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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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| US 08424440 | Carson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Carson (Watervliet, New York); Christopher Aiello (Delmar, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Carson (Watervliet, New York); Christopher Aiello (Delmar, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A muzzle brake with reduced blast overpressure may include a body having a top, a bottom, and an attachment hub. Vanes may extend from the top to the bottom. A first vane may be located at a front of the bore in the attachment hub. The first vane may have a forward-angled internal surface. A second vane may be located axially forward of the first vane. The second vane may have a forward-angled rear surface and a forward-angled front surface. A third vane may be located axially forward of the second vane. The third vane may have a rearward-angled rear surface. The forward-angled internal surface of the first vane may include an inner surface adjacent the bore and an outer surface adjacent the inner surface. The inner and outer surfaces may be angled differently with respect to the longitudinal axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/181835 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/14.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424443 | Gonzalez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene′ G. Gonzalez (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene′ G. Gonzalez (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An armor structure for a vehicle underbody. The armor structure includes an inner plate that is mounted proximate to the vehicle underbody, the inner plate having a plurality of first openings; and an outer plate that is mounted distal to the vehicle underbody, the outer plate having a plurality of second openings. The inner plate and the outer plate are substantially parallel and separated by a spacing. The inner plate and the outer plate each have substantially equal V bends at an obtuse angle, and the V bends in the inner plate and the outer plate are aligned. The first openings and the second openings are (i) aligned across the spacing from each other, and (ii) substantially equal in area. When an underbody blast event is encountered by the vehicle, the outer plate is forced towards, and substantially against the inner plate such that there is no longer fluid communication through the first openings. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017488 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424479 | Caccamo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew P Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew P Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal launch and recovery system that may be used to launch or recover/receive water vessels. The launch and recovery system includes a deployable ramp having adjustable soft end guides and adjustable tire arrangements for guiding and cushioning vessels of different geometries. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/034061 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424560 | Kartalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); John Liu (Gilbert, Arizona); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); John Liu (Gilbert, Arizona); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-valve autoregulatory microfluidic devices and methods are described. The described devices and methods offer improved performance and new means of tuning autoregulatory effects in microfluidic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636086 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/505.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424782 | Heff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Raymond S. Uttaro (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan Heff (Newton, Massachusetts); Raymond S. Uttaro (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerosol transport system. The aerosol transport system comprising a tube and having a plurality of windings that permit the flow of aerosols, including particles, there-through so as to compensate for gravity and/or centrifugal forces and reduce the settling of particles within said tube. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/873417 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424809 | McKeon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beverley J. McKeon (Tujunga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beverley J. McKeon (Tujunga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for providing dynamic control to a vehicle in a dynamic fluid. The systems and methods of the invention relate to one or more morphable surfaces that can be controlled by a controller and an actuator in an active manner to provide asperities that interact with a fluid moving across the morphable surfaces. By controlling the size, shape and location of the asperities, one can exert control authority over the motion of the vehicle relative to the fluid, including a speed, a direction and an attitude of the vehicle. Examples of materials that provide suitable morphable surfaces include ionic polymer metal composites and shape memory polymers, both of which types of material are commercially available. Useful morphable surface systems have been examined and are described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487496 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425541 | Masters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a liquid embolic agent. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the liquid embolic agent. Upon activation inside of the polymeric shell within the aneurysm, the liquid embolic agent solidifies enabling biological isolation of the aneurysm and improved patient outcomes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110084 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425542 | Moftakhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a biocompatible metallic frame member. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the biocompatible metallic frame member. The biometallic frame member may include one or more components constructed from a NiTi alloy. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110094 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425691 | Moyer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Moyer (Cinnaminson, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Moyer (Cinnaminson, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a process for tempering steel comprising carburizing said steel in a vacuum furnace in the presence of a hydrocarbon carburizing gas in combination with hydrogen wherein said carburizing gas/hydrogen combination is administered to the vacuum furnace by cyclically reducing the pressure in the furnace followed by the pulsed addition of the hydrocarbon carburizing gas consisting of an acetylene/hydrogen mixture is in a ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:10 to replenish the air removed in the pressure reduction step. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971068 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425702 | Nicolich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Nicolich (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Alexander J. Paraskos (Ogden, Utah); Daniel W. Doll (Marriott Slaterville, Utah); Gary K. Lund (Malad, Idaho); Wendy A. Balas (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Nicolich (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Alexander J. Paraskos (Ogden, Utah); Daniel W. Doll (Marriott Slaterville, Utah); Gary K. Lund (Malad, Idaho); Wendy A. Balas (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid is disclosed. A precursor composition that comprises at least one ionic liquid and at least one energetic material is also disclosed, as is a method of synthesizing an ionic liquid and a method of desensitizing an explosive composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177263 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425703 | Michienzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine Marie Michienzi (White Plains, Maryland); Christine Dianne Knott (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of Amierica as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Marie Michienzi (White Plains, Maryland); Christine Dianne Knott (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide munitions that are optimized for both performance and safety. According to various embodiments of the invention, primers are provided having reduced sensitivity by using less sensitive ingredients. The primer formulations according to embodiments of the invention provide primers that are insensitive to stimulants that tend to cause inappropriate ignition of main propelling charges. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798165 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425704 | Currano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald G. Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Wayne Churaman (Arnold, Maryland); Mark Gelak (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald G. Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Wayne Churaman (Arnold, Maryland); Mark Gelak (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon-based explosive devices and methods of manufacture are provided. In this regard, a representative method involves: providing a doped silicon substrate; depositing undoped silicon on a first side of the substrate; and infusing an oxidizer into an area bounded at least in part by the undoped silicon; wherein the undoped silicon limits an exothermic reaction of the doped silicon to the bounded area. Another representative method involves: providing a doped silicon substrate; depositing a masking layer of low-pressure chemical vapor deposited (LPCVD) Silicon nitride to the first side of the substrate; patterning the nitride mask and etching the porous silicon, and infusing oxidizer into an area bounded by the LPCVD nitride; wherein the silicon nitride limits an exothermic reaction of the doped silicon to the bounded area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535141 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425742 | Biffinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin C Biffinger (Woodbridge, Virginia); Meghann Ribbens (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin C Biffinger (Woodbridge, Virginia); Meghann Ribbens (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth H. Nealson (Los Angeles, California); Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high throughput biological screening assay comprising at least two anodes, at least two cathodes acting as the reference electrode, and a polymer membrane placed between each anode and cathode, wherein the at least two anodes comprise a biological culture, and wherein the at least two cathodes comprise an oxidizing agent and a buffering agent. The high throughput biological screening assay wherein the at least two cathodes are connected in parallel to simulate the connection between the same cathode and different anodes. The high throughput biological screening assay further including an external resistor or open circuit and means for measuring the voltage across the external resistor or open circuit. A method of measuring power generation using a single cathode as a reference electrode to monitor the biological production of energy. A method of correlating bacterial biofilm formation within an operational microbial fuel cell directly to current output. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683988 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/403.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425763 | Tatarchuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Tatarchuk (Auburn, Alabama); Hongyun Yang (Auburn, Alabama); Sachin Nair (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Tatarchuk (Auburn, Alabama); Hongyun Yang (Auburn, Alabama); Sachin Nair (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are sorbent compositions that include a porous titanium dioxide support impregnated with a silver material. The sorbent compositions may be utilized in systems and methods for removing sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon streams such as jet fuel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/216996 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425822 | Mattes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin R. Mattes (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Phillip N. Adams (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dali Yang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lori A. Brown (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Andrei G. Fadeev (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Ian D. Norris (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Mattes (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Phillip N. Adams (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dali Yang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lori A. Brown (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Andrei G. Fadeev (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Ian D. Norris (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter suitable for spinning polyaniline fiber, a method for spinning electrically conductive polyaniline fiber, a method for exchanging dopants in polyaniline fibers, and methods for dedoping and redoping polyaniline fibers are described. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037178 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425986 | Haile et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California); Konstantinos P. Giapis (Pasadena, California); Aron Varga (Pasadena, California); Nick Brunelli (Pasadena, California); Mary Louie (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California); Konstantinos P. Giapis (Pasadena, California); Aron Varga (Pasadena, California); Nick Brunelli (Pasadena, California); Mary Louie (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of preparing a nanostructure material on a substrate. The method includes spraying an aqueous solution from a capillary to the substrate, wherein the aqueous solution includes an electrolyte and an alcohol. The method also includes applying an electrical bias between the capillary and the substrate, such that the electrolyte deposits on the substrate forming the nanostructure material. The present invention also provides the nanostructure material prepared by this method. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/700998 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/483 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426138 | Blau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Mark Morris Hammer (Gainesville, Florida); Tom Wehrman (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Mark Morris Hammer (Gainesville, Florida); Tom Wehrman (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting the sub-cellular localization of a molecule are provided. Aspects of the invention include detecting translocation of a cell-surface receptor to a sub-cellular compartment, e.g., the endosome, using a reduced affinity enzyme complementation reporter system. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing embodiments of the methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/964411 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426154 | Stoecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William V. Stoecker (Rolla, Missouri); Hernan F. Gomez (Whitmore Lake, Michigan); Jonathan A. Green (Columbia, Missouri); David L. McGlasson (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SpiderTech, a Division of Stoecker and Associates, a Subsidiary of The Dermatology Center, LLC. (Rolla, Missouri); The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Technology Transfer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Curators of the University of Missouri, University Hall (Columbia, Missouri); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Intellectual Property Law (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William V. Stoecker (Rolla, Missouri); Hernan F. Gomez (Whitmore Lake, Michigan); Jonathan A. Green (Columbia, Missouri); David L. McGlasson (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and immunoassays for diagnosing a bite or sting of a venomous organism in a patient having symptoms consistent with such a bite or sting are provided. A sample of venom is collected from the area of the suspected bite or sting using a swab and then contacted with an antibody that specifically binds to an antigenic site on venom present in the sample. Binding is then detected. The invention is illustrated by examples showing diagnosis of brown recluse spider bite, distinguishing it from other diagnoses with which it is often confused. This extremely sensitive test can detect venom antigens down to about 20 picograms even after the sample has been shipped and stored for periods of up to three weeks during the summer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756875 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.920 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426159 | Balagadde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Balagadde (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Emil Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Balagadde (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Emil Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemostat is described that includes a growth chamber having a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments may be fluidly isolated from the rest of the growth chamber by one or more actuatable valves. The chemostat may also include a nutrient supply-line to supply growth medium to the growth chamber, and an output port to remove fluids from the growth chamber. Also, a method of preventing biofilm formation in a growth chamber of a chemostat is described. The method may include the steps of adding a lysis agent to a isolated portion of the growth chamber, and reuniting the isolated portion with the rest of the growth chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197654 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426217 | Walt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Walt (Lexington, Massachusetts); Todd A. Dickinson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Walt (Lexington, Massachusetts); Todd A. Dickinson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for combining the output obtained from redundant sensor elements in a sensor array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215749 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426224 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Bin Xiang (El Cerrito, California); Cesare Soci (San Diego, California); David Aplin (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Bin Xiang (El Cerrito, California); Cesare Soci (San Diego, California); David Aplin (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor nanowire arrays are used to replace the conventional planar layered construction for fabrication of LEDs and laser diodes. The nanowire arrays are formed from III-V or II-VI compound semiconductors on a conducting substrate. For fabrication of the device, an electrode layer is deposited on the substrate, a core material of one of a p-type and n-type compound semiconductor material is formed on top of the electrode as a planar base with a plurality of nanowires extending substantially vertically therefrom. A shell material of the other of the p-type and n-type compound semiconductor material is formed over an outer surface of the core material so that a p-n junction is formed across the planar base and over each of the plurality of nanowires. An electrode coating is formed an outer surface of the shell material for providing electrical contact to a current source. Heterostructures and superlattices grown along the lengths of the nanowires allow the confinement of photons in the quantum well to enhance the efficiency and as well as color tuning. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/520082 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426290 | Choudhury |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Debabani Choudhury (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debabani Choudhury (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and a method for manufacturing it are disclosed. The device contains a plurality of transistors, a plurality of transmission mediums connected to the transistors; and a substrate having a first portion supporting the transistors and the transmission mediums thereon, and further having a plurality of discrete second portions extending from the first portion. The method disclosed teaches how to manufacture the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888331 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426568 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Smith (Earlysville, Virginia); Sidney M. Hecht (Charlottesville, Virginia); Deborah A. Lannigan-Macara (Charlottesville, Virginia); David J. Maloney (Point of Rocks, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Smith (Earlysville, Virginia); Sidney M. Hecht (Charlottesville, Virginia); Deborah A. Lannigan-Macara (Charlottesville, Virginia); David J. Maloney (Point of Rocks, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for preparing and using analogs, derivatives, and modifications of kaempferols that have anti-neoplastic activity. More specifically, the compounds are analogs, derivatives, and modifications of SLO1O1. The invention further provides compounds that are inhibitors of rsk activity. The invention further provides compounds that selectively inhibit excessive rsk activity in cancers. The present invention further provides methods for treating cancer using compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301656 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426582 | Chapman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert D. Chapman (Ridgecrest, California); Richard A. Hollins (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Chapman (Ridgecrest, California); Richard A. Hollins (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heavy-metal-free sequence leading to a superior, more economical, and scalable process for the high efficiency conversion of hexaallylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HAllylIW) to hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20). |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/975968 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/554 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426793 | Barrows |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey L. Barrows (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey L. Barrows (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A vision sensor capable of generating an array of photoreceptor signals based on a visual field is provided. The vision sensor comprises an array of field circuits. Each field circuit comprises an array of pixel circuits capable of generating an array of potentials based on a visual field and a sample signal, and a control circuit capable of generating the sample signal based on the array of potentials. Each field circuit is also capable of generating an array of photoreceptor signals based on the array of potentials. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245576 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426797 | Aull et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Daniel R. Schuette (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Daniel R. Schuette (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention include complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) readout architectures for photon-counting arrays with a photon-counting detector, a digital counter, and an overflow bit in each of the sensing elements in the array. Typically, the photon-counting detector is a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (APD) that emits brief pulses every time it detects a photon. The pulse increments the digital counters, which, in turn, sets the overflow bit once it reaches a given count. A rolling readout system operably coupled to each sensing element polls the overflow bit, and, if the overflow bit is high, initiates a data transfer from the overflow bit to a frame store. Compared to other photo-counting imagers, photon-counting imagers with counters and overflow bits operate with decreased transfer bandwidth, high dynamic range, and fine spatial resolution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730048 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426818 | Blackwell, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J Blackwell, Jr. (Andover, Massachusetts); Jeannie Geneczko (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Tuyet Bach (Catharpin, Virginia); Daniel J O'Donnell (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J Blackwell, Jr. (Andover, Massachusetts); Jeannie Geneczko (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Tuyet Bach (Catharpin, Virginia); Daniel J O'Donnell (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A post-supported bolometer pixel and a process for manufacturing it comprising the steps of depositing a sacrificial layer over a substrate with readout integrated circuit pads that connect to the integrated circuit; forming vias through the sacrificial layer to the metal pads connecting to the readout integrated circuit; filling the vias with metal and polishing said metal to the surface of the sacrificial layer; forming microbolometer pixel layers over the filled vias and sacrificial layer; and removing the sacrificial layer to leave a post-supported pixel. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/303125 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427166 | Tsenter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris J. Tsenter (Roswell, Georgia); John E. James (Redlands, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEM Power, LLC (Redlands, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris J. Tsenter (Roswell, Georgia); John E. James (Redlands, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An invention is provided for determining a state of health of a battery. The invention includes applying a predefined load profile to a battery, and obtaining a plurality of battery response voltage data corresponding to points along the predefined load profile. The battery electrical double layer capacity data is calculated from the battery response voltage data, and thereafter utilized to determine the state of health of the battery. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/581773 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427184 | Kan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dexter T Kan (Huntingtown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dexter T Kan (Huntingtown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An SCR module tester facilitates rapid testing of SCR modules by a series of tests that are tailored to detect faults without applying full power to the modules. The SCR tester includes a quick clamp connector that is able to securely and easily clamp SCR modules for both the F/A-18 A/D GCU and F/A-18-E/F GCU facilitating the rapid testing of SCR modules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053769 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/754.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427203 | Pino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robinson E. Pino (Rome, New York); Youngok K. Pino (Rome, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robinson E. Pino (Rome, New York); Youngok K. Pino (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for reconfigurable computing logic implemented by an innovative memristor based computing architecture. The invention employs a decoder to select memristor devices whose ON/OFF impedance state will determine the reconfigurable logic output. Thus, the resulting circuit design can be electronically configured and re-configured to implement any multi-input/output Boolean logic computing functionality. Moreover, the invention retains its configured logic state without the application of a current or voltage source. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385466 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427249 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator comprising: a frame; a first oscillator configured to oscillate with respect to the frame; a first driver configured to drive the first oscillator at the first oscillator's resonant frequency; a first half of a first relative position switch mounted to the first oscillator; a second oscillator having substantially the same resonant frequency as the first oscillator, wherein the first and second oscillators are designed to respond in substantially the same manner to external perturbations to the frame; a second half of the first relative position switch mounted to the second oscillator; and wherein as the first oscillator oscillates there is relative motion between the first and second oscillators such that the first relative position switch passes through a closed state in each oscillation when the first and second switch halves pass by each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276948 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427251 | Quevy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emmanuel P. Quevy (El Cerrito, California); Roger T. Howe (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel P. Quevy (El Cerrito, California); Roger T. Howe (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an oscillator that relies on redundancy of similar resonators integrated on chip in order to fulfill the requirement of one single quartz resonator. The immediate benefit of that approach compared to quartz technology is the monolithic integration of the reference signal function, implying smaller devices as well as cost and power savings. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/691330 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427363 | Lamendola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel E. Lamendola (S Burlington, Vermont); Maxim Raykin (Waban, Massachusetts); Stanley J. Poreda (Bristol, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel E. Lamendola (S Burlington, Vermont); Maxim Raykin (Waban, Massachusetts); Stanley J. Poreda (Bristol, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method includes tagging a track as a live track if a tagging statistic is greater than a tagging statistic threshold and tagging the track as a virtual track if the tagging statistic is less than the tagging statistic threshold. In another aspect, an article includes a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions to determine whether a track is a live track or a virtual track. The instructions causing a machine to tag a track as a live track if a tagging statistic is greater than a tagging statistic threshold and tag the track as a virtual track if the tagging statistic is less than the tagging statistic threshold. In a further aspect, an apparatus includes circuitry to tag a track as a live track if a tagging statistic is greater than a tagging statistic threshold and tag the track as a virtual track if the tagging statistic is less than the tagging statistic threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/547764 |
| 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 342/91 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427383 | Pezeshkian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Narek Pezeshkian (San Diego, California); Aaron Bruce Burmeister (San Diego, California); Hoa G. Nguyen (San Diego, California); Kevin F. Holz (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narek Pezeshkian (San Diego, California); Aaron Bruce Burmeister (San Diego, California); Hoa G. Nguyen (San Diego, California); Kevin F. Holz (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio relay comprising: a housing configured to be released from a mobile platform onto a support surface; a radio mounted within the housing, wherein the radio is configured to relay radio frequency (RF) signals and to operate as a node in a telecommunications network; a first antenna mast having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is rotatably coupled to the housing; a first antenna element operatively coupled to the radio and mechanically coupled to the distal end; and an antenna mast rotation mechanism mounted within the housing and the proximal end such that the antenna mast rotation mechanism is configured to upwardly rotate the first antenna mast to a raised position such that the first antenna mast is substantially parallel to the ambient gravity vector. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/503170 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/757 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427387 | Josypenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Josypenko (Norwich, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Josypenko (Norwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A broadband power splitter and phase shifter having a plurality of transmission lines, a 3 db, zero degree power splitter for splitting a signal, an open quadrifilar spiral for receiving a first signal and reflecting power, a modified, open quadrifilar spiral for receiving a second output after a delay and for reflecting power, and wherein a difference between the reflected power from the open quadrifilar spiral and the modified, open quadrifilar spiral in conjunction with a delay provides a constant phase shift over a broad range of frequencies. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894658 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/859 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427650 | Fleischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opteryx, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629739 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427652 | Bendix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lendon L. Bendix (Melbourne, Florida); Barry G. Grossman (Melbourne, Florida); Mathew M. Kincaid (Indialantic, Florida); Jon Tower (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lendon L. Bendix (Melbourne, Florida); Barry G. Grossman (Melbourne, Florida); Mathew M. Kincaid (Indialantic, Florida); Jon Tower (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems (200) and methods (300) for measuring geometric changes of a passive material (414) when heat and pressure are applied thereto. The methods involve forming a pad (108, 510) on a passive material panel (410). The pad includes at least one of a layer of a passive material (414) and a layer of a metal (416). The methods also involve coupling an interferometer (810) to the pad. The method also involves forming a multi-layer structure by placing at least one substrate panel (400) on top of the passive material such that an aperture (602) formed in the substrate panel is aligned with the pad. Pressure and heat are applied to the multi-layer structure. Data is collected using the interferometer while the pressure and heat are applied to the multi-layer structure. The interferometer can include, but is not limited to, a Fabry-Perot interferometer, a Michelson interferometer and/or a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683513 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427738 | Stievater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); Jacob B. Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Doewon Park (Herndon, Virginia); Marcel W. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); Jacob B. Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Doewon Park (Herndon, Virginia); Marcel W. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide device for frequency mixing or conversion through birefringent phase matching, having two suspended horizontal waveguides with an air-filled horizontal nanoslot between them. The waveguides are formed of a material with a high nonlinear susceptibility, and one waveguide can be n-doped with the other waveguide slab being p-doped. The system can be tuned to operate at different frequencies by varying the nanoslot gap distance by electrostatically actuating the suspended air-clad waveguides. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/901159 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427812 | Stenger-Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); Jennifer A. Irvin (San Marcos, Texas); David J. Irvin (San Marcos, Texas); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); Jennifer A. Irvin (San Marcos, Texas); David J. Irvin (San Marcos, Texas); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process used to cast films including: mixing BBL and a room temperature molten salt from a range of about 35:65 weight ratio, dissolving the mixture in about 1% methanesulfonic acid to produce a BBL solution, drop casting the solution onto glass or gold coated glass at 140° C. in air and heating for about 2 hours to produce films, drying the films in a vacuum oven at about 100° C. for at least 24 hours under dynamic vacuum, and rinsing the films to remove residual ionic liquid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/898288 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427814 | Gonce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Gonce (Perryville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Gonce (Perryville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile power distribution system for use in field operations requiring primary and secondary power sources wherein at least one of the power sources is a generator. The system includes primary and secondary power connections, an automatic transfer switch, a transformer, and a plurality of high and low voltage outlets. The entire system is mounted on a trailer or skid platform and fits within a standard 20-foot ISO container. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/116582 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/622 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428093 | Botez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeremy Daniel Kirch (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeremy Daniel Kirch (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor laser array devices capable of emitting mid- to long-wavelength infrared (i.e., 4-12 μm) radiation are provided. The devices include a quantum cascade laser (QCL) structure comprising one or more active cores; an optical confinement structure; a cladding structure, and a plurality of laterally-spaced trench regions extending transversely through the cladding and optical confinement structures, and partially into the QCL structure. The trench regions define a plurality of laterally-spaced interelement regions separated by element regions in the laser array device. The element regions are characterized by a non-uniform structure across their widths. As a result of this structural non-uniformity, array modes composed of coupled first-order lateral modes of the element regions are preferentially suppressed relative to array modes composed of coupled fundamental lateral modes of the element regions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046269 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428204 | Hume, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Hume, Jr. (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Robert C. Earl (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Hume, Jr. (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Robert C. Earl (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method to recover digital data includes receiving a distorted digital data stream and processing the distorted digital data stream to remove distortions. The processing includes detecting state changes, removing noise and identifying valid pulses. The processing also includes forming an undistorted data stream based on the processing. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859910 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/346 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428269 | Brungart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas S. Brungart (Rockville, Maryland); Griffin D. Romigh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Brungart (Rockville, Maryland); Griffin D. Romigh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A spatial audio system for implementing a head-related transfer function (HRTF). A first stage implements a lateral HRTF that reproduces the median frequency response for a sound source located at a particular lateral distance from a listener, and second stage implements a vertical HRTF that reproduces the spectral changes when the vertical distance of a sound source changes relative to the listener. The system improves the vertical localization accuracy provided by an arbitrary measured HRTF by introducing an enhancement factor into the second processing stage. The enhancement factor increases the spectral differentiation between simulated sound sources located at different positions within the same “cone of confusion.” |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/783589 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428344 | Fields et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Richard Fields (Princeton, New Jersey); James Russell Bergen (Princeton, New Jersey); Garbis Salgian (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Richard Fields (Princeton, New Jersey); James Russell Bergen (Princeton, New Jersey); Garbis Salgian (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an improved method for estimating range of objects in images from various distances comprising receiving a set of images of the scene having multiple objects from at least one camera in motion. Due to the motion of the camera, each of the images are obtained at different camera locations. Then an object visible in multiple images is selected. Data related to approximate camera positions and orientations and the images of the visible object are used to estimate the location of the object relative to a reference coordinate system. Based on the computed data, a projected location of the visible object is computed and the orientation angle of the camera for each image is refined. Additionally, pairs of cameras with various locations can obtain dense stereo for regions of the image at various ranges. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242533 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428360 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rong Yan (Elmsford, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rong Yan (Elmsford, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for detecting new events in a video stream that yield improved detection efficiency in real time. For example, a method determines whether a given event is a new event in a video stream. The video stream includes a plurality of events. A first step extracts a first set of features (e.g., text features) from the given event. The first set of features is computationally less expensive to process as compared to a second set of features (e.g., image features) associated with the given event. A second step computes one or more first dissimilarity values between the given event and one or more previous events in the video stream using only the first set of features when one or more first dissimilarity criteria exist. A third step determines whether the given event is a new event based on the one or more computed first dissimilarity values. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/933775 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428404 | Shubin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid integrated module includes a semiconductor die mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device in which the substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit may include an optical waveguide that conveys an optical signal, which is fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the back-side silicon substrate or handler has been completely removed. Moreover, an optical device may be disposed on the bottom surface of an oxide layer (such as a buried-oxide layer) in the integrated device, and the geometry and materials in the integrated device may be selected and/or defined so that the optical signal is evanescently coupled between the optical waveguide and the optical device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331767 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428671 | Sathyamurthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srivatsan Sathyamurthy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Martin W. Rupich (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Superconductor Corporation (Devens, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srivatsan Sathyamurthy (Waltham, Massachusetts); Martin W. Rupich (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An article including a substrate and a layer of a homogeneous metal-oxyfluoride intermediate film disposed on the substrate, the intermediate film containing a rare earth metal, an alkaline earth metal, and a transition metal. The intermediate film has a defect density less than 20 percent and, upon thermal treatment, is capable of converting to a homogeneous rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal-oxide superconductor film with a stoichiometric thickness greater than 1 μm and up to 5 μm. Also disclosed is another article including a substrate and the homogeneous superconductor film with a stoichiometric thickness greater than 1 μm and up to 5 μm. Further, methods of making these two articles are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/751064 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428781 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chu-Yin Chang (Plano, Texas); James English (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Tardella (West Haven, Connecticut); James Bacon (Bourbonnais, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energid Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chu-Yin Chang (Plano, Texas); James English (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Tardella (West Haven, Connecticut); James Bacon (Bourbonnais, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling robotic apparatus having several movable elements or segments coupled by joints. At least one of the movable elements can include one or more mobile bases, while the others can form one or more manipulators. One of the movable elements can be treated as an end effector for which a certain motion is desired. The end effector may include a tool, for example, or represent a robotic hand (or a point thereon), or one or more of the one or more mobile bases. In accordance with the systems and methods disclosed herein, movement of the manipulator and the mobile base can be controlled and coordinated to effect a desired motion for the end effector. In many cases, the motion can include simultaneously moving the manipulator and the mobile base. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/620482 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428916 | Koller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Josef Koller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Geoffrey D. Reeves (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Reiner H. W. Friedel (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josef Koller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Geoffrey D. Reeves (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Reiner H. W. Friedel (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for calculating L* in the magnetosphere with essentially the same accuracy as with a physics based model at many times the speed by developing a surrogate trained to be a surrogate for the physics-based model. The trained model can then beneficially process input data falling within the training range of the surrogate model. The surrogate model can be a feedforward neural network and the physics-based model can be the TSK03 model. Operatively, the surrogate model can use parameters on which the physics-based model was based, and/or spatial data for the location where L* is to be calculated. Surrogate models should be provided for each of a plurality of pitch angles. Accordingly, a surrogate model having a closed drift shell can be used from the plurality of models. The feedforward neural network can have a plurality of input-layer units, there being at least one input-layer unit for each physics-based model parameter, a plurality of hidden layer units and at least one output unit for the value of L*. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/390611 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428993 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynn Lee (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn Lee (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for shift work scheduling based upon an optimization of analyzing and managing fatigue primarily in but not limited to aviation occupations. The invention matches workers to shifts in a manner that minimizes fatigue while on shift and maximizes shift worker effectiveness. The invention is adaptable to other occupations where assuring shift work crew rest is critical. Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) allow for the insertion of sleep into crew shift work schedules. Alternative sleep models are used for different modes of sleep. The invention produces as an output an optimized shift work/sleep schedules with an associated effectiveness determination. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317038 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429153 | Birdwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Douglas Birdwell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Carl G. Sapp (Columbia, South Carolina); Tse-wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David J. Icove (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roger Horn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mark S. Rader (Huntsville, Alabama); Dale V. Stansberry (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Douglas Birdwell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Carl G. Sapp (Columbia, South Carolina); Tse-wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David J. Icove (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roger Horn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mark S. Rader (Huntsville, Alabama); Dale V. Stansberry (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for determining a metric for use in predicting properties of an unknown specimen belonging to a group of reference specimen electrical devices comprises application of a network analyzer for collecting impedance spectra for the reference specimens and determining centroids and thresholds for the group of reference specimens so that an unknown specimen may be confidently classified as a member of the reference group using the metric. If a trait is stored with the reference group of electrical device specimens, then, the trait may be predictably associated with the unknown specimen along with any traits identified with the unknown specimen associated with the reference group. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/469320 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/722 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429179 | Mirhaji |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parsa Mirhaji (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parsa Mirhaji (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and method to aid in the collection, representation and mining of data are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments as disclosed may utilize a unifying format to represent data obtained or utilized by a system to facilitate linking between data from different sources and the commensurate ability to mine such data. Specifically, embodiments may represent data as graphs that comprise the concepts and relationships between those concepts. In this manner, concepts in graphs that represent distinct groupings of data may be mapped and knowledge mining with respect to these graphs facilitated. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/928463 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429349 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshminarayana Baba Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana Baba Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring, at a cache, addresses on a bus. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is then acquired by the cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block stored in the cache. A replacement policy position of the data block is then modified (to increase a probability that the data block is consumed prior to ejection from the cache). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/212977 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429382 | Cargnoni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Alan Cargnoni (Austin, Texas); Gary Alan Gorman (Austin, Texas); Charles Francis Marino (Round Rock, Texas); Julie Ann Rosser (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Alan Cargnoni (Austin, Texas); Gary Alan Gorman (Austin, Texas); Charles Francis Marino (Round Rock, Texas); Julie Ann Rosser (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A symmetric multi-processing (SMP) processor includes a primary interconnect trunk for communication of information between multiple compute elements situated along the primary interconnect trunk. The processor also includes a secondary interconnected trunk that may be oriented perpendicular with respect to the primary interconnect trunk. The processor distributes data on-ramps and data off-ramps across the data lanes of a data trunk of the primary interconnect trunk to enable communication with compute elements and other structures both on-chip and off-chip. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112780 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429433 | Carter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John B. Carter (Austin, Texas); Heather L. Hanson (Austin, Texas); Karthick Rajamani (Austin, Texas); Malcolm S. Ware (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Carter (Austin, Texas); Heather L. Hanson (Austin, Texas); Karthick Rajamani (Austin, Texas); Malcolm S. Ware (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for dynamically power capping one or more units. A power capping mechanism sets a counter value corresponding to an initial energy budget assigned to a unit for a given interval. Responsive to the unit receiving an operation to perform during the given interval, the power capping mechanism decrements the counter value by a decrement value. Responsive to the given interval expiring, the power capping mechanism sends the counter value to a power control loop in the data processing system, receives a new energy budget from the power control loop, and resets the counter value to a value corresponding to the new energy budget assigned to the unit for a next interval. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688214 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429519 | Parks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael T. Parks (Norwood, Massachusetts); Steven B. Petchon (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accenture Global Services Limited (Dublin, Ireland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Parks (Norwood, Massachusetts); Steven B. Petchon (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A presentation generator may access one or more data sources structured into data fields. The user may create or modify a template by inserting one or more tags corresponding to data fields in the template. The template may also have one or more processing instructions for indicating the data sources and how the data sources should be queried. The processing instructions may also indicate how the data is to be grouped across various slides, pages, sections, etc. The generator may build the presentation based on the template, its tags, and its processing instructions. The resulting presentation may be accessed by a user-friendly application, such as a word processor, slide program, spreadsheet, report viewer, or other application. The user may update part or all of the presentation using information on the queries and data sources embedded in the presentation itself. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793811 |
| ART UNIT | 2177 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/234 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429605 | Cruise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert B. Cruise (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew C. Hockenheimer (Bloomington, Indiana); Thomas H. Mishler (Solsberry, Indiana); Paul L. Schmidt (Bloomfield, Indiana); Thomas H. Busch (Bloomington, Indiana); Logan A. Kittinger (Bloomington, Indiana); Keith E. Turpin (Solsberry, Indiana); Matthew A. Tokarsky (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Cruise (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew C. Hockenheimer (Bloomington, Indiana); Thomas H. Mishler (Solsberry, Indiana); Paul L. Schmidt (Bloomfield, Indiana); Thomas H. Busch (Bloomington, Indiana); Logan A. Kittinger (Bloomington, Indiana); Keith E. Turpin (Solsberry, Indiana); Matthew A. Tokarsky (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for developing an application program having functionality that corresponds to a finite state machine (FSM) model includes a visual interface that generates a graphical environment on a display for displaying an FSM model representing functionality of the program, a dynamic state machine processor that uses XML descriptions associated with the FSM model to generate the program executed at run-time, and an extensible graphic user interface that provides the end-user interface features to the end-user as generated during run-time by the processor based on the FSM model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/650413 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429758 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weifeng Chen (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weifeng Chen (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A risk assessment system and method includes an information system configured to disclose information to a third party. A risk determination model is configured to compute identifiability risk for on one or more records in storage. The identifiability risk is compared to a threshold prior to being disclosed wherein the information system is informed of the identifiability risk exceeding the threshold prior to disclosure to the third party. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560341 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429761 | Zewail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining PINEM images includes providing femtosecond optical pulse, generating electron pulses, and directing the electron pulses towards a sample. The method also includes overlapping the femtosecond optical pulses and the electron pulses spatially and temporally at the sample and transferring energy from the femtosecond optical pulses to the electron pulses. The method further includes detecting electron pulses having an energy greater than a zero loss value, providing imaging in space and time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883948 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08424560 | Kartalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); John Liu (Gilbert, Arizona); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emil P. Kartalov (Pasadena, California); John Liu (Gilbert, Arizona); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Clive Taylor (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-valve autoregulatory microfluidic devices and methods are described. The described devices and methods offer improved performance and new means of tuning autoregulatory effects in microfluidic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636086 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/505.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425429 | Tommerdahl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Allen Tommerdahl (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert Glenn Dennis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Allen Tommerdahl (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert Glenn Dennis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for non-invasive diagnosis and screening of neurological disorders. Spatio-temporal mapping can be utilized between the skin and the central nervous system to rapidly, painlessly and quantitatively assess functional connectivity in the central nervous system. Stimulation drivers can be independently operated to control the movement of stimulators to achieve a variety of desired stimulation parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/302731 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/552 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425445 | Humes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827594 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/6.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425446 | Humes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827609 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/6.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425447 | Humes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593169 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/6.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425541 | Masters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a liquid embolic agent. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the liquid embolic agent. Upon activation inside of the polymeric shell within the aneurysm, the liquid embolic agent solidifies enabling biological isolation of the aneurysm and improved patient outcomes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110084 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425542 | Moftakhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a biocompatible metallic frame member. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the biocompatible metallic frame member. The biometallic frame member may include one or more components constructed from a NiTi alloy. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110094 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425815 | Muratoglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orhun K. Muratoglu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ebru Oral (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orhun K. Muratoglu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ebru Oral (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for making highly crystalline polymeric material, for example, highly crystalline cross-linked and not cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making additive-doped highly crystalline polymeric material using high pressure and high temperature crystallization processes, medical implants made thereof, and materials used therein. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/465509 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425898 | Sampson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H. Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Duane A. Mitchell (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Duane A. Mitchell (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions, methods, and kits for eliciting an immune response to at least one CMV antigen expressed by a cancer cell, in particular for treating and preventing cancer. CMV determination methods, compositions, and kits also are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488176 |
| 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 08425901 | Qasba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pradman K. Qasba (Bethesda, Maryland); Boopathy Ramakrishnan (Frederick, Maryland); Elizabeth Boeggeman (Bethesda, Maryland); Marta Pasek (Frederick, 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) | Pradman K. Qasba (Bethesda, Maryland); Boopathy Ramakrishnan (Frederick, Maryland); Elizabeth Boeggeman (Bethesda, Maryland); Marta Pasek (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally features compositions and methods based on the structure-based design of alpha 1-3 N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (alpha 3 GaINAc-T) enzymes from alpha 1-3 galactosyltransferase (a3Gal-T) that can transfer 2′-modified galactose from the corresponding UDP-derivatives due to substitutions that broaden the alpha 3Gal-T donor specificity and make the enzyme a3 GaINAc-T. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/674638 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425919 | Goto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yasuyuki Goto (Seattle, Washington); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuyuki Goto (Seattle, Washington); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis are disclosed. The compositions generally comprise fusion polypeptides comprising multiple Leishmania antigens, in particular, KMP11, SMT, A2 and/or CBP, or immunogenic portions or variants thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding such fusion polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466580 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/269.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425922 | Vajdy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Vajdy (Orinda, California); Shore Padrah (Orinda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EpitoGenesis, Inc. (Walnut Creek, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Vajdy (Orinda, California); Shore Padrah (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides adjuvant compositions that are capable of modulating the immune response in a subject. These adjuvant compositions may also be used enhance the immunogenicity of antigens. Also provided are methods of making the adjuvant compositions as well as methods of using the adjuvant compositions. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/651975 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426128 | Stafford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrborro, North Carolina); Tao Li (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrborro, North Carolina); Tao Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, comprising detecting in the subject the presence of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the VKOR gene, wherein the single nucleotide polymorphism is correlated with increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, thereby identifying the subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971574 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426138 | Blau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Mark Morris Hammer (Gainesville, Florida); Tom Wehrman (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Mark Morris Hammer (Gainesville, Florida); Tom Wehrman (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting the sub-cellular localization of a molecule are provided. Aspects of the invention include detecting translocation of a cell-surface receptor to a sub-cellular compartment, e.g., the endosome, using a reduced affinity enzyme complementation reporter system. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing embodiments of the methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/964411 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426153 | Berget |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter B. Berget (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter B. Berget (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, methods of producing biosensors, and methods of using biosensors are disclosed. The biosensors comprise a fluorogen-activating peptide and a blocking peptide. The fluorogen-activating peptide and blocking peptide are covalently linked through a peptide linker. The blocking peptide associates with the fluorogen-activating peptide thereby blocking an active domain of the fluorogen-activating peptide when the linker is in an unmodified state. The peptide linker may contain an amino acid sequence that is specifically recognized as a modification substrate by a cognate enzyme. The fluorogen-activating peptide and the blocking peptide at least partially disassociate when the linker is modified by an enzyme, thereby allowing the fluorogen-activating peptide to bind a cognate fluorogen and modulate a fluorescence signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/745882 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426179 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Marsha Ritter-Jones (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Marsha Ritter-Jones (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides and conjugates thereof comprising one or more bioactive agents which can be coupled to a tissue via a transglutaminase and related methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/231361 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426188 | Weaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott C. Weaver (Galveston, Texas); Ilya V. Frolov (Birmingham, Alabama); Elena Frolova (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Weaver (Galveston, Texas); Ilya V. Frolov (Birmingham, Alabama); Elena Frolova (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses an attenuated recombinant alphavirus that is incapable of replicating in mosquito cells and of transmission by mosquito vectors. These attenuated alphavirus may include but is not limited to Western Equine Encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus or Chikungunya virus. The present invention also discloses the method of generating such alphaviruses and their use as immunogenic compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/804535 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426189 | Weber |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Mark Weber (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fermalogic, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Mark Weber (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Fermentation media containing an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and at least one exogenous added ingredient that comprises a substrate for microbial growth are provided. Methods of making a fermentation medium comprising an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and methods for obtaining a fermentation product are also provided. The present invention is further directed to fermentation broths obtained by the media and methods. The present invention is also directed to feed additives produced from fermentation broths obtained by the methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/768425 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426200 | Verfaillie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catherine Verfaillie (St. Paul, Minnesota); Yuehua Jiang (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine Verfaillie (St. Paul, Minnesota); Yuehua Jiang (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for culturing stem cells, such that neuronal differentiation can be achieved. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/561826 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426203 | Thomson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin); Tenneille Ludwig (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin); Tenneille Ludwig (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Previous methods for culturing primate pluripotent stem cells have required either fibroblast feeder cells or a medium which was exposed to fibroblast feeder cells to maintain the stem cells in an undifferentiated state. It has now been found that high levels of fibroblast growth factor in a medium together with at least one of gamma aminobutyric acid, pipecolic acid, and lithium, enables pluripotent stem cells to remain undifferentiated indefinitely through multiple passages, even without feeder cells or conditioned medium. Without beta-mercaptoethanol, the medium improves cloning efficiency. Also, a matrix of human proteins can be used to culture the undifferentiated cells without exposing the cells to animal products. Further disclosed are new primate pluripotent cell lines made using the defined culture conditions, including the medium and the matrix. Such new cell lines will have never been exposed to animal cells, animal products, feeder cells or conditioned medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427548 |
| 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 435/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426213 | Eckhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic Inc (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to providing improved hydrogen peroxide assays, as well as droplet actuators for conducting such assays. The droplet actuators of the invention may be used to conduct droplet-based hydrogen peroxide assays. They may also be associated with detectors for analyzing the results of the hydrogen peroxide assays of the invention. They may be provided as components of systems which control droplet operations and/or detection for conducting the hydrogen peroxide assays. Measurement by the detector may be used to quantify the presence of an analyte in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/529052 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426214 | Stayton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Michael Nash (Seattle, Washington); Jriuan Lai (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Michael Nash (Seattle, Washington); Jriuan Lai (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for capturing, concentrating, and detecting a diagnostic target in a liquid, comprising applying a magnetic field to a mixture comprising a co-aggregate in the liquid to provide a collected co-aggregate in the liquid, wherein the co-aggregate comprises a magnetic particle having a stimuli-responsive polymer attached thereto and a non-magnetic particle having a stimuli-responsive polymer and a diagnostic target attached thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815217 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426364 | Mochly-Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daria D. Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Koichi K. Inagaki (Shiga, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria D. Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Koichi K. Inagaki (Shiga, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for slowing or inhibiting the progression of heart failure in a mammalian subject suffering from chronic hypertension. The methods involve administering an εPKC, β1PKC, or βIIPKC peptide inhibitor, examples of which are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774669 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426367 | Patterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cam Patterson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Anka Veleva (Cary, North Carolina); Stuart Cooper (Powell, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cam Patterson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Anka Veleva (Cary, North Carolina); Stuart Cooper (Powell, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for binding outgrowth endothelial cells (OEC). The compositions consist of peptide ligands capable of binding OEC with high affinity and specificity. The compositions of the invention include peptides set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1-38 and variants and derivatives thereof. Compositions also include the nucleotide sequences encoding the peptides of the invention. The compositions find use in methods for the isolation of OEC and for the recruitment and retention of OEC to sites of therapeutic interest. Methods for the identification and isolation of other peptides capable of binding OEC are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/530137 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426369 | Rimando et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Nanjoo Suh (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Cassia Suemi Mizuno (Oxford, Mississippi); Subhashini Reddy (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Nanjoo Suh (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Cassia Suemi Mizuno (Oxford, Mississippi); Bandaru S. Reddy (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Stilbene compounds for the prevention and treatment of colon cancer or colon inflammation and methods of using same are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/518271 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426379 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qin Yang (St. Louis, Missouri); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, 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) | Qin Yang (St. Louis, Missouri); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of carcinomas with aberrant expression patterns of POT 1. The invention also provides methods of identifying compounds that may modulate the cellular expression of POT 1. The invention further provides methods for treating subjects suffering from or at risk of developing a colorectal carcinoma. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027854 |
| 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 08426380 | Kaspar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger L. Kaspar (Santa Cruz, California); Heini Ilves (Santa Cruz, California); Attila A. Seyhan (San Jose, California); Alexander V. Vlassov (Santa Cruz, California); Brian H. Johnston (Scotts Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Somagenics, Inc. (Santa Cruz, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger L. Kaspar (Santa Cruz, California); Heini Ilves (Santa Cruz, California); Attila A. Seyhan (San Jose, California); Alexander V. Vlassov (Santa Cruz, California); Brian H. Johnston (Scotts Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits comprising small interfering RNA (shRNA or siRNA) that are useful for inhibition of viral-mediated gene expression. Small interfering RNAs as described herein can be used in methods of treatment of HCV infection. ShRNA and siRNA constructs targetING the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequence of HCV are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039100 |
| 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 08426398 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish C. Joshi (Decatur, Georgia); Surya N. Vangapandu (Alpharetta, Georgia); Ritu Aneja (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish C. Joshi (Decatur, Georgia); Surya N. Vangapandu (Alpharetta, Georgia); Ritu Aneja (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds which are conjugates of two non-toxic natural products, noscapine (and various noscapine analogs) and folic acid (and various folic acid analogs), where the folic acid is conjugated to noscapine or the noscapine analog at the 9-position on the isoquinoline ring on the noscapine framework. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of treating various tumors using the compounds and compositions, are also disclosed. The conjugates are particularly useful for treating cancers which overexpress the Folate Receptor α (FRa) receptor. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/142908 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426432 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy C. Anderson (Storrs, Connecticut); Dennis L. Wright (Storrs, Connecticut); Phillip M. Pelphrey (Williamsville, New York); Tammy M. Joska (Hartford, Vermont); Erin S. D. Bolstad (Vernon, Connecticut); David B. Bolstad (Vernon, Connecticut); Veljko Popov (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy C. Anderson (Storrs, Connecticut); Dennis L. Wright (Storrs, Connecticut); Phillip M. Pelphrey (Williamsville, New York); Tammy M. Joska (Hartford, Vermont); Erin S. D. Bolstad (Vernon, Connecticut); David B. Bolstad (Vernon, Connecticut); Veljko Popov (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133099 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426559 | Salick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daphne A. Salick (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Darrin J. Pochan (Landenburg, Pennsylvania); Joel P. Schneider (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daphne A. Salick (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Darrin J. Pochan (Landenburg, Pennsylvania); Joel P. Schneider (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A peptide comprising the sequence VKVKVRVKVDPPTKVKVRVKV-NH2 forms a hydrogel which has the ability to shear-thin and recover. The hydrogel, both before and after shear-thinning, is capable of killing bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730656 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426574 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Wang (St. Louis, Missouri); Herbert Whiting Virgin, IV (St. Louis, Missouri); Guoyan Zhao (St. Louis, Missouri); Stacy Finkbeiner (St. Louis, Missouri); Jan Vinje (Decatur, Georgia); Yan Li (Tucker, Georgia); Suxiang Tong (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Wang (St. Louis, Missouri); Herbert Whiting Virgin, IV (St. Louis, Missouri); Guoyan Zhao (St. Louis, Missouri); Stacy Finkbeiner (St. Louis, Missouri); Jan Vinje (Decatur, Georgia); Yan Li (Tucker, Georgia); Suxiang Tong (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a novel human astrovirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnose the presence of the astrovirus. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/790618 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426592 | Schreiber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jack Taunton (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian A. Hassig (Somerville, Massachusetts); Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jack Taunton (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian A. Hassig (Somerville, Massachusetts); Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566803 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426649 | Popik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir V. Popik (Watkinsville, Georgia); Andrei A. Poloukhtine (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jason Locklin (Bogart, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia); Sara V. Orski (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir V. Popik (Watkinsville, Georgia); Andrei A. Poloukhtine (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jason Locklin (Bogart, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia); Sara V. Orski (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182683 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427147 | Block et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin); Catherine J. Moran (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin); Catherine J. Moran (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional projection reconstruction pulse sequence acquires two half echoes in a steady state free precession (SSFP) scan. A method for combining the two echoes to suppress either fat or water in the reconstructed image is described and includes shifting the phase of one echo and combining them in a regridding process used to transform the radial data to a Cartesian grid prior to image reconstruction. Images having either fat or water substantially suppressed are then produced by applying a phase difference mask to images reconstructed from the regridded data. These images are then further processed using information of the phase differences between the two half echoes. In this manner, more consistent and accurate suppression is achieved. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421704 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427153 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Hu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Hu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for motion correction using coil arrays, termed “MOCCA,” is provided, in which coil-dependent motion-related signal variations are employed to determine information related to motion in two and three directions. With such a method, navigator echoes are not required, nor is the acquisition of additional data required to resolve complex motions in more than one direction. The motion estimation and compensation method provided by MOCCA is also applicable to applications of cardiac, respiratory, and other physiological self-gating techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688550 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427156 | Kholmovski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evgueni G. Kholmovski (Salt Lake City, Utah); Dennis Lee Parker (Centerville, Utah); Edward V. R. DiBella (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgueni G. Kholmovski (Salt Lake City, Utah); Dennis Lee Parker (Centerville, Utah); Edward V. R. DiBella (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems in a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system utilize sensitivity-encoded MRI data acquired from multiple receiver coils together with spatially dependent receiver coil sensitivities to generate MRI images. The acquired MRI data forms a reduced MRI data set that is undersampled in at least a phase-encoding direction in a frequency domain. The acquired MRI data and auto-calibration signal data are used to determine reconstruction coefficients for each receiver coil using a weighted or a robust least squares method. The reconstruction coefficients vary spatially with respect to at least the spatial coordinate that is orthogonal to the undersampled, phase-encoding direction(s) (e.g., a frequency encoding direction). Values for unacquired MRI data are determined by linearly combining the reconstruction coefficients with the acquired MRI data within neighborhoods in the frequency domain that depend on imaging geometry, coil sensitivity characteristics, and the undersampling factor of the acquired MRI data. An MRI image is determined from the reconstructed unacquired data and the acquired MRI data. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/972192 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427160 | Fishbein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth W. Fishbein (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Fishbein (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing high throughput magnetic sensing of one or more samples. The method comprises selecting a first sample having a first bulk magnetic susceptibility, selecting an assay plate having a second bulk magnetic susceptibility matched to the first bulk magnetic susceptibility, the assay plate including multiple wells, introducing the first sample into a plurality of the wells, and performing magnetic sensing on the plurality of wells containing the first sample. Assay plates, caps, kits, and other devices and methods relating to high throughput magnetic sensing are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/083501 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427906 | Witte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell S. Witte (Tucson, Arizona); Ragnar Olafsson (Tucson, Arizona); Sheng-Wen Huang (Seattle, Washington); Timothy L Hall (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Matthew O'Donnell (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell S. Witte (Tucson, Arizona); Ragnar Olafsson (Tucson, Arizona); Sheng-Wen Huang (Seattle, Washington); Timothy L Hall (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Matthew O'Donnell (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound system that detects a characteristic of an ultrasound wave. The system includes a circuit member defining a sensing portion operable to be exposed to the ultrasound wave. The system also includes a current generating device that generates a current in the sensing portion of the circuit member. Furthermore, the system includes a voltage sensor that detects a voltage across the sensing portion due to the exposure to the ultrasound wave to thereby detect the characteristic of the ultrasound wave. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250289 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428320 | Diem et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max Diem (Boston, Massachusetts); Milos Miljkovic (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Melissa Romeo (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Benjamin Bird (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jennifer Schubert (Boston, Massachusetts); Kostas Papamarkakis (Springfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max Diem (Boston, Massachusetts); Milos Miljkovic (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Melissa Romeo (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Benjamin Bird (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Jennifer Schubert (Boston, Massachusetts); Kostas Papamarkakis (Springfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provides improved methods for determining the presence of abnormalities in exfoliated cells. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for reconstructing cellular spectrum of a cell sample by creating a spectral map of the cellular sample, generating a binary mask of the spectral map, removing edge artifacts from each cell, and co-adding spectral data of each pixel corresponding to the cell to reconstruct the spectrum of each cell. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994647 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428674 | Duffy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karen Duffy (Orange, Connecticut); Douglas Pirc (Orange, Connecticut); George Brocksieper (Guilford, Connecticut); Paul B. Benni (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (Branford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Duffy (Orange, Connecticut); Douglas Pirc (Orange, Connecticut); George Brocksieper (Guilford, Connecticut); Paul B. Benni (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectrophotometric sensor assembly for non-invasive monitoring of a blood metabolite within a subject's body tissue is provided that includes a pad, a light source, and a light detector The light source is operative to emit light signals of a plurality of different wavelengths. The light detector is operative to detect light emitted by the light source and passed through the subject's body tissue. The light detector is at least partially enclosed in EMI shielding. In some embodiments, the light detector and EMI shielding are disposed in a detector housing that encloses the light detector and shielding. The housing is aligned with a detector aperture disposed in the pad. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/514955 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428680 | Aldridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Wayne Aldridge (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew Klein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marc Bradshaw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Wayne Aldridge (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew Klein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marc Bradshaw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature microdrive system may be affixed to the skull and used to advance recording electrode bundles or injection cannula through the brain of freely moving test subjects, e.g., rodents. The microdrive may be constructed using a hybrid fabrication technique utilizing a printed circuit board and a small number of mechanical parts. The printed circuit board provides the base for both the electrical components and the mechanical components. The movement of a screw advances a shuttle that in turn moves an electrode bundle through the brain. Independently moving screws advance independent electrode bundles. The electrode wires are connected through the printed circuit board to a connector on the back of the board. Stainless steel cannulae are soldered to a grounding trace on the printed circuit board to guide the electrode bundle and provide a ground connection. With this system, multiple brain structures may be targeted simultaneously. The microdrive system or device is simple to mass produce, making fabrication simple with parts that can be recycled or discarded as needed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/255223 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428687 | Konofagou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisa Konofagou (New York, New York); Jean Provost (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisa Konofagou (New York, New York); Jean Provost (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for matching a characteristic of multiple sectors of a moving tissue to verify an overlap thereof are disclosed herein. In an exemplary method, tissue data for at least a first sector and a second sector of a moving tissue is acquired. A characteristic of at least a portion of the first and second sectors is estimated from the acquired tissue data, and the estimated characteristics are matched to verify whether a portion of the first sector overlaps with a portion of the second sector. Estimating can include estimating a displacement such as an axial displacement and/or lateral displacements. Estimating can further include estimating a strain, a velocity, a strain rate and/or a stiffness or equivalent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019029 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428703 | Hopenfeld |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Medical Systems, Inc. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A heart monitor is disclosed. The monitor computes ST segment deviations and stores the results in heart rate based histograms. Periodically, the monitor analyzes the histogram data to determine a normal range of ST deviation for a particular heart rate range. The monitor computes heart rate dependent ischemia detection thresholds based on the upper and lower boundaries of the normal range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/868308 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/516 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428704 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. Johnson (Fair Haven, New Jersey); Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Medical Systems, Inc. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Johnson (Fair Haven, New Jersey); Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A heart monitor is disclosed. The monitor computes ST segment deviations and stores the results in heart rate based histograms. Periodically, the monitor analyzes the histogram data to determine heart rate dependent acute ischemia detection thresholds. If the statistical distribution associated with a heart rate range is insufficient, the threshold for that heart rate range is set as a function of the threshold for a neighboring heart rate range. Thresholds are also increased for heart rate ranges associated with statistical distributions that are sufficient but that have a relatively small number of entries. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914536 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428732 | Nishida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Toshikazu Nishida (Gainesville, Florida); John Gregory Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Rizwan Bashirullah (Newberry, Florida); Jose Principe (Gainesville, Florida); Justin Sanchez (Newberry, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toshikazu Nishida (Gainesville, Florida); John Gregory Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Rizwan Bashirullah (Newberry, Florida); Jose Principe (Gainesville, Florida); Justin Sanchez (Newberry, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a neural interface system includes an implantable neural probe having a flexible substrate, electrodes that extend from the substrate that are adapted to contact neural tissue of the brain, a signal processing circuit configured to process neural signals collected with the electrodes, and a wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit the processed neural signals, and a backend computing device configured to wirelessly receive the processed neural signals, to process the received signals to reconstruct the collected neural signals, and to analyze the collected neural signals. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470955 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428739 | Ahuja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashish Ahuja (Los Angeles, California); Avraham Caspi (La Jolla, California); Jessy Dorn (Los Angeles, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); Devyani Nanduri (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashish Ahuja (Los Angeles, California); Avraham Caspi (La Jolla, California); Jessy Dorn (Los Angeles, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); Devyani Nanduri (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This system gives the experimenter great flexibility to present spatio-temporal stimulation patterns to a subject. A video configuration file (VCF) editor allows the experimenter to determine the electrical stimulation parameters for each electrode. A Pattern Stimulation software program allows direct stimulation of chosen patterns of electrodes, scaled by the subject's VCF, through a Graphical User Interface. The subject then responds by drawing the outline of the phosphene he or she perceives on a touchscreen. The Pattern Stimulation program saves all of the trial parameters and the parameters of an ellipse fit to their drawing, as well as a raw data file containing the input to the touchscreen is saved. After the experiment, offline image analysis can be performed to obtain a detailed quantitative description of the subject's percepts. Image descriptors can assigned to the touchscreen data; these image descriptors can be used to make formalized comparisons between various experimental conditions. Various types of image descriptors can be used, including simple ellipse fitting, projections of the 2-D drawings onto one-dimensional axes, calculations of Hu moments, PCA, and ICA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548275 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428741 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Richard P. Williamson (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph H. Schulman (Santa Clarita, California); Reza P. Rassool (Stevenson Ranch, California); Lee J. Mandell (West Hills, California); Abraham N. Seidman (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Richard P. Williamson (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph H. Schulman (Santa Clarita, California); Reza P. Rassool (Stevenson Ranch, California); Lee J. Mandell (West Hills, California); Abraham N. Seidman (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for improving visual acuity when providing a visual image from a “high” resolution input device to a “low” resolution output device. The described invention is of particular use when the output device is an array of electrodes as part of a retinal prosthesis used to restore vision to a visually-impaired patient. In that various limitations may, within the foreseeable future, limit the density of such an electrode array (and thus the resolution of the output image), the present invention teaches techniques to assign processed pixel subsets of a higher resolution image to a single electrode. By varying the pixel subsets, e.g., by jittering, and/or altering the processing criteria, the perceived visual acuity may be further improved. Alternatively and additionally, such processing may be further extended to drive neighboring electrodes in combination to thus stimulate virtual electrode sites and thus further enhance visual acuity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196020 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429761 | Zewail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining PINEM images includes providing femtosecond optical pulse, generating electron pulses, and directing the electron pulses towards a sample. The method also includes overlapping the femtosecond optical pulses and the electron pulses spatially and temporally at the sample and transferring energy from the femtosecond optical pulses to the electron pulses. The method further includes detecting electron pulses having an energy greater than a zero loss value, providing imaging in space and time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883948 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08424175 | Auciello |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orlando H. Auciello (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orlando H. Auciello (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for fabricating a piezoactuated storage device having a tip array and a memory media, which includes but is not limited to: etching the regions on the surface of the silicon wafer to produce substantially pyramidal etch pits by anisotropic etching or chemical etching with potassium hydroxide (KOH); growing an oxide layer on a top surface of the silicon wafer and in the substantially pyramidal etch pits to produce oxidation sharpening of the substantially pyramidal etch pits; forming an array of conductive tips of a nanocarbon film of nanostructured carbon material by deposition, wherein the nanostructured carbon material is ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD), ta-C, or diamond-like carbon films; and forming an oxygen diffusion barrier layer by deposition of a TiAl, TaAl, or any other oxygen diffusion barrier layer material on the nanocarbon film. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/556771 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/25.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424311 | York et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel/air mixing disk for use in a fuel/air mixing combustor assembly is provided. The disk includes a first face, a second face, and at least one fuel plenum disposed therebetween. A plurality of fuel/air mixing tubes extend through the pre-mixing disk, each mixing tube including an outer tube wall extending axially along a tube axis and in fluid communication with the at least one fuel plenum. At least a portion of the plurality of fuel/air mixing tubes further includes at least one fuel injection hole have a fuel injection hole diameter extending through said outer tube wall, the fuel injection hole having an injection angle relative to the tube axis. The invention provides good fuel air mixing with low combustion generated NOx and low flow pressure loss translating to a high gas turbine efficiency, that is durable, and resistant to flame holding and flash back. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394544 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424617 | Faircloth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Weldon Spring, Missouri); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Yeshaya Koblick (Sharon, Massachusetts); Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Weldon Spring, Missouri); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Yeshaya Koblick (Sharon, Massachusetts); Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for providing a laser beam to borehole surface in a predetermined and energy deposition profile. The predetermined energy deposition profiles may be uniform or tailored to specific downhole applications. Optic assemblies for obtaining these predetermined energy deposition profiles are further provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544094 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424745 | Blue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite sheet includes disposing an untextured metal or alloy first sheet in contact with a second sheet in an aligned opposing position; bonding the first sheet to the second sheet by applying an oscillating ultrasonic force to at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet to form an untextured intermediate composite sheet; and annealing the untextured intermediate composite sheet at a temperature lower than a primary re-crystallization temperature of the second sheet and higher than a primary re-crystallization temperature of the first sheet to convert the untextured first sheet into a cube textured sheet, wherein the cube texture is characterized by a φ-scan having a FWHM of no more than 15° in all directions, the second sheet remaining untextured, to form a composite sheet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449587 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/110.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424747 | Weil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington); John S. Hardy (Richland, Washington); Jin Yong Kim (Richland, Washington); Jung-Pyung Choi (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington); John S. Hardy (Richland, Washington); Jin Yong Kim (Richland, Washington); Jung-Pyung Choi (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for joining two ceramic parts, or a ceramic part and a metal part, and the joint formed thereby. The method provides two or more parts, a braze consisting of a mixture of copper oxide and silver, a diffusion barrier, and then heats the braze for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form the braze into a bond holding the two or more parts together. The diffusion barrier is an oxidizable metal that forms either a homogeneous component of the braze, a heterogeneous component of the braze, a separate layer bordering the braze, or combinations thereof. The oxidizable metal is selected from the group Al, Mg, Cr, Si, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Pt, Pd, Au, lanthanides, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754167 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/122.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424980 | Fischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith D. Fischer (Roanoke, Illinois); Mark S. Diekevers (Metamora, Illinois); Curt D. Afdahl (Metamora, Illinois); Kevin L. Steiner (Tremont, Illinois); Christopher A. Barnes (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith D. Fischer (Roanoke, Illinois); Mark S. Diekevers (Metamora, Illinois); Curt D. Afdahl (Metamora, Illinois); Kevin L. Steiner (Tremont, Illinois); Christopher A. Barnes (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A track shoe for a track-type vehicle. The track shoe includes a base plate and a grouser projecting away from the base plate. A capping surface structure of substantially horseshoe shaped cross-section is disposed across a distal portion of the grouser. The capping surface structure covers portions of a distal edge surface and adjacent lateral surfaces. The capping surface structure is formed from an material characterized by enhanced wear resistance relative to portions of the grouser underlying the capping surface structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/616204 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Wheel substitutes for land vehicles 35/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425596 | Britton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Britton (Alcoa, Tennessee); Brian R. D'Urso (Clinton, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); M. Nance Ericson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert J. Warmack (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Britton (Alcoa, Tennessee); Brian R. D'Urso (Clinton, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); M. Nance Ericson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert J. Warmack (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of removing scar tissue from an eye that includes inserting a device including an array of micro-rods into an eye, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature; contacting a scar tissue with the array of micro-rods; and removing the array of micro-rods and the scar tissue from the eye. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a medical device for engaging a tissue including and an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods that is connected to the cannula, wherein the sharp feature of the at least one micro-rod is angled from a plane that is normal to a face of the base of the array of glass micro-rods. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052992 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425654 | Johnsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amanda M. Johnsen (Richland, Washington); Chuck Z. Soderquist (Benton City, Washington); Bruce K. McNamara (Richland, Washington); Darrell R. Fisher (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amanda M. Johnsen (Richland, Washington); Chuck Z. Soderquist (Benton City, Washington); Bruce K. McNamara (Richland, Washington); Darrell R. Fisher (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An alteration of the traditional zinc/zinc-amalgam reduction procedure which eliminates both the hazardous mercury and dangerous hydrogen gas generation. In order to avoid the presence of water and hydrated protons in the working solution, which can oxidize Eu2+ and cause hydrogen gas production, a process utilizing methanol as the process solvent is described. While methanol presents some flammability hazard in a radiological hot cell, it can be better managed and is less of a flammability hazard than hydrogen gas generation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/212711 |
| 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 075/393 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425681 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qiming Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qiming Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for growing low-dislocation-density material atop a layer of the material with an initially higher dislocation density using a monolayer of spheroidal particles to bend and redirect or directly block vertically propagating threading dislocations, thereby enabling growth and coalescence to form a very-low-dislocation-density surface of the material, and the structures made by this method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/388103 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425749 | Ravula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Surendra K. Ravula (Chicago, Illinois); Christian L. Arrington (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jennifer K. Sigman (Boise, Idaho); Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Conrad D. James (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Martyn Hill (Hants, United Kingdom); Rosemary June Boltryk (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Surendra K. Ravula (Chicago, Illinois); Christian L. Arrington (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jennifer K. Sigman (Boise, Idaho); Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Conrad D. James (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Martyn Hill (Hants, United Kingdom); Rosemary June Boltryk (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated particle focusing device comprises an acoustic portion to preconcentrate particles over large spatial dimensions into particle streams and a dielectrophoretic portion for finer particle focusing into single-file columns. The device can be used for high throughput assays for which it is necessary to isolate and investigate small bundles of particles and single particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481064 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/643 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425865 | Wadia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cyrus Wadia (Alexandria, Virginia); Yue Wu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyrus Wadia (Alexandria, Virginia); Yue Wu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing pyrite nanocrystals is disclosed which in one embodiment includes forming a solution of iron (III) diethyl dithiophosphate and tetra-alkyl-ammonium halide in water. The solution is heated under pressure. Pyrite nanocrystal particles are then recovered from the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/140810 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425978 | Gessert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tim Gessert (Conifer, Colorado); Xiaonan Li (Evergreen, Colorado); Teresa M. Barnes (Evergreen, Colorado); Robert Torres, Jr. (Parker, Colorado); Carrie L. Wyse (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tim Gessert (Conifer, Colorado); Xiaonan Li (Evergreen, Colorado); Teresa M. Barnes (Evergreen, Colorado); Robert Torres, Jr. (Parker, Colorado); Carrie L. Wyse (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a conductive fluorine-doped metal oxide layer on a substrate by chemical vapor deposition are described. The methods may include heating the substrate in a processing chamber, and introducing a metal-containing precursor and a fluorine-containing precursor to the processing chamber. The methods may also include adding an oxygen-containing precursor to the processing chamber. The precursors are reacted to deposit the fluorine-doped metal oxide layer on the substrate. Methods may also include forming the conductive fluorine-doped metal oxide layer by plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition. These methods may include providing the substrate in a processing chamber, and introducing a metal-containing precursor, and a fluorine-containing precursor to the processing chamber. A plasma may be formed that includes species from the metal-containing precursor and the fluorine-containing precursor. The species may react to deposit the fluorine-doped metal oxide layer on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/884490 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.390 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425981 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zaicheng Sun (Changchun, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zaicheng Sun (Changchun, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A simple coating method is used to form nanoporous hydrophobic films that can be used as optical coatings. The method uses evaporation-induced self-assembly of materials. The coating method starts with a homogeneous solution comprising a hydrophobic polymer and a surfactant polymer in a selective solvent. The solution is coated onto a substrate. The surfactant polymer forms micelles with the hydrophobic polymer residing in the particle core when the coating is dried. The surfactant polymer can be dissolved and selectively removed from the separated phases by washing with a polar solvent to form the nanoporous hydrophobic film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/033292 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426135 | West et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason A. A. West (Pleasanton, California); Kyle W. Hukari (Dublin, California); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason A. A. West (Pleasanton, California); Kyle W. Hukari (Dublin, California); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for thermally lysing of biological material, for example vegetative bacterial cells and bacterial spores, are provided. Hot solution methods for solubilizing bacterial spores are described. Systems for direct analysis are disclosed including thermal lysers coupled to sample preparation stations. Integrated systems capable of performing sample lysis, labeling and protein fingerprint analysis of biological material, for example, vegetative bacterial cells, bacterial spores and viruses are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/308228 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426184 | Blum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Blum (Nashville, Tennessee); Joslin Gemsch Cuenca (San Diego, California); Mark Dycaico (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BP Corporation North America (Houston, Texas); Verenium Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Blum (Nashville, Tennessee); Joslin Gemsch Cuenca (San Diego, California); Mark Dycaico (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry. In one aspect, the invention provides polypeptides having cellulase activity, e.g., endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase, mannanase and/or β-glucosidase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides cellulase activity, e.g., endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase, mannanase and/or β-glucosidase activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and feed processing and industrial contexts. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/908672 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426185 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Emily D. Henriksen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Emily D. Henriksen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading, cleaving, or removing polysaccharides, lignocellulose, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, chitin, polyhydroxybutyrate, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/927495 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426191 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengde Zhou (Dekalb, Illinois); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lorraine Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Tammy B. Grabar (Gainesville, Florida); Jonathan C. Moore (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengde Zhou (Dekalb, Illinois); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lorraine Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Tammy B. Grabar (Gainesville, Florida); Jonathan C. Moore (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides derivatives of Escherichia coli constructed for the production of lactic acid. The transformed E. coli of the invention are prepared by deleting the genes that encode competing pathways followed by a growth-based selection for mutants with improved performance. These transformed E. coli are useful for providing an increased supply of lactic acid for use in food and industrial applications. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632041 |
| 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 435/252.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426321 | Dirk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross S. Johnson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory R. Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerqoe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross S. Johnson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory R. Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making a dielectric material where a precursor polymer selected from poly(phenylene vinylene)polyacetylene, poly(p-phenylene), poly(thienylene vinylene), poly(1,4-naphthylene vinylene), and poly(p-pyridine vinylene) is energized said by exposure by radiation or increase in temperature to a level sufficient to eliminate said leaving groups contained within the precursor polymer, thereby transforming the dielectric material into a conductive polymer. The leaving group in the precursor polymer can be a chloride, a bromide, an iodide, a fluoride, an ester, an xanthate, a nitrile, an amine, a nitro group, a carbonate, a dithiocarbamate, a sulfonium group, an oxonium group, an iodonium group, a pyridinium group, an ammonium group, a borate group, a borane group, a sulphinyl group, or a sulfonyl group. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099143 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/780 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426337 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph T. Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yuhe Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph T. Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yuhe Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for hydrogen storage includes a receptor, a hydrogen dissociating metal doped on the receptor, and a metal salt doped on the receptor. The hydrogen dissociating metal is configured to spill over hydrogen to the receptor, and the metal salt is configured to increase a rate of the spill over of the hydrogen to the receptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392421 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426545 | Bowen, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas); Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas); Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymers comprising residues of cage compound monomers having at least one polyalkoxy silyl substituent are provided. The cage compound monomers are selected from borane cage compound monomers comprising at least 7 cage atoms and/or carborane cage compound monomers comprising 7 to 11 cage compound monomers. Such polymers can further comprise one or more reactive matrices and/or co-monomers covalently bound with the cage compound monomer residues. Articles of manufacture comprising such polymers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456764 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426624 | Hupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Morton Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Morton Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the treatment of solvent-containing MOF material to increase its internal surface area involves introducing a liquid into the MOF in which liquid the solvent is miscible, subjecting the MOF to supercritical conditions for a time to form supercritical fluid, and releasing the supercritical conditions to remove the supercritical fluid from the MOF. Prior to introducing the liquid into the MOF, occluded reaction solvent, such as DEF or DMF, in the MOF can be exchanged for the miscible solvent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/928321 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426684 | Croteau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodney B. Croteau (Newport, Oregon); Edward M. Davis (Pullman, Washington); Kerry L. Ringer (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney B. Croteau (Newport, Oregon); Edward M. Davis (Pullman, Washington); Kerry L. Ringer (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated menthone reductase proteins, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding menthone reductase proteins, methods for expressing and isolating menthone reductase proteins, and transgenic plants expressing elevated levels of menthone reductase protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/569493 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426833 | Trbojevic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dejan Trbojevic (Wading River, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejan Trbojevic (Wading River, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle therapy gantry for delivering a particle beam to a patient includes a beam tube having a curvature defining a particle beam path and a plurality of superconducting, variable field magnets sequentially arranged along the beam tube for guiding the particle beam along the particle path. In a method for delivering a particle beam to a patient through a gantry, a particle beam is guided by a plurality of variable field magnets sequentially arranged along a beam tube of the gantry and the beam is alternately focused and defocused with alternately arranged focusing and defocusing variable field magnets. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/315669 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427358 | Doerry |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Armin W. Doerry (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armin W. Doerry (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Illumination gradients in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a target can be mitigated by determining a correction for pixel values associated with the SAR image. This correction is determined based on information indicative of a beam pattern used by a SAR antenna apparatus to illuminate the target, and also based on the pixel values associated with the SAR image. The correction is applied to the pixel values associated with the SAR image to produce corrected pixel values that define a corrected SAR image. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/566531 |
| 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 342/25.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427359 | Bickel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas L. Bickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Harmony (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy P. Bielek (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeff A. Hollowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Margaret S. Murray (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ana Martinez (Bosque Farms, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. Bickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Harmony (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy P. Bielek (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeff A. Hollowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Margaret S. Murray (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ana Martinez (Bosque Farms, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Radar data associated with radar illumination of a movable target is processed to monitor motion of the target. A plurality of filter operations are performed in parallel on the radar data so that each filter operation produces target image information. The filter operations are defined to have respectively corresponding velocity ranges that differ from one another. The target image information produced by one of the filter operations represents the target more accurately than the target image information produced by the remainder of the filter operations when a current velocity of the target is within the velocity range associated with the one filter operation. In response to the current velocity of the target being within the velocity range associated with the one filter operation, motion of the target is tracked based on the target image information produced by the one filter operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985383 |
| 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 342/25.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427650 | Fleischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opteryx, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629739 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427809 | Dirk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross S. Johnson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross S. Johnson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Precursor polymers to conjugated polymers, such as poly(phenylene vinylene), poly(poly(thiophene vinylene), poly(aniline vinylene), and poly(pyrrole vinylene), can be used as thermally switchable capacitor dielectrics that fail at a specific temperature due to the non-conjugated precursor polymer irreversibly switching from an insulator to the conjugated polymer, which serves as a bleed resistor. The precursor polymer is a good dielectric until it reaches a specific temperature determined by the stability of the leaving groups. Conjugation of the polymer backbone at high temperature effectively disables the capacitor, providing a ‘built-in’ safety mechanism for electronic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/034535 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428038 | Buttles |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Buttles (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Buttles (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Wireless communication devices include a software-defined radio coupled to processing circuitry. The system controller is configured to execute computer programming code. Storage media is coupled to the system controller and includes computer programming code configured to cause the system controller to configure and reconfigure the software-defined radio to operate on each of a plurality of communication networks according to a selected sequence. Methods for communicating with a wireless device and methods of wireless network-hopping are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/983395 |
| ART UNIT | 2473 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428354 | Prasad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshman Prasad (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sriram Swaminarayan (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshman Prasad (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sriram Swaminarayan (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rapid hierarchical image segmentation based on perceptually driven contour completion and scene statistics is disclosed. The method begins with an initial fine-scale segmentation of an image, such as obtained by perceptual completion of partial contours into polygonal regions using region-contour correspondences established by Delaunay triangulation of edge pixels as implemented in VISTA. The resulting polygons are analyzed with respect to their size and color/intensity distributions and the structural properties of their boundaries. Statistical estimates of granularity of size, similarity of color, texture, and saliency of intervening boundaries are computed and formulated into logical (Boolean) predicates. The combined satisfiability of these Boolean predicates by a pair of adjacent polygons at a given segmentation level qualifies them for merging into a larger polygon representing a coarser, larger-scale feature of the pixel image and collectively obtains the next level of polygonal segments in a hierarchy of fine-to-coarse segmentations. The iterative application of this process precipitates textured regions as polygons with highly convolved boundaries and helps distinguish them from objects which typically have more regular boundaries. The method yields a multiscale decomposition of an image into constituent features that enjoy a hierarchical relationship with features at finer and coarser scales. This provides a traversable graph structure from which feature content and context in terms of other features can be derived, aiding in automated image understanding tasks. The method disclosed is highly efficient and can be used to decompose and analyze large images. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822059 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428398 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deanna Lynn Thompson (Orangevale, California); Matthew A. Coleman (Oakland, California); Stephen M. Lane (Oakland, California); Dennis L. Matthews (Gold River, California); Joanna Albala (Stockton, California); Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deanna Lynn Thompson (Orangevale, California); Matthew A. Coleman (Oakland, California); Stephen M. Lane (Oakland, California); Dennis L. Matthews (Gold River, California); Joanna Albala (Stockton, California); Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hand-held portable microarray reader for biodetection includes a microarray reader engineered to be small enough for portable applications. The invention includes a high-powered light-emitting diode that emits excitation light, an excitation filter positioned to receive the excitation light, a slide, a slide holder assembly for positioning the slide to receive the excitation light from the excitation filter, an emission filter positioned to receive the excitation light from the slide, a lens positioned to receive the excitation light from the emission filter, and a CCD camera positioned to receive the excitation light from the lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/826215 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428916 | Koller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Josef Koller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Geoffrey D. Reeves (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Reiner H. W. Friedel (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josef Koller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Geoffrey D. Reeves (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Reiner H. W. Friedel (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for calculating L* in the magnetosphere with essentially the same accuracy as with a physics based model at many times the speed by developing a surrogate trained to be a surrogate for the physics-based model. The trained model can then beneficially process input data falling within the training range of the surrogate model. The surrogate model can be a feedforward neural network and the physics-based model can be the TSK03 model. Operatively, the surrogate model can use parameters on which the physics-based model was based, and/or spatial data for the location where L* is to be calculated. Surrogate models should be provided for each of a plurality of pitch angles. Accordingly, a surrogate model having a closed drift shell can be used from the plurality of models. The feedforward neural network can have a plurality of input-layer units, there being at least one input-layer unit for each physics-based model parameter, a plurality of hidden layer units and at least one output unit for the value of L*. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/390611 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429377 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Jon K. Kriegel (Rochester, Minnesota); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Jon K. Kriegel (Rochester, Minnesota); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for accessing memory are provided. The system comprises a lookup buffer for storing one or more page table entries, wherein each of the one or more page table entries comprises at least a virtual page number and a physical page number; a logic circuit for receiving a virtual address from said processor, said logic circuit for matching the virtual address to the virtual page number in one of the page table entries to select the physical page number in the same page table entry, said page table entry having one or more bits set to exclude a memory range from a page. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684642 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08424200 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mool C. Gupta (Yorktown, Virginia); Yonglai Yang (Newport News, Virginia); Kenneth L. Dudley (Newport News, Virginia); Roland W. Lawrence (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mool C. Gupta (Yorktown, Virginia); Yonglai Yang (Newport News, Virginia); Kenneth L. Dudley (Newport News, Virginia); Roland W. Lawrence (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material includes a matrix of a dielectric or partially conducting polymer, such as foamed polystyrene, with carbon nanotubes or other nanostructures dispersed therein in sufficient concentration to make the material electrically conducting. The composite is formed by dispersing the nanotube material in a solvent in which the dielectric or partially conducting polymer is soluble and mixing the resulting suspension with the dielectric or partially conducting polymer. A foaming agent can be added to produce a lightweight foamed material. An organometallic compound can be added to enhance the conductivity further by decomposition into a metal phase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/098000 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425541 | Masters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Beverly Aagaard Kienitz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a liquid embolic agent. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the liquid embolic agent. Upon activation inside of the polymeric shell within the aneurysm, the liquid embolic agent solidifies enabling biological isolation of the aneurysm and improved patient outcomes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110084 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425542 | Moftakhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roham Moftakhar (Madison, Wisconsin); Kristyn S. Masters (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An endovascular device for occluding a vascular aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a polymeric shell member that, in one embodiment, may be constructed from a bioactive and biocompatible polyurethane-diol-glycosaminoglycan copolymer, and a biocompatible metallic frame member. The copolymer is sufficiently flexible and strong for endovascular delivery into a vascular aneurysm and for use as a polymeric shell for receiving the biocompatible metallic frame member. The biometallic frame member may include one or more components constructed from a NiTi alloy. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110094 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425653 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Jian Zhang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Jian Zhang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing silver triangular bipyramids having a high shape selectivity and low edge length variation is disclosed. Also disclosed are silver triangular bipyramids prepared by this method. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727483 |
| 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 075/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425735 | Barker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Delmar L. Barker (Tucson, Arizona); William R. Owens (Tucson, Arizona); John Warren Beck (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts); The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Delmar L. Barker (Tucson, Arizona); William R. Owens (Tucson, Arizona); John Warren Beck (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating pillared graphene assembles alternate layers of graphene sheets and fullerenes to form a stable protostructure. Energy is added to the protostructure to break the carbon-carbon bonds at the fullerene-to-graphene attachment points of the protostructure and allow the bonds to reorganize and reform into a stable lower energy unitary pillared graphene nanostructure in which open nanotubes are conjoined between graphene sheets. The attachment points may be functionalized using tether molecules to aid in attachment, and add chemical energy to the system. The arrangement and attachment spacing of the fullerenes may be determined using spacer molecules or an electric potential. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/974141 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/157.440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426028 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chin Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chin Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor that includes a) a silicon (Si) substrate having a surface; and b) a monolayer of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) bonded to the surface via silicon-carbon bonds. Regions of the OEG monolayer distal to the surface are functionalized with a ligand serving as a recognition element for a bioanalyte. The ligand is covalently bonded in these regions as a cycloadduct of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. A method of making a silicon surface that recognizes a biological specimen includes 1) hydrosilylating with a mixture that includes an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and capped at the opposing end of the OEG and an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and an alkyne having a protecting group at the opposing end of the OEG and 2) removing the protecting group from the alkyne; and 3) reacting the alkyne with a reagent in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The reagent in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition includes a portion capable of being recognized by a biological specimen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/108217 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426082 | Yellen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin B. Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin B. Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic nanoparticle masks for lithographic applications of a substrate and methods for producing such masks via defining regions of localized magnetic field maxima and minima on a substrate are provided. Also provided are methods for producing multi-component patterns on a substrate with the magnetic nanoparticle masks. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905857 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426120 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiaxing Huang (Wilmette, Illinois); Jaemyung Kim (Evanston, Illinois); Laura J. Cote (Chicago, Illinois); Franklin J. Kim (Wadsworth, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiaxing Huang (Wilmette, Illinois); Jaemyung Kim (Evanston, Illinois); Laura J. Cote (Chicago, Illinois); Franklin J. Kim (Wadsworth, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for imaging a graphene-based film. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a graphene-based film on a surface of a medium; forming a fluorescent coating over the graphene-based film to form a sample; illuminating the sample with light of a specific wavelength or wavelengths, which is absorbed by the fluorescent coating to cause the fluorescent coating to emit light of wavelengths longer than that of the absorbed light, which is quenched by the graphene-based film such that a visibility contrast is formed between the graphene-based film and the fluorescent coating; and imaging the graphene-based film from the visibility contrast. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893470 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426145 | Khosla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Lu Shan (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Lu Shan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of toxic gluten oligopeptides refractory to digestion and antibodies and T cells responsive thereto can be used to diagnose Celiac Sprue. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289905 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 08426159 | Balagadde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Balagadde (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Emil Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Balagadde (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Emil Kartalov (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemostat is described that includes a growth chamber having a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments may be fluidly isolated from the rest of the growth chamber by one or more actuatable valves. The chemostat may also include a nutrient supply-line to supply growth medium to the growth chamber, and an output port to remove fluids from the growth chamber. Also, a method of preventing biofilm formation in a growth chamber of a chemostat is described. The method may include the steps of adding a lysis agent to a isolated portion of the growth chamber, and reuniting the isolated portion with the rest of the growth chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197654 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426208 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jose M. Lobez (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jose M. Lobez (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for determination of ionizing radiation. In some embodiments, the devices comprise nanocomposite materials containing nanostructures (e.g., carbon nanotubes) dispersed in radiation sensitive polymers. In some cases, the device may include a conductive pathway that may be affected upon exposure to ionizing radiation. Embodiments described herein may provide inexpensive, large area, low power, and highly sensitive radiation detection materials/devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454519 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426224 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Bin Xiang (El Cerrito, California); Cesare Soci (San Diego, California); David Aplin (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Bin Xiang (El Cerrito, California); Cesare Soci (San Diego, California); David Aplin (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor nanowire arrays are used to replace the conventional planar layered construction for fabrication of LEDs and laser diodes. The nanowire arrays are formed from III-V or II-VI compound semiconductors on a conducting substrate. For fabrication of the device, an electrode layer is deposited on the substrate, a core material of one of a p-type and n-type compound semiconductor material is formed on top of the electrode as a planar base with a plurality of nanowires extending substantially vertically therefrom. A shell material of the other of the p-type and n-type compound semiconductor material is formed over an outer surface of the core material so that a p-n junction is formed across the planar base and over each of the plurality of nanowires. An electrode coating is formed an outer surface of the shell material for providing electrical contact to a current source. Heterostructures and superlattices grown along the lengths of the nanowires allow the confinement of photons in the quantum well to enhance the efficiency and as well as color tuning. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/520082 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426337 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph T. Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yuhe Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph T. Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yuhe Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for hydrogen storage includes a receptor, a hydrogen dissociating metal doped on the receptor, and a metal salt doped on the receptor. The hydrogen dissociating metal is configured to spill over hydrogen to the receptor, and the metal salt is configured to increase a rate of the spill over of the hydrogen to the receptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392421 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426630 | McQuade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Tyler McQuade (Tallahassee, Florida); Andrew Bogdan (State College, Pennsylvania); Sarah Lihoa Poe (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Tyler McQuade (Tallahassee, Florida); Andrew Bogdan (State College, Pennsylvania); Sarah Lihoa Poe (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-step method for the continuous synthesis of ibuprofen or a synthetic precursor of ibuprofen is provided that does not require any intermediate purification or isolation steps and uses reagents compatible with downstream reactions. According to some embodiments, a method is provided wherein isobutylbenzene and a propionyl compound may be converted into a first product in a first Friedel Crafts acylation reaction. The first product may then be converted into a second product in a 1,2-aryl migration reaction. Finally, the second product may be converted into ibuprofen in a hydrolysis reaction. The present invention also provides a method wherein only the first and second reaction steps or only the second and third reaction steps are performed. An apparatus is also provided having two or more microreactors and two or more junctions in particular arrangements for the synthesis of ibuprofen or a synthetic precursor of ibuprofen. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/868787 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426649 | Popik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir V. Popik (Watkinsville, Georgia); Andrei A. Poloukhtine (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jason Locklin (Bogart, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia); Sara V. Orski (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir V. Popik (Watkinsville, Georgia); Andrei A. Poloukhtine (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jason Locklin (Bogart, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia); Sara V. Orski (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182683 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08427650 | Fleischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opteryx, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Fleischer (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher Barsi (Yonkers, New York); Wenjie Wan (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629739 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428093 | Botez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeremy Daniel Kirch (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeremy Daniel Kirch (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor laser array devices capable of emitting mid- to long-wavelength infrared (i.e., 4-12 μm) radiation are provided. The devices include a quantum cascade laser (QCL) structure comprising one or more active cores; an optical confinement structure; a cladding structure, and a plurality of laterally-spaced trench regions extending transversely through the cladding and optical confinement structures, and partially into the QCL structure. The trench regions define a plurality of laterally-spaced interelement regions separated by element regions in the laser array device. The element regions are characterized by a non-uniform structure across their widths. As a result of this structural non-uniformity, array modes composed of coupled first-order lateral modes of the element regions are preferentially suppressed relative to array modes composed of coupled fundamental lateral modes of the element regions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046269 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428331 | DiMarzio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles A. DiMarzio (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William C. Warger, II (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. DiMarzio (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William C. Warger, II (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device are provided for counting cells in a sample of living tissue, such as an embryo. The method involves obtaining a microscopic image of the unstained tissue that reveals cell boundaries, such as a differential interference contrast (DIC) image, and an optical quadrature microscopy (OQM) image which is used to prepare an image of optical path length deviation (OPD) across the cell cluster. The boundaries of individual cells in the cell cluster are modeled as ellipses and used, together with the maximum optical path length deviation of a cell, to calculate ellipsoidal model cells that are subtracted from the OPD image. The process is repeated until the OPD image is depleted of phase signal attributable to cells of the cell cluster, and the cell count is obtained from the number of cells subtracted. The method is capable of accurately and non-invasively counting the number of cells in a living embryo at the 2-30 cell stage, and can be employed to assess the developmental stage and health of human embryos for fertility treatments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890801 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429023 | Swallow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen K. Swallow (West Kingston, Rhode Island); Christopher M. Anderson (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Elizabeth C. Smith (Newport, Rhode Island) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen K. Swallow (West Kingston, Rhode Island); Christopher M. Anderson (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Elizabeth C. Smith (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system for a pricing and auction process allows private enterprise firms to establish an individual price for each consumer paying in to support delivery of the same units of a public good. The process solicits bids from individuals who value a public good, while reducing each individual's incentives to free ride, thereby increasing their incentives to bid or offer a payment that approaches their full value for each, successive unit of the good. Examples include farmers selling the services of land for wildlife habitat, farmers altering production processes to reduce pesticides and nutrients and increase local water quality, particularly during transition from technologically intensive farming to organic farming, or businesses established to help neighborhoods and communities become carbon neutral in a global economy. The process benefits profit or non-profit organizations supporting conservation such as wetland and salt marsh restoration or restoration of endangered species habitat. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/653125 |
| ART UNIT | 3625 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/26.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429761 | Zewail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); David J. Flannigan (Temple City, California); Brett Barwick (Berlin, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining PINEM images includes providing femtosecond optical pulse, generating electron pulses, and directing the electron pulses towards a sample. The method also includes overlapping the femtosecond optical pulses and the electron pulses spatially and temporally at the sample and transferring energy from the femtosecond optical pulses to the electron pulses. The method further includes detecting electron pulses having an energy greater than a zero loss value, providing imaging in space and time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883948 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08424200 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mool C. Gupta (Yorktown, Virginia); Yonglai Yang (Newport News, Virginia); Kenneth L. Dudley (Newport News, Virginia); Roland W. Lawrence (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mool C. Gupta (Yorktown, Virginia); Yonglai Yang (Newport News, Virginia); Kenneth L. Dudley (Newport News, Virginia); Roland W. Lawrence (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material includes a matrix of a dielectric or partially conducting polymer, such as foamed polystyrene, with carbon nanotubes or other nanostructures dispersed therein in sufficient concentration to make the material electrically conducting. The composite is formed by dispersing the nanotube material in a solvent in which the dielectric or partially conducting polymer is soluble and mixing the resulting suspension with the dielectric or partially conducting polymer. A foaming agent can be added to produce a lightweight foamed material. An organometallic compound can be added to enhance the conductivity further by decomposition into a metal phase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/098000 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424515 | MacCallum |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Taber K. MacCallum (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Paragon Space Development Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taber K. MacCallum (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Closed system breathable gas regeneration systems comprising temperature swing adsorption (“TSA”) using metabolic regeneration, such systems being useful for EVA in extraterrestrial environments having hostile atmospheres. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367421 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/201.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424810 | Shmilovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvin Shmilovich (Huntington Beach, California); Yoram Yadlin (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvin Shmilovich (Huntington Beach, California); Yoram Yadlin (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Concepts and technologies described herein provide for a low noise aircraft wing slat system. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a cove-filled wing slat is used in conjunction with a moveable panel rotatably attached to the wing slat to provide a high lift system. The moveable panel rotates upward against the rear surface of the slat during deployment of the slat, and rotates downward to bridge a gap width between the stowed slat and the lower wing surface, completing the continuous outer mold line shape of the wing, when the cove-filled slat is retracted to the stowed position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/751468 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08424941 | Ihrke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); S. Michael Goza (League City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); S. Michael Goza (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved robotic thumb for a robotic hand assembly is provided. According to one aspect of the disclosure, improved tendon routing in the robotic thumb provides control of four degrees of freedom with only five tendons. According to another aspect of the disclosure, one of the five degrees of freedom of a human thumb is replaced in the robotic thumb with a permanent twist in the shape of a phalange. According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a position sensor includes a magnet having two portions shaped as circle segments with different center points. The magnet provides a linearized output from a Hall effect sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564085 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425700 | DiSalvo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing a gelled liquid propane (GLP) composition comprises the introduction of liquid propane into an evacuated mixing vessel containing a gellant and mixing the liquid propane with the gellant. A bi-propellant system comprising GLP is particularly well-suited for outer planet missions greater than 3 AU from the sun and also functions in earth and near earth environments. Additives such as powders of boron, carbon, lithium, and/or aluminum can be added improve performance or enhance hypergolicity. The gelling agent can be silicon dioxide, clay, carbon, or organic or inorganic polymers. The bi-propellant system may be, but need not be, hypergolic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013762 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425751 | Ogozalek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nance Jo Ogozalek (Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee); Richard E. Wistrand (Tuscumbia, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nance Jo Ogozalek (Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee); Richard E. Wistrand (Tuscumbia, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for electrodepositing a nickel-cobalt alloy using a rotating cylinder electrode assembly with a plating surface and an electrical contact. The assembly is placed within a plating bath and rotated while running a plating cycle. Nickel-cobalt alloy deposition is selectively controlled by controlling current density distribution and/or cobalt content in the plating bath while running the plating cycle to deposit an alloy of a desired yield strength onto the plating surface in a single plating cycle. In various embodiments, the rotating cylinder may be used as an insitu monitoring method to assist in obtaining the properties desired. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/020144 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08425866 | Parrish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clyde F. Parrish (Trinity, Florida); Landy Chung (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clyde F. Parrish (Trinity, Florida); Landy Chung (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus utilizing chlorine dioxide and hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce NOx emissions, as well as SOx and mercury (or other heavy metal) emissions, from combustion flue gas streams. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/466624 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426806 | Duong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tuan A. Duong (Glendora, California); Isik Kanik (Monrovia, California); Vu A. Duong (Rosemead, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan A. Duong (Glendora, California); Isik Kanik (Monrovia, California); Vu A. Duong (Rosemead, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Differential mobility spectrometer with spatial ion detector and methods related thereto are disclosed. The use of one or more spatial detector within differential mobility spectrometry can provide for the identification and separation of ions with similar mobility and mass. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973843 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428781 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chu-Yin Chang (Plano, Texas); James English (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Tardella (West Haven, Connecticut); James Bacon (Bourbonnais, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energid Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chu-Yin Chang (Plano, Texas); James English (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Tardella (West Haven, Connecticut); James Bacon (Bourbonnais, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling robotic apparatus having several movable elements or segments coupled by joints. At least one of the movable elements can include one or more mobile bases, while the others can form one or more manipulators. One of the movable elements can be treated as an end effector for which a certain motion is desired. The end effector may include a tool, for example, or represent a robotic hand (or a point thereon), or one or more of the one or more mobile bases. In accordance with the systems and methods disclosed herein, movement of the manipulator and the mobile base can be controlled and coordinated to effect a desired motion for the end effector. In many cases, the motion can include simultaneously moving the manipulator and the mobile base. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/620482 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08424243 | Narciso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan Narciso (Winter Haven, Florida); Robert Fassel (Nachos, Washington); Lawrence E. Schrader (Wenatchee, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Pace International LLC (Seattle, Washington); Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Narciso (Winter Haven, Florida); Robert Fassel (Nachos, Washington); Lawrence E. Schrader (Wenatchee, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disease, sunburn and insect damage to fruit and vegetable crops is significantly reduced by treatment of both fruit and foliage with a preventative amount of a protective agent (such as copper sulfate or hydroxide) and an optional amount of thixotropic smectic clay material, chemically altered to render its surface lipophilic, which are combined with a wax emulsion comprising a matrix of complex hydrocarbons, an emulsifying agent and water. In the practice of this disclosure the disease, sunburn, and insect protective composition is further diluted in an aqueous solution that is sprayable by commercial applicators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862398 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/58.1FV |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426191 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengde Zhou (Dekalb, Illinois); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lorraine Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Tammy B. Grabar (Gainesville, Florida); Jonathan C. Moore (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengde Zhou (Dekalb, Illinois); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lorraine Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Tammy B. Grabar (Gainesville, Florida); Jonathan C. Moore (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides derivatives of Escherichia coli constructed for the production of lactic acid. The transformed E. coli of the invention are prepared by deleting the genes that encode competing pathways followed by a growth-based selection for mutants with improved performance. These transformed E. coli are useful for providing an increased supply of lactic acid for use in food and industrial applications. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632041 |
| 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 435/252.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426211 | Sridhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | B. B. Maruthi Sridhar (Bowling Green, Ohio); Robert K. Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. B. Maruthi Sridhar (Bowling Green, Ohio); Robert K. Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting soil nutrients or soil nutrients in soil from reflected light, and also includes systems for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to or carrying out that method. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658438 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426575 | Borca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manuel V. Borca (Westbrook, Connecticut); Guillermo R. Risatti (Westbrook, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manuel V. Borca (Westbrook, Connecticut); Guillermo R. Risatti (Westbrook, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | E1, along with Erns and E2 is one of the three envelope glycoproteins of Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV). Our previous studies indicated that glycosylation status of either E2 or Erns strongly influence viral virulence in swine. Here, we have investigated the role of E1 glycosylation of highly virulent CSFV strain Brescia during infection in the natural host. The three putative glycosylation sites in E1 were modified by site directed mutagenesis of a CSFV Brescia infectious clone (BICv). A panel of virus mutants was obtained and used to investigate whether the removal of putative glycosylation sites in the E1 glycoprotein would affect viral virulence/pathogenesis in swine. We observed that rescue of viable virus was completely impaired by removal of all three putative glycosylation sites in E1. Single mutations of each of the E1 glycosylation sites showed that CSFV amino acid N594 (E1.N3 virus), as well the combined mutation of N500 and N513 (E1.N1N2 virus) resulted in BICv attenuation. Infection of either E1.N1N2 or E1.N3 viruses were able to efficiently protected swine from challenge with virulent BICv at 3 and 28 days post-infection. These results, along with those demonstrating the role of glycosylation of Erns and E2, suggest that manipulation of the pattern of glycosylation could be a useful tool for development of CSF live-attenuated vaccines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238919 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08426881 | Slater, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Slater, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Robert C. Glass (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Charles M. Swoboda (Morrisville, North Carolina); Bernd Keller (Goleta, California); James Ibbetson (Goleta, California); Brian Thibeault (Santa Barbara, California); Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Slater, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Robert C. Glass (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Charles M. Swoboda (Morrisville, North Carolina); Bernd Keller (Goleta, California); James Ibbetson (Goleta, California); Brian Thibeault (Santa Barbara, California); Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting diode includes a diode region having a gallium nitride based n-type layer, an active region and a gallium nitride based p-type layer. A first reflector layer is provided on the gallium nitride based p-type layer, and a second reflector layer is provided on the gallium nitride based n-type layer. Bonding layers, a mounting support, a wire bond and/or transparent oxide layers also may be provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/360216 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429219 | Arsenault et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Arsenault (Reston, Virginia); Arun Sood (Clifton, Virginia); Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Arsenault (Reston, Virginia); Arun Sood (Clifton, Virginia); Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for controlling a processing unit connected to a network. The method includes providing information to the network by the processing unit via plural communication channels; sending a reset signal from a controller to a reset unit of the processing unit after a specified amount of time, the reset unit being connected only to a communication channel of the controller and being isolated from the plural communication channels; and rebooting the processor unit when the reset signal is received by the reset unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419832 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08428360 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rong Yan (Elmsford, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Luo (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rong Yan (Elmsford, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for detecting new events in a video stream that yield improved detection efficiency in real time. For example, a method determines whether a given event is a new event in a video stream. The video stream includes a plurality of events. A first step extracts a first set of features (e.g., text features) from the given event. The first set of features is computationally less expensive to process as compared to a second set of features (e.g., image features) associated with the given event. A second step computes one or more first dissimilarity values between the given event and one or more previous events in the video stream using only the first set of features when one or more first dissimilarity criteria exist. A third step determines whether the given event is a new event based on the one or more computed first dissimilarity values. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/933775 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08429758 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weifeng Chen (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weifeng Chen (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A risk assessment system and method includes an information system configured to disclose information to a third party. A risk determination model is configured to compute identifiability risk for on one or more records in storage. The identifiability risk is compared to a threshold prior to being disclosed wherein the information system is informed of the identifiability risk exceeding the threshold prior to disclosure to the third party. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560341 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08425878 | Eizirik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Decio L. Eizirik (Dilbeek, Belgium); Daisy Flamez (Lennik, Belgium); Isabelle Salmon (Bruxelles, Belgium); Alix Berton (Yens, Switzerland); Isabelle Roland (Namur, Belgium); Daniel Marechal (Louveigne, Belgium); Marie-Claire Beckers (Beyne-Heusay, Belgium); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Nathan Goodman (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Burak Kutlu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Decio L. Eizirik (Dilbeek, Belgium); Daisy Flamez (Lennik, Belgium); Isabelle Salmon (Bruxelles, Belgium); Alix Berton (Yens, Switzerland); Isabelle Roland (Namur, Belgium); Daniel Marechal (Louveigne, Belgium); Marie-Claire Beckers (Beyne-Heusay, Belgium); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Nathan Goodman (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Burak Kutlu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the identification of a biomarker specifically located in the plasma membrane of pancreatic beta cells. It was selected by a Systems Biology approach on Massively Parallel Signal Sequencing datasets obtained in human islets and Affymetrix microarray datasets on human islets, purified rat primary beta and non beta cells and insulinoma cells. Based on a set of specific features the biomarker is a unique candidate for imaging and targeting strategies to study the pancreatic beta cell mass in health and disease (T1 D, T2D, pancreatic cancers, obesity, islet transplantation, beta cell regeneration). The five specific features of the selected biomarkers are: 1) Preferentially expressed in pancreatic islets as compared to surrounding tissues; 2) Higher expression in pancreatic beta cells than in pancreatic alpha cells or than in other islet non-beta cells; 3) Expression levels in pancreatic beta cells are higher or comparable to glucokinase which is an enzyme specifically expressed in the pancreatic beta cell; 4) Located in the membrane and as such targetable with antibodies, peptides or small molecules which allows imaging, targeting and immunohistochemistry; and 5) Expression is not induced during the process of inflammation of the beta cell mass and the protein is not enriched in T-cells and dendritic cells or in other cells participating in the inflammation process. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/735731 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426028 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chin Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chin Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor that includes a) a silicon (Si) substrate having a surface; and b) a monolayer of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) bonded to the surface via silicon-carbon bonds. Regions of the OEG monolayer distal to the surface are functionalized with a ligand serving as a recognition element for a bioanalyte. The ligand is covalently bonded in these regions as a cycloadduct of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. A method of making a silicon surface that recognizes a biological specimen includes 1) hydrosilylating with a mixture that includes an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and capped at the opposing end of the OEG and an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and an alkyne having a protecting group at the opposing end of the OEG and 2) removing the protecting group from the alkyne; and 3) reacting the alkyne with a reagent in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The reagent in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition includes a portion capable of being recognized by a biological specimen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/108217 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08425700 | DiSalvo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto DiSalvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing a gelled liquid propane (GLP) composition comprises the introduction of liquid propane into an evacuated mixing vessel containing a gellant and mixing the liquid propane with the gellant. A bi-propellant system comprising GLP is particularly well-suited for outer planet missions greater than 3 AU from the sun and also functions in earth and near earth environments. Additives such as powders of boron, carbon, lithium, and/or aluminum can be added improve performance or enhance hypergolicity. The gelling agent can be silicon dioxide, clay, carbon, or organic or inorganic polymers. The bi-propellant system may be, but need not be, hypergolic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013762 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426189 | Weber |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Mark Weber (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fermalogic, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Mark Weber (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Fermentation media containing an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and at least one exogenous added ingredient that comprises a substrate for microbial growth are provided. Methods of making a fermentation medium comprising an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and methods for obtaining a fermentation product are also provided. The present invention is further directed to fermentation broths obtained by the media and methods. The present invention is also directed to feed additives produced from fermentation broths obtained by the methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/768425 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08429234 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia); Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia); Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic account is provided to a customer to enable the customer to access electronic services, such as e-mail and electronic transactions. The electronic account links an electronic address of the customer to a physical address of the customer. Using the electronic account, electronic services can be provided to the customer at either the electronic or physical address, or both. The services can be both secure and non-secure and can be provided by any service provider, such as an online merchant, a government agency, or a bank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/155912 |
| ART UNIT | 2458 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D680416 | Dalton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Dalton (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 29/436994 |
| ART UNIT | 2912 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools and hardware D8/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08426797 | Aull et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Daniel R. Schuette (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian F. Aull (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Renzi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Daniel R. Schuette (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention include complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) readout architectures for photon-counting arrays with a photon-counting detector, a digital counter, and an overflow bit in each of the sensing elements in the array. Typically, the photon-counting detector is a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (APD) that emits brief pulses every time it detects a photon. The pulse increments the digital counters, which, in turn, sets the overflow bit once it reaches a given count. A rolling readout system operably coupled to each sensing element polls the overflow bit, and, if the overflow bit is high, initiates a data transfer from the overflow bit to a frame store. Compared to other photo-counting imagers, photon-counting imagers with counters and overflow bits operate with decreased transfer bandwidth, high dynamic range, and fine spatial resolution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730048 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08424255 | Lenox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl J. S. Lenox (Oakland, California); Kurt M. Johnson (Richmond, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl J. S. Lenox (Oakland, California); Kurt M. Johnson (Richmond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for mounting PV modules to a deck includes selecting PV module layout pattern so that adjacent PV module edges are spaced apart. PV mounting and support assemblies are secured to the deck according to the layout pattern using fasteners extending into the deck. The PV modules are placed on the PV mounting and support assemblies. Retaining elements are located over and secured against the upper peripheral edge surfaces of the PV modules so to secure them to the deck with the peripheral edges of the PV modules spaced apart from the deck. In some examples a PV module mounting assembly, for use on a shingled deck, comprises flashing, a base mountable on the flashing, a deck-penetrating fastener engageable with the base and securable to the deck so to secure the flashing and the base to the shingled deck, and PV module mounting hardware securable to the base. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/776316 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08426583 | Chapman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert D. Chapman (Ridgecrest, California); Richard A. Hollins (Ridgecrest, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Chapman (Ridgecrest, California); Richard A. Hollins (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heavy-metal-free sequence leading to a superior, more economical, and scalable process for the high efficiency conversion of hexaallylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HAllylIW) to hexanitohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/982357 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/554 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08426675 | Dickins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ross Dickins (Carlton, Australia); Scott W. Lowe (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross Dickins (Carlton, Australia); Scott W. Lowe (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to recombinant vectors for inducible and/or tissue specific expression of double-stranded RNA molecules that interfere with the expression of a target gene. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the use of Tet (tetracycline)-responsive RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) promoters (e.g., TetON or TetOFF) to direct inducible knockdown in certain cells of an integrated or an endogenous gene, such as p53. The invention also relates to a method for producing transgenic animals (e.g., mice) expressing inducible (such as tetracycline-regulated), reversible, and/or tissue-specific double-stranded RNA molecules that interfere with the expression of a target gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155087 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428345 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunqian Ma (Plymouth, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunqian Ma (Plymouth, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for meta-classification having a training phase mechanism and an operational phase mechanism. The training phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section, a labeling module connected to the feature synthesis module and a training data module connected to the labeling module. The operational phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section and a meta-classification module connected to the feature synthesis module and the training module. The training phase mechanism may provide parameters and settings to the operational phase mechanism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/716940 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08428897 | Richmond |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christ D. Richmond (Dorchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christ D. Richmond (Dorchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a machine implemented method for spectral analysis that determines a measure of cross coherence between application of two spectral estimation filters to data; and identifies a spectral feature of the measure of cross coherence. One example embodiment of the present invention provides a complete statistical summary of the joint dependence of the Bartlett and Capon power spectral statistics, showing that the coupling is expressible via a 2×2 complex Wishart matrix, where the degree coupling is determined by a single measure of cross coherence defined herein. This measure of coherence leads to a new two-dimensional algorithm capable of yielding significantly better resolution than the Capon algorithm, often commensurate with but at times exceeding finite sample based MUSIC. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/417907 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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