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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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| US 08469781 | Reuther et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Reuther (Worthington, Ohio); Richard W. Givens (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Frank J. Bis (Dublin, Ohio); James M. Gant (Westerville, Ohio); James T. Worthington, II (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Reuther (Worthington, Ohio); Richard W. Givens (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Frank J. Bis (Dublin, Ohio); James M. Gant (Westerville, Ohio); James T. Worthington, II (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier survival system that isolates a safe volume within a mine or other confined structure and provides breathable air to one or more survivors within the safe volume who are awaiting rescue by generating oxygen, removing one or more toxins, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide; and providing heat. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/302331 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ventilation 454/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469901 | Teicher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin H. Teicher (Rye, New Hampshire); Kyoko Ohashi (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The McLean Hospital Corporation (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin H. Teicher (Rye, New Hampshire); Kyoko Ohashi (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and systems for the diagnosis of ADHD and related disorders. The methods and systems of the invention can also be used to ascertain how much benefit an individual would derive from a particular therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732526 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/595 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470050 | Dillingham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy R. Dillingham (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Dillingham (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A Rapid Fit Modular Prosthetic Device that can be inexpensively manufactured using modern technology and advanced polymer materials. The Rapid Fit Modular Prosthetic Device will be immediately fit on the residual limb and aligned for optimal gait without specialized tools or labs, alleviating the many steps involved with conventional labor-intensive and costly prosthesis construction. The Rapid Fit Modular Prosthetic Device also accommodates the changing in size and shape of the limb, eliminating the need for multiple prostheses and adjustments to an existing prosthesis during the lifetime of an amputee. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274130 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470310 | Roy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soumitra Roy (Liederdorp, Netherlands); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soumitra Roy (Liederdorp, Netherlands); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant vector comprises simian adenovirus 36, simian adenovirus 42.1, simian adenovirus 42.2 and/or simian adenovirus 44 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses one or more simian adenovirus-36, -42.1, -42.2 or -44 gene(s) is also described. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/920648 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470318 | Ravetch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey V. Ravetch (New York, New York); Falk Nimmerjahn (Thumau, Germany); Yoshikatsu Kaneko (Niigata, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey V. Ravetch (New York, New York); Falk Nimmerjahn (Thumau, Germany); Yoshikatsu Kaneko (Niigata, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a polypeptide containing at least one IgG Fc region, wherein said at least one IgG Fc region is glycosylated with at least one galactose moiety connected to a respective terminal sialic acid moiety by a α 2, 6 linkage, and wherein said polypeptide having a higher anti-inflammatory activity as compared to an unpurified antibody. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/447204 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470323 | Stanley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Stanley (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Donald L. Siegel (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Amagai Masayuki (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Keio University (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Stanley (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Donald L. Siegel (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Amagai Masayuki (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of non-pathogenic antibodies to deliver biologically-active proteins to specific cellular and sub-cellular sites. The invention also relates to the use of non-pathogenic antibodies to deliver biologically-active, non-protein molecules to specific cellular and sub-cellular sites. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/522526 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/134.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470333 | Kaumaya |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pravin Kaumaya (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pravin Kaumaya (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods, and vaccines that may stimulate the immune system and that may be used for treating malignancies associated with overexpression of the HER-2 protein are provided. Such compositions include epitopes of the HER-2 proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697578 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470334 | Barnett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan W. Barnett (San Francisco, California); Indresh K. Srivastava (Benicia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan W. Barnett (San Francisco, California); Indresh K. Srivastava (Benicia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Env-CD4 polypeptide complexes and hybrids that expose cryptic epitopes important in virus neutralization are disclosed. Methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polypeptides are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544063 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08470340 — Peptides presenting an epitope of a domain of factor H binding protein and methods of use
| US 08470340 | Beernink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Beernink (Oakland, California); Franco Felici (Campobasso, Italy); Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California); Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, SRL (Siena, Italy); Universita degli Studi del Molise (Campobasso, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Beernink (Oakland, California); Franco Felici (Campobasso, Italy); Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides that can elicit antibodies that are bactericidal for different fHbp variant strains of N. meningitidis, and methods of use, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/058283 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/250.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470342 | Klinman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Ankara, Turkey); Ihsan Gursel (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Ankara, Turkey); Ihsan Gursel (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that agents that affect the activity and/or expression of CXCL16 can be used to alter the uptake of D-type CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (D ODNs). Methods of inducing an immune response are disclosed that include administering agents that increase the activity and/or expression of CXCL16 and a D ODN. Methods of decreasing an immune response to a CpG ODN are also disclosed. These methods include administering an agent that decreases the activity and/or expression of CXCL16. Compositions including one or more D-type ODNs and an agent that modulates that activity and/or expression of CXCL16 are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005488 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470408 | Branton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Slaven Garaj (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dimitar M. Vlassarev (Cambridge, Massachusetts); El-Hadi S. Sadki (Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Slaven Garaj (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dimitar M. Vlassarev (Cambridge, Massachusetts); El-Hadi S. Sadki (Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates) |
| ABSTRACT | In a process for fabricating a nanopore device, at least one carbon nanotube catalyst region is formed on a structure. A plurality of nanopores is formed in the structure at a distance from the catalyst region that is no greater than about an expected length for a carbon nanotube synthesized from the catalyst region. Then at least one carbon nanotube is synthesized from the catalyst region. This fabrication sequence enables the in situ synthesis of carbon nanotubes at the site of nanopores, whereby one or more nanotubes articulate one or more nanopores without requiring manual positioning of the nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/286849 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470526 | Bukrinsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bukrinsky (Potomac, Maryland); Dmitri Sviridov (Melbourne, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bukrinsky (Potomac, Maryland); Dmitri Sviridov (Melbourne, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods for treating and preventing coronary artery disease in HIV-1-infected individuals by interfering with Nef-mediated effect on ABCA1. The invention further provides novel methods for suppressing HIV infection by stimulating cholesterol efflux from cells by stimulating expression of ABCA1 in HIV-1-infected individuals. These methods take advantage of the finding that Nef, a regulatory protein of HIV-1, (1) diminishes expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), the main transporter of cholesterol from cells to extracellular acceptors; and (2) impairs cholesterol efflux from HIV-1-infected macrophages leading to cholesterol accumulation and formation of foam cells, which is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/528431 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470528 | Pasqualini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas); Juri Gelovani (Missouri City, Texas); Frank C. Marini, III (Houston, Texas); Amin Hajitou (Houston, Texas); Mian Alauddin (Houston, Texas); Martin Trepel (Freiburg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas); Juri Gelovani (Missouri City, Texas); Frank C. Marini, III (Houston, Texas); Amin Hajitou (Houston, Texas); Mian Alauddin (Houston, Texas); Martin Trepel (Freiburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to compositions and methods of delivering one or more transgene to a target cell, such as a tumor cell, in a site-specific manner to achieve enhanced expression and to constructs and compositions useful in such applications. In certain aspects, expression from a therapeutic nucleic acid may be assessed prior to administration of a treatment or diagnostic procedure to or on a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/771390 |
| 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 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470545 | Julius et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Livermore, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Livermore, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/340443 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470546 | Purpura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominick P. Purpura (New York, New York); Mark F. Mehler (Riverdale, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominick P. Purpura (New York, New York); Mark F. Mehler (Riverdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using agents that activate the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic (LC-NA) system of the brain and for screening for compounds for treating ASD comprising determining whether or not the compounds activate the LC-NA system. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/589854 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470554 | Zheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Zheng (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Zheng (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Dickkopf (Dkk) proteins inhibit the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Each of the members of the Dkk family has been previously cloned and expressed as a soluble protein in eukaryotic cells, while expression in bacterial cells has resulted in the formation of insoluble inclusion bodies that require further processing. The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing soluble, active dkk protein in prokaryotic host cells, by expressing the dkk protein as a fusion protein with a solubilization molecule, thereby providing an inexpensive and convenient source of pure active Dkk. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133474 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470557 | Camire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodney Camire (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Valder Arruda (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney Camire (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Valder Arruda (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the treatment of coagulation disorders using Factor V/Va variants are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557882 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470561 | Kobilka |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ConfometRX Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus: a) a first portion of a family C G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), wherein the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2 and TM3, regions of the GPCR; b) a stable, folded protein insertion; and c) a second portion of the GPCR, wherein the second portion comprises the TM4, TM5 TM6 and TM7 regions of the GPCR. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/220513 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470594 | Eggan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Eggan (Boston, Massachusetts); Francesco Paolo DiGiorgio (Barletta, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Eggan (Boston, Massachusetts); Francesco Paolo DiGiorgio (Barletta, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are embryonic stem cells and motor neurons derived from mice carrying transgenic alleles of the normal or mutant human SOD1 gene. Also disclosed are in vitro systems employing such SOD1 transgenic motor neurons for the study of neural degenerative disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/386337 |
| 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 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470599 | Dressler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory R. Dressler (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Doyeob Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Dressler (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Doyeob Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inducing the differentiation of stem cells into renal progenitor cells. In particular, the present invention provides compositions containing activin-a, retinoic acid, and bmp-7, and variants thereof, for differentiating stem cells into renal cells containing tubular epithelia. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides stem cells cultured with compositions used to treat renal disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837169 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470606 | Srinivasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Advanced Liquid Logic Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of circulating magnetically responsive beads within a droplet in a droplet actuator. The invention also provides methods for splitting droplets. The invention, in one embodiment, makes use of a droplet actuator with top and bottom substrates, a plurality of magnetic fields respectively present proximate the top and bottom substrates, wherein at least one of the magnet fields is selectively alterable, and a plurality of droplet operations electrodes positioned along at least one of the top and bottom surfaces. A droplet is positioned between the top and bottom surfaces and at least one of the magnetic fields is selectively altered. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761147 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470766 | Kilpatrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurie Ellen Kilpatrick (Narberth, Pennsylvania); Helen Marie Korchak (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Clifford S. Deutschman (Narbeth, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie Ellen Kilpatrick (Narberth, Pennsylvania); Helen Marie Korchak (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Clifford S. Deutschman (Narbeth, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel formulations of a δPKC inhibitor. The δPKC inhibitor can be, for example, a peptide. The present invention also discloses a method of preventing acute pulmonary cell injury associated with trauma, ALI or ARDS and a method of inhibiting an inflammatory response in pulmonary cells by inhibiting the activity of δPKC. The invention also provides a method of treating a pulmonary disease with an aerosol formulation of a δPKC inhibitor to inhibit neutrophil activity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488954 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470780 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (La Jolla, California); Tero Järvinen (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (La Jolla, California); Tero Järvinen (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting regenerating tissue, wounds, and tumors. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to regenerating tissue, wound sites, and tumors in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to regenerating tissue, wound sites, and tumors in animals. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450972 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18.600 |
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| US 08470782 | Khosla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Richard Edward Watts (Lindale, Texas); Matthew John Siegel (San Mateo, California); Daniel M. Pinkas (Menlo Park, California); Kihang Choi (Seoul, South Korea); Keith M. Rich (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Richard Edward Watts (Lindale, Texas); Matthew John Siegel (San Mateo, California); Daniel M. Pinkas (Menlo Park, California); Kihang Choi (Seoul, South Korea); Keith M. Rich (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/064800 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470785 | Dyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Dyer (Memphis, Tennessee); Jean-Christophe Marine (Erbisoeul, Belgium); Aart Gerrit Jochemsen (Leiden, Netherlands); R. Kip Guy (Memphis, Tennessee); Fangyi Zhu (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); Leiden University Medical Center (ZA Leiden, Netherlands); VIB VZW and Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Dyer (Memphis, Tennessee); Jean-Christophe Marine (Erbisoeul, Belgium); Aart Gerrit Jochemsen (Leiden, Netherlands); R. Kip Guy (Memphis, Tennessee); Fangyi Zhu (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating ocular cancer are provided. The composition is a subconjunctival formulation of nutlin-3 and its analogs. The composition provides for methods of treating ocular cancer, including retinoblastoma. The formulation has high penetration into ocular tissue with low toxicity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246202 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470790 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhuo-Hua Pan (Troy, Michigan); Alexander M. Dizhoor (Dresher, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Salus University (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhuo-Hua Pan (Troy, Michigan); Alexander M. Dizhoor (Dresher, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid vectors encoding light-gated cation-selective membrane channels, in particular channelrhodopsin-2 (Chop2), converted inner retinal neurons to photosensitive cells in photoreceptor-degenerated retina in an animal model. Such treatment restored visual perception and various aspects of vision. A method of restoring light sensitivity to a retina of a subject suffering from vision loss due to photoreceptor degeneration, as in retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, is provided. The method comprises delivering to the subject by intravitreal or subretinal injection, the above nucleic acid vector which comprises an open reading frame encoding a rhodopsin, to which is operatively linked a promoter and transcriptional regulatory sequences, so that the nucleic acid is expressed in inner retinal neurons. These cells, normally light-insensitive, are converted to a light-sensitive state and transmit visual information to the brain, compensating for the loss, and leading to restoration of various visual capabilities. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299574 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470822 | Green et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A Green (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Yen Ke (West Lafayette, Indiana); Christopher P Leamon (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); Endocyte, Inc. (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A Green (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Yen Ke (West Lafayette, Indiana); Christopher P Leamon (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This present disclosure relates to folate mimetics and their use in therapeutic and diagnostic applications. More particularly, the disclosure relates to using des-glutamyl folic acid analogs recognized by and selectively bound by folate receptors and other folate binding proteins and the use of such analogs for targeted delivery of diagnostic or therapeutic agents to folate-receptor bearing cell populations. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/775824 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470888 | Henrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis J. Henrich (Rockville, Maryland); Heidi R. Bokesch (Frederick, Maryland); Laura K. Cartner (Middletown, Maryland); Richard W. Fuller (Fairfield, Pennsylvania); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Kentaro Takada (Yokohama, Japan); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland); Susan E. Bates (Bethesda, Maryland); Robert W. Robey (Laurel, Maryland); Suneet Shukla (Rockville, Maryland); Suresh V. Ambudkar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Michael C. Dean (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) | Curtis J. Henrich (Rockville, Maryland); Heidi R. Bokesch (Frederick, Maryland); Laura K. Cartner (Middletown, Maryland); Richard W. Fuller (Fairfield, Pennsylvania); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Kentaro Takada (Yokohama, Japan); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland); Susan E. Bates (Bethesda, Maryland); Robert W. Robey (Laurel, Maryland); Suneet Shukla (Rockville, Maryland); Suresh V. Ambudkar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells, reducing resistance of a cancer cell to a chemotherapeutic agent, a method of inhibiting ABCG2, Pgp, or MRP1 in a mammal afflicted with cancer, and a method of increasing the bioavailability of an ABCG2 substrate drug in a mammal. The methods comprise administering effective amounts of certain compounds to the mammal, for example, a compound of the formula (I): Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, X3, a, and b are as described herein. Uses of these compounds in the preparation of a medicament are also disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds of formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/811144 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/679 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470958 | Turos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Michelle Leslie (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Michelle Leslie (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is the design and synthesis of a caprolactone monomer which bears a pendant protected carboxyl group. This monomer has been copolymerized with caprolactone in varying ratios. After polymerization, the protecting group can be removed and an antibiotic can be attached as a new pendant group. The bioactivity of the antibiotic-bound poly(caprolactone) polymer is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367965 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470965 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric W. Schmidt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brian Hathaway (Salt Lake City, Utah); James T. Nelson (South Euclid, Ohio); Mohamed S. Donia (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric W. Schmidt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brian Hathaway (Salt Lake City, Utah); James T. Nelson (South Euclid, Ohio); Mohamed S. Donia (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for prenylation of polymers such as peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426652 |
| 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 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470967 | Chilkoti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina); Felipe Garcia Quiroz (Durham, North Carolina); Miriam Amiram (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina); Felipe Garcia Quiroz (Durham, North Carolina); Miriam Amiram (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes environmentally responsive polypeptides capable of displaying stimuli-triggered conformational changes in a reversible or irreversible manner that may be accompanied by aggregation. Polypeptides include a number of repeated motifs and may be elastomeric or non-elastomeric. The polypeptides may be used to deliver therapeutics to a biological site and to develop bioactive polypeptides that are environmentally responsive. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245459 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/11 (20130101) A61K 8/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470970 | Zuker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles S. Zuker (New York, New York); Jayaram Chandrashekar (San Diego, California); Greg Nelson (San Diego, California); Yifeng Zhang (Boston, Massachusetts); Nicholas J. P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Mark A. Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Government of the United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (New York, New York); Jayaram Chandrashekar (San Diego, California); Greg Nelson (San Diego, California); Yifeng Zhang (Boston, Massachusetts); Nicholas J. P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Mark A. Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet or amino acid taste receptors comprising T1R3 and T1R1, two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/944515 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470972 | Khan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gencia Corporation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for delivering polynucleotides are provided. One embodiment provides a non-viral vector comprising a recombinant polynucleotide-binding protein comprising a protein transduction domain operably linked to a targeting signal. Methods for modifying the genome of non-nuclear organelles are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171751 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470976 | Chook |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuh Min Chook (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuh Min Chook (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions, methods and kits for directing an agent across the nuclear membrane of a cell. The present invention includes a Karyopherin beta2 translocation motif in a polypeptide having a slightly positively charged region or a slightly hydrophobic region and one or more R/K/H-X(2-5)-P-Y motifs. The polypeptide targets the agent into the cell nucleus. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/697656 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470990 | Steitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas A. Steitz (Branford, Connecticut); Peter B. Moore (North Haven, Connecticut); Joyce A. Sutcliffe (Clinton, Connecticut); Adegboyega K. Oyelere (New Haven, Connecticut); Joseph A. Ippolito (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Steitz (Branford, Connecticut); Peter B. Moore (North Haven, Connecticut); Joyce A. Sutcliffe (Clinton, Connecticut); Adegboyega K. Oyelere (New Haven, Connecticut); Joseph A. Ippolito (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for producing high resolution crystals of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits as well as crystals produced by such methods. The invention also provides high resolution structures of ribosomal subunits either alone or in combination with protein synthesis inhibitors. The invention provides methods for identifying ribosome-related ligands and methods for designing ligands with specific ribosome-binding properties as well as ligands that may act as protein synthesis inhibitors. Thus, the methods and compositions of the invention may be used to produce ligands that are designed to specifically kill or inhibit the growth of any target organism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/645877 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471006 | Carpino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis A. Carpino (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jusong Xia (Moore, South Carolina); Chongwu Zhang (Dayton, New Jersey); Calin Dan Sferdean (Riverview, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Carpino (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jusong Xia (Moore, South Carolina); Chongwu Zhang (Dayton, New Jersey); Calin Dan Sferdean (Riverview, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula: or salts thereof or N-oxides and their use in peptide synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544313 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471304 | Fedder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Nathan Lazarus (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Nathan Lazarus (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabrication of capacitive environment sensors is provided in which the sensor elements are integrated in a CMOS structure with electronics through the use of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication methods. Also provided are environment sensors fabricated, for example, by the method, and a measurement system using the environment sensors fabricated by the method. The described method includes etching away one of the metal layers in a CMOS chip to create a cavity. This cavity is then filled with an environment-sensitive dielectric material to form a sensing capacitor between plates formed by the metal adhesion layers or an array of contacts from other metal layers of the CMOS structure. This approach provides improved sensing capabilities in a system that is easily manufactured. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152450 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472685 | Chien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aichi Chien (Los Angeles, California); Bin Dong (La Jolla, California); Yu Mao (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stanley J. Osher (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aichi Chien (Los Angeles, California); Bin Dong (La Jolla, California); Yu Mao (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stanley J. Osher (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for volumetric image analysis and processing is described. Using the method and apparatus, it is possible to obtain geometrical information from multi-dimensional (3D or more) images. As long as an object can be reconstructed as a 3D object, regardless of the source of the images, the method and apparatus can be used to segment the target (in 3D) from the rest of the structure and to obtain the target's geometric information, such as volume and curvature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854860 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472688 | Samsonov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexey A. Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Huimin Wu (Madison, Wisconsin); Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexey A. Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Huimin Wu (Madison, Wisconsin); Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An image reconstruction method applicable to a number of different imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), x-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is disclosed. A sparsifying image is reconstructed from a series of acquired undersampled data to provide a priori knowledge of a subject being imaged. An iterative reconstruction process is further employed to iteratively determine a correction image for a given image frame that, when subtracted from the sparsifying image, produces a quality image for the image frame. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/104924 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473028 | Mitsouras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dimitrios Mitsouras (Brookline, Massachusetts); Frank J. Rybicki (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Robert V. Mulkern (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimitrios Mitsouras (Brookline, Massachusetts); Frank J. Rybicki (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Robert V. Mulkern (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for producing density-compensated MR images having improved signal-to-noise ratio and with reduced computational burden. The method includes sampling MR data using a rotationally symmetric acquisition trajectory, generating a cross-correlation matrix, and applying a discreet Fourier transform (DFT) to the acquired MR data and the cross correlation matrix. The method further includes employing the transformed MR data and transformed cross-correlation matrix in a linear system to produce a set of density-compensated transformed MR data, which may transformed into density compensated MR data by application of an inverse DFT. The density compensated MR data may be reconstructed by a variety of techniques to produce density compensated images. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743030 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473035 | Frangioni |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and diagnostic or functional images. The system may be portable, and may include adapters for connecting various light sources and cameras in open surgical environments or laparascopic or endoscopic environments. A user interface provides control over the functionality of the integrated imaging system. In one embodiment, the system provides a tool for surgical pathology. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/572169 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473036 | Gorman, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Mahsa Ranji (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Mahsa Ranji (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are devices for assessing mitochondrial function in a living subject comprising a catheter comprising a sheath defining a lumen, a distal end, and a proximal end comprising a light guide for radiating light onto a target within the subject and for receiving a fluorescence signal from the target; a light source, wherein the catheter is adapted for transmitting light from the light source to the light guide; and, a detector for receiving the fluorescence signal from the light guide and for correlating the fluorescence signal to the mitochondrial function of the target. Also disclosed are methods for assessing mitochondrial function in a living subject comprising placing a catheter proximate to a site of interest within the subject; using the catheter to acquire fluorescence signals from cells at the site of interest; and, correlating the fluorescence signals to the mitochondrial function of the cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/935755 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473043 | Modarres |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mo Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neuro Wave Systems Inc. (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mo Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new neuro-behavioral test with analysis algorithms has been developed for use in screening individuals for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and for the quantitative evaluation of ADHD medication/therapy in diagnosed patients. This technique combines a 15 minute auditory-based test of attention with simultaneous EEG monitoring by a wireless, portable data acquisition device. This system acquires both behavioral response (i.e., reaction times to target stimuli, as well as errors of omission/commission) and EEG waveforms. All of the data is simultaneously processed by the algorithms to produce several representative indices. These indices are then combined to produce an overall neuro-behavioral index that represents the degree by which both “behavioral” and “EEG” attention is maintained throughout the test. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454485 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473046 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi-Qiao Song (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Eric E Sigmund (New York, New York); HyungJoon Cho (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Qiao Song (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Eric E Sigmund (New York, New York); HyungJoon Cho (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of in vitro or in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance and/or magnetic resonance imaging, to determine bone properties by measuring the effects of molecular diffusion inside the bone specimen to derive parameters that are related to the structure of the trabecular bones. The method is a non-invasive probe that provides topological information on trabecular bone without requiring a full high-resolution image of its structure, and is compatible with clinical use. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985793 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473048 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an improved hermetic package for implantation in the human body. The implantable device of the present invention includes an eclectically non-conductive bass including electrically conductive vias through the substrate. A circuit is flip-chip bonded to a subset of the vias. A second circuit is wire bonded to another subset of the vias. Finally, a cover is bonded to the substrate such that the cover, substrate and vias form a hermetic package. |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/385314 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473215 | Walther et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guenther Walther (Mountain View, California); Ilana Belitskaya-Levy (New York, New York); Jinhui Pan (Mountain View, California); Leonore A. Herzenberg (Stanford, California); Wayne Moore (San Francisco, California); David Parks (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guenther Walther (Mountain View, California); Ilana Belitskaya-Levy (New York, New York); Jinhui Pan (Mountain View, California); Leonore A. Herzenberg (Stanford, California); Wayne Moore (San Francisco, California); David Parks (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and/or system for analyzing data using population clustering through density based merging. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/832992 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473536 | Balchandani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Priti Balchandani (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Daniel M. Spielman (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Priti Balchandani (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Daniel M. Spielman (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing an adiabatic RF pulse that is an inversion or refocusing pulse for a RF pulse sequence is provided. A linear phase frequency profile (Flp(ω)) is determined for the adiabatic RF pulse. A quadratic phase is applied to the linear phase frequency profile for the adiabatic RF pulse to obtain F(ω), wherein the applying the quadratic phase comprises setting F(ω)=Flp(ω)eikω |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/489285 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); James W. Norris (Lebanon, Connecticut); Craig A. Nordeen (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); James W. Norris (Lebanon, Connecticut); Craig A. Nordeen (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fan-turbine rotor assembly includes a diffuser section (114) which turns and diffuses the airflow from a radial core airflow passage (80) toward an axial airflow direction. Diffuser flow passages communicate with the diffuser passages (144) at a location which reduces separation of the airflow as the airflow is turned from the radial core airflow passage (80) toward an axial airflow direction through airflow aspiration at the potentially turbulent locations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/718525 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/226.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08468927 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Vincent Malone (Waltham, Massachusetts); Nicole Jean Baird (Lincoln, Rhode Island); Scott Robert Albin (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Robert G. Holmes, Jr. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QinetiQ North America, Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Vincent Malone (Waltham, Massachusetts); Nicole Jean Baird (Lincoln, Rhode Island); Scott Robert Albin (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Robert G. Holmes, Jr. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An ordinance, such as a rocket propelled grenade, shield includes a net with hard points at select nodes of the net and cable guides on the side of the net. Cables under tension extend through the cable guides supporting the net typically in conjunction with a top cross bar, spaced top struts, and spaced bottom struts. This framis design facilitates entering and exiting the vehicle or structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200296 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469006 | Cooke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector comprising an injector body, a capnut, and a pressure sensor exposed to pressure changes in a combustion chamber in use, wherein the pressure sensor is accommodated within the capnut. Optionally, the fuel injector further comprises a signal cable external to the injector body to connect with the pressure sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/227278 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469314 | Ganguli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gurudas Ganguli (Arlington, Virginia); Scott S Chappie (Arlington, Virginia); Leonid I Roudakov (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher E Crabtree (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurudas Ganguli (Arlington, Virginia); Scott S Chappie (Arlington, Virginia); Leonid I Roudakov (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher E Crabtree (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for inducing rapid reentry of orbital debris including determining a spatial extent of the orbital debris, and deploying dust to the orbital debris to enhance the drag on the orbital debris. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017813 |
| 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 244/158.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470051 | Moyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Moyer (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric L. Faulring (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Julio J. Santos-Munne (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HDT Robotics, Inc. (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Moyer (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric L. Faulring (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Julio J. Santos-Munne (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical finger comprises a plurality of phalanges coupled to a single actuator using a kinematic linkage and a differential linkage arranged in parallel. The mechanical finger is capable of exhibiting consistent predictable motion when moving in free space or when contacting an object at the fingertip, and of curling in order to conform to an object when the contact is at other locations on the finger. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965362 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470092 | Klostermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulrich Karl Klostermann (Fontainebleau, France); Wolfgang Raberg (Fontainebleau, France); Philip Trouilloud (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrich Karl Klostermann (Fontainebleau, France); Wolfgang Raberg (Fontainebleau, France); Philip Trouilloud (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (and structure) of thermally treating a magnetic layer of a wafer, includes annealing, for a predetermined short duration, a magnetic layer of a single wafer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193790 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470285 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Christopher K. Huynh (Rosemead, California); Ayax D. Rammirez (Chula Vista, California); Debjyoti Banerjee (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Christopher K. Huynh (Rosemead, California); Ayax D. Rammirez (Chula Vista, California); Debjyoti Banerjee (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of liquid phase synthesis of carbon nanotubes in air comprising the steps of making a first liquid phase metal salt catalyst solution of a first predetermined volume; making a carbon source liquid phase solution of a second predetermined volume; ultrasonicating the first metal salt catalyst and the carbon source solutions to de-agglomerate and uniformly disperse their powder form into the solutions; depositing predetermined volumes of droplets of the first metal salt catalyst and the carbon source solutions onto a substrate; drying the first metal salt catalyst and the carbon source solutions on the substrate in an air environment for a predetermined time to form a carbon and catalyst composite; and heating the carbon and catalyst mixture in the air environment for a predetermined temperature and time to form one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439055 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470525 | Erbeldinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David B. Silcott (Reisterstown, Maryland); Jason Aaron Berberich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Keith E. LeJeune (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agentase, LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David B. Silcott (Reisterstown, Maryland); Jason Aaron Berberich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Keith E. LeJeune (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device are disclosed for continuously detecting, classifying and identifying toxic particles, aerosols and/or vapor in an air sample, in near real time by directing an air sample containing an optional target analyte, in the form of particles, aerosols and/or vapors, enzyme(s), and enzyme substrate(s), to a surface of a collection matrix for forming a biocatalytic reaction product of a plurality of freely mobile optical reporters, and by using a light source with optical reader to interpret the signal from the optical reporter, enabling the detection, classification and identification of toxic particles, aerosols and/or vapor in the air sample. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225030 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470560 | Bergmann-Leitner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner (Kensington, Maryland); Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland); George C. Tsokos (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner (Kensington, Maryland); Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland); George C. Tsokos (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is an DNA vaccine and method of use thereof for modulating the immune response against the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of malaria parasites, using the CR2 binding motifs of C3d, especially p28. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/680758 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470652 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David F. Brown (Woodland Hills, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Brown (Woodland Hills, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithically integrated device includes a substrate, a first set of Group III nitride epitaxial layers grown for a first HFET on a first region of the substrate, and a second set of Group III nitride epitaxial layers for a second HFET grown on a second region of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105706 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470780 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (La Jolla, California); Tero Järvinen (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (La Jolla, California); Tero Järvinen (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting regenerating tissue, wounds, and tumors. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to regenerating tissue, wound sites, and tumors in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to regenerating tissue, wound sites, and tumors in animals. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450972 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470921 | Ramotowski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas S. Ramotowski (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Ramotowski (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is an acoustic device protected by an acoustically transparent low water permeability encapsulant made from an acoustically clear polymer such as polyurethane. High aspect ratio clay nanoparticles are positioned in the substrate in overlapping layers with layers of the substrate interposed. The invention also provides a method for forming an acoustically transparent low permeability encapsulant about an acoustic device. The method includes treating high aspect ration clay nanoparticles to make them organophilic. The treated nanoparticles are then mixed in a polymer resin in such a way as to form an intercalated mixture. A curing agent is added to the mixture, and the mixture is allowed to set. When set the resulting intercalated mixture produces an acoustically clear, low permeability polymer coating. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758979 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471035 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); Ramamurthi Kannan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Dalton (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); Ramamurthi Kannan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Dalton (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Two-photon absorbing arylamine-endcapped and dialkylfluorene-bridged benzobisthiazole-based compounds are provided. These two-photon absorbing benzobisthiazole-based compounds show high solubility in nonpolar hydrocarbon solvents (oleophilicity) and high two-photon properties, especially in the nanosecond domain of pulse-laser excitation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475159 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471171 | Price et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert O. Price (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert Chiavarini (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Juergen F. Kolb (Norfolk, Virginia); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Price (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert Chiavarini (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Juergen F. Kolb (Norfolk, Virginia); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microhollow cathode discharge assembly capable of generating a low temperature, atmospheric pressure plasma micro jet is disclosed. The microhollow assembly has at two electrodes: an anode and a cathode separated by a dielectric. A microhollow gas passage is disposed through the three layers, preferably in a taper such that the area at the anode is larger than the area at the cathode. When a potential is placed across the electrodes and a gas is directed through the gas passage into the anode and out the cathode, along the tapered direction, then a low temperature micro plasma jet can be created at atmospheric pressure. Selection of gas microhollow geometry and operational characteristics enable the application of the assembly to low temperature treatments, including the treatment of living tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228240 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471253 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are thin film transistor devices incorporating a crosslinked inorganic-organic hybrid blend material as the gate dielectric. The blend material, obtained by thermally curing a mixture of an inorganic oxide precursor sol and an organosilane crosslinker at relatively low temperatures, can afford a high gate capacitance, a low leakage current density, and a smooth surface, and can be used to enable satisfactory transistor device performance at low operating voltages. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111545 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471294 | Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Garcia (Durham, North Carolina); Scott D. Wolter (Durham, North Carolina); April S. Brown (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph Bonaventura (Durham, North Carolina); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Garcia (Durham, North Carolina); Scott D. Wolter (Durham, North Carolina); April S. Brown (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph Bonaventura (Durham, North Carolina); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | GaN-based heterojunction field effect transistor (HFET) sensors are provided with engineered, functional surfaces that act as pseudo-gates, modifying the drain current upon analyte capture. In some embodiments, devices for sensing nitric oxide (NO) species in a NO-containing fluid are provided which comprise a semiconductor structure that includes a pair of separated GaN layers and an AlGaN layer interposed between and in contact with the GaN layers. Source and drain contact regions are formed on one of the GaN layers, and an exposed GaN gate region is formed between the source and drain contact regions for contact with the NO-containing fluid. The semiconductor structure most preferably is formed on a suitable substrate (e.g., SiC). An insulating layer may be provided so as to cover the semiconductor structure. The insulating layer will have a window formed therein so as to maintain exposure of the GaN gate region and thereby allow the gate region to contact the NO-containing fluid. Electrical contact pads are preferably provided in some embodiments so as to be in electrical contact with the source and drain contact regions, respectively. Electrical leads may thus be connected to the contact pads. According to other embodiments, the NO detection device will include a metalloporphyrin adsorbed on the GaN gate region. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/948946 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471298 | Lieber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas Rueckes (Rockport, Massachusetts); Ernesto Joselevich (Jerusalem, Israel); Kevin Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas Rueckes (Rockport, Massachusetts); Ernesto Joselevich (Jerusalem, Israel); Kevin Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surfaces for direction, via chemical vapor deposition. Chemical vapor deposition also can be used to form nanotubes in arrays in the presence of directing electric fields, optionally in combination with self-assembled monolayer patterns. Bistable devices are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/444334 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471304 | Fedder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Nathan Lazarus (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Nathan Lazarus (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabrication of capacitive environment sensors is provided in which the sensor elements are integrated in a CMOS structure with electronics through the use of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication methods. Also provided are environment sensors fabricated, for example, by the method, and a measurement system using the environment sensors fabricated by the method. The described method includes etching away one of the metal layers in a CMOS chip to create a cavity. This cavity is then filled with an environment-sensitive dielectric material to form a sensing capacitor between plates formed by the metal adhesion layers or an array of contacts from other metal layers of the CMOS structure. This approach provides improved sensing capabilities in a system that is easily manufactured. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152450 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471471 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Kuo-Feng Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Kuo-Feng Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention is a microcavity plasma device that can be controlled by a low voltage electron emitter. The microcavity plasma device includes driving electrodes disposed proximate to a microcavity and arranged to contribute to generation of plasma in the microcavity upon application of a driving voltage. An electron emitter is arranged to emit electrons into the microcavity upon application of a control voltage. The electron emitter is an electron source having an insulator layer defining a tunneling region. The microplasma itself can serve as a second electrode necessary to energize the electron emitter. While a voltage comparable to previous microcavity plasma devices is still imposed across the microcavity plasma devices, control of the devices can be accomplished at high speeds and with a small voltage, e.g., about 5V to 30V in preferred embodiments. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682974 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471761 | Hogg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Douglas Hogg (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Akela, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Douglas Hogg (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes a radar system that in certain embodiments can, among other features, take into account the phase noise and/or drift of a transmit signal when generating a nulling signal. A receiver of the radar system can produce an IF signal by mixing a received signal with a local oscillator. The receiver can also mix the local oscillator with a transmit signal provided directly by the transmitter to the receiver to produce a control signal. Using the control signal to generate a nulling signal, the receiver can maintain or substantially maintain phase coherence between the nulling signal and the transmit signal. As a result, in certain embodiments, more precise nulling can occur, resulting in greater receiver sensitivity. Improved receiver sensitivity can provide a greater maximum detectable range and/or improved target detection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/033515 |
| 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 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471905 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diana J Kennedy (Tucson, Arizona); Toby E. Reed (Columbia, Maryland); David L. Johansen (Sahuarita, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diana J Kennedy (Tucson, Arizona); Toby E. Reed (Columbia, Maryland); David L. Johansen (Sahuarita, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for imaging according to various aspects of the present invention may generate an enhanced image of a target in an environment using image data from a sensor. The methods and apparatus may scale the image data to a higher resolution and register the image represented by the image data with other images of the same target. The enhanced image of the target is generated according to the registered images. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421153 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471906 | Belenkii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikhail Belenkii (San Diego, California); Donald Bruns (San Diego, California); Timothy Brinkley (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trex Enterprises Corp (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Belenkii (San Diego, California); Donald Bruns (San Diego, California); Timothy Brinkley (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A celestial direction finding system. The system includes an inclinometer, at least one camera for imaging both the daytime sky and the nighttime sky and a computer programmed with a sun, moon and star catalog and algorithms for automatically determining directions based on positions of celestial bodies imaged by at least one camera and incline positions measured by the inclinometer. In a preferred embodiment all of the above features are combined in a single battery operated miniature celestial direction finding module. Geographical positions of nearby objects can be determined with the addition of a rangefinder and knowledge of the geographical position of the camera. The geographical position of the system in preferred embodiments can be determined with the addition of a GPS unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/583776 |
| ART UNIT | 2443 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472262 | Perner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Perner (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Perner (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sense amplifier for reading the data stored in a crossbar array includes a storage transistor to store a first voltage resulting from an electric current from a column line connected to a target memory element while the target memory element is half-selected, the first voltage resulting from bias voltages applied to row lines not connected to the target memory element; a mirror transistor to store a second voltage resulting from an electric current from the column line while the target memory element is fully selected; a cross-coupled inverter circuit having a first branch connected to the storage transistor and a second branch connected to the mirror transistor; and an output node to output a signal from the first branch of the cross-coupled inverter circuit, the signal based on a comparison between the first voltage stored in the storage transistor and the second voltage across the mirror transistor. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/813003 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/189.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472313 | Karol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Karol (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Karol (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical bypass circuits are selected and created with a desired amount of traffic on each circuit to offload from the IP routers, the maximum possible amount of traffic. In a first phase, each node in a network independently determines the maximum number of optical bypass circuits, configured to their maximum capacity, to as many destinations, that could possibly originate at that node. The determination is made by aggregating traffic from a given traffic matrix. The optical bypass circuit transports traffic that originates at the node plus transient traffic that the node receives from other nodes. In the second phase, the node will eliminate an optical bypass circuit found in the first phase if any of its parent nodes created a necessarily longer optical bypass circuit to the same destination. In addition, if a descendent node has more aggregate traffic to fill more bypass circuits than the parent node, then the extra optical bypass circuits from the descendent node are also created. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/787600 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472486 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leanne J. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gerald T. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob R. Grosek (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leanne J. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gerald T. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob R. Grosek (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating high-power laser output in the 1100 to 1500 um spectral region having a controllable linewidth. A Raman amplifier comprised of one or more nested pairs of fiber Bragg grating cavities tuned to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st order Stokes wavelengths is seeded with both the desired Nth order Stokes output wavelength and the corresponding zeroth-order Stokes pump wavelength. As the pump wavelength propagates through the apparatus, it is sequentially converted to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st order Stokes wavelengths in the nested fiber Bragg grating cavities. The desired Nth order Stokes output wavelength is then amplified by the N−1st Stokes order as it propagates through the nested fiber Bragg grating cavities. The linewidths of various Stokes orders can be controlled through adjusting resonant bandwidths of the fiber Bragg grating cavities by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of cavity gratings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211385 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472564 | Su |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An automatic zero-crossing signal demodulation and classification device for rapidly identifying unknown modulation in a signal identifies unknown modulation in a signal, demodulates differential phase shift keying signals and automatically recognizes certain phase shift keying signals. This is accomplished by eliminating unknown term fc in differential phase estimation, introducing a symbol rate tracking mechanism, applying hysteresis nonlinearity to eliminate phase shaping effect and using weighted average to estimate phase difference. Better estimates are accomplished by using hysteretic nonlinear function to detect zero-crossing points in eliminating false detecting of zero-crossing points caused by additive noise, and calculating differential phase without directly using center frequency to simplify estimation process. Present invention also encompasses automated zero-crossing signal surveillance demodulation and classification device for rapidly identifying unknown modulation in a signal and method for automatic zero-crossing demodulation and classification of unknown modulation signal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437336 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472699 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Y. Ng (Stanford, California); Ashutosh Saxena (Redwood City, California); Sung Hwan Chung (San Jose, California); Min Sun (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Y. Ng (Stanford, California); Ashutosh Saxena (Redwood City, California); Sung Hwan Chung (San Jose, California); Min Sun (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Three-dimensional image data is generated. According to an example embodiment, three-dimensional depth information is estimated from a still image. A set of monocular images and their corresponding ground-truth depth maps are used to determine a relationship between monocular image features and the depth of image points. For different points in a particular image, the determined relationship is used together with local and global image features including monocular cues to determine relative depths of the points. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/944017 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472706 | Schneiderman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Schneiderman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Schneiderman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image. The overall classifier is constructed of a sequence of classifiers, where each such classifier is based on a ratio of two graphical probability models. A discreet-valued variable representation at each node in a Bayesian network by a two-stage process of tree-structured vector quantization is discussed. The overall classifier may be part of an object detector program that is trained to automatically detect different types of 3D objects. Computationally efficient statistical methods to evaluate overall classifiers are disclosed. The Bayesian network-based classifier may also be used to determine if two observations belong to the same category. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300884 |
| 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 08472722 | Nayar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York); Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York); Dimitri Bitouk (Daly City, California); Neeraj Kumar (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York); Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York); Dimitri Bitouk (Daly City, California); Neeraj Kumar (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and media for swapping faces in images are provided. In some embodiments, a detected face and face data corresponding to an input image is received. A pose bin associated with the detected face is then identified based on the face data. Next, the detected face is aligned to a generic face associated with the pose bin. At least a portion of a candidate face associated with the pose bin is selected. The at least a portion of the candidate face is then copied to a copy of the input image that is aligned with the generic image to form a swapped-face image. The swapped-face image is next aligned to the input image to form an output image, and then the output image is outputted to a display. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843455 |
| 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 08472758 | Bulovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Michael Scott Bradley (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Oertel (Hamilton, Ohio); Jennifer Yu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Michael Scott Bradley (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Oertel (Hamilton, Ohio); Jennifer Yu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical structure can include a nanocrystal on a surface of an optical waveguide in a manner to couple the nanocrystal to the optical field of light propagating through the optical waveguide to generate an emission from the nanocrystal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301735 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472763 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anping Liu (Corning, New York); Eric C. Honea (Seattle, Washington); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Roy D. Mead (Edmonds, Washington); Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington); Andrew J. W. Brown (Bellingham, Washington); Charles E. Hamilton (Kenmore, Washington); Thomas H. Loftus (Seattle, Washington); Fabio Di Teodoro (Lawndale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anping Liu (Corning, New York); Eric C. Honea (Seattle, Washington); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Roy D. Mead (Edmonds, Washington); Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington); Andrew J. W. Brown (Bellingham, Washington); Charles E. Hamilton (Kenmore, Washington); Thomas H. Loftus (Seattle, Washington); Fabio Di Teodoro (Lawndale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). By using multiple small waveguides in parallel, large amounts of energy can be passed through a laser, but with better control such that the aforementioned problems can be reduced. An additional advantage is that the polarization of the light can be maintained better than by using a single fiber core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/043342 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472766 | Spector et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Jay Spector (Lexington, Massachusetts); Reuel Bennett Swint (Billerica, Massachusetts); Milos Popovic (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Jay Spector (Lexington, Massachusetts); Reuel Bennett Swint (Billerica, Massachusetts); Milos Popovic (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid state waveguide coupler is provided including a first coupler end disposed on a solid state material substrate for connection to a first solid state waveguide located on the substrate and a second coupler end disposed on the substrate for connection to a second waveguide located on the substrate. A coupling span, comprising a waveguide material layer on the substrate, is disposed between the first and second coupler ends and tapers between a height of the first waveguide and a height of the second waveguide, tapers between a width of the first waveguide and a width of the second waveguide, and includes curved sidewalls along at least a portion of the tapered coupling span. In a method for fabricating the waveguide coupler, material is isotropically removed from a waveguide material layer on the substrate to produce tapered surfaces between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/855032 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472771 | Karalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a structure for supporting propagation of surface plasmon polaritons. The structure includes a plasmonic material region and a dielectric material region, disposed adjacent to a selected surface of the plasmonic material region. At least one of the plasmonic material region and the dielectric material region have a dielectric permittivity distribution that is specified as a function of depth through the corresponding material region. This dielectric permittivity distribution is selected to impose prespecified group velocities, vgj, on a dispersion relation for a surface polaritonic mode of the structure for at least one of a corresponding set of prespecified frequencies, ωj, and corresponding set of prespecified wavevectors, where j=1 to N. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421207 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472887 | Penn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Edward Penn (Eldersburg, Maryland); Gregory Allen Mitchell (Olney, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Edward Penn (Eldersburg, Maryland); Gregory Allen Mitchell (Olney, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency integrated circuit (and method of making) for enhancing wireless communication and/or sensing systems comprising a base comprising a gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate; a binary phase shift keying modulator fabricated on the base; a power amplifier fabricated on the base and operatively associated with the binary phase shift keying modulator; the power amplifier having a first shunt operatively associated therewith; a transmit/receive switch fabricated on the base, the transmit/receive switch being operatively associated with the power amplifier and being alternately connectable to an antenna port adapted to be connected to an antenna; a low noise amplifier fabricated on the base; the low noise amplifier being alternately connectable to the antenna port, the low noise amplifier having a second shunt operatively associated therewith; the circuit operating in a transmit stage in which the power amplifier is connected to the antenna port and in a receive stage in which the low noise amplifier is connected to the antenna port; whereby in the receive stage the power amplifier is bypassed by the first shunt to reduce current consumption and substantially isolate the receive stage from the transmit stage; and in the transmit stage the low noise amplifier is bypassed by the second shunt to reduce current consumption and to substantially isolate the transmit stage from the receive stage. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/878208 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473093 | Gershenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Nadya Peek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kenneth Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts); David Watson (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Nadya Peek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kenneth Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts); David Watson (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, a network of nodes controls and senses the cure of a thermosetting plastic in a component that is made of fiber composite material. The network comprises multiple nodes, which are separated spatially from each other. Each of the nodes, respectively, comprises a heat transfer device for actively transferring thermal energy, a temperature sensor for taking local temperature measurements, and a processor. In each of the nodes, respectively: (a) the processor locally performs closed loop control over the temperature of the heat transfer device, and (b) the closed loop control is based at least in part on the local temperature measurements and on estimated or measured input current to the heat transfer device. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/365199 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473123 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy Sun (Somerville, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy Sun (Somerville, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary embodiments of this invention, a programmable surface comprises an array of cells. Each of the cells can communicate electronically with adjacent cells in the array, can compute, and can generate either normal thrust or shear thrust. Distributed computing is employed. The programmable surface may cover all or part of the exterior of a craft, such as an aircraft or marine vessel. Or, instead, the programmable surface may comprise the craft itself, which may, for example, take the form of a “flying carpet” or “flying sphere”. The thrust generated by the programmable surface can be employed directly to provide lift. Or it can be used to control the orientation of the craft, by varying the relative amount of thrust outputted by the respective cells. The number of cells employed may be changed on a mission-by-mission basis, to achieve “span on demand”. Each cell may carry its own payload. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031062 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473263 | Tolone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Tolone (Concord, North Carolina); Elwood Wray Johnson (Concord, North Carolina); Kyle Joseph Thieman (Matthews, North Carolina); David Wilson (Charlotte, North Carolina); Marc Thomas Calello (Charlotte, North Carolina); Wei-ning Xiang (Charlotte, North Carolina); Andrew Marcellus Stogner (Charlotte, North Carolina); Seok-Won Lee (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael Russel (Cornelius, North Carolina) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Tolone (Concord, North Carolina); Elwood Wray Johnson (Concord, North Carolina); Kyle Joseph Thieman (Matthews, North Carolina); David Wilson (Charlotte, North Carolina); Marc Thomas Calello (Charlotte, North Carolina); Wei-ning Xiang (Charlotte, North Carolina); Andrew Marcellus Stogner (Charlotte, North Carolina); Seok-Won Lee (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael Russel (Cornelius, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models includes a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure; a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure; a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model; a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine; wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure; wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network; and wherein the second infrastructure data model comprises a channel network. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351808 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473389 | Wade |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura Kimberly Wade (Seabeck, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Kimberly Wade (Seabeck, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Allowability, allocability and adjustment of contract prices are determined using a computer system, based on SERVICE CONTRACT ACT wage determination rules. Upon receiving a request for a contract price adjustment from a contractor, the contractor is required to submit the proposed price adjustment in an electronic spreadsheet format. Information from the spreadsheet is stored and made available electronically to the program. If the proposed price adjustment contains DAVIS BACON ACT hours, then the DBA hours are filtered using a governing wage determination raw data field for separate calculations using applicable rules and regulations. Payroll taxes and appropriate adjustment entitlement values are automatically calculated and the program determines, appropriate price adjustments. Pivot tables are used to summarize and visualize the adjustments and helpful tips are provided on worksheets for ease of understanding and confirming allowability, allocability and accuracy of the request for price adjustment. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352054 |
| ART UNIT | 3695 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473439 | Arthur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Gregory S. Corrado (San Francisco, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Gregory S. Corrado (San Francisco, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrate and fire electronic neuron is disclosed. Upon receiving an external spike signal, a digital membrane potential of the electronic neuron is updated based on the external spike signal. The electric potential of the membrane is decayed based on a leak rate. Upon the electric potential of the membrane exceeding a threshold, a spike signal is generated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963558 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473446 | Browne |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Wellesley Browne (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Wellesley Browne (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A decision stream in a hypothesis testing problem may be obtained by comparing a received data stream to a threshold. The threshold may be generated from a noise subset of the data stream based on certain characteristics of observed data. The probability distribution of the noise subset along with characteristics of the data stream may be used in determining the threshold. The determination of the threshold may be adaptive to maintain a user prescribed probability of error. A decision state machine may be used to control the manner in which noise characteristics are used to guide the hypothesis testing, increase the detection rate, and reduce the probability of error. The decision state machine evaluates the decision stream to determine falsely classified data samples and reclassify such items appropriately. The decision state machine may filter the decision stream to ensure that a lower decision error rate is achieved. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916255 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473602 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Laura Wynter (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Laura Wynter (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to determine an allocation of network resources in a distributed on-demand information technology (IT) systems using existing control mechanisms for other operating system resources in order to achieve a desired operating point within the IT system. This desired operating point is obtained by optimizing a goal-based objective function while taking into account system constraints. The relationship between utilization of all system resources, i.e. network resources and processing resources, and attainment of performance objectives is autonomously obtained for a plurality of actions that could be required by a range of system applications. This relationship is used to allocate network resources to applications while maintaining desired performance objectives. The allocation is enforced using existing control mechanisms. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150351 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473659 | Koka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas); Michael Oliver McCracken (Austin, Texas); Herbert Dewitt Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas); Michael Oliver McCracken (Austin, Texas); Herbert Dewitt Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for arbitration including selecting, for an arbitration interval corresponding to a timeslot, a sending node from a plurality of sending nodes in an arbitration domain, where the plurality of sending nodes include a plurality of source counters; broadcasting, by the sending node and in response to selecting the sending node, a transmitter arbitration request for the timeslot during the arbitration interval; receiving, by the plurality of sending nodes, the transmitter arbitration request; incrementing the plurality of source counters in response to receiving the transmitter arbitration request; and sending, during the timeslot, a data item from the sending node to a receiving node via an optical data channel. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688749 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473754 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark T. Jones (Blacksburg, Virginia); Peter M. Athanas (Newport, Virginia); Cameron D. Patterson (Blacksburg, Virginia); Joshua N. Edmison (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anthony Mahar (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Benjamin J. Muzal (Fairfax, Virginia); Barry L. Polakowski (Roanoke, Virginia); Jonathan P. Graf (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia); Macaulay-Brown, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Jones (Blacksburg, Virginia); Peter M. Athanas (Newport, Virginia); Cameron D. Patterson (Blacksburg, Virginia); Joshua N. Edmison (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anthony Mahar (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Benjamin J. Muzal (Fairfax, Virginia); Barry L. Polakowski (Roanoke, Virginia); Jonathan P. Graf (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A hardware-facilitated secure software execution environment provides protection of both program instructions and data against unauthorized access and/or execution to maintain confidentiality and integrity of the software or the data during distribution, in external memories, and during execution. The secure computing environment is achieved by using a hardware-based security method and apparatus to provide protection against software privacy and tampering. A Harvard architecture CPU core is instantiated on the same silicon chip along with encryption management unit (EMU) circuitry and secure key management unit (SKU) circuitry. Credential information acquired from one or more sources is combined by the SKU circuitry to generate one or more security keys provided to the EMU for use in decrypting encrypted program instructions and/or data that is obtained from a non-secure, off-chip source such as an external RAM, an information storage device or other network source. In a non-limiting illustrative example implementation, the EMU decrypts a single memory page of encrypted instructions or data per a corresponding encryption key provided by the SKU. Although instantiated on the same chip, the CPU core does not have direct access to the SKU circuitry or to encryption key information generated by the SKU. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/707951 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473826 | Caldwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Caldwell (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Caldwell (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments in accordance with the invention utilize Reed Solomon (RS) forward error correction (FEC) coding in conjunction with M-ary Bandwidth Efficient Modulation (BEM) schemes and soft decision decoding to improve the robustness of high spectral efficiency communications links. In one embodiment, information symbols in communication data blocks are encoded utilizing Reed Solomon (RS) forward error correction (FEC) coding and transmitted with either M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) or M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM). Using standard Reed Solomon (RS) hard decision decoding, a receiver either correctly decodes the received block or returns a decoding failure. In the event of a decoding failure, soft decision reliability information is used to identify received code symbols with a low probability of being correctly received and to generate new code symbol estimates that are used in the traditional Reed Solomon decoding algorithm. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/852136 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/784 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473866 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Cohen (Bainbridge Island, Washington); Scott Lind (Woodinville, Washington); David McGee (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cohen (Bainbridge Island, Washington); Scott Lind (Woodinville, Washington); David McGee (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A decision assistance device provides a user the ability to access and obtain actionable intelligence or other information to make tactical and strategic decisions. The decision assistance device allows the user to obtain information for future, near-future, and/or real time scenarios. The device advantageously provides the information to the user in a manner that minimizes an amount of attention and interaction required by the user while still permitting the user to rapidly manipulate the device while moving down a desired decision path. The decision assistance device may take a physical or virtual form. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872533 |
| ART UNIT | 2172 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/819 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473998 | Lucani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Lucani (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Minji Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fang Zhao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Xiaomeng Shi (Roxbury, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marie-Jose Montpetit (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Lucani (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Minji Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fang Zhao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Xiaomeng Shi (Roxbury, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marie-Jose Montpetit (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and computer program product for utilizing network coding for multi-resolution multicast is presented. A network source partitions source content into a base layer and one or more refinement layers. The network source receives a respective one or more push-back messages from one or more network destination receivers, the push-back messages identifying the one or more refinement layers suited for each one of the one or more network destination receivers. The network source computes a network code involving the base layer and the one or more refinement layers for at least one of the one or more network destination receivers, and transmits the network code to the one or more network destination receivers in accordance with the push-back messages. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/846292 |
| ART UNIT | 2424 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Interactive video distribution systems 725/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08468838 | Backhaus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Backhaus (Espanola, New Mexico); Greg Swift (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Backhaus (Espanola, New Mexico); Greg Swift (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a thermoacoustic assembly and method for improved efficiency. The assembly has a first stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator and at least one additional heat exchanger. The first stage Stirling thermal unit is serially coupled to a first end of a quarter wavelength long coupling tube. A second stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator, and at least one additional heat exchanger, is serially coupled to a second end of the quarter wavelength long coupling tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415880 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469583 | VanOsdol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. VanOsdol (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. VanOsdol (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a pulse jet mixing vessel for mixing a plurality of solid particles. The pulse jet mixing vessel is comprised of a sludge basin, a flow surface surrounding the sludge basin, and a downcoming flow annulus between the flow surface and an inner shroud. The pulse jet mixing vessel is additionally comprised of an upper vessel pressurization volume in fluid communication with the downcoming flow annulus, and an inner shroud surge volume separated from the downcoming flow annulus by the inner shroud. When the solid particles are resting on the sludge basin and a fluid such as water is atop the particles and extending into the downcoming flow annulus and the inner shroud surge volume, mixing occurs by pressurization of the upper vessel pressurization volume, generating an inward radial flow over the flow surface and an upwash jet at the center of the sludge basin. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371806 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469656 | Diakunchak |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ihor S. Diakunchak (Ontario, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ihor S. Diakunchak (Ontario, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil seal system of a turbine engine having a seal base with a plurality of seal strips extending therefrom for sealing gaps between rotational airfoils and adjacent stationary components. The seal strips may overlap each other and may be generally aligned with each other. The seal strips may flex during operation to further reduce the gap between the rotational airfoils and adjacent stationary components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/014298 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08469784 | Hoskinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reed L. Hoskinson (Rigby, Idaho); Kevin L. Kenney (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James R. Lucas (Naperville, Illinois); Marvin A. Prickel (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reed L. Hoskinson (Rigby, Idaho); Kevin L. Kenney (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James R. Lucas (Naperville, Illinois); Marvin A. Prickel (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for controlling a grain combine having a rotor/cylinder, a sieve, a fan, a concave, a feeder, a header, an engine, and a control system. The feeder of the grain combine is engaged and the header is lowered. A separator loss target, engine load target, and a sieve loss target are selected. Grain is harvested with the lowered header passing the grain through the engaged feeder. Separator loss, sieve loss, engine load and ground speed of the grain combine are continuously monitored during the harvesting. If the monitored separator loss exceeds the selected separator loss target, the speed of the rotor/cylinder, the concave setting, the engine load target, or a combination thereof is adjusted. If the monitored sieve loss exceeds the selected sieve loss target, the speed of the fan, the size of the sieve openings, or the engine load target is adjusted. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761453 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Crop threshing or separating 460/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470068 | Iwasaki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iwao Iwasaki (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Andrew J. Lindgren (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iwao Iwasaki (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Andrew J. Lindgren (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for producing metallic nuggets includes providing reducible mixture of reducing material (such as carbonaceous material) and reducible iron bearing material (such as iron oxide) that may be arranged in discrete portions, such as mounds or briquettes, on at least a portion of a hearth material layer (such as carbonaceous material). A coarse overlayer of carbonaceous material may be provided over at least some of the discrete portions. Heating the reducible mixture to 1425° C. or 1400° C. or 1375° C. results in formation of an intermediate product of one or more metallic iron nuggets, which may have a sulfur content of less than 0.03%, and slag, which may have less than 5% mass MgO, which may have a ratio of percent by weight sulfur in the slag over percent by weight sulfur in the metallic nuggets of at least about 12 or at least about 15. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/359729 |
| 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 075/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470073 | Heung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leung K. Heung (Aiken, South Carolina); Henry T. Sessions (Aiken, South Carolina); Xin Xiao (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leung K. Heung (Aiken, South Carolina); Henry T. Sessions (Aiken, South Carolina); Xin Xiao (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes is provided using dual columns, each column having an opposite hydrogen isotopic effect such that when a hydrogen isotope mixture feedstock is cycled between the two respective columns, two different hydrogen isotopes are separated from the feedstock. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882962 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470075 | Farha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omar K. Farha (Morton Grove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omar K. Farha (Morton Grove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are tetratopic carboxylic acid phenyl for use in metal-organic framework compounds. These compounds are useful in catalysis, gas storage, sensing, biological imaging, drug delivery and gas adsorption separation. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608940 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470156 | Zidan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of using an electrochemical cell to generate aluminum hydride (AlH3) is provided. The electrolytic cell uses a polar solvent to solubilize NaAlH4. The resulting electrochemical process results in the formation of AlH3. The AlH3 can be recovered and used as a source of hydrogen for the automotive industry. The resulting spent aluminum can be regenerated into NaAlH4 as part of a closed loop process of AlH3 generation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891125 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470276 | Siriwardane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Robert W. Stevens, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Robert W. Stevens, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for CO2 separation using a regenerable Mg(OH)2 sorbent. The process absorbs CO2 through the formation of MgCO3 and releases water product H2O. The MgCO3 is partially regenerated through direct contact with steam, which acts to heat the magnesium carbonate to a higher temperature, provide heat duty required to decompose the magnesium carbonate to yield MgO and CO2, provide an H2O environment over the magnesium carbonate thereby shifting the equilibrium and increasing the potential for CO2 desorption, and supply H2O for rehydroxylation of a portion of the MgO. The mixture is polished in the absence of CO2 using water product H2O produced during the CO2 absorption to maintain sorbent capture capacity. The sorbent now comprised substantially of Mg(OH)2 is then available for further CO2 absorption duty in a cyclic process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720766 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470537 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shea N. Gardner (San Leandro, California); Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); Allen T. Christian (Tracy, California); Jennifer A. Young (Berkeley, California); David S. Clague (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shea N. Gardner (San Leandro, California); Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); Allen T. Christian (Tracy, California); Jennifer A. Young (Berkeley, California); David S. Clague (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preselecting a multiplicity of DNA sequence segments that will comprise the DNA molecule of user-defined sequence, separating the DNA sequence segments temporally, and combining the multiplicity of DNA sequence segments with at least one polymerase enzyme wherein the multiplicity of DNA sequence segments join to produce the DNA molecule of user-defined sequence. Sequence segments may be of length n, where n is an odd integer. In one embodiment the length of desired hybridizing overlap is specified by the user and the sequences and the protocol for combining them are guided by computational (bioinformatics) predictions. In one embodiment sequence segments are combined from multiple reading frames to span the same region of a sequence, so that multiple desired hybridizations may occur with different overlap lengths. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959789 |
| 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 08470701 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Tae Ho Kim (Masan, South Korea); Won Mook Choi (Hwaseong, South Korea); Dae Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (Romeoville, Illinois); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Semprius, Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Tae Ho Kim (Masan, South Korea); Won Mook Choi (Hwaseong, South Korea); Dae Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Various heat-sinked components and methods of making heat-sinked components are disclosed where diamond in thermal contact with one or more heat-generating components are capable of dissipating heat, thereby providing thermally-regulated components. Thermally conductive diamond is provided in patterns capable of providing efficient and maximum heat transfer away from components that may be susceptible to damage by elevated temperatures. The devices and methods are used to cool flexible electronics, integrated circuits and other complex electronics that tend to generate significant heat. Also provided are methods of making printable diamond patterns that can be used in a range of devices and device components. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418071 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470933 | Thorn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Thorn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Karl K. Jonietz (Santa Fe, New Mexico); James M. Boncella (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Thorn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Karl K. Jonietz (Santa Fe, New Mexico); James M. Boncella (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating is used to detect a fluid leak. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042687 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/333.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470976 | Chook |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuh Min Chook (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuh Min Chook (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions, methods and kits for directing an agent across the nuclear membrane of a cell. The present invention includes a Karyopherin beta2 translocation motif in a polypeptide having a slightly positively charged region or a slightly hydrophobic region and one or more R/K/H-X(2-5)-P-Y motifs. The polypeptide targets the agent into the cell nucleus. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/697656 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/358 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471072 | Suppes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Galen Suppes (Columbia, Missouri); Zuleica Lozada (Columbia, Missouri); Arnold Lubguban (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen Suppes (Columbia, Missouri); Zuleica Lozada (Columbia, Missouri); Arnold Lubguban (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides processes for preparing soy-based oligomeric polyols or substituted oligomeric polyols, as well as urethane bioelasteromers comprising the oligomeric polyols or substituted oligomeric polyols. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/698652 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471100 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | (Max) Zong-Ming Cheng (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xia Ye (Zhengzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | (Max) Zong-Ming Cheng (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xia Ye (Zhengzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject application provides polynucleotides, compositions thereof and methods for regulating gene expression in a plant using a promoter that initiates transcription in an inducible manner. In a further aspect of the invention, methods for modulating expression of a gene product in a stably transformed plant comprising the steps of (a) transforming a plant cell with a DNA construct comprising the disclosed promoter or fragments thereof that are capable of driving the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid sequence operably linked to at least one nucleotide sequence; (b) growing the plant cell under plant growing conditions and (c) regenerating a stably transformed plant from the plant cell wherein the induced expression of the operably linked nucleotide sequence alters the phenotype of the plant. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770943 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472752 | Gourley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul L. Gourley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Paul L. Gourley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Gourley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for distinguishing a normal cell from an abnormal cell, such as, for example a cancer cell or diseased cell, of the same tissue type using mitochondrial correlation microscopy. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/295214 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472771 | Karalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a structure for supporting propagation of surface plasmon polaritons. The structure includes a plasmonic material region and a dielectric material region, disposed adjacent to a selected surface of the plasmonic material region. At least one of the plasmonic material region and the dielectric material region have a dielectric permittivity distribution that is specified as a function of depth through the corresponding material region. This dielectric permittivity distribution is selected to impose prespecified group velocities, vgj, on a dispersion relation for a surface polaritonic mode of the structure for at least one of a corresponding set of prespecified frequencies, ωj, and corresponding set of prespecified wavevectors, where j=1 to N. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421207 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473035 | Frangioni |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical imaging system provides simultaneous rendering of visible light and diagnostic or functional images. The system may be portable, and may include adapters for connecting various light sources and cameras in open surgical environments or laparascopic or endoscopic environments. A user interface provides control over the functionality of the integrated imaging system. In one embodiment, the system provides a tool for surgical pathology. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/572169 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473314 | Patton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert M. Patton (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Barbara G. Beckerman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Patton (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Barbara G. Beckerman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Medical reports are converted to document vectors in computing apparatus and sampled by applying a maximum variation sampling function including a fitness function to the document vectors to reduce a number of medical records being processed and to increase the diversity of the medical records being processed. Linguistic phrases are extracted from the medical records and converted to s-grams. A Haar wavelet function is applied to the s-grams over the preselected time interval; and the coefficient results of the Haar wavelet function are examined for patterns representing the likelihood of health abnormalities. This confirms certain s-grams as precursors of the health abnormality and a parameter can be calculated in relation to the occurrence of such a health abnormality. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/033756 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473608 | Baumann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A Baumann (Riverside, California); Alexandre V Beloussov (San Bernardino, California); Julide Bakir (Alta Loma, California); Deganit Armon (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Howard B Olsen (Irvine, California); Dana Salem (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A Baumann (Riverside, California); Alexandre V Beloussov (San Bernardino, California); Julide Bakir (Alta Loma, California); Deganit Armon (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Howard B Olsen (Irvine, California); Dana Salem (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tiered communications architecture for managing network traffic in a distributed system. Communication between client or control computers and a plurality of hardware devices is administered by agent and monitor devices whose activities are coordinated to reduce the number of open channels or sockets. The communications architecture also improves the transparency and scalability of the distributed system by reducing network mapping dependence. The architecture is desirably implemented in a proton beam therapy system to provide flexible security policies which improve patent safety and facilitate system maintenance and development. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/861508 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473683 | Gara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallel computing system processes at least one store instruction. A first processor core issues a store instruction. A first queue, associated with the first processor core, stores the store instruction. A second queue, associated with a first local cache memory device of the first processor core, stores the store instruction. The first processor core updates first data in the first local cache memory device according to the store instruction. The third queue, associated with at least one shared cache memory device, stores the store instruction. The first processor core invalidates second data, associated with the store instruction, in the at least one shared cache memory. The first processor core invalidates third data, associated with the store instruction, in other local cache memory devices of other processor cores. The first processor core flushing only the first queue. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986349 |
| ART UNIT | 2188 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08468622 | Purwar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anurag Purwar (Stony Brook, New York); Thomas Galeotafiore (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Justin Miles (Queensbury, New York); Jeffrey Renert (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anurag Purwar (Stony Brook, New York); Thomas Galeotafiore (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Justin Miles (Queensbury, New York); Jeffrey Renert (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a portable lifting apparatus that includes an actuator and a lifting mechanism, which includes a parallel bar, a first coupler, a second coupler, a first rocker, a second rocker, and a frame that are each rotatably connected, so that operation of the actuator moves the parallel bar in a J-shaped path while maintaining a constant orientation of the parallel bar. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/868446 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Beds 05/86.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08468815 | McBride et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Robert Cook (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Lee Doyle (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Andrew Shang (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Timothy Wilson (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Michael Neil Scott (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire); Dimitri Deserranno (Enfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Robert Cook (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Lee Doyle (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Andrew Shang (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Timothy Wilson (Litchfield, New Hampshire); Michael Neil Scott (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire); Dimitri Deserranno (Enfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, cylinder assemblies are coupled in series pneumatically, thereby reducing a range of force produced by or acting on the cylinder assemblies during expansion or compression of a gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/351367 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470247 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel M. Harris (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Joshua R. Wayment (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan J. White (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Harris (Salt Lake City, Utah); Henry S. White (Salt Lake City, Utah); Joshua R. Wayment (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan J. White (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preventing non-specific adsorption of proteins onto a surface can include providing a substrate that has a surface on which surface groups are attached. A solution can be applied to the surface that includes a protective reagent having a terminal functional group exhibiting a dipole moment. A monolayer comprising the protective reagent is assembled on the surface by reacting the protective reagent with the surface groups, thereby creating a protected surface. The protective reagent alone is sufficient to confer to the protected surface an increased resistance to adsorption of proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254740 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470532 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an aptamer-based colorimetric sensor system for determining the presence and optionally the concentration of an analyte in a sample. Methods of utilizing the sensor system and kits that include the sensor also are provided. The sensor utilizes a linker and oligonucleotide functionalized particles to form an aggregate, which disaggregates in response to the analyte. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008568 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470701 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Tae Ho Kim (Masan, South Korea); Won Mook Choi (Hwaseong, South Korea); Dae Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (Romeoville, Illinois); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Semprius, Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Tae Ho Kim (Masan, South Korea); Won Mook Choi (Hwaseong, South Korea); Dae Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); John Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Various heat-sinked components and methods of making heat-sinked components are disclosed where diamond in thermal contact with one or more heat-generating components are capable of dissipating heat, thereby providing thermally-regulated components. Thermally conductive diamond is provided in patterns capable of providing efficient and maximum heat transfer away from components that may be susceptible to damage by elevated temperatures. The devices and methods are used to cool flexible electronics, integrated circuits and other complex electronics that tend to generate significant heat. Also provided are methods of making printable diamond patterns that can be used in a range of devices and device components. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418071 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470965 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric W. Schmidt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brian Hathaway (Salt Lake City, Utah); James T. Nelson (South Euclid, Ohio); Mohamed S. Donia (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric W. Schmidt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brian Hathaway (Salt Lake City, Utah); James T. Nelson (South Euclid, Ohio); Mohamed S. Donia (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for prenylation of polymers such as peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426652 |
| 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 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471006 | Carpino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis A. Carpino (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jusong Xia (Moore, South Carolina); Chongwu Zhang (Dayton, New Jersey); Calin Dan Sferdean (Riverview, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Carpino (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jusong Xia (Moore, South Carolina); Chongwu Zhang (Dayton, New Jersey); Calin Dan Sferdean (Riverview, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula: or salts thereof or N-oxides and their use in peptide synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544313 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471051 | Warren |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy H. Warren (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy H. Warren (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for the transition metal (e.g., Cu(I)) mediated amidation of C—H bonds using electron-rich aliphatic azides. In certain embodiments, the methods are useful for the C—H insertion of nitrenes generated and stabilized by a β-diketiminato metal catalyst. In certain embodiments, said nitrenes are generated from organoazides, or by oxidation of the corresponding amine. Another aspect of the present invention relates to olefin aziridination using said β-diketiminato metal catalysts. In addition, the methods of the present invention include stereoselective C—H bond aminations and olefin aziridinatons. In certain embodiments, the methods are conducted in an aerobic environment. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to the use of O2 as an oxidant, wherein water is the byproduct of oxidation; this fact avoids the generation of toxic byproducts and renders the methods atom economical. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/518189 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471253 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Young-geun Ha (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are thin film transistor devices incorporating a crosslinked inorganic-organic hybrid blend material as the gate dielectric. The blend material, obtained by thermally curing a mixture of an inorganic oxide precursor sol and an organosilane crosslinker at relatively low temperatures, can afford a high gate capacitance, a low leakage current density, and a smooth surface, and can be used to enable satisfactory transistor device performance at low operating voltages. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111545 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471290 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jing Li (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers. The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Li (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Crystalline inorganic-organic hybrid structures having a plurality of layers of a repeating unit characterized by a first organic ligand layer, a second organic ligand layer, and a two-dimensional semiconducting inorganic double layer having two opposing surfaces therebetween, wherein the two-dimensional semiconducting inorganic double layer is characterized by two single atom thick layers of a II-VI chalcogenide compound; and the first organic ligand layer and the second organic ligand layer are attached to the two opposing surfaces of the two-dimensional semiconducting inorganic double layer through a covalent bond or a coordinate covalent bond between the compounds of the organic ligand layers and the metal cation species of the II-VI chalcogenide compounds, so that the semiconducting inorganic double layer is directed by the compounds of the two opposing organic layers to form ordered crystal lattices. Methods for the preparation of the hybrid structures are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/934516 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472094 | Roichman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yohai Roichman (New York, New York); Ilias Cholis (Brooklyn, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yohai Roichman (New York, New York); Ilias Cholis (Brooklyn, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for manipulating object using a three dimensional optical trap configuration. By use of selected hologram on optical strap can be configured as a preselected three dimensional configuration for a variety of complex uses. The system can include various optical train components, such as partially transmissive mirrors and Keplerian telescope components to provide advantageously three dimensional optical traps. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/293597 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472685 | Chien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aichi Chien (Los Angeles, California); Bin Dong (La Jolla, California); Yu Mao (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stanley J. Osher (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aichi Chien (Los Angeles, California); Bin Dong (La Jolla, California); Yu Mao (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stanley J. Osher (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for volumetric image analysis and processing is described. Using the method and apparatus, it is possible to obtain geometrical information from multi-dimensional (3D or more) images. As long as an object can be reconstructed as a 3D object, regardless of the source of the images, the method and apparatus can be used to segment the target (in 3D) from the rest of the structure and to obtain the target's geometric information, such as volume and curvature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854860 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472771 | Karalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); John Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a structure for supporting propagation of surface plasmon polaritons. The structure includes a plasmonic material region and a dielectric material region, disposed adjacent to a selected surface of the plasmonic material region. At least one of the plasmonic material region and the dielectric material region have a dielectric permittivity distribution that is specified as a function of depth through the corresponding material region. This dielectric permittivity distribution is selected to impose prespecified group velocities, vgj, on a dispersion relation for a surface polaritonic mode of the structure for at least one of a corresponding set of prespecified frequencies, ωj, and corresponding set of prespecified wavevectors, where j=1 to N. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421207 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472860 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benny G. Johnson (Delmont, Pennsylvania); Dale A. Holder (Russell Springs, Kentucky) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Benny G. Johnson (Delmont, Pennsylvania); Dale A. Holder (Russell Springs, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method using a computer for grading student work on a problem when the student's own steps are shown in detail. A reference trace is created representing a best solution path to the problem. A student trace of the student's own work is then created, which involves searching explicitly for a specific rationale for appending a step to the student trace; deeming the step a correct production provided the step was able to be reproduced and marking the step as traced; provisionally accepting the step as part of the best solution path subject to revocation if a better-quality step is later found by a step conflict check; implicitly tracing the student's work to discover implicitly taken mental steps provided the explicit tracing has failed to justify the step; appending any remaining untraced steps to the student trace and excluding them from the best solution path; computing a value of the steps in the student's work to form a student value; and, comparing the student value to a total value of the steps in the reference trace to obtain a score. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/437619 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08470583 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siqing Liu (Dunlap, Illinois); Kenneth M. Bischoff (Morton, Illinois); Brian J. Wilkinson (Carlock, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siqing Liu (Dunlap, Illinois); Kenneth M. Bischoff (Morton, Illinois); Brian J. Wilkinson (Carlock, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated Lactobacillus paracasei bacterium, deposited as NRRL B-50314, that secretes a bacteriocin. More specifically, the bacteriocin has antibacterial activity against a range of Gram-positive bacteria, including but not limited to Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and other Lactobacillus species. Additionally, the bacteriocin has antibacterial activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888541 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08471107 | Schillinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Schillinger (Cumming, Iowa); Emily C. Dierking (Columbia, Missouri); Kristin D. Bilyeu (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schillinger Genetics, Inc. (West Des Moines, Iowa); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Schillinger (Cumming, Iowa); Emily C. Dierking (Columbia, Missouri); Kristin D. Bilyeu (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Soybean seeds having an ultra-low raffinose and stachyose phenotype. Also disclosed is a mutant allele of soybean designated SG-ULRFO which results in an ultra-low raffinose and stachyose phenotype. The present invention also relates to a soybean seed, a soybean plant and parts of a soybean plant and a soybean hybrid which comprises the mutant allele. Also disclosed are ultra-low raffinose and stachyose soybean seeds having unexpectedly increased germination rates when compared with soybean lines not having a low raffinose and stachyose seed content. Also disclosed are mutant RS3 and RS4 genes with polymorphisms which contribute to the ultra-low raffinose and stachyose phenotype as described in the present invention. The present invention also relates for method of using the soybean seeds and plants of the present invention, to plants parts derived from the present invention, to methods of producing transgenic plants using the plants and seeds of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762097 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472675 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Doyle E. Wilson (Huxley, Iowa); Viren R. Amin (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biotronics, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doyle E. Wilson (Huxley, Iowa); Viren R. Amin (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and devices are implemented in connection with measuring the relative content of intramuscular fat (IMF) in a portion of muscle tissue. Consistent with one such method a probe is presented to the portion of muscle tissue. The probe produces a response-provoking signal in the muscle tissue. A resulting signal is used to determine the relative content of IMF in the portion of muscle tissue as a function of a selected filter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435749 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08470561 | Kobilka |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ConfometRX Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus: a) a first portion of a family C G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), wherein the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2 and TM3, regions of the GPCR; b) a stable, folded protein insertion; and c) a second portion of the GPCR, wherein the second portion comprises the TM4, TM5 TM6 and TM7 regions of the GPCR. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/220513 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08470972 | Khan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gencia Corporation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for delivering polynucleotides are provided. One embodiment provides a non-viral vector comprising a recombinant polynucleotide-binding protein comprising a protein transduction domain operably linked to a targeting signal. Methods for modifying the genome of non-nuclear organelles are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171751 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08472860 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benny G. Johnson (Delmont, Pennsylvania); Dale A. Holder (Russell Springs, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benny G. Johnson (Delmont, Pennsylvania); Dale A. Holder (Russell Springs, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method using a computer for grading student work on a problem when the student's own steps are shown in detail. A reference trace is created representing a best solution path to the problem. A student trace of the student's own work is then created, which involves searching explicitly for a specific rationale for appending a step to the student trace; deeming the step a correct production provided the step was able to be reproduced and marking the step as traced; provisionally accepting the step as part of the best solution path subject to revocation if a better-quality step is later found by a step conflict check; implicitly tracing the student's work to discover implicitly taken mental steps provided the explicit tracing has failed to justify the step; appending any remaining untraced steps to the student trace and excluding them from the best solution path; computing a value of the steps in the student's work to form a student value; and, comparing the student value to a total value of the steps in the reference trace to obtain a score. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/437619 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08468794 | Patterson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Patterson (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Patterson (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric propulsion machine includes an ion thruster having an annular discharge chamber housing an anode having a large surface area. The ion thruster includes flat annular ion optics with a small span to gap ratio. Optionally, a second electric propulsion thruster may be disposed in a cylindrical space disposed within an interior of the annulus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894565 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473663 | Somervill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin M. Somervill (Newport News, Virginia); Tak-kwong Ng (Yorktown, Virginia); Wilfredo Torres-Pomales (Hampton, Virginia); Mahyar R. Malekpour (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Somervill (Newport News, Virginia); Tak-kwong Ng (Yorktown, Virginia); Wilfredo Torres-Pomales (Hampton, Virginia); Mahyar R. Malekpour (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A stackable form-factor Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device can be configured as a host controller or a master/target for use on a PCI assembly. PCI device may comprise a multiple-input switch coupled to a PCI bus, a multiplexor coupled to the switch, and a reconfigurable device coupled to one of the switch and multiplexor. The PCI device is configured to support functionality from power-up, and either control function or add-in card function. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011198 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08473602 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Laura Wynter (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Laura Wynter (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to determine an allocation of network resources in a distributed on-demand information technology (IT) systems using existing control mechanisms for other operating system resources in order to achieve a desired operating point within the IT system. This desired operating point is obtained by optimizing a goal-based objective function while taking into account system constraints. The relationship between utilization of all system resources, i.e. network resources and processing resources, and attainment of performance objectives is autonomously obtained for a plurality of actions that could be required by a range of system applications. This relationship is used to allocate network resources to applications while maintaining desired performance objectives. The allocation is enforced using existing control mechanisms. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150351 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08473783 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Michael J. E. Spicer (Lafayette, California); Chitra Venkatramani (Roslyn Heights, New York); Rohit S. Wagle (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Michael J. E. Spicer (Lafayette, California); Chitra Venkatramani (Roslyn Heights, New York); Rohit S. Wagle (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fault tolerance is provided in a distributed system. The complexity of replicas and rollback requests are avoided; instead, a local failure in a component of a distributed system is tolerated. The local failure is tolerated by storing state related to a requested operation on the component, persisting that stored state in a data store, such as a relational database, asynchronously processing the operation request, and if a failure occurs, restarting the component using the stored state from the data store. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/942326 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08470525 | Erbeldinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David B. Silcott (Reisterstown, Maryland); Jason Aaron Berberich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Keith E. LeJeune (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agentase, LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David B. Silcott (Reisterstown, Maryland); Jason Aaron Berberich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Keith E. LeJeune (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device are disclosed for continuously detecting, classifying and identifying toxic particles, aerosols and/or vapor in an air sample, in near real time by directing an air sample containing an optional target analyte, in the form of particles, aerosols and/or vapors, enzyme(s), and enzyme substrate(s), to a surface of a collection matrix for forming a biocatalytic reaction product of a plurality of freely mobile optical reporters, and by using a light source with optical reader to interpret the signal from the optical reporter, enabling the detection, classification and identification of toxic particles, aerosols and/or vapor in the air sample. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225030 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08470261 | Eshoo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark W. Eshoo (Solana Beach, California); John Picuri (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Eshoo (Solana Beach, California); John Picuri (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides integrated sample preparation systems and stabilized enzyme mixtures. In particular, the present invention provides microfluidic cards configured for processing a sample and generating DNA libraries that are suitable for use in sequencing methods or other suitable nucleic acid analysis methods. The present invention also provides stabilized enzyme mixtures containing an enzyme, BSA, and a sugar. Such enzyme mixtures may be lyophilized and stored at room temperature without significant loss of enzyme activity for months. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102520 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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