illuminated nanowire in response to the excitation light. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089547 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415759 | Jaworski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank B. Jaworski (Goleta, California); Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott M. Geyer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank B. Jaworski (Goleta, California); Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott M. Geyer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, an apparatus for down-converting and detecting photons includes a detector layer and a nanocrystal layer. The nanocrystal layer includes nanocrystals operable to absorb first photons of a higher energy and emit second photons of a lower energy in response to the absorption. The detector layer is configured to detect the second photons. In certain embodiments, a method for manufacturing an apparatus for down-converting and detecting photons includes preparing an outer surface of a substrate. Nanocrystals are disposed outwardly from the outer surface. The nanocrystals are operable to absorb first photons of a higher energy and emit second photons of a lower energy in response to the absorption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952330 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415947 | Sheiretov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yanko K. Sheiretov (Waltham, Massachusetts); Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Todd M. Dunford (Waltham, Massachusetts); Scott A. Denenberg (Somerville, Massachusetts); David C. Grundy (Reading, Massachusetts); Darrell E. Schlicker (Freeland, Michigan); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California); Karen E. Walrath (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jentek Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanko K. Sheiretov (Waltham, Massachusetts); Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Todd M. Dunford (Waltham, Massachusetts); Scott A. Denenberg (Somerville, Massachusetts); David C. Grundy (Reading, Massachusetts); Darrell E. Schlicker (Freeland, Michigan); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California); Karen E. Walrath (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the nondestructive measurement of materials that includes at least two layers of electrical conductors. Within each layer, a meandering primary winding is used to create a magnetic field for interrogating a test material while sense elements or conducting loops within each meander provide a directional measurement of the test material condition. In successive layers extended portions of the meanders are rotated so that the sense elements provide material condition in different orientations without requiring movement of the test circuit or apparatus. Multidirectional permeability measurements are used to assess the stress or torque on a component. These measurements are combined in a manner that removes temperature effects and hysteresis on the property measurements. This can be accomplished through a correction factor that accounts for the temperature dependence. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549875 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416026 | Blick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale serpentine ribbon is used to produce electromagnetic radiation by accelerating charge carriers as constrained along a serpentine path defined by the ribbon so that curve portions of the ribbon promote acceleration-induced emission of electromagnetic radiation by the charge carriers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/028892 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/107.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416071 | Adcook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott E. Adcook (Irvine, California); Carl D. Cook (La Habra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott E. Adcook (Irvine, California); Carl D. Cook (La Habra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Automated sensor localization systems and methods are described. An exemplary application for the sensor localization system is in a “Sense Through the Wall” (STTW) radar system, involving a plurality of distributed sensors or sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Monday, August 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462365 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416109 | Kirichenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Kirichenko (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HYPRES, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Kirichenko (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting bandpass sigma-delta modulator and a method for analog-to-digital signal conversion is disclosed. The superconducting bandpass sigma-delta modulator includes coupled resonators having a desired impedance ratio. A first resonator connects to a comparator, which comparator generates single-flux-quantum pulses. A feedback loop links from the comparator to a second resonator and includes a current amplifier. A digital RF receiver system is also disclosed. This system includes a second order bandpass sigma-delta modulator, which has a desired impedance ratio between resonators and a feedback loop with current amplification. The system further has an antenna configured to receive a GHz frequency radio transmission and to yield an analog signal which is accepted by the sigma-delta modulator. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/969936 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416118 | Nuthalapati |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rao M. Nuthalapati (Delran, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rao M. Nuthalapati (Delran, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting chaff is disclosed. The method includes receiving range profile data including a plurality of samples, determining an average power for a first group of samples of the range profile data and a second group of samples of the range profile data, comparing the average power for the first group of samples to a first threshold value and the average power for the second group of samples to a second threshold value, and identifying a chaff detection if an average power of at least one of the first and second groups of samples exceeds its respective threshold value. The system includes a computer readable medium and a processor in communication with the computer readable storage medium and configured to perform the receiving, determining, comparing and detecting steps. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718562 |
| 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 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416122 | Pedersen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard N. Pedersen (Toms River, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard N. Pedersen (Toms River, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A command and control system for analyzing target track positional information by comparing target location to pregenerated geographic information. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/779158 |
| 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 342/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416406 | Stuke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Josef Stuke (Palo Alto, California); Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Josef Stuke (Palo Alto, California); Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing device that produces a Raman signal includes micro-rods or nano-rods arranged on a substrate in a two-dimensional (2D) array, each of the rods having a length in a single row being substantially the same, with the rod length of each row being different from the rod length of each other row. Each row of rods has a respective resonant vibration frequency that varies from row to row. A source of vibration energy, operatively connected to the substrate, excites vibration in each of the rods such that a responding row resonates when an exciting frequency approaches the resonant vibration frequency of the responding row. A method includes exposing the 2D array to a light source and analyzing Raman scattering at each rod of the 2D array to render a Raman map. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914655 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416408 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska); Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including a polarization state generator comprising: an odd bounce image rotating system and a polarizer, or two polarizers; and optionally including least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802638 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416496 | Diehl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Damon W. Diehl (Rochester, New York); Christopher T. Cotton (Honeoye Falls, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASE Optics Inc. (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damon W. Diehl (Rochester, New York); Christopher T. Cotton (Honeoye Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical probe for splitting a beam of light into multiple beams. The optical probe may comprise a first polarizing beam splitter having a first polarization axis, a second polarizing beam splitter having a second polarization axis orthogonal to the first polarization axis, a first half wave plate and a second half wave plate, and optionally a first birefringent phase plate, and a second birefringent phase plate. The first half wave plate may be located before first polarizing beam splitter, and the second half wave plate may be located after the first polarizing beam splitter, relative to the propagation of the light beam. The optical probe may further include a lens for collimating the four light beams. A profilometer includes the optical probe for splitting a beam of light into four light beams, and a scanner for traversing the optical probe over a surface of an element to be measured. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728199 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/489.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416604 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hyongsuk Kim (Albany, California); Leon O. Chua (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University (Jeonbuk, South Korea); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyongsuk Kim (Albany, California); Leon O. Chua (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a memristor, and more particularly, to a method of implementing a memristor-based multilevel memory using a reference resistor array and a write-in circuit and a read-out/restoration circuit for the memristor-based multilevel memory, in which a memristor can be used as a multilevel memory. In the present invention, a reference resistance value is written in a selected memristor of a memristor array by applying repeatedly the current pulses of which widths are proportional to the difference between the resistances of the selected memristor and the selected node of the reference resistor array. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/009969 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416613 | Sundstrom |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lance L. Sundstrom (North Pinellas Park, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance L. Sundstrom (North Pinellas Park, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetoresistive bridge nonvolatile memory device having a flat, continuous folded closed magnetic loop, the magnetic loop having a side for holding four sense metal terminated magnetic shunts, and four planar central parallel rectangular giant magnetoresistive GMR resistors, each of the four central parallel rectangular giant magnetoresistive GMR resistors being located on the side of the continuous folded closed magnetic loop between each of two of the sense metal terminated magnetic shunts, each two of the four sense metal terminated magnetic shunts electrically connected to adjacent ends of a central parallel rectangular giant magnetoresistive GMR resistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/064939 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416818 | Bouma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Amstelveen, Netherlands); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Amstelveen, Netherlands); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to physically separate one or more components of the electromagnetic radiation based on a frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus and source arrangement may also have at least one continuously rotating optical arrangement which is configured to receive at least one signal that is associated with the one or more components. Further, the apparatus and source arrangement can include at least one beam selecting arrangement configured to receive the signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/160335 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416823 | Coleman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Coleman (Monticello, Illinois); Victor C. Elarde (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Coleman (Monticello, Illinois); Victor C. Elarde (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a quantum well active region for an optoelectronic device. The quantum well active region includes barrier layers of high bandgap material. A quantum well of low bandgap material is between the barrier layers. Three-dimensional high bandgap barriers are in the quantum well. A preferred semiconductor laser of the invention includes a quantum well active region of the invention. Cladding layers are around the quantum well active region, as well as a waveguide structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598224 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416948 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leanics Corporation (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Secure Variable Data Rate Transceivers and methods for implementing Secure Variable Data Rate are presented. An efficient and systematic method and circuit for implementing secure variable data rate transceivers are presented. The SVDR method is based on block ciphers. An index method is presented for minimizing transmission overhead. This allows SVDR to achieve higher security by using the full ciphermode stream. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802306 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416986 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darin S. Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin S. Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and devices for processing image or other data using non-linear methods to compensate for localized slopes are described. In one implementation, the slope of the sample values in an image or other dataset is estimated in one or more directions using a non-linear filter, such as a median filter. The values of at least some of the samples of interest are compensated using the estimated slope values to remove the effects of the slope. The compensated values may then be processed to determine if the target is present in the samples of interest, or for any other purpose. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/608374 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417006 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Adams (Greensburg, Pennsylvania); Jonhan Ho (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christine Henderson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UPMC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Adams (Greensburg, Pennsylvania); Jonhan Ho (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christine Henderson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for improved viewing and navigation of large digital images, such as whole slide images used in microscopy. The system and method displays the digital image along with movable navigation and field of view boxes that enable a viewer to pan the digital image in an accurate manner, and also performs automatic absolute reorientation of the digital image and automatic relative reorientation of subsequent digital images in relation to the first digital image. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542736 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417395 | Prince et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio); Richard Kolacinski (South Euclid, Ohio); Mehul Patel (Streetsboro, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbitol Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio); Richard Kolacinski (South Euclid, Ohio); Mehul Patel (Streetsboro, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a missile or aircraft with a hierarchical, modular, closed-loop flow control system and more particularly to aircraft or missile with a flow control system for enhanced aerodynamic control, maneuverability and stabilization. The present invention further relates to a method of operating the flow control system. Various embodiments of the flow control system of the present invention involve different elements including flow sensors, active flow control device or activatable flow effectors and logic devices with closed loop control architecture. The sensors of these various embodiments are used to estimate or determine flow conditions on the various surfaces of a missile or aircraft. The active flow control device or activatable flow effectors of these various embodiments create on-demand flow disturbances, preferably micro-disturbances, at different points along the various aerodynamic surfaces of the missile or aircraft to achieve a desired stabilization or maneuverability effect. The logic devices are embedded with a hierarchical control structure allowing for rapid, real-time control at the flow surface. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/725266 |
| 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 08417460 | Vincent |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting coliform bacteria in water from reflected light and a method of detecting Eschericha Coli bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/762952 |
| 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 08417762 | Branson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooperative data stream processing system utilizing a plurality of independent, autonomous and heterogeneous sites in a cooperative arrangement process user-defined job requests over dynamic, continuous streams of data. A distributed plan is created that identifies the processing elements that constitute a job that is derived from user-defined inquiries. These processing elements are arranged into subjobs that are mapped to various sites within the system for execution. The jobs are executed across the plurality of distributed sites in accordance with the distributed plan. The distributed plan also includes requirements for monitoring and back-up of the execution sites in the event of a failure on one of those sites. Execution of the jobs in accordance with the distributed plan is facilitated by the identification of an owner site to which the distributed plan is communicated and which is responsible for driving the execution of the distributed plan. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/747813 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417778 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Bernard C. Drerup (Austin, Texas); Jody B. Joyner (Austin, Texas); Paul F. Lecocq (Cedar Park, Texas); Hanhong Xue (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Bernard C. Drerup (Austin, Texas); Jody B. Joyner (Austin, Texas); Paul F. Lecocq (Cedar Park, Texas); Hanhong Xue (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for collective acceleration unit tree flow control forms a logical tree (sub-network) among those processors and transfers “collective” packets on this tree. The system supports many collective trees, and each collective acceleration unit (CAU) includes resources to support a subset of the trees. Each CAU has limited buffer space, and the connection between two CAUs is not completely reliable. Therefore, to address the challenge of collective packets traversing on the tree without colliding with each other for buffer space and guaranteeing the end-to-end packet delivery, each CAU in the system effectively flow controls the packets, detects packet loss, and retransmits lost packets. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/640208 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417856 | Reich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); Stephen Doherty (New Hope, Alabama); James E. Shaw, III (Sterling, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Streamline Automation, LLC (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alton Reich (Huntsville, Alabama); Stephen Doherty (New Hope, Alabama); James E. Shaw, III (Sterling, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A high speed sensor data transfer interface is described. The interface combines a bridge circuit, carrier voltage source, first order RC high pass filter, reference power supply, Bessel filter, and high-speed analog to digital converter on a single Smart Transducer Interface Module board (STIM) to receive data from sensors. Data from the STIM is transferred to a Network Capable Application Processor (NCAP) having a microprocessor and either a Field Programmable Gate Array or a Complex Programmable Logic Device. The NCAP transfers data to a data exchange network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496471 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08413502 | Zemel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay N. Zemel (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania); Barbara Medoff-Cooper (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay N. Zemel (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania); Barbara Medoff-Cooper (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems and methods for measuring infant feeding performance. The device includes a body portion, a pressure sensor and an integrated circuit. The body portion includes a first end for receiving a fluid, a second end mateable with a feeding nipple, and a conduit in fluid communication with the first and second ends. The pressure sensor is disposed in the body portion, is in contact with the fluid in the conduit, and generates a signal representing a pressure of the fluid passing through the conduit during a feeding session. The integrated circuit is disposed in the body portion and is electrically connected to the pressure sensor. The integrated circuit receives the pressure signal and determines a feeding factor over the feeding session indicative of the infant feeding performance. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/920178 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414494 | Vaezy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Jinfei Yu (Beijing, China PRC); Vesna Zderic (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Jinfei Yu (Beijing, China PRC); Vesna Zderic (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound therapy probe including a thin-profile therapy head for implementing therapeutic procedures in confined spaces. The thin-profile is achieved by incorporating a cooling fluid channel about a periphery of at least a portion of the housing. A therapy transducer is disposed in an inner volume of the housing, and fluid circulated through the peripheral cooling channel can be used to remove heat generated by the therapy transducer, without requiring bulky external cooling devices, such as balloons. The housing can include an acoustic lens portion, to enable the housing to be used with flat transducers and can also be configured to be used with concave transducers, and so that an acoustic lens is not required. Electrical connections can be made with conductors that extend through an elongate hollow handle. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/065768 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414607 | Lockard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Lockard (Lake Elizabeth, California); Uri Frodis (Los Angeles, California); Adam L. Cohen (Los Angeles, California); Richard T. Chen (Woodland Hills, California); Pierre E. Dupont (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Pedro J. Del Nido (Lexington, Massachusetts); Nikolay V. Vasilyev (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microfabrica Inc. (Van Nuys, California); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Children's Hospital Boston (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Lockard (Lake Elizabeth, California); Uri Frodis (Los Angeles, California); Adam L. Cohen (Los Angeles, California); Richard T. Chen (Woodland Hills, California); Pierre E. Dupont (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Pedro J. Del Nido (Lexington, Massachusetts); Nikolay V. Vasilyev (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of micro-scale or millimeter scale devices and to the use of multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication methods for producing such devices with particular embodiments relate to shredding devices and more particularly to shredding devices for use in medical applications. In some embodiments, tissue removal devices include tissue anchoring projections, improved blade configurations, and/or shields or shrouds around the cutting blades to inhibit outflow of tissue that has been brought into the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/491220 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414660 | Maupin-Furlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julie A. Maupin-Furlow (Gainesville, Florida); Sivakumar Uthandi (Coimbatore, India); Boutaiba Saad (Algiers, Algeria); Matthew A. Humbard (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie A. Maupin-Furlow (Gainesville, Florida); Sivakumar Uthandi (Coimbatore, India); Boutaiba Saad (Algiers, Algeria); Matthew A. Humbard (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to a novel purified polypeptide having laccase activity and the nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptide. The disclosed polypeptide works at moderately high temperatures from below 20° C. to about 70° C., both acidic and alkaline pH conditions, high salt concentrations and in the presence of organo solvents. The high stability of the enzyme enables its wide applications under even extreme conditions. The invention also provides methods of producing the laccase enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264165 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification of textiles and fibers 08/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414749 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishko (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishko (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A small diameter flexible electrode designed for subcutaneous in vivo amperometric monitoring of glucose is described. The electrode is designed to allow “one-point” in vivo calibration, i.e., to have zero output current at zero glucose concentration, even in the presence of other electroreactive species of serum or blood. The electrode is preferably layered, with the layers serially deposited within a recess upon the tip of a polyamide insulated gold wire. A first glucose concentration-to-current transducing layer can be overcoated with an electrically insulating and glucose flux limiting layer (second layer) on which, optionally, an immobilized interference-eliminating horseradish peroxidase based film is deposited. An outer layer is preferably biocompatible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/269800 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/403.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414750 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishko (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishko (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A small diameter flexible electrode designed for subcutaneous in vivo amperometric monitoring of glucose is described. The electrode is designed to allow “one-point” in vivo calibration, i.e., to have zero output current at zero glucose concentration, even in the presence of other electroreactive species of serum or blood. The electrode is preferably layered, with the layers serially deposited within a recess upon the tip of a polyamide insulated gold wire. A first glucose concentration-to-current transducing layer can be overcoated with an electrically insulating and glucose flux limiting layer (second layer) on which, optionally, an immobilized interference-eliminating horseradish peroxidase based film is deposited. An outer layer is preferably biocompatible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893788 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/403.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414885 | Aurelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laure Aurelian (Baltimore, Maryland); Aric Colunga (Baltimore, Maryland); Jennifer Laing (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laure Aurelian (Baltimore, Maryland); Aric Colunga (Baltimore, Maryland); Jennifer Laing (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of treating cancer, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a HSV-2 virus, wherein the virus lacks protein kinase activity of ICP10. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising HSV-2 virus, wherein the virus lacks protein kinase activity of ICP10. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/853073 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414891 | Johns et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Johns (Reisterstown, Maryland); Xingwu Teng (Baltimore, Maryland); Dechun Li (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Johns (Reisterstown, Maryland); Xingwu Teng (Baltimore, Maryland); Dechun Li (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-1 or angiotensin II. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211923 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/139.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a suitable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides an antibody other than the monoclonal antibody 8H9 comprising the complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof, capable of binding to the same antigen as the monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention provides a substance capable of competitively inhibiting the binding of monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention also provides an isolated scFv of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. This invention also provides the 8H9 antigen. This invention also provides different uses of the monoclonal antibody 8H9 or its derivative. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721798 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/141.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414897 | Weaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Casey T. Weaver (Birmingham, Alabama); Paul R. Mangan (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Laurie E. Harrington (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Casey T. Weaver (Birmingham, Alabama); Paul R. Mangan (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Laurie E. Harrington (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure demonstrates for the first time that Th-17 cells are the product of a distinct CD4+ T cell lineage with unique developmental and functional characteristics. The developmental signals required for Th-17 commitment and development are also described. As a result, the teachings of the present disclosure provide a basis for understanding the developmental pathway of Th-17 cells and offer novel avenues to modulate (stimulate or inhibit) this developmental program and offer new methods for the treatment and prevention of disease states and conditions related to aberrant activity of Th-17 cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866380 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/158.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414903 | Waldor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew K. Waldor (Newton, Massachusetts); Theresa D. Ho (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew K. Waldor (Newton, Massachusetts); Theresa D. Ho (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for production of gram-negative bacterial mutants that are defective in intestinal colonization capacity and sensitive to infection by bacteriophage P1. Thus the present invention provides immunogenic compositions for the prevention or attenuation of food- and water-borne illnesses associated with ingestion of bacteria such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/312739 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/257.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414911 | Mattson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Mattson (Pasadena, California); Julia A. Kornfield (Pasadena, California); Daniel M. Schwartz (San Francisco, California); Robert K. Maloney (Palisades, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Mattson (Pasadena, California); Julia A. Kornfield (Pasadena, California); Daniel M. Schwartz (San Francisco, California); Robert K. Maloney (Palisades, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure concerns altering the mechanical and/or chemical property of a body tissue, particularly an ocular tissue. In specific cases, it concerns altering or stabilizing the shape of the cornea, such as in a subject suffering or at risk for ectasia or keratoconus. In other specific cases, it concerns strengthening the sclera in a subject suffering or at risk for myopia. The invention employs light irradiation of a photoactivatable compound, such as one that applies crosslinking to the tissue, for example. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923575 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414926 | Turos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kerriann Robyn Greenhalgh (Tampa, Florida); Julio Cesar Garay (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kerriann Robyn Greenhalgh (Tampa, Florida); Julio Cesar Garay (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns nanoparticles, compositions comprising the nanoparticles, methods for their production, and methods of using the nanoparticles for the delivery of biologically active agents (e.g., antibiotics or other drugs) to human or non-human subjects. In one embodiment, the nanoparticle is a “surfactant-free” nanoparticle in which the surfactant moiety is covalently attached to the backbone of the polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/854380 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415096 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shyam S. Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Jia-Wang Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyam S. Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); Jia-Wang Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNAs are shown to be up- and/or down-regulated in inflammation and immune cells using a mouse model of asthma and regulatory T cells as source of RNA, respectively. Modulating the expression of these microRNAs can be effective in redirecting inflammation and immunity and hence, can be beneficial as biomarkers or as therapeutic agents against diverse human immunologic and inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/600803 |
| 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 08415097 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Makoto Nagashima (Kiryu, Japan) |
| 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) | Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Makoto Nagashima (Kiryu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of novel human tumor suppressors, antibodies to such tumor suppressors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, methods of screening for modulators of tumor suppressors, and methods of diagnosing and treating tumors with such nucleic acids and proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271026 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415100 | Markowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Joseph Willis (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Amitabh Chak (University Heights, Ohio); Rom Leidner (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Joseph Willis (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Amitabh Chak (University Heights, Ohio); Rom Leidner (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating vimentin-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the vimentin nucleotide sequences has been observed in vimentin-associated neoplasia such as neoplasia of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and/or bladder. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167670 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415106 | Popko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Popko (Chicago, Illinois); Wensheng Lin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Myelin Repair Foundation, Inc. (Saratoga, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Popko (Chicago, Illinois); Wensheng Lin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is in the field of neurology. Specifically, the invention relates to the discovery and characterization of molecular components that play a role in neuronal demyelination or remyelination. In addition, the invention relates to the generation of an animal model that exhibits hypomyelination. The compositions and methods embodied in the present invention are particularly useful for drug screening and/or treatment of demyelination disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965771 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415108 | Reeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay E. Reeder (Syracuse, New York); Robert D. Mayer (Rochester, New York); Mary O'Connell (Penfield, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay E. Reeder (Syracuse, New York); Robert D. Mayer (Rochester, New York); Mary O'Connell (Penfield, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for diagnosing a pelvic pain disorder that include analyzing samples for increased levels and/or nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin, which indicates presence of the pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis. Therapeutic treatment of a pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis, includes the administration to a patient of an effective amount of an inhibitor of beta-catenin activity. This can be carried out by direct administration of the therapeutic agent or via gene therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/741265 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415109 | North |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962177 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415128 | Eid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Eid (San Francisco, California); Devon Murphy (Mountain View, California); Geoffrey Otto (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Eid (San Francisco, California); Devon Murphy (Mountain View, California); Geoffrey Otto (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, devices, systems and methods for reducing and/or preventing photodamage of one or more reactants in illuminated analytical reactions by one or more of incorporating photodamage mitigating agents within the reaction mixture and/or interrogating different observation regions of the reaction mixture for a period that is less than a photodamage threshold period. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191256 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415144 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Dan Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (Monticello, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wilson Wolf Manufacturing (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Dan Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (Monticello, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas permeable devices and methods are disclosed for cell culture, including cell culture devices and methods that contain medium at heights, and certain gas permeable surface area to medium volume ratios. These devices and methods allow improvements in cell culture efficiency and scale up efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505122 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/305.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415154 | Noelle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randolph J. Noelle (Plainfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randolph J. Noelle (Plainfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for producing adaptive regulatory T cells from effector T cells by contacting the effector T cells with retinoic acid. Adaptive regulatory T cells produced by this method are Foxp3+, home to the gut, and are refractory to reversion in vivo. As such, such cells find application in the treatment of autoimmune disease and facilitating transplantation tolerance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/601682 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415158 | Robins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allan J Robins (Athens, Georgia); Thomas C Schulz (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ViaCyte, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan J Robins (Athens, Georgia); Thomas C Schulz (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cell culture methods and compositions that are essentially serum-free and comprise a basal salt nutrient solution and an ErbB3 ligand. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409059 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/383 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415289 | Margolis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Margolis (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Whitney Bowe (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Margolis (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Whitney Bowe (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a treatment of acne. Specifically, the invention is directed to the use of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS), isolated from S. salivarius as bactericide or bacteriostat for acne-causing bacteria, namely P. acnes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/086335 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415292 | Madden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean Madden (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick R. Cushing (East Thetford, Vermont); Prisca Boinguérin (Berlin, Germany); Rudolf Volkmer (Nordwestuckermark, Germany); Lars Vouilleme (Berlin, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Madden (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick R. Cushing (East Thetford, Vermont); Prisca Boinguérin (Berlin, Germany); Rudolf Volkmer (Nordwestuckermark, Germany); Lars Vouilleme (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features compositions and methods for increasing the cell surface expression of degradation-prone CFTR proteins and preventing or treating cystic fibrosis. The invention provides peptides and peptidomimetics that selectively inhibit the interaction between CAL and mutant CFTR proteins, thereby stabilizing the CFTR and facilitating transport of the same to the cell surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124470 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415293 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/999966 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415294 | Pettit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Rui Tan (Mesa, Arizona); Robin K. Pettit (Fort McDowell, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Rui Tan (Mesa, Arizona); Robin K. Pettit (Fort McDowell, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to cyclodepsipeptide compounds having antineoplastic and/or antimicrobial activity, preferably Kitastatin 1. The present invention is further directed to methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth and/or microbial growth in a host inflicted therewith by administering cyclodepsipeptide compounds to the inflicted host. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598943 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415316 | Moran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabeth Moran (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Stephen Flowers (Hamilton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Moran (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Stephen Flowers (Hamilton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features methods for promoting the differentiation of osteoblast bone forming cells to a mineralization phenotype and increasing bone mass using inhibitors of Brahma. Subjects benefiting from such treatment may have non-union fractures, osteopenia or osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, or a bone graft or bone fusion or orthopedic and dental implants, osteolytic bone disease, skeletal defects or deficiencies or periodontal disease. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/851610 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415323 | David |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael David (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to reducing accumulation of viral genomes in a target cell. In particular the present invention provides compositions and methods for combating viral infection through RNA interference. Specifically the present invention provides cellular microRNA mimics for treating virus-infected subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/675368 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415325 | Kiick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814767 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415327 | Levin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard A. Levin (Madison, Wisconsin); Yun Luo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard A. Levin (Madison, Wisconsin); Yun Luo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions involving a class of boron-protected phenylphosphine agents having increased cell permeability and having improved chemical stability for treating or for preventing cell death-related diseases or conditions in a human or a non-human animal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/710215 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415343 | Glick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary D. Glick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony W. Opipari (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Glick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony W. Opipari (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, and hyperproliferation, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/643614 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415385 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hao Chen (Columbia, Maryland); Ming Liu (Rockville, Maryland); Qi Su (Columbia, Maryland); Manish Raisinghani (Jamesburg, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hao Chen (Columbia, Maryland); Ming Liu (Rockville, Maryland); Qi Su (Columbia, Maryland); Manish Raisinghani (Jamesburg, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Derivatives of Sydnonimine and its analogues, which bind selectively to dopamine transporter (DAT) proteins are useful for treating and delaying the progression of disorders and illnesses that are alleviated by inhibiting dopamine reuptake. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180996 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415393 | Keck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Keck (Monona, Wisconsin); Douglas A. Bernstein (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Keck (Monona, Wisconsin); Douglas A. Bernstein (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for the design and identification of novel antimicrobial compounds, and provides antimicrobial compounds identified using these methods. These antimicrobial compounds inhibit the binding of a prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein to a polypeptide that binds to the prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein. In some examples, the prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein is prokaryotic Exonuclease I. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial compound has the structure wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of CH2, O, and NH, R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, and I, R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and CF3, R3 is selected from the group consisting of H and CO2H, R4 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, and R5 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkoxy, and NO2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124251 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/567 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415449 | Kohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, New Jersey); Durgadas Bolikal (Edison, New Jersey); Ramiro Rojas (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, New Jersey); Durgadas Bolikal (Edison, New Jersey); Ramiro Rojas (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses biocompatible polymers prepared from monomers (IV), and (IVa), or derivatives thereof, for which the variables are described in the claims and specification. These polymers may be bioresorbable and thus useful for manufacture of medical devices. Therefore, methods for preparing these polymers and medical devices prepared therefrom are also encompassed by this disclosure. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/387798 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/203 |
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| US 08415456 | Nellis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David F. Nellis (Frederick, Maryland); Dennis F. Michiel (Hagerstown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Nellis (Frederick, Maryland); Dennis F. Michiel (Hagerstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides IL-15 amino acid sequences with amino acid substitutions that reduce or eliminate deamidation of IL-15 and degradation by-products. The invention also provides DNA sequences that encode the substituted amino acid sequences, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the substituted IL-15 amino acid sequence and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating a condition in a mammalian host comprising administering to the host the substituted IL-15 amino acid sequence or the pharmaceutical composition including the substituted IL-15 amino acid sequence in an amount effective to treat the condition in the host. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/915363 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415457 | Nelsestuen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/929307 |
| 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 530/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415458 | Nelsestuen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary L Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770255 |
| 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 530/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415491 | Furman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin R. Furman (San Antonio, Texas); Stephen T. Wellinghoff (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. Rubal (Lytle, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Furman (San Antonio, Texas); Stephen T. Wellinghoff (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. Rubal (Lytle, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of exchanging nanostructures from within aqueous liquid media into organic liquid media. The steps comprise first supplying solid nanostructures in an aqueous liquid media, adjusting the pH, incorporating an ionic surfactant sufficient to reduce nanostructure aggregation, followed by concentrating the nanostructures in the aqueous liquid media. The nanostructures may them be placed in organic liquid media followed by introduction of a coupling agent capable of covalent attachment to the nanostructure surface while providing a functional group capable of polymerization to covalently bond the nanostructures to a selected monomer and/or polymer resin. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960195 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/12 |
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| US 08416417 | Foley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle James Foley (Chandler, Arizona); Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle James Foley (Chandler, Arizona); Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for imaging surface impedance. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989617 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
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| US 08416421 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Li Li (Richmond Heights, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Li Li (Richmond Heights, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and device for imaging a sample. In embodiments, a light from a low-coherence source or a wavelength-swept source is used to illuminate the sample. Pathlength-resolved intensity profiles of the light reemitted from the sample are recorded and measurements are taken. A reconstruction algorithm is used to invert the pathlength-resolved measurements to form an image. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/568069 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416817 | Chong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chin Yu Chong (Ithaca, New York); Joel Buckley (Saint Charles, Missouri); Frank Wise (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chin Yu Chong (Ithaca, New York); Joel Buckley (Saint Charles, Missouri); Frank Wise (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modelocked fiber laser is designed to have strong pulse-shaping based on spectral filtering of a highly-chirped pulse in the laser cavity. The laser generates femtosecond pulses without a dispersive delay line or anomalous dispersion in the cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/441807 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417322 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael D. Morris (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven A. Goldstein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Barbara R. McCreadie (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tso-Ching Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Morris (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven A. Goldstein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Barbara R. McCreadie (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tso-Ching Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for diagnosing or helping to diagnose a bone tissue condition of a patient, a portion of bone tissue of the patient is irradiated using a light source. The bone tissue may be irradiated in vivo through the skin or via an incision, for example. Alternatively, a biopsy of the bone tissue may be irradiated. Then, spectral content information for light scattered, reflected, or transmitted by the bone tissue is determined, and is used, at least in part, to determine whether the patient has a bone tissue condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879797 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/477 |
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| US 08417465 | Prabhakarpandian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Ketan Harendrakumar Bhatt (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Ketan Harendrakumar Bhatt (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for assaying blood-brain barrier properties for drug and drug delivery vehicle screening comprising of a microfluidic apparatus with gaps separating lumen and tissue space enabling formation of tight junctions similar to in vivo conditions using endothelial cells and brain cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726140 |
| 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 |
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| US 08417475 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The identification of preferred seed calculations used to guide the determination of displacement vectors in elasticity imaging may evaluate seeds using a combination of a measure of the similarity of the data of the seed in pre- and post-compression data and continuity of the data in a path in the neighborhood of the seed. This dual evaluation helps avoid downstream error propagation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/645936 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/84 |
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| US 08417481 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diane J. Cook (Pullman, Washington); Parisa Rashidi (Pullman, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Diane J. Cook (Pullman, Washington); Parisa Rashidi (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Several embodiments of systems and methods for adaptive smart environment automation are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes determining a plurality of sequence patterns of data points in a set of input data corresponding to a plurality of sensors in a space. The input data include a plurality of data points corresponding to each of the sensors, and the sequence patterns are at least partially discontinuous. The method also includes generating a plurality of statistical models based on the plurality of sequence patterns, and the individual statistical models corresponding to an activity of a user. The method further includes recognizing the activity of the user based on the statistical models and additional input data from the sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552998 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08413436 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Perry Y. Li (Plymouth, Minnesota); James D. Van de Ven (Paxton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry Y. Li (Plymouth, Minnesota); James D. Van de Ven (Paxton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An accumulator system is configured to store energy and includes an accumulator having a liquid chamber coupled to a liquid port and an air chamber coupled to an air port. The liquid chamber and the air chamber are separated by a moveable isolation barrier. An air motor/compressor coupled to the air port is configured to receive a mechanical input and responsively pump air into the accumulator, and to receive pressurized air from the air port and responsively provide a mechanical output. A liquid reservoir is coupled to the liquid port to receive liquid from the liquid chamber as air is pumped into the air chamber and to provide liquid to the liquid chamber as air is removed from the air chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/445176 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413490 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan J. Bell (Pinellas Park, Florida); R. Timothy Short (St. Petersburg, Florida); Strawn K. Toler (Bradenton, Florida); Bill Huzar (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan J. Bell (Pinellas Park, Florida); R. Timothy Short (St. Petersburg, Florida); Strawn K. Toler (Bradenton, Florida); Bill Huzar (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for obtaining a sample underwater. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a syringe pump comprising a plurality of syringes, a sampling probe coupled to the syringe pump for collecting the sample underwater and an analyzer module coupled to the syringe pump. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558337 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/64.560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413603 | Craighead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Jun Kameoka (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Jun Kameoka (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanofibers are formed using electrospray deposition from microfluidic source. The source is brought close to a surface, and scanned in one embodiment to form oriented or patterned fibers. In one embodiment, the surface has features, such as trenches on a silicon wafer. In further embodiments, the surface is rotated to form patterned nanofibers, such as polymer nanofibers. The nanofibers may be used as a mask to create features, and as a sacrificial layer to create nanochannels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470327 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/621 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414035 | Bell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Bell (Sunol, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Bell (Sunol, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A knot tying system is presented containing a feeding mechanism, a knot tying device, and a clamp. The feeding mechanism has a drive roller and an idle roller capable of guiding a wire. A truck is connected to the end of the wire, and fed into a guide track, fixed relative to the feeding mechanism. The guide track provides a curved track in the shape of a knot desired. The track has a tube having a wire extraction slot running along the length of the tube, an intersection region where an outer portion of the guide track intersects an inner portion of the guide track, and a slit through the inner portion of the guide track substantially at the intersection region. A sensing and control system may also be present. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/984952 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Knots and knot tying 289/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414754 | Santiago et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Byoungsok Jung (Stanford, California); Rajiv Bharadwaj (Mountain View, California); Tarun Kumar Khurana (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Byoungsok Jung (Stanford, California); Rajiv Bharadwaj (Mountain View, California); Tarun Kumar Khurana (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of samples is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, an electrophoresis approach involves electrophoretically stacking and/or separating a sample or samples. An electrolyte and a mixture of one or more samples with another electrolyte are added to a microchannel or capillary. An electric field is applied to stack (and, in some applications, further separate) the one or more samples. Generally, the electric field and electrolyte are used to facilitate isotachophoretic (ITP) stacking. In some embodiments, a further electric field is applied and used with the electrolyte to facilitate subsequent capillary electrophoresis (CE). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/755449 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/549 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414831 | Jayatissa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahalapitiya H. Jayatissa (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahalapitiya H. Jayatissa (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorine gas sensor system includes carbon nanotubes at least partially coated with a metal oxide deposited on a substrate, and a source of infra-red light positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the coated nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482024 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414844 | Sadik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omowunmi Sadik (Vestal, New York); Jason Karasinski (Dallas, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omowunmi Sadik (Vestal, New York); Jason Karasinski (Dallas, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, lightweight, rugged, easy-to-operate biosensor useful for rapidly detecting cells, viruses, antibodies, and other proteins. A capillary tube has a capture antibody immobilized on its interior surface. The specific capture antibody is selected based upon a desired target analyte to be detected. A sample potentially containing the target antigen is introduced into the capillary tube. Thereafter, a second antibody labeled with a fluorescent dye is introduced. Upon excitation by electromagnetic energy, typically supplied by a laser, the fluorescence of the sample is captured and analyzed. The apparatus is extremely compact and rugged making it ideal for field use. In addition, accurate results may be obtained by relatively unskilled operators directly from a self-contained readout. Optionally, an external device (e.g., a computer) may be connected to the apparatus via an optional interface. The analysis time provided by the biosensor system of the invention is shorter than has heretofore been possible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755578 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414926 | Turos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kerriann Robyn Greenhalgh (Tampa, Florida); Julio Cesar Garay (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kerriann Robyn Greenhalgh (Tampa, Florida); Julio Cesar Garay (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns nanoparticles, compositions comprising the nanoparticles, methods for their production, and methods of using the nanoparticles for the delivery of biologically active agents (e.g., antibiotics or other drugs) to human or non-human subjects. In one embodiment, the nanoparticle is a “surfactant-free” nanoparticle in which the surfactant moiety is covalently attached to the backbone of the polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/854380 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415000 | Stowers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason K. Stowers (Corvallis, Oregon); Alan J. Telecky (Corvallis, Oregon); Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Andrew Grenville (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inpria Corporation (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason K. Stowers (Corvallis, Oregon); Alan J. Telecky (Corvallis, Oregon); Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Andrew Grenville (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Stabilized precursor solutions can be used to form radiation inorganic coating materials. The precursor solutions generally comprise metal suboxide cations, peroxide-based ligands and polyatomic anions. Design of the precursor solutions can be performed to achieve a high level of stability of the precursor solutions. The resulting coating materials can be designed for patterning with a selected radiation, such as ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation or electron beam radiation. The radiation patterned coating material can have a high contrast with respect to material properties, such that development of a latent image can be successful to form lines with very low line-width roughness and adjacent structures with a very small pitch. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284531 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415089 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Puneet Gupta (Los Angeles, California); Rani S. Ghaida (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Puneet Gupta (Los Angeles, California); Rani S. Ghaida (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of printing a final layout on a wafer comprises printing a first pattern from a first mask located at a first position onto the wafer, shifting the first mask by a predetermined distance to a second position, printing the first pattern from the first mask located at the second position onto the wafer, and applying a trim mask to the wafer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723798 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415131 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Kai Li (Henan, China PRC); Charlene Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive and modified M13 bacteriophages, and methods of making and using the same, are generally provided. The reactive M13 bacteriophage can include a alkyne functional group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophage can include a substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage via a 1,2,3-triazole linkage. Dual-modified M13 bacteriophages are also generally provided, and can include a cancer-targeting substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage and a fluorescent group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophages can not only be employed as a fluorescent probe for cancer imaging, but also can be used as biomaterials for cell alignment and scaffolding. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604575 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415325 | Kiick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814767 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415400 | Bronich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tatiana K. Bronich (Omaha, Nebraska); Alexander V. Kabanov (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatiana K. Bronich (Omaha, Nebraska); Alexander V. Kabanov (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polymer micelles with cross-linked ionic cores as delivery vehicles for therapeutics, diagnostics, nucleic acids, proteins, small molecules and the like. The present invention provides additionally methods of synthesis and uses for such micelles. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/017192 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415461 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Gerard Wong (Urbana, Illinois); Mehmet Veysel Yigit (Malden, Massachusetts); Abhijit Mishra (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Gerard Wong (Urbana, Illinois); Mehmet Veysel Yigit (Malden, Massachusetts); Abhijit Mishra (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An amphiphilic substance includes a hydrophobic group, and a polynucleotide group attached to the hydrophobic group. The polynucleotide group includes a first polynucleotide segment and a second polynucleotide segment. The first and second polynucleotide segments are at least partially complementary and are bound together by interactions including base pairing. At least one of the first and second segments includes at least one of an aptamer and a nucleic acid-based enzyme. A lipid vesicle may include the amphiphilic substance, a first polar lipid that is an unstable vesicle former, and a polar liquid. Upon exposure to a rupture agent, the vesicle may rupture, releasing the contents of the vesicle. Substances that may be released from the vesicle include bioactive agents, such as drug agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523443 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415640 | Babinec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas M. Babinec (Watertown, Massachusetts); Birgit J. M. Hausmann (Watertown, Massachusetts); Mughees Khan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yinan Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Philip R. Hemmer (College Station, Texas); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Babinec (Watertown, Massachusetts); Birgit J. M. Hausmann (Watertown, Massachusetts); Mughees Khan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yinan Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Philip R. Hemmer (College Station, Texas); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a general aspect, a system includes a plurality of diamond nanowires disposed on the surface of a diamond substrate, at least some of the nanowires including a color center. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate at least one of the plurality of nanowires with excitation light at a wavelength corresponding to an excitation wavelength of the color center included in the illuminated nanowire; and an optical receiver configured to receive a fluorescence emitted from the color center included in the illuminated nanowire in response to the excitation light. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089547 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416408 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska); Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including a polarization state generator comprising: an odd bounce image rotating system and a polarizer, or two polarizers; and optionally including least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802638 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416417 | Foley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle James Foley (Chandler, Arizona); Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle James Foley (Chandler, Arizona); Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for imaging surface impedance. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989617 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416817 | Chong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chin Yu Chong (Ithaca, New York); Joel Buckley (Saint Charles, Missouri); Frank Wise (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chin Yu Chong (Ithaca, New York); Joel Buckley (Saint Charles, Missouri); Frank Wise (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modelocked fiber laser is designed to have strong pulse-shaping based on spectral filtering of a highly-chirped pulse in the laser cavity. The laser generates femtosecond pulses without a dispersive delay line or anomalous dispersion in the cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/441807 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416818 | Bouma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Amstelveen, Netherlands); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Amstelveen, Netherlands); Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to physically separate one or more components of the electromagnetic radiation based on a frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus and source arrangement may also have at least one continuously rotating optical arrangement which is configured to receive at least one signal that is associated with the one or more components. Further, the apparatus and source arrangement can include at least one beam selecting arrangement configured to receive the signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/160335 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416823 | Coleman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Coleman (Monticello, Illinois); Victor C. Elarde (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Coleman (Monticello, Illinois); Victor C. Elarde (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a quantum well active region for an optoelectronic device. The quantum well active region includes barrier layers of high bandgap material. A quantum well of low bandgap material is between the barrier layers. Three-dimensional high bandgap barriers are in the quantum well. A preferred semiconductor laser of the invention includes a quantum well active region of the invention. Cladding layers are around the quantum well active region, as well as a waveguide structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598224 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417324 | Mycek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary-Ann Mycek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Jonathan Pitts (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary-Ann Mycek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Jonathan Pitts (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to method and apparatus for collection of the complete fluorescence emission spectrum and the transient decay of a selected spectral band simultaneously with data acquisition times of less that one second. This invention is useful for studying human tissues and cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280557 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417481 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diane J. Cook (Pullman, Washington); Parisa Rashidi (Pullman, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Diane J. Cook (Pullman, Washington); Parisa Rashidi (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Several embodiments of systems and methods for adaptive smart environment automation are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes determining a plurality of sequence patterns of data points in a set of input data corresponding to a plurality of sensors in a space. The input data include a plurality of data points corresponding to each of the sensors, and the sequence patterns are at least partially discontinuous. The method also includes generating a plurality of statistical models based on the plurality of sequence patterns, and the individual statistical models corresponding to an activity of a user. The method further includes recognizing the activity of the user based on the statistical models and additional input data from the sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552998 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417498 | Rodgers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Rodgers (Versailles, Kentucky); Robert L. Houtz (Lexington, Kentucky); Lynette M. A. Dirk (Lexington, Kentucky); Mark A. Williams (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Rodgers (Versailles, Kentucky); Robert L. Houtz (Lexington, Kentucky); Lynette M. A. Dirk (Lexington, Kentucky); Mark A. Williams (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the crystal structure of a plant peptide deformylase polypeptide and methods of using the structure to design compounds that modulate the activity of the polypeptide. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254611 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417789 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York); Michael Hines (Endicott, New York); Jian Wang (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York); Michael Hines (Endicott, New York); Jian Wang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Memory demands of large-memory applications continue to remain one step ahead of the improvements in DRAM capacities of commodity systems. Performance of such applications degrades rapidly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts paging to the local disk. A distributed network-based virtual memory scheme is provided which treats remote memory as another level in the memory hierarchy between very fast local memory and very slow local disks. Performance over gigabit Ethernet shows significant performance gains over local disk. Large memory applications may access potentially unlimited network memory resources without requiring any application or operating system code modifications, relinkling or recompilation. A preferred embodiment employs kernel-level driver software. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278319 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417919 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Allen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gurindar S. Sohi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Allen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gurindar S. Sohi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of dynamic parallelization in a multi-processor identifies potentially independent computational operations, such as functions and methods, with a serializer that assigns a computational operation to a serialization set and a processor based on assessment of the data that the computational operation will be accessing upon execution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543354 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08414858 | Nolas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George S. Nolas (Tampa, Florida); Matthew K. Beekman (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Nolas (Tampa, Florida); Matthew K. Beekman (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method for high quality crystal growth of intermetallic clathrates is presented. The synthesis of high quality pure phase crystals has been complicated by the simultaneous formation of both clathrate type-I and clathrate type-II structures. It was found that selective, phase pure, single-crystal growth of type-I and type-II clathrates can be achieved by maintaining sufficient partial pressure of a chemical constituent during slow, controlled deprivation of the chemical constituent from the primary reactant. The chemical constituent is slowly removed from the primary reactant by the reaction of the chemical constituent vapor with a secondary reactant, spatially separated from the primary reactant, in a closed volume under uniaxial pressure and heat to form the single phase pure crystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859534 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414892 | Cheung |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a suitable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides an antibody other than the monoclonal antibody 8H9 comprising the complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof, capable of binding to the same antigen as the monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention provides a substance capable of competitively inhibiting the binding of monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention also provides an isolated scFv of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. This invention also provides the 8H9 antigen. This invention also provides different uses of the monoclonal antibody 8H9 or its derivative. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721798 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/141.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415037 | Nealson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Massoud Pirbazari (Los Angeles, California); Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Massoud Pirbazari (Los Angeles, California); Lewis Hsu (Lomita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microbial fuel cell includes an anode compartment with an anode and an anode biocatalyst and a cathode compartment with a cathode and a cathode biocatalyst, with a membrane positioned between the anode compartment and the cathode compartment, and an electrical pathway between the anode and the cathode. The anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an organic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an inorganic substance. The reduced organic substance can form a precipitate, thereby removing the inorganic substance from solution. In some cases, the anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an inorganic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an organic or inorganic substance. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114097 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415070 | Yang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy Qi Han (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen-Yu Yang (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic polymers are made from selected partially fluorinated dienes, in which the repeat units are cycloaliphatic. The polymers are formed into membranes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/955498 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415293 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/999966 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415344 | Henn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fritz Henn (East Patchogue, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fritz Henn (East Patchogue, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treatment of depression-related mood disorders in mammals, particularly humans are disclosed. The methods of the invention include administration of compounds capable of enhancing glutamate transporter activity in the brain of mammals suffering from depression. ATP-sensitive K+ channel openers and β-lactam antibiotics are used to enhance glutamate transport and to treat depression-related mood disorders and depressive symptoms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/307033 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/223.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415464 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joe W. Gray (Livermore, California); Daniel Pinkel (Walnut Creek, California); Douglas Tkachuk (Livermore, California); Carol Westbrook (Goshen, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe W. Gray (Livermore, California); Daniel Pinkel (Walnut Creek, California); Douglas Tkachuk (Livermore, California); Carol Westbrook (Goshen, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for staining based upon nucleic acid sequence that employ nucleic acid probes are provided. Said methods produce staining patterns that can be tailored for specific cytogenetic analyzes. Said probes are appropriate for in situ hybridization and stain both interphase and metaphase chromosomal material with reliable signals. The nucleic acid probes are typically of a complexity greater than 50 kb, the complexity depending upon the cytogenetic application. Methods and reagents are provided for the detection of genetic rearrangements. Probes and test kits are provided for use in detecting genetic rearrangements, particularly for use in tumor cytogenetics, in the detection of disease related loci, specifically cancer, such as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and for biological dosimetry. Methods and reagents are described for cytogenetic research, for the differentiation of cytogenetically similar but genetically different diseases, and for many prognostic and diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, January 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/765291 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415704 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A close-packed array of light emitting diodes includes a nonconductive substrate having a plurality of elongate channels extending therethrough from a first side to a second side, where each of the elongate channels in at least a portion of the substrate includes a conductive rod therein. The conductive rods have a density over the substrate of at least about 1,000 rods per square centimeter and include first conductive rods and second conductive rods. The close-packed array further includes a plurality of light emitting diodes on the first side of the substrate, where each light emitting diode is in physical contact with at least one first conductive rod and in electrical contact with at least one second conductive rod. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924217 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415757 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fan Yang (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fan Yang (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensitive optoelectronic device having an improved hybrid planar bulk heterojunction includes a plurality of photoconductive materials disposed between the anode and the cathode. The photoconductive materials include a first continuous layer of donor material and a second continuous layer of acceptor material. A first network of donor material or materials extends from the first continuous layer toward the second continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of holes to the first continuous layer. A second network of acceptor material or materials extends from the second continuous layer toward the first continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of electrons to the second continuous layer. The first network and the second network are interlaced with each other. At least one other photoconductive material is interspersed between the interlaced networks. This other photoconductive material or materials has an absorption spectra different from the donor and acceptor materials. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011255 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415758 | Black |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcie R. Black (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcie R. Black (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optoelectronic device that includes a material having enhanced electronic transitions. The electronic transitions are enhanced by mixing electronic states at an interface. The interface may be formed by a nano-well, a nano-dot, or a nano-wire. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032076 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416086 | Hively |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee M. Hively (Philadelphia, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee M. Hively (Philadelphia, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention teaches further improvements in methods for forewarning of critical events via phase-space dissimilarity analysis of data from biomedical equipment, mechanical devices, and other physical processes. One improvement involves objective determination of a forewarning threshold (UFW), together with a failure-onset threshold (UFAIL) corresponding to a normalized value of a composite measure (C) of dissimilarity; and providing a visual or audible indication to a human observer of failure forewarning and/or failure onset. Another improvement relates to symbolization of the data according the binary numbers representing the slope between adjacent data points. Another improvement relates to adding measures of dissimilarity based on state-to-state dynamical changes of the system. And still another improvement relates to using a Shannon entropy as the measure of condition change in lieu of a connected or unconnected phase space. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872471 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/573.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416829 | Soufli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regina Soufli (Berkeley, California); Monica Fernandez-Perea (Pleasanton, California); Jeff C. Robinson (Brentwood, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Regina Soufli (Berkeley, California); Monica Fernandez-Perea (Pleasanton, California); Jeff C. Robinson (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general embodiment, a thin film structure includes a substrate; a first corrosion barrier layer above the substrate; a reflective layer above the first corrosion barrier layer, wherein the reflective layer comprises at least one repeating set of sub-layers, wherein one of the sub-layers of each set of sub-layers being of a corrodible material; and a second corrosion barrier layer above the reflective layer. In another general embodiment, a system includes an optical element having a thin film structure as recited above; and an image capture or spectrometer device. In a further general embodiment, a laser according to one embodiment includes a light source and the thin film structure as recited above. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280256 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417361 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aditya Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Ruijie Shi (Niskayuna, New York); Rajeeva Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Mustafa Dokucu (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditya Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Ruijie Shi (Niskayuna, New York); Rajeeva Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Mustafa Dokucu (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Control system and method for controlling an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant are provided. The system may include a controller coupled to a dynamic model of the plant to process a prediction of plant performance and determine a control strategy for the IGCC plant over a time horizon subject to plant constraints. The control strategy may include control functionality to meet a tracking objective and control functionality to meet an optimization objective. The control strategy may be configured to prioritize the tracking objective over the optimization objective based on a coordinate transformation, such as an orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal projection. A plurality of plant control knobs may be set in accordance with the control strategy to generate a sequence of coordinated multivariable control inputs to meet the tracking objective and the optimization objective subject to the prioritization resulting from the coordinate transformation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053731 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417461 | Agarwal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pratul K. Agarwal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pratul K. Agarwal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analysis, control, and manipulation for improvement of the chemical reaction rate of a protein-mediated reaction is provided. Enzymes, which typically comprise protein molecules, are very efficient catalysts that enhance chemical reaction rates by many orders of magnitude. Enzymes are widely used for a number of functions in chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and other purposes. The method identifies key protein vibration modes that control the chemical reaction rate of the protein-mediated reaction, providing identification of the factors that enable the enzymes to achieve the high rate of reaction enhancement. By controlling these factors, the function of enzymes may be modulated, i.e., the activity can either be increased for faster enzyme reaction or it can be decreased when a slower enzyme is desired. This method provides an inexpensive and efficient solution by utilizing computer simulations, in combination with available experimental data, to build suitable models and investigate the enzyme activity. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/244977 |
| 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 08417467 | Nelson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Einar Nelson (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Einar Nelson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a method for estimating an activity of one or more radio-nuclides includes receiving one or more templates, the one or more templates corresponding to one or more radio-nuclides which contribute to a probable solution, receiving one or more weighting factors, each weighting factor representing a contribution of one radio-nuclide to the probable solution, computing an effective areal density for each of the one more radio-nuclides, computing an effective atomic number (Z) for each of the one more radio-nuclides, computing an effective metric for each of the one or more radio-nuclides, and computing an estimated activity for each of the one or more radio-nuclides. In other embodiments, computer program products, systems, and other methods are presented for estimating an activity of one or more radio-nuclides. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770260 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08413419 | Mungas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Greg Mungas (Arcadia, California); David J. Fisher (Tehachapi, California); Adam Pollok London (San Francisco, California); Jack Merrill Fryer (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Firestar Engineering, LLC (Mojave, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg Mungas (Arcadia, California); David J. Fisher (Tehachapi, California); Adam Pollok London (San Francisco, California); Jack Merrill Fryer (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The fluid and heat transfer theory for regenerative cooling of a rocket combustion chamber with a porous media coolant jacket is presented. This model is used to design a regeneratively cooled rocket or other high temperature engine cooling jacket. Cooling jackets comprising impermeable inner and outer walls, and porous media channels are disclosed. Also disclosed are porous media coolant jackets with additional structures designed to transfer heat directly from the inner wall to the outer wall, and structures designed to direct movement of the coolant fluid from the inner wall to the outer wall. Methods of making such jackets are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/633770 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08413501 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew R. Tavares (Federal Way, Washington); Carter T. Nelson (Seattle, Washington); Daniel J. Wright (Mercer Island, Washington); John C. Woo (Newcastle, Washington); Bruce A. Faulkner (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew R. Tavares (Federal Way, Washington); Carter T. Nelson (Seattle, Washington); Daniel J. Wright (Mercer Island, Washington); John C. Woo (Newcastle, Washington); Bruce A. Faulkner (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe includes a stem having a tip that measures a wake produced by an object moving through a fluid. The probe includes temperature and pressure sensors co-located in the tip. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732299 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/170.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415240 | Odom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teri W. Odom (Chicago, Illinois); Joel A. Henzie (Evanston, Illinois); Eun-Soo Kwak (San Jose, California); Min Hyung Lee (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teri W. Odom (Chicago, Illinois); Joel A. Henzie (Evanston, Illinois); Eun-Soo Kwak (San Jose, California); Min Hyung Lee (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite films comprising two-dimensional hole arrays, and related methods of preparing hole arrays. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/209767 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415325 | Kiick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristi L. Kiick (Rising Sun, Maryland); Nori Yamaguchi (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814767 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415839 | Geng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Geng (Parma, Ohio); Janis M. Niedra (N. Ridgeville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Geng (Parma, Ohio); Janis M. Niedra (N. Ridgeville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with mitigation of magnetic fields are described herein. In an embodiment, a method for mitigating an electromagnetic field includes positioning a mitigating coil around a linear alternator of linear motor so that the mitigating coil is coaxially located with an alternator coil; arranging the mitigating coil to generate a field to mitigate an electromagnetic field generated by the alternator coil; and passing an induced current from the alternator coil through the mitigating coil. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319617 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416007 | Krasowski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided that includes a first field effect transistor with a source tied to zero volts and a drain tied to voltage drain drain (Vdd) through a first resistor. The apparatus also includes a first node configured to tie a second resistor to a third resistor and connect to an input of a gate of the first field effect transistor in order for the first field effect transistor to receive a signal. The apparatus also includes a second field effect transistor configured as a unity gain buffer having a drain tied to Vdd and an uncommitted source. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/098918 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417460 | Vincent |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting coliform bacteria in water from reflected light and a method of detecting Eschericha Coli bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/762952 |
| 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 08417859 | Haskins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher B. Haskins (Crownsville, Maryland); Wesley P. Millard (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Haskins (Crownsville, Maryland); Wesley P. Millard (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems to implement and operate software-defined radios (SDRs). An SDR may be configured to perform a combination of fractional and integer frequency synthesis and direct digital synthesis under control of a digital signal processor, which may provide a set of relatively agile, flexible, low-noise, and low spurious, timing and frequency conversion signals, and which may be used to maintain a transmit path coherent with a receive path. Frequency synthesis may include dithering to provide additional precision. The SDR may include task-specific software-configurable systems to perform tasks in accordance with software-defined parameters or personalities. The SDR may include a hardware interface system to control hardware components, and a host interface system to provide an interface to the SDR with respect to a host system. The SDR may be configured for one or more of communications, navigation, radio science, and sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569122 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08416109 | Kirichenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Kirichenko (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HYPRES, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Kirichenko (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting bandpass sigma-delta modulator and a method for analog-to-digital signal conversion is disclosed. The superconducting bandpass sigma-delta modulator includes coupled resonators having a desired impedance ratio. A first resonator connects to a comparator, which comparator generates single-flux-quantum pulses. A feedback loop links from the comparator to a second resonator and includes a current amplifier. A digital RF receiver system is also disclosed. This system includes a second order bandpass sigma-delta modulator, which has a desired impedance ratio between resonators and a feedback loop with current amplification. The system further has an antenna configured to receive a GHz frequency radio transmission and to yield an analog signal which is accepted by the sigma-delta modulator. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/969936 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416408 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska); Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including a polarization state generator comprising: an odd bounce image rotating system and a polarizer, or two polarizers; and optionally including least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802638 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416496 | Diehl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Damon W. Diehl (Rochester, New York); Christopher T. Cotton (Honeoye Falls, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASE Optics Inc. (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damon W. Diehl (Rochester, New York); Christopher T. Cotton (Honeoye Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical probe for splitting a beam of light into multiple beams. The optical probe may comprise a first polarizing beam splitter having a first polarization axis, a second polarizing beam splitter having a second polarization axis orthogonal to the first polarization axis, a first half wave plate and a second half wave plate, and optionally a first birefringent phase plate, and a second birefringent phase plate. The first half wave plate may be located before first polarizing beam splitter, and the second half wave plate may be located after the first polarizing beam splitter, relative to the propagation of the light beam. The optical probe may further include a lens for collimating the four light beams. A profilometer includes the optical probe for splitting a beam of light into four light beams, and a scanner for traversing the optical probe over a surface of an element to be measured. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728199 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/489.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416948 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leanics Corporation (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Secure Variable Data Rate Transceivers and methods for implementing Secure Variable Data Rate are presented. An efficient and systematic method and circuit for implementing secure variable data rate transceivers are presented. The SVDR method is based on block ciphers. An index method is presented for minimizing transmission overhead. This allows SVDR to achieve higher security by using the full ciphermode stream. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/802306 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08414808 | Dvorak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen W. Dvorak (Chilton, Wisconsin); John F. Hunt (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DVO. Inc. (Chilton, Wisconsin); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W. Dvorak (Chilton, Wisconsin); John F. Hunt (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to composite components and methods of producing composite components. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of producing a composite component using anaerobically digested biomass. In still yet another embodiment, the method further comprises using liquid effluent from the digester. In still yet another embodiment, the method further comprises wet-mat forming and cold pressing the anaerobically digested biomass and wet-mat drying under heat and pressure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/572871 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415489 | Kraus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa); Yi Yuan (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa); Yi Yuan (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds that are A-type procyanidins. The compounds can be prepared by reacting flavylium salts with catechins or analogs thereof, for example, under anhydrous conditions in alcohol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292812 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP23516 | Fazio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gennaro Fazio (Geneva, New York); James Cummins (Geneva, New York); Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle (Geneva, New York); Terence Lee Robinson (Geneva, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gennaro Fazio (Geneva, New York); James Cummins (Geneva, New York); Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle (Geneva, New York); Terence Lee Robinson (Geneva, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica×Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.214’ is described herein. The new variety is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum). The ‘G.214’ rootstock is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/927537 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08414182 | Paul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kevin Paul (Corvallis, Oregon); Anna Evelyn Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kevin Paul (Corvallis, Oregon); Anna Evelyn Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromixer device has at least one fluid inlet channel and at least one fluid outlet channel. A plurality of pathways extend between the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet channel. The width of at least some of the plurality of pathways varies in a substantially parabolic manner along at least one dimension of the micromixer device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/414597 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415147 | Dolja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valerian V. Dolja (Corvallis, Oregon); Valera V. Peremyslov (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valerian V. Dolja (Corvallis, Oregon); Valera V. Peremyslov (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the development and use of Closterovirus-based vectors for the delivery of nucleotides to plants. Specifically, the present disclosure provides viral vectors based on Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-2 for the delivery and expression of genes in plants, particularly grape plants. Methods of making and using these vectors, as well as the plants transformed by these vectors, are also contemplated. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/865708 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415293 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/999966 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08414784 | Tsotsis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas K. Tsotsis (Orange, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas K. Tsotsis (Orange, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive wire includes a plurality of thermoplastic filaments each having a surface, and a coating material having a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed therein. The coating material is bonded to the surface of each thermoplastic filament. The thermoplastic filaments having the coating bonded thereto are bundled and bonded to each other to form a substantially cylindrical conductor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/974140 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415010 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weijun Liu (Cedar Park, Texas); Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weijun Liu (Cedar Park, Texas); Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nano-imprint lithography stack includes a nano-imprint lithography substrate, a non-silicon-containing layer solidified from a first polymerizable, non-silicon-containing composition, and a silicon-containing layer solidified from a polymerizable silicon-containing composition adhered to a surface of the non-silicon-containing layer. The non-silicon-containing layer is adhered directly or through one or more intervening layers to the nano-imprint lithography substrate. The silicon-containing layer includes a silsesquioxane with a general formula (R′(4-2z)SiOz)x(HOSiO1.5)y, wherein R′ is a hydrocarbon group or two or more different hydrocarbon groups other than methyl, 1<z<2, and x and y are integers. The imprint lithography stack may further include a second non-silicon-containing layer solidified from a second polymerizable, non-silicon-containing composition adhered to a surface of the silicon-containing layer such that the silicon-containing layer is sandwiched between the non-silicon-containing layers. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/581634 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08413396 | Oliva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Oliva (Madison, Wisconsin); Lawrence C. Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Oliva (Madison, Wisconsin); Lawrence C. Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A splice tube assembly and corresponding system for connecting multiple fiber-reinforced polymer rebars include a polymeric tube that is externally covered by a reinforcing layer to control radial expansion of grout within the polymeric tube and of the polymeric tube itself, and the polymeric tube may be internally provided with locking structures for mechanically interlocking with the grout, ensuring that the splice tube assembly functions as a unit for transferring loads from a first rebar, extending from a first end of the polymeric tube, to a second rebar, extending from a second end of the polymeric tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/539391 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/309.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417397 | Khatwa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington); Olukayode Olofinboba (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Santosh Mathan (Seattle, Washington); Olukayode Olofinboba (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A display system includes instrumentation configured to obtain aircraft data comprising current flight status data of the host aircraft and current flight status data of neighboring aircraft located near the host aircraft. The system also includes a processor coupled to the instrumentation. The processor analyzes and filters the aircraft data, using lateral boundary criteria for the host aircraft, to identify a proper subset of the neighboring aircraft, and the processor generates image rendering display commands based upon the current flight status data of the host aircraft and based upon the current flight status data of neighboring aircraft included in the proper subset. A display element receives the image rendering display commands and, in response thereto, renders a vertical situation display that includes graphical representations of the host aircraft and each neighboring aircraft included the proper subset. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774513 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08414752 | Nair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balakrishnan G. Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EmiSense Technologies, LLC (San Juan Capistrano, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishnan G. Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixed potential NOx sensor apparatus for measuring the total NOx concentration in a gas stream is disclosed. The NOx sensing apparatus comprises a multilayer ceramic structure with electrodes for sensing both oxygen and NOx gas concentrations and includes screen-printed metallized patterns that function to heat the ceramic sensing element to the proper temperature for optimum performance. This design may provide advantages over the existing technology by miniaturizing the sensing element to provide potentially faster sensor light off times and thereby reduce undesired exhaust gas emissions. By incorporating the heating source within the ceramic sensing structure, the time to reach the temperature of operation is shortened, and thermal gradients and stresses are minimized. These improvements may provide increased sensor performance, reliability, and lifetime. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/610973 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08414844 | Sadik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omowunmi Sadik (Vestal, New York); Jason Karasinski (Dallas, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omowunmi Sadik (Vestal, New York); Jason Karasinski (Dallas, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, lightweight, rugged, easy-to-operate biosensor useful for rapidly detecting cells, viruses, antibodies, and other proteins. A capillary tube has a capture antibody immobilized on its interior surface. The specific capture antibody is selected based upon a desired target analyte to be detected. A sample potentially containing the target antigen is introduced into the capillary tube. Thereafter, a second antibody labeled with a fluorescent dye is introduced. Upon excitation by electromagnetic energy, typically supplied by a laser, the fluorescence of the sample is captured and analyzed. The apparatus is extremely compact and rugged making it ideal for field use. In addition, accurate results may be obtained by relatively unskilled operators directly from a self-contained readout. Optionally, an external device (e.g., a computer) may be connected to the apparatus via an optional interface. The analysis time provided by the biosensor system of the invention is shorter than has heretofore been possible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755578 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08414314 | Mosholder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary S. Mosholder (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary S. Mosholder (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A single-use Universal Serial Bus port protector having a top piece and a tongued planar surface, where the top piece includes a rectangular surface, a rectangular planar surface, a slotted planar surface, and at least one lever breakably attached to the slotted planar surface, and where the tongued planar surface includes two rails and two projections, where the top piece and the tongued planar surface are slideably insertable into a Universal Serial Bus port to ensure that no electrical connection is made to the Universal Serial Bus port when the top piece and the tongued planar surface are so inserted, where the at least one lever engages with at least one of the rails of the tongued planar surface upon insertion, and where the at least one lever breaks off when the Universal Serial Bus port protector is removed from the Universal Serial Bus port. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374180 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08417762 | Branson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Branson (Rochester, Minnesota); Frederick Douglis (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Fan Ye (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooperative data stream processing system utilizing a plurality of independent, autonomous and heterogeneous sites in a cooperative arrangement process user-defined job requests over dynamic, continuous streams of data. A distributed plan is created that identifies the processing elements that constitute a job that is derived from user-defined inquiries. These processing elements are arranged into subjobs that are mapped to various sites within the system for execution. The jobs are executed across the plurality of distributed sites in accordance with the distributed plan. The distributed plan also includes requirements for monitoring and back-up of the execution sites in the event of a failure on one of those sites. Execution of the jobs in accordance with the distributed plan is facilitated by the identification of an owner site to which the distributed plan is communicated and which is responsible for driving the execution of the distributed plan. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/747813 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08415059 | Minteer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Becky L. Treu (St. Peters, Missouri); Rodica Duma (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Becky L. Treu (St. Peters, Missouri); Rodica Duma (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioanodes, biocathodes, and biofuel cells comprising an electron conductor, at least one anode enzyme or cathode enzyme, and an enzyme immobilization material. The anode enzyme is capable of reacting with a fuel fluid to produce an oxidized form of the fuel fluid, and capable of releasing electrons to the electron conductor. The cathode enzyme is capable of reacting with an oxidant to produce water, and capable of gaining electrons from the electron conductor. The enzyme immobilization material for both the anode enzyme and the cathode enzyme is capable of immobilizing and stabilizing the enzyme, and is permeable to the fuel fluid and/or the oxidant. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/092118 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08415628 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Jon Shaw (Ballston Lake, New York); Craig Patrick Galligan (Cropseyville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Jon Shaw (Ballston Lake, New York); Craig Patrick Galligan (Cropseyville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A flat panel X-ray detector that comprises an X-ray panel and a scintillator layer disposed on a first surface of the X-ray panel, is disclosed herein. The flat panel X-ray detector further comprises a hermetic cover that covers the scintillator layer. The hermetic cover comprises a top surface and at least one sidewall extending away from the top surface. The flat panel X-ray detector further comprises a solder seal disposed between the hermetic cover and the X-ray panel. A rim of the sidewall is substantially embedded within the solder seal such that the rim does not directly contact the X-ray panel. A method for fabricating a flat panel X-ray detector is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/285905 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08415302 | Murray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel S. Murray (Saugus, California); Elsa J. Brochmann-Murray (Saugus, California); Keyvan Behnam (Simi Valley, California); Jeffrey C. Wang (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel S. Murray (Saugus, California); Elsa J. Brochmann-Murray (Saugus, California); Keyvan Behnam (Simi Valley, California); Jeffrey C. Wang (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the clinical application of BBP, alone or in combination with other growth factors, for use in bone healing applications, such as spinal surgery. Additional applications include use in orthopedic implantable prostheses and implantation into other surgical sites (e.g., surgical reconstruction, regional osteopenia, etc.) where bone is desired. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/448497 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 08417636 | Love et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Anthony Love (Stockbridge, Georgia); Lantanya Neale Mauriello (Suwanee, Georgia); Nesta Valerie Reckord-Yarde (Lithonia, Georgia); Susan Lynne Robertson (Decatur, Georgia); Robert Williams (Decatur, Georgia); Donald E. Nelson (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Anthony Love (Stockbridge, Georgia); Lantanya Neale Mauriello (Suwanee, Georgia); Nesta Valerie Reckord-Yarde (Lithonia, Georgia); Susan Lynne Robertson (Decatur, Georgia); Robert Williams (Decatur, Georgia); Donald E. Nelson (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Approving automated clearing house (“ACH”) payments for processing by an ACH operator is based on an approved originator list identifying originators authorized by an originating depository financial institution (“ODFI”) to originate ACH payments and to send those ACH payments to the ACH operator on behalf of the ODFI. The ACH operator receives an ACH payment originated by a first originator and sent to the ACH operator on behalf of the ODFI. The ACH operator determines whether the first originator is on the approved originator list and processes the ACH payment if the first originator is on the approved originator list. The ACH operator can reject the ACH payment if the first originator is not on the approved originator list or can seek approval from the ODFI to process the ACH payment even if the first originator is not on the approved originator list. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416946 |
| ART UNIT | 3687 — 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 75/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08417958 | Chamberlain |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles R. Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for electronic postmarking of location data are provided. Electronic postmarking of location data (S.20) includes generating a hash value corresponding to merged data (S.30). Electronic postmarking further includes generating an electronic postmark data structure (S.40) comprising the hash value and a date/time stamp. The electronic postmarking data structure (S.40) may further include a digital signature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/830731 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08413493 | Polywoda, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A Polywoda, III (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A Polywoda, III (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a defect such as a crack on a turbine rotor blade while the blade is in operation within a gas turbine engine, the method includes scanning the blade using an IR camera, identifying a leading edge or other line on the blade for a reference point, identifying a potential defect candidate on the blade by comparing the potential defect to a surrounding neighborhood in order to determine if the potential defect is an anomaly, and if the potential defect is an anomaly determine the structure of the anomaly in order to determine if the defect is a crack or a hole or a TBC spallation. The method computes a probability density for sub-regions in an image of the blade, conditioned upon the areas surrounding the sub-regions. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316939 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/112.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08415652 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memristor with a switching layer that includes a composite of multiple phases is disclosed. The memristor comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced from the first electrode; and a switching layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the switching layer comprising the multi-phase composite system that comprises a first majority phase comprising a relatively insulating matrix of a switching material and a second minority phase comprising a relatively conducting material for forming at least one conducting channel in the switching layer during a fabrication process of the memristor. A method of making the memristor and a crossbar employing the memristor are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/819763 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08416726 | Berenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Berenberg (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Berenberg (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for reducing power of network devices in a low-power wireless network. Embodiments generally include, for a network device that periodically toggles between high-power and low-power modes, increasing the relative amount of time the network device operates in a low-power mode under certain conditions that may otherwise cause the network device to consume more power. Such conditions include when the network device fails to join the low-power wireless network and/or when the network device fails to communicate with the low-power wireless network with an accuracy above a certain threshold level. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096127 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 09, 2013.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2013/fedinvent-patents-20130409.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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