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| US 08500643 | Curra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco P. Curra (Brier, Washington); Peter J. Kaczkowski (Seattle, Washington); Neil R. Owen (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco P. Curra (Brier, Washington); Peter J. Kaczkowski (Seattle, Washington); Neil R. Owen (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer ultrasound transducer devices for high power transmission and wide-band reception and associated methods and systems are disclosed herein. An ultrasound transducer device in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology, for example, can include a first array of first transducers and a second array of second transducers that are oriented substantially parallel to one another. The first transducers can include a first piezoelectric material that is configured to transmit acoustic waves, and the second transducers can include a second piezoelectric material that is configured to receive echoes from the acoustic waves. The ultrasound transducer device can further include an electrical connection layer between the first and second arrays that is electrically coupled to the first and second transducers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158299 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500753 | Green et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip S. Green (Palo Alto, California); Joel F. Jensen (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip S. Green (Palo Alto, California); Joel F. Jensen (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A manipulator assembly (2) for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument (14) in a telerobotic system, comprising an instrument holder (4) movably mounted on a base. The instrument holder comprises a chassis (6) and an instrument support (70) movably mounted on the body and having an interface engageable with the surgical instrument to releasably mount the instrument to the instrument holder. A drive assembly (7) is operatively coupled to the instrument holder for providing the instrument with at least two degrees of freedom. The instrument holder is separable from the base and the drive assembly so that the holder can be sterilized. The assembly is attached to a remote center positioner (300) for constraining the instrument to rotate a point coincident with the entry incision and an inclinometer (350) for preventing gravitational forces acting on the system's mechanisms from being felt by the surgeon. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/240843 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500781 | Panjabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manohar M. Panjabi (Concord, Massachusetts); Jens P. Timm (Carlsbad, California); George Malcolmson, II (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); Rachiotek, LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manohar M. Panjabi (Concord, Massachusetts); Jens P. Timm (Carlsbad, California); George Malcolmson, II (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Spine stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided in which a single resilient member or spring is disposed on an elongate element that spans two attachment members attached to different spinal vertebrae. The elongate element passes through at least one of the two attachment members, permitting relative motion therebetween, and terminates in a stop or abutment. A second resilient member is disposed on the elongate element on an opposite side of the sliding attachment member, e.g., in an overhanging orientation. The two resilient members are capable of applying mutually opposing urging forces, and a compressive preload can be applied to one or both of the resilient members. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089878 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500852 | Galbraith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, and systems, and devices for carrying out sorption (adsorption and absorption) for separating and/or purifying fluid mixtures are disclosed. Medical oxygen generators, dehumidifying units, sorptive heat pumps, ozone generators and Peltier devices are also disclosed. The sorption methods involve pressure swing operation of at least two sorption units. Energy from the desorbing and decompressing fluid is substantially recovered and used within the system. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299072 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500982 | Akeson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California); William B. Dunbar (Santa Cruz, California); Noah A. Wilson (Felton, California); Kathy Lieberman (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California); William B. Dunbar (Santa Cruz, California); Noah A. Wilson (Felton, California); Kathy Lieberman (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/450633 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501057 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Alberquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide materials and methods of forming hollow cubes. The hollow cubes can be formed to include a metal oxide shell layer encasing a cubic hollow space. In one embodiment, the hollow cubes can be formed from an emulsion having aqueous droplets with an interfacial layer encasing an aqueous core. By an exemplary freezing treatment, the aqueous droplets having a spherical shape can be transformed into ice components having a cubic shape. Metal oxide precursors can then be added to react with the encased cube-shaped ice core at the interface with the interfacial layer to form a sol-gel metal oxide shell layer. Hollow cubes can be formed by removing the cube-shaped ice core from the sol-gel metal oxide shell layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010121 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501117 | Bedair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah S. Bedair (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah S. Bedair (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing capillary action and to control the movement or placement of liquids or other materials in micro-devices and nano-devices. In some embodiments, the present invention may be used to control polymer addition to micro-cantilevers and nano-cantilevers for biological sensing, chemical sensing, and other sensing. In other embodiments, the present invention may be used to deliver adhesives, dielectrics, chemo resistor materials, and other materials to micro-devices and nano-devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810209 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/507 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501172 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Tuna Yucel (Medford, Massachusetts); Tim Jia-Ching Lo (Medford, Massachusetts); Gary G. Leisk (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Tuna Yucel (Medford, Massachusetts); Tim Jia-Ching Lo (Medford, Massachusetts); Gary G. Leisk (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for compositions, methods and devices for rapidly converting silk fibroin solution into a silk fibroin gel using direct application of voltage, in a process called electrogelation. The silk fibroin gel may be reversibly converted back to liquid form by applying reverse voltage or may be converted further to β-sheet structure by applying shear force or other treatments. The electrogelated silk may be used as an extracted bulk gel, spray or stream of gel for processing into materials or devices, or may be used as silk gel coating to devices. Active agents may be embedded in the silk gel for various medical applications. This invention also provides for methods and compositions for preparing adhesive silk pH-gels. For example, the method comprises reducing pH level of a silk fibroin solution to increase the bulk or local proton concentration of the silk fibroin solution, thereby forming adhesive silk gels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/974796 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501173 | Tracey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Huan Yang (Douglaston, New York); Howland Shaw Warren, Jr. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mitchell P. Fink (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Huan Yang (Douglaston, New York); Howland Shaw Warren, Jr. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mitchell P. Fink (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a vertebrate cell, and for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient. The compositions comprise a vertebrate HMGB A box, and an antibody preparation that specifically binds to a vertebrate HMGB B box. The methods comprise treating a cell or a patient with sufficient amounts of the composition to inhibit the release of the proinflammatory cytokine, or to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/004415 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 08501182 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhaochun Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Lily Z. Dai (Deerwood, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaochun Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Lily Z. Dai (Deerwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind poly-γ-D-glutamic acid (γDPGA), which is present on the surface of Bacillus anthracis. The disclosure also provides chimeric forms of the monoclonal antibodies, humanized forms of the monoclonal antibodies, and fragments thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and fragments thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies are also disclosed herein. The disclosure further provides prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods of using the disclosed antibodies. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130044 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/150.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501188 | Klinman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Hiroshi Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Hiroshi Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for inhibiting or treating inflammatory lung disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237831 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501194 | Spector et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deborah H. Spector (La Jolla, California); Christopher S. Morello (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deborah H. Spector (La Jolla, California); Christopher S. Morello (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is in general directed to methods and compositions for preventing or treating infections by viruses involved in persistent and/or latent infections. The methods and compositions are directed toward the prevention and treatment of infections caused by viruses such as, for example, herpesviruses, retroviruses, hepatitis viruses, and papillomaviruses, including, for example, cytomegalovirus. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282123 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/230.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501197 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy F. Murphy (East Amherst, New York); Min Yang (Amherst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy F. Murphy (East Amherst, New York); Min Yang (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for stimulating in an individual an immune response against M. catarrhalis. The method comprises administering to an individual a composition comprising M. catarrhalis OppA protein in an amount effective to stimulate an immune response against M. catarrhalis in the individual. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695093 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/255.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501232 | Talton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Talton (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher McConville (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotherapeutics, Inc. (Alachua, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Talton (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher McConville (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to processes for forming particles including drugs in a solution, changing the bulk or surface properties of a drug particle, and/or microencapsulating drug particles, and compositions produced thereby. In some embodiments, the process described utilizes mechanical agitation, more specifically low-frequency sonication, under controlled conditions, which provides mild shear forces during forming and/or precipitation to control the particle growth and mixing properties. Particle size can range from less than about 200 nanometers to greater than about one millimeter, depending on the processing conditions and application. This process, and the compositions produced, provide significant advantages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical particulate formulations, as well as biomedical, diagnostic, and chromatography particulate compositions, where sensitive macromolecules, such as proteins or DNA, are involved that would be degraded using more rigorous processing conditions or temperatures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/512345 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501397 | Wise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary E. Wise (Conroe, Texas); Shaomian Yao (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E. Wise (Conroe, Texas); Shaomian Yao (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Subjecting a heterogeneous cell population (one with both stem cells and non-stem cells) to extreme stress selectively eliminated the non-stem cells and resulted in the enrichment of stem cells in the population. The stress can take many forms, including without limitation, cell toxins, high temperature, high salt, and low oxygen (hypoxic) conditions. The number of stem cells remaining after stress were increased, and showed increased expression of traditional stem cell markers. The stem cells were shown to be capable of proliferation and differentiation into multiple types of cells. This method allows purification of stem cells from adult heterogeneous cell populations on a large scale basis without requirement of expensive equipment, and without requiring the presence of cell surface markers. Stem cells produced by the above method can be used for clinical applications, including tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842754 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501404 | Bastian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris C. Bastian (Mill Valley, California); Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk (Vancouver, Canada); Gregory S. Barsh (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris C. Bastian (Mill Valley, California); Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk (Vancouver, Canada); Gregory S. Barsh (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting mutations in a Gnaq gene in a melanocytic neoplasm for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The invention further provides methods of treating such melanocytic neoplasm by modulating the activity of the mutated Gnaq gene. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526449 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501416 | Linder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Linder (Watertown, Massachusetts); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Linder (Watertown, Massachusetts); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including meandering and wide channels. Microfluidic systems can provide an advantageous environment for performing various reactions and analysis due to a reduction in sample and reagent quantities that are required, a reduction in the size of the operating system, and a decrease in reaction time compared to conventional systems. Unfortunately, the small size of microfluidic channels can sometimes result in difficulty in detecting a species without magnifying optics (such as a microscope or a photomultiplier). A series of tightly packed microchannels, i.e., a meandering region, or a wide channel having a dimension on the order of millimeters, can serve as a solution to this problem by creating a wide measurement area. Although this invention mainly describes the use of meandering and wide channels in heterogeneous immunoassays on a microfluidic chip, this invention could be used for amplifying optical signals for other types of reactions and/or assays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/887487 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501417 | Pohlmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paula R. Pohlmann (Nashville, Tennessee); Ray Mernaugh (Nashville, Tennessee); Carlos Arteaga (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula R. Pohlmann (Nashville, Tennessee); Ray Mernaugh (Nashville, Tennessee); Carlos Arteaga (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and compositions and methods related thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with the anti-tumor antigen antibodies are employed in therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic embodiments related to cancer, including breast cancer, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666566 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501437 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Jia Huang (Malden, Massachusetts); Cheryl Wong Po Foo (Santa Clara, California); Rajesh Naik (Dayton, Ohio); Anne George (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force AFMCLO/JAZ (Washington, District of Columbia); The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Jia Huang (Malden, Massachusetts); Cheryl Wong Po Foo (Santa Clara, California); Rajesh Naik (Dayton, Ohio); Anne George (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These organic-inorganic composites can be constructed from the nano- to the macro-scale depending on the size of the fibrous protein fusion domain used. In one embodiment, the composites can also be loaded with other compounds (e.g., dyes, drugs, enzymes) depending on the goal for the materials, to further enhance function. This can be achieved during assembly of the material or during the mineralization step in materials formation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/347801 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501440 | Weiss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A fibrillation-resistant insulin analogue may be a single-chain insulin analogue or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, containing an insulin A chain sequence or an analogue thereof and an insulin B chain sequence or an analogue thereof connected by a polypeptide of 4-10 amino acids. The fibrillation-resistant insulin analogue preferably displays less than 1 percent fibrillation with incubation at 37° C. for at least 21 days. A single-chain insulin analogue displays greater in vitro insulin receptor binding than normal insulin while displaying less than or equal binding to IGFR than normal insulin. The fibrillation-resistant insulin may be used to treat a patient using an implantable or external insulin pump, due to its greater fibrillation resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472833 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 08501465 | Lindquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genes that, when overexpressed in cells expressing alpha-synuclein, either suppress or enhance alpha-synuclein mediated cellular toxicity. Compounds that modulate expression of these genes or activity of the encoded proteins can be used to inhibit alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity and used to treat or prevent synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. Also disclosed are methods of identifying inhibitors of alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/809859 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501468 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Daniel P. Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (St. Michael, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wheaton Industries, Inc. (Millville, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Daniel P. Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (St. Michael, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A versatile compartmentalized cell culture device, with a selectively permeable membrane separating the compartments, provides many attributes relative to traditional devices. It can be configured for high-density cell culture, co-culture, and sample dialysis while rolling or standing still. It can also be configured for continuous movement of liquid between compartments. The wide combination of attributes not found in other membrane based cell culture and bioprocessing devices includes more cell capacity, more cell secreted product capacity, higher cell and product density, increased medium capacity, minimized use of exogenous growth factors, compatibility with standard cell culture equipment and protocols, increased scale up efficiency, capacity to function when rolling or standing still, capacity for perfusion without the need for pumps, and more efficient sample dialysis. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715191 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501471 | Cheung |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (Purchase, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (Purchase, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a suitable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides an antibody other than the monoclonal antibody 8H9 comprising the complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof, capable of binding to the same antigen as the monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention provides a substance capable of competitively inhibiting the binding of monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention also provides an isolated scFv of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. This invention also provides the 8H9 antigen. This invention also provides a method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells comprising contacting said tumor cells with an appropriate amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797081 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501476 | Morgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey R. Morgan (Sharon, Massachusetts); Dylan Dean (Portland, Oregon); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey R. Morgan (Sharon, Massachusetts); Dylan Dean (Portland, Oregon); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are assays and methods for creating proto-tissues from aggregates of cells. The invention concerns assays and methods useful in tissue engineering and reconstruction techniques, specifically in the formation of macrotissues from microtissues using microtissue pre-culture time as a controlling parameter. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896173 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501489 | Singbartl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai Singbartl (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Singbartl (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is related to the field of the prevention and treatment of kidney disease. The treatment of kidney disease may be tailored depending upon the need for, or expectation of, long-term dialysis. For example, prediction of long-term dialysis treatment can be determined by monitoring urine biomarkers related to the development of chronic kidney disease. For example, a normalized time course of hyaluronic acid can be used to determine whether a patient having suffered acute kidney injury will require long-term dialysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/565483 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501547 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (Montrose, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Honggang Jiang (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (Montrose, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Honggang Jiang (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable hermetically sealed microelectronic device and method of manufacture are disclosed. The microelectronic device of the present invention is hermetically encased in a insulator, such as alumina formed by ion bean assisted deposition (“IBAD”), with a stack of biocompatible conductive layers extending from a contact pad on the device to an aperture in the hermetic layer. In a preferred embodiment, one or more patterned titanium layers are formed over the device contact pad, and one or more platinum layers are formed over the titanium layers, such that the top surface of the upper platinum layer defines an external, biocompatible electrical contact for the device. Preferably, the bottom conductive layer is larger than the contact pad on the device, and a layer in the stack defines a shoulder. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567366 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501677 | Ting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jenny P.-Y. Ting (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brian P. O'Connor (Denver, Colorado); So-Young Eun (San Diego, California); Zhengmao Ye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jenny P.-Y. Ting (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brian P. O'Connor (Denver, Colorado); So-Young Eun (San Diego, California); Zhengmao Ye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of reducing or enhancing T cell activation and/or B cell activation in a subject, comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of an inhibitor or enhancer, respectively, of Semaphorin 6D (Sema6D) activity on T cells and/or B cells. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284341 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501686 | Oral et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elif A. Oral (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles F. Burant (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas L. Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hero K. Hussain (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Barbara J. McKenna (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elif A. Oral (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles F. Burant (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas L. Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hero K. Hussain (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Barbara J. McKenna (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to the use of leptin in the treatment of a leptin-responsive disease or condition in a non-lipodystrophic subject. More particularly, the invention is directed to the use of leptin in the treatment of a fatty liver disease in a non-lipodystrophic subject with a relative leptin deficiency. The invention includes methods for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a non-lipodystrophic subject. The invention includes the treatment of conditions ranging from ectopic lipid accumulation (steatosis) to cirrhosis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995842 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/5.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501687 | Rivier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jean E. F. Rivier (La Jolla, California); Judit Erchegyi (San Diego, California); Jean Claude Reubi (Berne, Switzerland); Helmut R. Maecke (Basel, Switzerland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jean E. F. Rivier (La Jolla, California); Judit Erchegyi (San Diego, California); Jean Claude Reubi (Berne, Switzerland); Helmut R. Maecke (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | SRIF peptide antagonists, which are selective for SSTR2 in contrast to the other cloned SRIF receptors and which bind with high affinity to the cloned human receptor SSTR2 but do not activate the receptor, have many useful functions. Because they do not bind with significant affinity to SSTR1, SSTR3, SSTR4 or SSTR5, their administration avoids potential undesirable side effects. By incorporating radioiodine or the like in these SSTR2-selective SRIF antagonists, a labeled compound useful in drug-screening methods is provided. Alternatively, for use in therapy, highly radioactive moieties can be N-terminally coupled, complexed or chelated thereto. Because they block the receptor function, they can be used therapeutically to block certain physiological effects which SSTR2 mediates. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159020 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501688 | Kimura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shioko Kimura (Bethesda, Maryland); Reiko Kurotani (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shioko Kimura (Bethesda, Maryland); Reiko Kurotani (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally related to methods of using the secretory protein SCGB3A2 for promoting lung development and treating lung disease. Some embodiments are, for example, methods for treating and inhibiting the development of neonatal respiratory distress. Other embodiments are methods of promoting lung development in damaged or diseased lungs. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting lung damage due to anti-cancer agents. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367006 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501692 | Sunahara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger K. Sunahara (Ann Arbor, Michigan); John J. G. Tesmer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diwahar Narasimhan (Ypsilanti, Michigan); James H. Woods (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark R. Nance (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Elin Edwald (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger K. Sunahara (Ann Arbor, Michigan); John J. G. Tesmer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diwahar Narasimhan (Ypsilanti, Michigan); James H. Woods (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark R. Nance (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Elin Edwald (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing cocaine addiction. In particular, the present invention provides mutated cocaine esterase proteins for use in treating and preventing cocaine addiction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515511 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501702 | Shaughnessy, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Shaughnessy, Jr. (Roland, Arizona); Ya-wei Qiang (Little Rock, Arkansas); Shmuel Yaccoby (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Broad of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Shaughnessy, Jr. (Roland, Arizona); Ya-wei Qiang (Little Rock, Arkansas); Shmuel Yaccoby (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is drawn to methods of repairing lytic bone lesions and tumor growth in an individual. In this regard, the present invention discloses use of a Wnt ligand either alone or in combination with anti-Wnt signaling antagonist therapy. The individuals who might benefit from such method may include but are not limited to the ones with multiple myeloma, osteoporosis, post-menopausal osteoporosis, fractures, metastatic breast cancer or metastatic prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/999301 |
| 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.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501722 | Ginsburg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hongmin Sun (Columbia, Missouri); Scott Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); Bryan Yestrepsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hongmin Sun (Columbia, Missouri); Scott Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); Bryan Yestrepsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present invention provides compounds as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691286 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501740 | Gutstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard Gutstein (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard Gutstein (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of preventing the development and reversing or partially reversing opioid tolerance in a subject are provided herein. Such methods include the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a PDGFR modulator or EGFR modulator alone or together with an opiate analgesic. The methods can also be used for the treatment of refractory neuropathic pain, physical dependence or addiction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682064 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501752 | Gangjee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for treating cancer and other pathological proliferating conditions by inhibiting mitosis using at least one pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine having the general formula (16): where X is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, and heteroarylalkyls; where R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, and heteroarylalkyls; where R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, alkoxys, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls; where R3 is selected from the group consisting of zero, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, alkenyls, and heteroalkenyls; and where R4 is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, heteroarylalkyls, and hydrogen. The compound may inhibit mitosis in cells that have developed multidrug resistance due to P-glycoprotein and MRP1, and facilitate the reversal of P-glycoprotein mediated resistance. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223789 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/265.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501757 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee); Brian A. Chauder (Smyrna, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee); Brian A. Chauder (Smyrna, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/885420 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/272 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501783 | Hammock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Paul D. Jones (Matawan, New Jersey); Christophe Morisseau (West Sacramento, California); Huazhang Huang (Davis, California); Hsing-Ju Tsai (Davis, California); Richard Gless, Jr. (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Paul D. Jones (Matawan, New Jersey); Christophe Morisseau (West Sacramento, California); Huazhang Huang (Davis, California); Hsing-Ju Tsai (Davis, California); Richard Gless, Jr. (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) are provided that incorporate multiple pharmacophores and are useful in the treatment of diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/455861 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501789 | Dunaief |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua L. Dunaief (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua L. Dunaief (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods for treating age-related macular degeneration, blindness or glaucoma using an iron-chelator SIH. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/010090 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/354 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501792 | Potter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Potter (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Monica Milani (Frejus, France); Anjaiah Srirangam (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ranjana Mitra (Las Vegas, Nevada); Rory P. Remmel (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Potter (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Monica Milani (Frejus, France); Anjaiah Srirangam (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ranjana Mitra (Las Vegas, Nevada); Rory P. Remmel (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Treatment of cancer includes administering a compound of formula I, for example des-ritonavir, to a subject. In particular, treatment of breast cancer is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867845 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501811 | Hsieh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Hsieh (St. Louis, Missouri); Emily Cheng (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hsieh (St. Louis, Missouri); Emily Cheng (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors of Taspase1 and methods of using the small molecule inhibitors of Taspase1 to treat neoplasm in subjects in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162992 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/581 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501812 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger J. Davis (Princeton, Massachusetts); Anja Jaeschke (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger J. Davis (Princeton, Massachusetts); Anja Jaeschke (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the treatment and prevention of type I diabetes. More specifically, the invention relates to compounds that treat or prevent the body's immune system from destroying β-cells (i.e., insulin-producing cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans) by inhibition of JNK2, selective inhibition of JNK2, or inhibition of the expression of the MAPK9 gene or gene product. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates the diagnosis, identification, production, and use of compounds which modulate MAPK9 gene expression or the activity of the MAPK9 gene product including but not limited to, JNK2, the nucleic acid encoding MAPK9 and homologues, analogues, and deletions thereof, as well as antisense, ribozyme, triple helix, antibody, and polypeptide molecules as well as small inorganic molecules. The present invention contemplates a variety of pharmaceutical formulations and routes of administration for such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/038127 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501816 | Paterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blake Paterson (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark Ginski (Baltimore, Maryland); Brendan Canning (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cerecor, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake Paterson (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark Ginski (Baltimore, Maryland); Brendan Canning (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Memantine compositions and methods of use are described herein. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise memantine and an absorption enhancer, or memantine and an elimination enhancer, or memantine and an absorption enhancer and an elimination enhancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/272031 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/662 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501910 | Assadi-Porter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fariba M. Assadi-Porter (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fariba M. Assadi-Porter (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are sweet proteins that are variants of Brazzein, and nucleotide sequences capable of expressing them. Through a replacement of a tyrosine residue at the C terminus in the naturally occurring Brazzein sequence, or the insertion of two residues (at least one being isoleucine, glycine or proline) before the N terminus of wild type Brazzein, sweetness potency, the taste profile and sweetness strength are improved. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877668 |
| 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 08501911 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuehua Li (Pearland, Texas); Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Shuji Takashi (Nagano, Japan); Indu Parikh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biomarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd (Raleigh, North Carolina); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuehua Li (Pearland, Texas); Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Shuji Takashi (Nagano, Japan); Indu Parikh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds for decreasing MARCKS-related inflammation and MARCKS-related mucus hypersecretion or decreasing MARCKS-related inflammation in a subject by the administration of a N-terminal myristoylated protein fragment of the N-terminal region of MARCKS protein or a peptide fragment thereof are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834446 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501912 | Libutti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven K. Libutti (North Potomac, Maryland); Mjung Kwon (Frederick, Maryland); Anita Tandle (Towson, 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) | Steven K. Libutti (North Potomac, Maryland); Mjung Kwon (Frederick, Maryland); Anita Tandle (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A purified DOC1 polypeptide comprising a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 is provided, wherein the DOC1 polypeptide is not the full-length DOC1 polypeptide sequence. A method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject is provided comprising administering to a subject a nucleic acid encoding a DOC1 polypeptide, whereby a cell in the subject produces the DOC1 polypeptide, thus inhibiting angiogenesis. A method of inhibiting tumor growth in a subject is provided comprising administering to a subject a nucleic acid encoding a DOC1 polypeptide, whereby a cell in the subject produces the DOC1 polypeptide, thus inhibiting tumor growth. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/745279 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 08501920 | Chamberlain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Scott Q. Harper (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Scott Q. Harper (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for expressing mini-dystrophin peptides. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising nucleic acid sequences that are shorter than wild-type dystrophin cDNA and that express mini-dystrophin peptides that function in a similar manner as wild-type dystrophin proteins. The present invention also provides compositions comprising mini-dystrophin peptides, and methods for expressing mini-dystrophin peptides in target cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/824870 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501925 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); John Pang (Baltimore, Maryland); Wen Wei (Cockeysville, Maryland); Edward G. Lakatta (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Resources (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); John Pang (Baltimore, Maryland); Wen Wei (Cockeysville, Maryland); Edward G. Lakatta (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are nucleic acid modules for cloning, expression and tagging of eukaryotic membrane proteins. The nucleic acid modules include a receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) signal sequence, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a tag and a multiple cloning sequence (MCS). Any membrane protein of interest can be cloned into the MCS for expression in cells. The nucleic acid modules can encode any type of tag, such as an epitope tag or affinity tag. The nucleic acid modules disclosed herein can be used to express any type of membrane protein and are particularly suited to the expression and tagging of Type I and Type III membrane proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652395 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501961 | Ghosh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that inhibit proteolytic enzymes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are described. Preparation of the inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and uses of the compounds or compositions for the treatment of HIV infections are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/002916 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502536 | Block et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter Francis Block (Madison, Wisconsin); Catherine Judith Moran (Palo Alto, California); Scott Brian Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Ethan K Brodsky (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Francis Block (Madison, Wisconsin); Catherine Judith Moran (Palo Alto, California); Scott Brian Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Ethan K Brodsky (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing an image of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. Image data is acquired at a sequence of multiple echo times occurring within two or more repetition times (TRs). Odd-numbered echoes are sampled during odd-numbered TRs, and even-numbered echoes are sampled during even-numbered TRs. Images are reconstructed and used to calculate the respective signal contributions of two or more chemical species using, for example, an IDEAL separation technique. The respective signal contributions are then used to produce images that depicts substantially only one of the chemical species. For example, separated water and fat images may be produced. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082847 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502537 | Corum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance image is produced by radial imaging using one or more preparatory pulses. The magnetic preparation pulse can include one or more adiabatic pulses. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752633 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502982 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York); Lewis J. Rothberg (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Mace (Auburn, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York); Lewis J. Rothberg (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow cell for use in an arrayed imaging reflectometry detection system is described herein. The flow cell includes: first and second members that are secured together to define a substantially fluid-tight chamber having an inlet and an outlet, at least the second member being light transmissive; and a chip having a substrate, one or more coating layers on the substrate, and one or more probe molecules tethered to the outermost coating layer, the chip being positioned with the outermost coating layer and the one or more probe molecules thereon exposed to fluid in the chamber and facing the second member, whereby light passing through the second member is reflected by the chip. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261818 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502985 | Weinberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scot Weinberger (Montara, California); Bruce J. Richardson (Santa Cruz, California); Darryl L. Bornhop (Montara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Sensing, Inc. (Montara, California); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scot Weinberger (Montara, California); Bruce J. Richardson (Santa Cruz, California); Darryl L. Bornhop (Montara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic system includes a chip with a microfluidic channel opening onto a chip inlet and a chip outlet. The channel has a sensing area and fluid delivery area. A fluidic adaptor channel opening onto an adaptor inlet and an adaptor outlet can receive a pipette tip through the adaptor inlet wherein receipt of the pipette tip into the adaptor channel creates a direct fluid path between the pipette tip and the channel and wherein the microfluidic system is configured for sensing in the sensing area by interferometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/347550 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503701 | Miles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); F. Levent Degertekin (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); F. Levent Degertekin (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microphone having an optical component for converting the sound-induced motion of the diaphragm into an electronic signal using a diffraction grating. The microphone with inter-digitated fingers is fabricated on a silicon substrate using a combination of surface and bulk micromachining techniques. A 1 mm×2 mm microphone diaphragm, made of polysilicon, has stiffeners and hinge supports to ensure that it responds like a rigid body on flexible hinges. The diaphragm is designed to respond to pressure gradients, giving it a first order directional response to incident sound. This mechanical structure is integrated with a compact optoelectronic readout system that displays results based on optical interferometry. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/911449 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503825 | Kavanau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (New York, New York); Luisa Montesano-Roditis (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (New York, New York); Luisa Montesano-Roditis (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2N vertex classifications. The azimuthal angles and the 2N vertex classifications are used to map L dimensional images into O dimensional images. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/579481 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504162 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Richard Williamson (Saugus, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Richard Williamson (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual patient. By recording neural response to a predetermined input stimulus, one can alter that input stimulus to the needs of an individual patient. A minimum input stimulus is applied to a patient, followed by recording neural response in the vicinity of the input stimulus. By alternating stimulation and recording at gradually increasing levels, one can determine the minimum input that creates a neural response, thereby identifying the threshold stimulation level. One can further determine a maximum level by increasing stimulus until a predetermined maximum neural response is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350019 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504503 | Poon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chi-Sang Poon (Lexington, Massachusetts); Joshua Jen Monzon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guy Rachmuth (Charlotte, North Carolina); Kuan Zhou (Scarborough, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chi-Sang Poon (Lexington, Massachusetts); Joshua Jen Monzon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guy Rachmuth (Charlotte, North Carolina); Kuan Zhou (Scarborough, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse modulated neural integrator circuit is comprised of discrete analog electronic components and has a plurality of discrete stable states. In some embodiments, the pulse modulated neural integrator circuit is fabricated in whole or in part on an integrated circuit substrate using analog VLSI techniques. A phase locked loop circuit can use the pulse modulated neural integrator circuit in place of some conventional phase locked loop circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837070 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Miller (Flagstaff, Arizona); Christina L. LaChance (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Miller (Flagstaff, Arizona); Christina L. LaChance (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Designs and methods are provided for an exemplary sleeping bag system comprising an outer sleeping bag having a first opening including a first zipper closure, a first integral hood including a first face opening, and a foot receiving region opposite said first face opening. The sleeping bag may further comprise an inner sleeping bag having a second opening including a second zipper closure, a second integral hood including a second face opening, and a foot receiving region opposite the second face opening. The inner sleeping bag may be connected to the outer sleeping bag by at least two connectors, one of which is proximate the foot receiving region. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198702 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Beds 05/413.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08499637 | Blackmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts); Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Anthony J. Kalinowski (East Lyme, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts); Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Anthony J. Kalinowski (East Lyme, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and system is provided for amplifying vibrations resulting from underwater acoustic signals. In operation, a laser interrogation beam is directed along an axis at the retro-reflector device and is responsive to reflections directed along the axis of the interrogation beam. The retro-reflector device reflects a signal back to a source and a tracking signal superimposed on an interrogation beam enables continuous sensing of the reflected signal to reduce signal dropout. A glint tracker is provided for tracking the tracking beam on the surface. A tracker system superimposes the tracking and interrogation beams and is responsive to reflected glints in order to establish a directional location. An interferometer responsive to the reflected interrogation beam produces an interference signal for enabling continuous measurement of surface vibrations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902571 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/643 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08499694 | Bittle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Bittle (Somerville, Alabama); Robert V. Weber (Hunstville, Alabama); Julian L. Cothran (Arab, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Bittle (Somerville, Alabama); Robert V. Weber (Hunstville, Alabama); Julian L. Cothran (Arab, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A flechette has a forward body (20) containing its center of gravity which is connected to a tail section (24). The tail section has a pair of fins (24A, 24B) each having a preselected longitudinal angle and radial angle. When the two fins are viewed from the aft of the flechette, the pair of fins demonstrate a S-shaped orientation. The size, shape and orientation of the pair of fins provide aerodynamic stability to the flechette while allowing the flechette to be stacked with like-shaped flechettes. The two-piece assembly of the flechette easily accommodates the use of different density materials for the respective pieces. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249719 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08499810 | Schaper |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles D. Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transfer Devices Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles D. Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to implement a molecular transfer lithography process is described. A destroyable nanopatterned template coated with functional material is attached to a removable carrier that is held suspended over a substrate, and a shaped pressure pad brings the functional material into contact with the substrate, initiating adhesion of the functional material to the surface of the substrate, and then detracting the pressure pad from the substrate. The substrate with destroyable template and removable carrier is then sent for further processing. In a preferred embodiment, the system and method are used to process a patterned polyvinyl alcohol template coated with a functional material that is thermal adhered to a substrate and after pressing, subjected to a water bath to dissolve away the template and carrier, leaving the functional material patterned on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870622 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/540 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500307 | Lebow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S Lebow (Annapolis, Maryland); Keith A Snail (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S Lebow (Annapolis, Maryland); Keith A Snail (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A lighting apparatus is presented, having a Lambertian or quasi-Lambertian light source with an emitter side, as well as a reflector structure having an output side and a reflective surface with a concave parabolic contour that reflects light from the emitter side of the light source to provide Lambertian or quasi-Lambertian output light from the output side. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/559595 |
| ART UNIT | 2885 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/296.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501081 | Parish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark V. Parish (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Marina R. Pascucci (Worcester, Massachusetts); William H. Rhodes (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceranova Corporation (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark V. Parish (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Marina R. Pascucci (Worcester, Massachusetts); William H. Rhodes (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Polycrystalline alumina and methods for manufacturing polycrystalline alumina exhibiting improved transmission in the infrared region. In one embodiment, polycrystalline alumina articles are formed by providing a powder of substantially alpha phase alumina having a grain size of up to about 1 μm, dispersing the powder in a liquid to form a slurry comprising powdered solids and liquid, removing excess of the liquid from the slurry to form a body, heating the body to provide a densified body, hot isostatically pressing the densified body under conditions to provide an article having a density of at least about 99.9% of theoretical density, and optionally annealing the article, wherein one or more of the annealing or heating are performed in an inert, dry gas. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/257510 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/654 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501117 | Bedair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah S. Bedair (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah S. Bedair (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing capillary action and to control the movement or placement of liquids or other materials in micro-devices and nano-devices. In some embodiments, the present invention may be used to control polymer addition to micro-cantilevers and nano-cantilevers for biological sensing, chemical sensing, and other sensing. In other embodiments, the present invention may be used to deliver adhesives, dielectrics, chemo resistor materials, and other materials to micro-devices and nano-devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810209 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/507 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501172 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Tuna Yucel (Medford, Massachusetts); Tim Jia-Ching Lo (Medford, Massachusetts); Gary G. Leisk (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Tuna Yucel (Medford, Massachusetts); Tim Jia-Ching Lo (Medford, Massachusetts); Gary G. Leisk (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for compositions, methods and devices for rapidly converting silk fibroin solution into a silk fibroin gel using direct application of voltage, in a process called electrogelation. The silk fibroin gel may be reversibly converted back to liquid form by applying reverse voltage or may be converted further to β-sheet structure by applying shear force or other treatments. The electrogelated silk may be used as an extracted bulk gel, spray or stream of gel for processing into materials or devices, or may be used as silk gel coating to devices. Active agents may be embedded in the silk gel for various medical applications. This invention also provides for methods and compositions for preparing adhesive silk pH-gels. For example, the method comprises reducing pH level of a silk fibroin solution to increase the bulk or local proton concentration of the silk fibroin solution, thereby forming adhesive silk gels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/974796 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501233 | Carroll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Loren Carroll (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); John H. Stewart, IV (Clemmons, North Carolina); Nicole H. Levi (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, North Carolina); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Loren Carroll (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); John H. Stewart, IV (Clemmons, North Carolina); Nicole H. Levi (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer and, in particular, to composition and methods comprising nanostructures. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture, the mixture comprising at least one nanoparticle and at least one chemotherapeutic. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/530852 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 9/0092 (20130101) A61K 41/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/406 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/743 (20130101) Y10S 977/752 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) Y10S 977/911 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501338 | Cardenas-Valencia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Norma A. Alcantar (Tampa, Florida); Xiaoling Ding (St. Petersburg, Florida); Ryan G. Toomey (Tampa, Florida); Lawrence C. Langebrake (Seminole, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Norma A. Alcantar (Tampa, Florida); Xiaoling Ding (St. Petersburg, Florida); Ryan G. Toomey (Tampa, Florida); Lawrence C. Langebrake (Seminole, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for improving electrochemical power sources through the dispensing encapsulation and dispersion into galvanic chambers of an electrochemical cell. Features of the method include the optimization of the concentration levels of chemicals involved in desired energy producing reactions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090801 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501352 | Stux et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arnold Stux (Washington, District of Columbia); Karen Lyons (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold Stux (Washington, District of Columbia); Karen Lyons (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material having: particles of a first lithium-metal oxide compound, particles of a conductive second lithium-metal oxide compound, a conductive matrix, and a polymeric binder. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/307367 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501367 | Holme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy P. Holme (San Francisco, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Holme (San Francisco, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Silver-copper-zinc compositions are employed as catalysts, e.g., for fuel cell and/or electrolyzer applications. These compositions have been experimentally tested in solid oxide fuel cell and proton exchange membrane fuel cell configurations. Such catalysts can be effective for both the anode and cathode half-reactions. A preferred composition range is AgxCuyZnz, where 0≦x≦0.1, 0.2≦y≦0.5, and 0.5≦z≦0.8. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/799608 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501437 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Jia Huang (Malden, Massachusetts); Cheryl Wong Po Foo (Santa Clara, California); Rajesh Naik (Dayton, Ohio); Anne George (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force AFMCLO/JAZ (Washington, District of Columbia); The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Jia Huang (Malden, Massachusetts); Cheryl Wong Po Foo (Santa Clara, California); Rajesh Naik (Dayton, Ohio); Anne George (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These organic-inorganic composites can be constructed from the nano- to the macro-scale depending on the size of the fibrous protein fusion domain used. In one embodiment, the composites can also be loaded with other compounds (e.g., dyes, drugs, enzymes) depending on the goal for the materials, to further enhance function. This can be achieved during assembly of the material or during the mineralization step in materials formation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/347801 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501458 | Strobel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary A. Strobel (Bozeman, Montana); Angela R. Tomsheck (Oilmont, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Strobel (Bozeman, Montana); Angela R. Tomsheck (Oilmont, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated fungus is described. The isolated fungus produces at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,8-cineole, 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, and (+)-α-methylene-α-fenchocamphorone. A method for producing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,8-cineole, 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, and (+)-α-methylene-α-fenchocamphorone is also described. The method includes culturing a fungus on or within a culturing media in a container under conditions sufficient for producing the at least one compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110688 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501531 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a graphene material on a surface are presented. A metal material is disposed on a material substrate or material layer and is infused with carbon, for example, by exposing the metal to a carbon-containing vapor. The carbon-containing metal material is annealed to cause graphene to precipitate onto the bottom of the metal material to form a graphene layer between the metal material and the material substrate/material layer and also onto the top and/or sides of the metal material. Graphene material is removed from the top and sides of the metal material and then the metal material is removed, leaving only the graphene layer that was formed on the bottom of the metal material. In some cases graphene material that formed on one or more side of the sides of the metal material is not removed so that a vertical graphene material layer is formed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441425 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501621 | Kochergin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Kochergin (Christiansburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroXact, Inc. (Christiansburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Kochergin (Christiansburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Three-dimensionally spatially localized artificial filament in the active layer of the memristive device formed by means of ion implantation through the top electrode structure provide the means to achieve high repeatability and high reliability of the memristive devices, leading to significantly improved manufacturing yield. The memristive devices fabricated according to the disclosed method of fabrication can be used in data storage, signal processing and sensing applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/358541 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/658 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501707 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MicroVAX, LLC (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroVAX, LLC (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yucheng Tang (San Diego, California); Albert Deisseroth (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are expression vectors for generating an immune response to a mucin. The vectors comprise a transcription unit encoding a secretable polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising a secretory signal, a mucin antigen and CD40 ligand. Also provided are methods of generating an immune response against cells expressing a mucin by administering an effective amount of the vector. Further provided are methods of generating an immune response against cancer cells expressing a mucin in an individual by administering an effective amount of the vector. Still further provided are methods of overcoming anergy to a mucin self antigen by administering an effective amount of the vector. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662616 |
| 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 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501926 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nirbhay Kumar (Potomac, Maryland); Evelina Angov (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nirbhay Kumar (Potomac, Maryland); Evelina Angov (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features immunogenic compositions based on pre-fertilization or post-fertilization antigens expressed in the circulating gametocytes in the peripheral blood of infected persons or on the malaria parastes' stages of development in the mosquito midgut including extracellular male and female gametes, fertilized zygote and ookinete. The invention also features methods to prevent the transmission of malaria using the immunogenic compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/120784 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502108 | Mohamed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abdel-Aleam H Mohamed (Beni-Suef, Egypt); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert Chiavarini (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert O. Price (Norfolk, Virginia); Juergen Kolb (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdel-Aleam H Mohamed (Beni-Suef, Egypt); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert Chiavarini (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert O. Price (Norfolk, Virginia); Juergen Kolb (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 two electrodes: an anode and a cathode separated by a dielectric. A microhollow gas passage is disposed through the three layers. In some embodiments, the passage is tapered such that the area at the first electrode is larger than the area at the second electrode. When a potential is placed across the electrodes and a gas is directed through the gas passage, then a low temperature micro plasma jet can be created at atmospheric pressure or above. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/459806 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502218 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides continuous, free-standing metal oxide films and methods for making said films. The methods are able to produce large-area, flexible, thin films having one or more continuous, single-crystalline metal oxide domains. The methods include the steps of forming a surfactant monolayer at the surface of an aqueous solution, wherein the headgroups of the surfactant molecules provide a metal oxide film growth template. When metal ions in the aqueous solution are exposed to the metal oxide film growth template in the presence of hydroxide ions under suitable conditions, a continuous, free-standing metal oxide film can be grown from the film growth template downward into the aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723190 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502531 | Bootle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey David Bootle (Maidstone, United Kingdom); John Deller (Rochester, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey David Bootle (Maidstone, United Kingdom); John Deller (Rochester, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor arrangement and a method for its use for detecting the proximity of a ferrous target, the sensor arrangement comprising a sensor body including a magnetic field source and a Hall effect device, wherein the magnetic field source is an electromagnetic solenoid. The invention has particularly utility, but is not so limited, to the field of fuel injection pumps in which it is necessary to determine the volume of fuel that is delivered to the cylinders of the engine without affecting the operation of the engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/922115 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502590 | Friddell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas H. Friddell (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Friddell (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor devices, systems, and methods are disclosed to facilitate power management. A semiconductor device includes a first voltage island configured to operate within a first voltage range, where the first voltage range has a first midpoint. A second voltage island of the semiconductor device is configured to operate within a second voltage range, where the second voltage range has a second midpoint. The first voltage range is different than the second voltage range, and the first midpoint is substantially equal to the second midpoint. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636875 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502610 | Pellon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leopold E. Pellon (Hainesport, New Jersey); William G. Trueheart, Jr. (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leopold E. Pellon (Hainesport, New Jersey); William G. Trueheart, Jr. (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A representative integrated circuit comprises a clock signal generator that generates a clock signal, a code pattern generator that generates digital pattern data based on the clock signal, and multiple traversal local oscillator synthesizers that are coupled in a cascaded configuration. Each traversal local oscillator synthesizer includes a transversal digital-to-analog conversion (T-DAC) unit that includes a plurality of registers and a unary modulator (Umod) array. The T-DAC provides frequency selection ranges covering wide operational bands based on the digital pattern data and the clock signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/645474 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502622 | Hein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul W. Hein (McKinney, Texas); Van V. Sayavongsa (Rockwall, Texas); James D. Dowd (Greenville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. (Greenville, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul W. Hein (McKinney, Texas); Van V. Sayavongsa (Rockwall, Texas); James D. Dowd (Greenville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for tuning the phase of a signal communicated by an electrical conductor by adjustably varying a spacing between the electrical conductor and at least a portion of an electrically conductive ground plane that is disposed in spaced relationship with the electrical conductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005416 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502666 | Tam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Tam (San Diego, California); Aldo Monges (San Diego, California); Marcus Maurer (San Diego, California); Chris Dilay (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Tam (San Diego, California); Aldo Monges (San Diego, California); Marcus Maurer (San Diego, California); Chris Dilay (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for remote detection of humans can include the step of transmitting vertically polarized electromagnetic signals into an area of interest (AOI) when no humans are present. A first time domain measurement of return response signal energy from the AOI can be accomplished to establish a background signal. A second time domain measurement of response signal energy from the AOI can be made when at least one human is present, to establish a background-plus-human signal. The two signals can be subtracted to yield a reference time domain human signal. The electromagnetic signal is periodically re-transmitted. The background subtracted from subsequent response energy, and the result compared to the reference time domain human signal. A visual or audible indication occurs when the resulting signal matches the reference signal. Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) of the time domain signals can be used to yield frequency responses, which can be monitored. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047975 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/561 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502731 | Martone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Frank Martone (Ellicott City, Maryland); Kenneth Irving Ranney (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Frank Martone (Ellicott City, Maryland); Kenneth Irving Ranney (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of detecting moving targets comprises transmitting electromagnetic waves rays from a plurality of transmitters at sequential; receiving reflected waves into a plurality of receivers after each transmission; the compilation of the reflected waves from the plurality of receivers for each transmission representing a data frame; forming a signal that monitors changes between the two sets of frames; at least one processor operating to process and compare frames; forming a difference image using a back-projection algorithm; scanning the difference image using a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) window; the CFAR window scanning the entire difference image and identifying a list of points of interest and eliminating the sidelobe artifacts present in the difference image thereby creating CFAR images; processing the CFAR images using morphological processing to create a morphological image; determining the number of clusters present in the morphological image; using K-means clustering to indicate the centroid of each cluster; and tracking using a Kalman filter. The system comprises a plurality of M transmitters, a plurality of receivers, and at least one memory, the transmitters operating in sequence to transmit electromagnetic waves rays sequentially; the receivers receiving reflected waves after each transmission; the compilation of the reflected waves from the plurality of receivers for each transmission representing a data frame; at least one processor operating to perform the method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008549 |
| 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 342/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503070 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leanne J. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| 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) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of implementing a high-power coherent laser beam combining system in which the output of a master oscillator laser having a linewidth broader than the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering linewidth of the laser signal is split into N signals and fed into an array of N optical fibers. This is a modification of the self-synchronous LOCSET and self-referenced LOCSET phase matching systems in which the optical path length of each optical fiber is matched to less than the signal coherence length of the master oscillator by using a path length matching signal processor to modulate temperature controlled segments of each optical fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114374 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503161 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California); Ping Liu (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California); Ping Liu (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a micro-supercapacitor with high energy density and high power density. In some variations, carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, coated with a metal oxide, such as ruthenium oxide, are grown in a supercapacitor cavity that contains no separator. A lid is bonded to the cavity using a bonding process to form a hermetic seal. These micro-supercapacitors may be fabricated from silicon-on-insulator wafers according to the disclosed methods. An exemplary micro-supercapacitor is cubic with a length of about 50-100 μm. The absence of a separator translates to higher energy storage volume and less wasted space within the supercapacitor cell. The energy density of the micro-supercapacitor may exceed 150 J/cm3 and the peak output power density may be in the range of about 2-20 W/cm3, in various embodiments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/070467 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503568 | Pheiffer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian K. Pheiffer (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Chak M. Chie (Culver City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Pheiffer (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Chak M. Chie (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential encoding and decoding system and method for multiplexed data is disclosed. The multiplexed data is formed from a plurality of input data sources. The differential encoding and decoding uses a delay proportional to the number of input data streams in the plurality. In this fashion, errors that propagate from an error in one of the input data sources does not interfere with other input data sources upon de-multiplexing. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/517729 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503673 | Patwari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neal Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jessica Erin Croft (Salt Lake City, Utah); Suman Jana (Austin, Texas); Sneha Kasera (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jessica Erin Croft (Salt Lake City, Utah); Suman Jana (Austin, Texas); Sneha Kasera (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A new methodology to exchange a random secret key between two parties. The diverse physical characteristics of the wireless medium and device mobility are exploited for secure key exchange. Unique physical characteristics of wireless channels between the two devices are measured at different random locations. A function of these unique characteristics determines the shared secret key between the two devices. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/063659 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503679 | Bugbee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry Bugbee (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Bugbee (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for securely communicating information via a low bandwidth channel uses encryption that adds comparatively little overhead to the size of the transmission. This method and system efficiently take advantage of the properties of public key cryptography, a shared secret, a traffic key from the shared secret, an abbreviated initialization vector, and an abbreviated whole message signature. The information and the whole message signature are encrypted using the traffic key with a stream cipher. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/018747 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503693 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miao Yu (Potomac, Maryland); Haijun Liu (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miao Yu (Potomac, Maryland); Haijun Liu (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for sensing acoustic sounds is provided having at least one directional sensor, each directional sensor including at least two compliant membranes for moving in reaction to an excitation acoustic signal and at least one compliant bridge. Each bridge is coupled to at least a respective first and second membrane of the at least two membranes for moving in response to movement of the membranes it is coupled to for causing movement of the first membrane to be related to movement of the second membrane when either of the first and second membranes moves in response to excitation by the excitation signal. The directional sensor is controllably rotated to locate a source of the excitation signal, including determining a turning angle based on a linear relationship between the directionality information and sound source position described in experimentally calibrated data. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046238 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503837 | Beresnev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonid A. Beresnev (Columbia, Maryland); Mikhail A. Vorontsov (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonid A. Beresnev (Columbia, Maryland); Mikhail A. Vorontsov (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for the positioning of fiber optic output including a base having a hole disposed at a midpoint thereof, a collar having an opening at a midpoint, a plurality of bimorph actuators, each actuator connected to an outer side surface of the base and located at opposite ends, a plurality of flexible beams, each having a first end connected to the collar and a second end connected to a bimorph actuator, a flexible tube inserted in the hole, where a bottom end of the tube is cantilevered at a bottom of the base and a top end of the tube is inserted in the opening of the collar, and a fiber optic embedded in the flexible tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037763 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503885 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of data transmission; the method comprising: converting data into qubits; transmitting a first qubit; measuring the first qubit at receiver location; determining whether or not to transmit portions of data from a sequential successive qubit based upon the value of the first qubit measured at the receiver location. The system comprising a sender and at least one receiver, the sender comprising: a converter for converting data into qubits; a modulator for modulating a signal based upon the values of the qubits; a transmitter for transmitting the modulated signal to at least one receiver; the at least one receiver comprising: a detector for measuring the value of at least one qubit; a feedback circuit for transmitting the measured value of the at least one qubit to the sender; whereby the transmission of data for each successive qubit is based upon the value measured for the preceding qubit and the sender utilizes only the data for each successive qubits which correlates to the measured value of the preceding qubit. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/705566 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504299 | Dubberley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Dubberley (New Orleans, Louisiana); Michael Carnes (Pearl River, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Dubberley (New Orleans, Louisiana); Michael Carnes (Pearl River, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method to partition littoral regions by profiles of specific parameters using fuzzy c-mean clustering. Fuzzy cluster partitions assign each datum to a set of data clusters such that the sum cluster membership probability of the point is equal to unity. Partial memberships can supply information about transition areas from one cluster to another. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957602 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504496 | Ferringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Ronald Scott Clifton (Leesburg, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Ronald Scott Clifton (Leesburg, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods may include an application program interface that enables a user to: specify parameters associated with an evolutionary algorithm, where an execution of the evolutionary algorithm is in accordance with the specified parameters; define a chromosome data structure that includes a plurality of variables that are permitted to evolve in value in accordance with the execution of the evolutionary algorithm in order to generate one or more child chromosome data structures; identify one or more objective functions for evaluating chromosome data structures, including the generated one or more child chromosome data structures; and define an output format for providing one or more optimal chromosome data structures of the evaluated generated child chromosome data structures as designs to the identified objective functions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550872 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504779 | Ganfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Ganfield (Rochester, Minnesota); Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); David J. Krolak (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael S. Siegel (Raleigh, North Carolina); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey A. Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Ganfield (Rochester, Minnesota); Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); David J. Krolak (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael S. Siegel (Raleigh, North Carolina); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey A. Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system includes at least a first through third processing nodes coupled by an interconnect fabric. The first processing node includes a master, a plurality of snoopers capable of participating in interconnect operations, and a node interface that receives a request of the master and transmits the request of the master to the second processing unit with a nodal scope of transmission limited to the second processing node. The second processing node includes a node interface having a directory. The node interface of the second processing node permits the request to proceed with the nodal scope of transmission if the directory does not indicate that a target memory block of the request is cached other than in the second processing node and prevents the request from succeeding if the directory indicates that the target memory block of the request is cached other than in the second processing node. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445010 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504891 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengli Zhou (Mansfield, Connecticut); Peter Willett (Coventry, Connecticut); Jie Huang (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengli Zhou (Mansfield, Connecticut); Peter Willett (Coventry, Connecticut); Jie Huang (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Advantageous underwater acoustic (UWA) apparatus, systems and methods are provided according to the present disclosure. The apparatus, systems and methods employ nonbinary low density parity check (LDPC) codes that achieve excellent performance and match well with the underlying modulation. The nonbinary LDPC codes of the proposed apparatus, systems and methods are formed, at least in part, from a generator matrix that has a high density to reduce the peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) with minimal overhead. The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods employ nonbinary regular LDPC cycle codes if the constellation is large and nonbinary irregular LDPC codes if the constellation is small or moderate. The nonbinary irregular and regular LDPC codes enable: i) parallel processing in linear-time encoding; ii) parallel processing in sequential belief propagation decoding; and iii) considerable resource reduction on the code storage for encoding and decoding. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731669 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08499645 | Chasiotis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a stress micro mechanical system for measuring stress and strain in micro- and nano-fibers tubes, and wires as well as for measuring the interface adhesion force and stress in nanofibers and nanotubes embedded in a polymer matrix. A preferred system of the invention has a substrate for supporting a MEMS fabrication. The MEMS fabrication includes freestanding sample attachment points that are movable in a translation direction relative to one another when the substrate is moved and a sample is attached between the sample attachment points. An optical microscope images surfaces of the MEMS fabrication. Software conducts digital image correlation on obtained images to determine the movement of the surfaces at a resolution much greater than the hardware resolution of the optical microscope. A preferred method for measuring stress and strain in micro- and nano-fibers, tubes, and wires, and/or measuring the force required to pull-out individual micro- and nano-fibers, tubes, and wires from a polymer matrix and to therefore measure interfacial adhesion is also provided. In the method a sample is attached between freestanding platforms in a MEMS device. Relative translational movement between the platforms is created and motion of the platforms is imaged with an optical microscope. Mechanical and adhesion properties of the sample are determined by applying a digital image correlation algorithm to the image data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/527776 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/789 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08499810 | Schaper |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles D. Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transfer Devices Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles D. Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to implement a molecular transfer lithography process is described. A destroyable nanopatterned template coated with functional material is attached to a removable carrier that is held suspended over a substrate, and a shaped pressure pad brings the functional material into contact with the substrate, initiating adhesion of the functional material to the surface of the substrate, and then detracting the pressure pad from the substrate. The substrate with destroyable template and removable carrier is then sent for further processing. In a preferred embodiment, the system and method are used to process a patterned polyvinyl alcohol template coated with a functional material that is thermal adhered to a substrate and after pressing, subjected to a water bath to dissolve away the template and carrier, leaving the functional material patterned on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870622 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/540 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500179 | Chiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hillel Judah Chiel (University Heights, Ohio); Randall Dean Beer (South Euclid, Ohio); Elizabeth Victoria Mangan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Roger D. Quinn (Akron, Ohio); Gregory Patrick Sutton (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hillel Judah Chiel (University Heights, Ohio); Randall Dean Beer (South Euclid, Ohio); Elizabeth Victoria Mangan (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Roger D. Quinn (Akron, Ohio); Gregory Patrick Sutton (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention includes a flexible gripping device. The flexible gripping device includes a plurality of pneumatic actuator rings and a grasper element disposed within the plurality of pneumatic actuator rings. The grasper element is adapted to move back and forth within the actuator rings. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/961081 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/86.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500852 | Galbraith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, and systems, and devices for carrying out sorption (adsorption and absorption) for separating and/or purifying fluid mixtures are disclosed. Medical oxygen generators, dehumidifying units, sorptive heat pumps, ozone generators and Peltier devices are also disclosed. The sorption methods involve pressure swing operation of at least two sorption units. Energy from the desorbing and decompressing fluid is substantially recovered and used within the system. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299072 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501068 | Tsapatsis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sudeep Maheshwari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota); Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sudeep Maheshwari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel oxide material (MIN-I) comprising YO2; and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein X/Y=O or Y/X=30 to 100 is provided. Surprisingly, MIN-I can be reversibly deswollen. MIN-I can further be combined with a polymer to produce a nanocomposite, depolymerized to produce predominantly fully exfoliated layers (MIN-2), and pillared to produce a pillared oxide material (MIN-3), analogous to MCM-36. The materials are useful in a wide range of applications, such as catalysts, thin films, membranes, and coatings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/741178 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501304 | Stoykovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark P. Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Huiman Kang (Madison, Wisconsin); Konstantinos C. Daoulas (Goettingen, Germany); Juan J. De Pablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcus Muller (Goettingen, Germany); Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Huiman Kang (Madison, Wisconsin); Konstantinos C. Daoulas (Goettingen, Germany); Juan J. De Pablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcus Muller (Goettingen, Germany); Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of directing the self assembly of block copolymers on chemically patterned surfaces to pattern discrete or isolated features needed for applications including patterning integrated circuit layouts are described. According to various embodiments, these features include lines, t-junctions, bends, spots and jogs. In certain embodiments a uniform field surrounds the discrete feature or features. In certain embodiments, a layer contains two or more distinct regions, the regions differing in one or more of type of feature, size, and/or pitch. An example is an isolated spot at one area of the substrate, and a t-junction at another area of the substrate. These features or regions of features may be separated by unpatterned or uniform fields, or may be adjacent to one another. Applications include masks for nanoscale pattern transfer as well as the fabrication of integrated circuit device structures. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/366134 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/26 (20130101) B32B 27/12 (20130101) Printing, Duplicating, Marking, or Copying Processes; Colour Printing, B41M 5/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B41M 5/5218 (20130101) B41M 5/5254 (20130101) Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 13/007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501319 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri, University of Missouri System, Office of Technology and Special Projects (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material that includes a dopant comprised of pre-formed, three dimensional assemblies of skeletal structures that are comprised of solgel derived nanoparticles. The composite material includes a chemically bonded, in situ formed, polymer coating that at least partially coats mesoporous surfaces of the nanoparticles to provide enhancement of random dispersion of the dopant and to minimize or avoid agglomeration. Further, the polymer may be functionalized or the mesoporous surfaces of the nanoparticles may be treated to enable stronger chemical bonding between the dopant and the polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676129 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501416 | Linder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Linder (Watertown, Massachusetts); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Linder (Watertown, Massachusetts); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including meandering and wide channels. Microfluidic systems can provide an advantageous environment for performing various reactions and analysis due to a reduction in sample and reagent quantities that are required, a reduction in the size of the operating system, and a decrease in reaction time compared to conventional systems. Unfortunately, the small size of microfluidic channels can sometimes result in difficulty in detecting a species without magnifying optics (such as a microscope or a photomultiplier). A series of tightly packed microchannels, i.e., a meandering region, or a wide channel having a dimension on the order of millimeters, can serve as a solution to this problem by creating a wide measurement area. Although this invention mainly describes the use of meandering and wide channels in heterogeneous immunoassays on a microfluidic chip, this invention could be used for amplifying optical signals for other types of reactions and/or assays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/887487 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501458 | Strobel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary A. Strobel (Bozeman, Montana); Angela R. Tomsheck (Oilmont, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Strobel (Bozeman, Montana); Angela R. Tomsheck (Oilmont, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated fungus is described. The isolated fungus produces at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,8-cineole, 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, and (+)-α-methylene-α-fenchocamphorone. A method for producing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,8-cineole, 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, and (+)-α-methylene-α-fenchocamphorone is also described. The method includes culturing a fungus on or within a culturing media in a container under conditions sufficient for producing the at least one compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110688 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501476 | Morgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey R. Morgan (Sharon, Massachusetts); Dylan Dean (Portland, Oregon); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey R. Morgan (Sharon, Massachusetts); Dylan Dean (Portland, Oregon); Adam Rago (Falmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are assays and methods for creating proto-tissues from aggregates of cells. The invention concerns assays and methods useful in tissue engineering and reconstruction techniques, specifically in the formation of macrotissues from microtissues using microtissue pre-culture time as a controlling parameter. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896173 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501486 | Tao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weiguo Andy Tao (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiguo Andy Tao (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein phosphorylation is a major post-translational modification and it plays a pivotal role in numerous cellular functions. We present a composition that includes a soluble nanopolymer core functionalized with groups having an affinity for either metal ion or metal oxides which can be used for phosphopeptide enrichment. Exemplary compounds including PolyMAC-Zr, PolyMAC-Fe and PolyMAC-Ti demonstrate outstanding reproducibility, exceptional sensitivity, fast chelation time, and high phosphopeptide recovery from standard mixtures that include phosphorylated peptides. The composition can be used for phosphoproteome isolation from samples of medicinal, diagnostic or biological interest such as malignant breast cancer cells. Such compositions were used for the quantitative analysis of the changes in the tyrosine phosphoproteome in highly invasive breast cancer cells after induction of Syk kinase, a potent suppressor of tumor growth and metastasis. The composition and method disclosed herein offers an efficient and widely applicable tool for phosphoproteomics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575180 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501850 | Watkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Watkins (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Vikram K. Daga (Amherst, Massachusetts); Ying Lin (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Watkins (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Vikram K. Daga (Amherst, Massachusetts); Ying Lin (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing order and nanostructures in block copolymers and surfactants by certain nonpolymeric additives, such as nanoparticles having an inorganic core and organic functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding. Various compositions having lattice order and nanostructures have been made from a variety of copolymers or surfactants that are mixed with nonpolymeric additives. Particularly, a variety of nanoparticles with an inorganic core and organic functional groups have been discovered to be effective in introducing or enhancing the degree of orders and nanostructures in diverse block copolymers and surfactants. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904227 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501923 | Rothemund |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul W. K. Rothemund (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul W. K. Rothemund (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods and composition for generating nanoscale devices, systems, and enzyme factories based upon a nucleic acid nanostructure the can be designed to have a predetermined structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949735 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501931 | Lakshman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahesh K. Lakshman (Teaneck, New Jersey); Suyeal Bae (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahesh K. Lakshman (Teaneck, New Jersey); Suyeal Bae (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to convertible nucleosides and polymer supported convertible nucleosides for use in SNAr displacement reactions. The convertible nucleosides can be used to synthesize numerous substituted purine and pyrimidine derivatives. An example of a polymer supported convertible nucleoside of the invention is |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/444873 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502132 | Grier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Marco Polin (New York, New York); Sang-Hyuk Lee (Rego Park, New York); Yael Roichman (New York, New York); Kosta Ladavac (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Marco Polin (New York, New York); Sang-Hyuk Lee (Rego Park, New York); Yael Roichman (New York, New York); Kosta Ladavac (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manipulating a plurality of objects. The method includes the steps of providing a shaping source, applying the shaping source to create a spatially symmetric potential energy landscape, applying the potential energy landscape to a plurality of objects, thereby trapping at least a portion of the plurality of objects in the,24 potential energy landscape, spatially moving the potential energy landscape to manipulate the plurality of objects; and extinguishing the potential energy landscape, thereby causing the plurality of objects to move freely when the potential energy landscape is extinguished. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/160254 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502218 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides continuous, free-standing metal oxide films and methods for making said films. The methods are able to produce large-area, flexible, thin films having one or more continuous, single-crystalline metal oxide domains. The methods include the steps of forming a surfactant monolayer at the surface of an aqueous solution, wherein the headgroups of the surfactant molecules provide a metal oxide film growth template. When metal ions in the aqueous solution are exposed to the metal oxide film growth template in the presence of hydroxide ions under suitable conditions, a continuous, free-standing metal oxide film can be grown from the film growth template downward into the aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723190 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502728 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarang Joshi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Anthony Joseph Wilson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Neal Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarang Joshi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Anthony Joseph Wilson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Neal Patwari (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | New systems and methodologies that use radio tomography for object tracking. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/063646 |
| 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 342/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08502792 — Method and apparatus for providing haptic effects to a touch panel using magnetic devices
| US 08502792 | Anastas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George V. Anastas (San Carlos, California); Neil T. Olien (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George V. Anastas (San Carlos, California); Neil T. Olien (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A touch panel assembly includes a touch-sensitive panel oriented along a plane. An actuator includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion at least partially oriented parallel to the plane. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together with a biasing element. A first magnetic device is coupled to the first portion. A second magnetic device is coupled to the second portion and positioned adjacent to the first magnetic device. The first magnetic device configured to move the first portion in a first direction parallel to the plane when energized by a current to cause a haptic effect to be felt on the touch sensitive panel. The biasing element applies a biasing force which causes the first portion to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938058 |
| ART UNIT | 2691 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503693 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miao Yu (Potomac, Maryland); Haijun Liu (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miao Yu (Potomac, Maryland); Haijun Liu (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for sensing acoustic sounds is provided having at least one directional sensor, each directional sensor including at least two compliant membranes for moving in reaction to an excitation acoustic signal and at least one compliant bridge. Each bridge is coupled to at least a respective first and second membrane of the at least two membranes for moving in response to movement of the membranes it is coupled to for causing movement of the first membrane to be related to movement of the second membrane when either of the first and second membranes moves in response to excitation by the excitation signal. The directional sensor is controllably rotated to locate a source of the excitation signal, including determining a turning angle based on a linear relationship between the directionality information and sound source position described in experimentally calibrated data. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046238 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504481 | Motahari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sara Gatmir Motahari (Kearny, New Jersey); Quentin Jones (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sara Gatmir Motahari (Kearny, New Jersey); Quentin Jones (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for protecting user privacy using social inference protection techniques is provided. The system executes a plurality of software modules which model of background knowledge associated with one or more users of the mobile computing devices; estimate information entropy of a user attribute which could include identity, location, profile information, etc.; utilize the information entropy models to predict the social inference risk; and minimize privacy risks by taking a protective action after detecting a high risk. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507508 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — 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 75/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504482 | Kortemeyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerd Kortemeyer (East Lansing, Michigan); Wolfgang Bauer (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerd Kortemeyer (East Lansing, Michigan); Wolfgang Bauer (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for interactive, adaptive, customized and individualized computer-assisted instruction of students, preferably implemented on network connected computers. An assembly tool is provided for bringing diverse educational resources together to create customized course material for the instruction of students. A replication element is configured to update each resource and assure access to each updated resource. The system and method of the present invention responds to the instructor's creativity, allowing the instructor to shape and control the instructional materials and process, and allowing instructors from diverse institutions to exchange, share, modify and improve educational materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 12, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/130864 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — 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 75/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504500 | Hartmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitra J. Hartmann (Evanston, Illinois); Joseph H. Solomon (Park Ridge, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitra J. Hartmann (Evanston, Illinois); Joseph H. Solomon (Park Ridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided using signals from a set of tactile sensors mounted on a surface to determine the three-dimensional morphology (e.g., size, shape, orientation, and/or position) and texture of objects of arbitrary shape. Analytical, numerical, and/or neural network approaches can be used to interpret the sensory data. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/847822 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504891 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengli Zhou (Mansfield, Connecticut); Peter Willett (Coventry, Connecticut); Jie Huang (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengli Zhou (Mansfield, Connecticut); Peter Willett (Coventry, Connecticut); Jie Huang (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Advantageous underwater acoustic (UWA) apparatus, systems and methods are provided according to the present disclosure. The apparatus, systems and methods employ nonbinary low density parity check (LDPC) codes that achieve excellent performance and match well with the underlying modulation. The nonbinary LDPC codes of the proposed apparatus, systems and methods are formed, at least in part, from a generator matrix that has a high density to reduce the peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) with minimal overhead. The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods employ nonbinary regular LDPC cycle codes if the constellation is large and nonbinary irregular LDPC codes if the constellation is small or moderate. The nonbinary irregular and regular LDPC codes enable: i) parallel processing in linear-time encoding; ii) parallel processing in sequential belief propagation decoding; and iii) considerable resource reduction on the code storage for encoding and decoding. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731669 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08499566 | Lacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Mert Enis Berkman (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Mert Enis Berkman (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor liner is disclosed. The combustor liner includes an upstream portion, a downstream end portion extending from the upstream portion along a generally longitudinal axis, and a cover layer associated with an inner surface of the downstream end portion. The downstream end portion includes the inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a plurality of microchannels. The downstream end portion further defines a plurality of passages extending between the inner surface and the outer surface. The plurality of microchannels are fluidly connected to the plurality of passages, and are configured to flow a cooling medium therethrough, cooling the combustor liner. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/855156 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/754 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500391 | Lawlor |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn P. Lawlor (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ramgen Power Systems, LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Lawlor (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A supersonic gas compressor with bleed gas collectors, and a method of starting the compressor. The compressor includes aerodynamic duct(s) situated for rotary movement in a casing. The aerodynamic duct(s) generate a plurality of oblique shock waves for efficiently compressing a gas at supersonic conditions. A convergent inlet is provided adjacent to a bleed gas collector, and during startup of the compressor, bypass gas is removed from the convergent inlet via the bleed gas collector, to enable supersonic shock stabilization. Once the oblique shocks are stabilized at a selected inlet relative Mach number and pressure ratio, the bleed of bypass gas from the convergent inlet via the bypass gas collectors is effectively eliminated. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441833 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/58.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500405 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell B Jones (North Palm Beach, Florida); John A Fedock (Port St. Lucie, Florida); Gloria E Goebel (Jupiter, Florida); Judson J Krueger (Jupiter, Florida); Christopher K Rawlings (Stuart, Florida); Robert L Memmen (Stuart, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine stator vane for an industrial engine, the vane having two impingement cooling inserts that produce a series of impingement cooling from the pressure side to the suction side of the vane walls. Each insert includes a spar with a row of alternating impingement cooling channels and return air channels extending in a radial direction. Impingement cooling plates cover the two sides of the insert and having rows of impingement cooling holes aligned with the impingement cooling channels and return air openings aligned with the return air channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623291 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500411 | Marra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Gary B. Merrill (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Gary B. Merrill (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and including a depth indicator for determining outer wall blade thickness. The airfoil may include an outer wall having a plurality of grooves in the outer surface of the outer wall. The grooves may have a depth that represents a desired outer surface and wall thickness of the outer wall. The material forming an outer surface of the outer wall may be removed to be flush with an innermost point in each groove, thereby reducing the wall thickness and increasing efficiency. The plurality of grooves may be positioned in a radially outer region of the airfoil proximate to the tip. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/794972 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500847 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Courtney Young (Butte, Montana); Mariam Melashvili (Vancouver, Canada); Nicholas V. Gow (Butte, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Courtney Young (Butte, Montana); Mariam Melashvili (Vancouver, Canada); Nicholas V. Gow (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A gold thiosulfate leaching process uses carbon to remove gold from the leach liquor. The activated carbon is pretreated with copper cyanide. A copper (on the carbon) to gold (in solution) ratio of at least 1.5 optimizes gold recovery from solution. To recover the gold from the carbon, conventional elution technology works but is dependent on the copper to gold ratio on the carbon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094139 |
| 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 075/744 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500854 | Pennline et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry W. Pennline (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); James S. Hoffman (South Park, Pennsylvania); McMahan L. Gray (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Fauth (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kevin P. Resnik (White Oak, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry W. Pennline (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); James S. Hoffman (South Park, Pennsylvania); McMahan L. Gray (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Fauth (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kevin P. Resnik (White Oak, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a CO2 absorption method using an amine-based solid sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas stream. The method disclosed mitigates the impact of water loading on regeneration by utilizing a conditioner following the steam regeneration process, providing for a water loading on the amine-based solid sorbent following CO2 absorption substantially equivalent to the moisture loading of the regeneration process. This assists in optimizing the CO2 removal capacity of the amine-based solid sorbent for a given absorption and regeneration reactor size. Management of the water loading in this manner allows regeneration reactor operation with significant mitigation of energy losses incurred by the necessary desorption of adsorbed water. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/052331 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501024 | Zettl |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of fabricating at least one single layer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) suspending at least one multilayer boron nitride across a gap of a support structure and (2) performing a reactive ion etch upon the multilayer boron nitride to produce the single layer hexagonal boron nitride suspended across the gap of the support structure. The present invention also provides a method of fabricating single layer hexagonal boron nitride. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) providing multilayer boron nitride suspended across a gap of a support structure and (2) performing a reactive ion etch upon the multilayer boron nitride to produce the single layer hexagonal boron nitride suspended across the gap of the support structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/895624 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501068 | Tsapatsis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sudeep Maheshwari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota); Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sudeep Maheshwari (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Frank S. Bates (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel oxide material (MIN-I) comprising YO2; and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein X/Y=O or Y/X=30 to 100 is provided. Surprisingly, MIN-I can be reversibly deswollen. MIN-I can further be combined with a polymer to produce a nanocomposite, depolymerized to produce predominantly fully exfoliated layers (MIN-2), and pillared to produce a pillared oxide material (MIN-3), analogous to MCM-36. The materials are useful in a wide range of applications, such as catalysts, thin films, membranes, and coatings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/741178 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501137 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert Butterick, III (Swedesboro, New Jersey); Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Dean Michael Millar (Midland, Michigan); David Craig Molzahn (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert Butterick, III (Swedesboro, New Jersey); Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Dean Michael Millar (Midland, Michigan); David Craig Molzahn (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound of formula M(AlH3OR1)y, wherein R1 is phenyl substituted by at least one of: (i) an alkoxy group having from one to six carbon atoms; and (ii) an alkyl group having from three to twelve carbon atoms; wherein M is an alkali metal, Be or Mg; and y is one or two. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053356 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501307 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an electrically conductive, less anisotropic, recompressed exfoliated graphite article comprising a mixture of (a) expanded or exfoliated graphite flakes; and (b) particles of non-expandable graphite or carbon, wherein the non-expandable graphite or carbon particles are in the amount of between about 3% and about 70% by weight based on the total weight of the particles and the expanded graphite flakes combined; wherein the mixture is compressed to form the article having an apparent bulk density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 2.0 g/cm3. The article exhibits a thickness-direction conductivity typically greater than 50 S/cm, more typically greater than 100 S/cm, and most typically greater than 200 S/cm. The article, when used in a thin foil or sheet form, can be a useful component in a sheet molding compound plate used as a fuel cell separator or flow field plate. The article may also be used as a current collector for a battery, supercapacitor, or any other electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899009 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501349 | Simpson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lin Jay Simpson (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin Jay Simpson (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage device (100) providing high storage densities via hydrogen storage. The device (100) includes a counter electrode (110), a storage electrode (130), and an ion conducting membrane (120) positioned between the counter electrode (110) and the storage electrode (130). The counter electrode (110) is formed of one or more materials with an affinity for hydrogen and includes an exchange matrix for elements/materials selected from the non-noble materials that have an affinity for hydrogen. The storage electrode (130) is loaded with hydrogen such as atomic or mono-hydrogen that is adsorbed by a hydrogen storage material such that the hydrogen (132, 134) may be stored with low chemical bonding. The hydrogen storage material is typically formed of a lightweight material such as carbon or boron with a network of passage-ways or intercalants for storing and conducting mono-hydrogen, protons, or the like. The hydrogen storage material may store at least ten percent by weight hydrogen (132, 134) at ambient temperature and pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/120222 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/218.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501366 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane electrode structure suitable for use in a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) that comprises membrane-affixed metal nanoparticles whose formation is controlled by a photochemical process that controls deposition of the metal nanoparticles using a photocatalyst integrated with a polymer electrolyte membrane, such as an ionomer membrane. Impregnation of the polymer membrane with the photocatalyst prior to metal deposition greatly reduces the required amount of metal precursor in the deposition reaction solution by restricting metal reduction substantially to the formation of metal nanoparticles affixed on or near the surface of the polymer membrane with minimal formation of metallic particles not directly associated with the membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487391 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/483 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501471 | Cheung |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (Purchase, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (Purchase, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a suitable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides an antibody other than the monoclonal antibody 8H9 comprising the complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof, capable of binding to the same antigen as the monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention provides a substance capable of competitively inhibiting the binding of monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention also provides an isolated scFv of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. This invention also provides the 8H9 antigen. This invention also provides a method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells comprising contacting said tumor cells with an appropriate amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797081 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501484 | Vasudevan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kalyan V. Vasudevan (Los Almos, New Mexico); Nickolaus A. Smith (Santa Fe, New Mexico); John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Edward A. McKigney (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ross E. Muenchausen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalyan V. Vasudevan (Los Almos, New Mexico); Nickolaus A. Smith (Santa Fe, New Mexico); John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Edward A. McKigney (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ross E. Muenchausen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide solvate complex resulted from a process of forming a paste of a cerium(III) halide in an ionic liquid, adding a solvent to the paste, removing any undissolved solid, and then cooling the liquid phase. Diffusing a solvent vapor into the liquid phase also resulted in crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide complex. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420159 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501526 | Teeter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn Teeter (Lakewood, Colorado); Hui Du (Golden, Colorado); Matthew Young (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn Teeter (Lakewood, Colorado); Hui Du (Golden, Colorado); Matthew Young (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a thin film of copper, zinc, tin, and a chalcogen species (“CZTCh” or “CZTSS”) with well-controlled properties. The method includes depositing a thin film of precursor materials, e.g., approximately stoichiometric amounts of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and a chalcogen species (Ch). The method then involves re-crystallizing and grain growth at higher temperatures, e.g., between about 725 and 925 degrees K, and annealing the precursor film at relatively lower temperatures, e.g., between 600 and 650 degrees K. The processing of the precursor film takes place in the presence of a quasi-equilibrium vapor, e.g., Sn and chalcogen species. The quasi-equilibrium vapor is used to maintain the precursor film in a quasi-equilibrium condition to reduce and even prevent decomposition of the CZTCh and is provided at a rate to balance desorption fluxes of Sn and chalcogens. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453948 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501825 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Collins (Knoxville, Tennessee); Rodney D. Hunt (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Frederick C. Montgomery (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Collins (Knoxville, Tennessee); Rodney D. Hunt (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Frederick C. Montgomery (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Formulations useful for preparing hydrous hafnium oxide gels contain a metal salt including hafnium, an acid, an organic base, and a complexing agent. Methods for preparing gels containing hydrous hafnium oxide include heating a formulation to a temperature sufficient to induce gel formation, where the formulation contains a metal salt including hafnium, an acid, an organic base, and a complexing agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683942 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502159 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jill R. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy R. McJunkin (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul L. Tremblay (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill R. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy R. McJunkin (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul L. Tremblay (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods relating to generating an electric field are disclosed. An electric field generator may include a semiconductive material configured in a physical shape substantially different from a shape of an electric field to be generated thereby. The electric field is generated when a voltage drop exists across the semiconductive material. A method for generating an electric field may include applying a voltage to a shaped semiconductive material to generate a complex, substantially nonlinear electric field. The shape of the complex, substantially nonlinear electric field may be configured for directing charged particles to a desired location. Other apparatuses and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/769894 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502729 | Leach, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard R. Leach, Jr. (Castro Valley, California); Faranak Nekoogar (San Ramon, California); Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Leach, Jr. (Castro Valley, California); Faranak Nekoogar (San Ramon, California); Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultra wideband radar motion sensors strategically placed in an area of interest communicate with a wireless ad hoc network to provide remote area surveillance. Swept range impulse radar and a heart and respiration monitor combined with the motion sensor further improves discrimination. |
| FILED | Monday, January 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/699638 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503599 | Koste et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Peter Koste (Niskayuna, New York); Hua Xia (Altamont, New York); Boon Kwee Lee (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Peter Koste (Niskayuna, New York); Hua Xia (Altamont, New York); Boon Kwee Lee (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical gamma thermometer includes a metal mass having a temperature proportional to a gamma flux within a core of a nuclear reactor, and an optical fiber cable for measuring the temperature of the heated metal mass. The temperature of the heated mass may be measured by using one or more fiber grating structures and/or by using scattering techniques, such as Raman, Brillouin, and the like. The optical gamma thermometer may be used in conjunction with a conventional reactor heat balance to calibrate the local power range monitors over their useful in-service life. The optical gamma thermometer occupies much less space within the in-core instrument tube and costs much less than the conventional gamma thermometer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259931 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503749 | Tobin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth W. Tobin (Harriman, Tennessee); Thomas P. Karnowski (Knoxville, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Tobin (Harriman, Tennessee); Thomas P. Karnowski (Knoxville, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for diagnosing diseases having retinal manifestations including retinal pathologies includes the steps of providing a CBIR system including an archive of stored digital retinal photography images and diagnosed patient data corresponding to the retinal photography images, the stored images each indexed in a CBIR database using a plurality of feature vectors, the feature vectors corresponding to distinct descriptive characteristics of the stored images. A query image of the retina of a patient is obtained. Using image processing, regions or structures in the query image are identified. The regions or structures are then described using the plurality of feature vectors. At least one relevant stored image from the archive based on similarity to the regions or structures is retrieved, and an eye disease or a disease having retinal manifestations in the patient is diagnosed based on the diagnosed patient data associated with the relevant stored image(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471720 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08501092 | Gimzewski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a calorimeter device, generally comprising a reaction vessel which may be U-shaped and which may be cantilevered; and a sensor for detecting temperature changes. In various embodiments, the sensor detects heat input into or output from the reaction vessel; changes in the electrical properties of a material coated onto the reaction vessel; changes in the mechanical properties of the reaction vessel; or changes in the resonance properties of the reaction vessel. The present invention further provides arrays of a subject calorimeter device. The present invention further provides a system for detecting a temperature change. The present invention further provides methods of detecting a temperature change that occurs as a result of a chemical, biochemical, biological, light-induced, or physical process. The methods generally involve introducing a sample into a subject device, and detecting a temperature change. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/589430 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501232 | Talton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Talton (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher McConville (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotherapeutics, Inc. (Alachua, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Talton (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher McConville (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to processes for forming particles including drugs in a solution, changing the bulk or surface properties of a drug particle, and/or microencapsulating drug particles, and compositions produced thereby. In some embodiments, the process described utilizes mechanical agitation, more specifically low-frequency sonication, under controlled conditions, which provides mild shear forces during forming and/or precipitation to control the particle growth and mixing properties. Particle size can range from less than about 200 nanometers to greater than about one millimeter, depending on the processing conditions and application. This process, and the compositions produced, provide significant advantages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical particulate formulations, as well as biomedical, diagnostic, and chromatography particulate compositions, where sensitive macromolecules, such as proteins or DNA, are involved that would be degraded using more rigorous processing conditions or temperatures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/512345 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08502987 | Chipman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell A. Chipman (Tucson, Arizona); Brian J. Daugherty (Tucson, Arizona); Stephen C. McClain (Tucson, Arizona); Steven A. Macenka (Altadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell A. Chipman (Tucson, Arizona); Brian J. Daugherty (Tucson, Arizona); Stephen C. McClain (Tucson, Arizona); Steven A. Macenka (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of determining the near angle scattering of a sample reflective surface comprising the steps of: a) splitting a beam of light having a coherence length of greater than or equal to about 2 meters into a sample beam and a reference beam; b) frequency shifting both the sample beam and the reference beam to produce a fixed beat frequency between the sample beam and the reference beam; c) directing the sample beam through a focusing lens and onto the sample reflective surface, d) reflecting the sample beam from the sample reflective surface through a detection restriction disposed on a movable stage; e) recombining the sample beam with the reference beam to form a recombined beam, followed by f) directing the recombined beam to a detector and performing heterodyne analysis on the recombined beam to measure the near-angle scattering of the sample reflective surface, wherein the position of the detection restriction relative to the sample beam is varied to occlude at least a portion of the sample beam to measure the near-angle scattering of the sample reflective surface. An apparatus according to the above method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018672 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08505110 | Nguyen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cattien Nguyen (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eloret Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cattien Nguyen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for the controlled fabrication of nanostructures using catalyst retaining structures is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more modified force microscopes having a nanotube attached to the tip portion of the microscopes. An electric current is passed from the nanotube to a catalyst layer of a substrate, thereby causing a localized chemical reaction to occur in a resist layer adjacent the catalyst layer. The region of the resist layer where the chemical reaction occurred is etched, thereby exposing a catalyst particle or particles in the catalyst layer surrounded by a wall of unetched resist material. Subsequent chemical vapor deposition causes growth of a nanostructure to occur upward through the wall of unetched resist material having controlled characteristics of height and diameter and, for parallel systems, number density. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/287478 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08503126 | Hsia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yiao-Tee Hsia (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Wei Peng (Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania); Timothy J. Klemmer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiao-Tee Hsia (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Wei Peng (Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania); Timothy J. Klemmer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes activating a stress-effecting layer of a thin film structure, having the stress effecting layer adjacent to a magnetic layer, to induce a magneto-elastic anisotropy in the magnetic layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/352692 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08504999 | Partridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kurt E. Partridge (Palo Alto, California); Maurice K. Chu (San Mateo, California); James M. A. Begole (San Jose, California); Mark W. Newman (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt E. Partridge (Palo Alto, California); Maurice K. Chu (San Mateo, California); James M. A. Begole (San Jose, California); Mark W. Newman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that selectively transfers code to a data producer in a networked system. In this system, the data producer generates data and then sends the data to a device. The device receives the data from the data producer, and then uses code on the device to perform a processing operation on the data. Next, the system analyzes characteristics of the data to determine whether performing the processing operation on the data producer can reduce resource usage. If so, the system transfers the code from the device to the data producer, and subsequently executes the code on the data producer. By executing the code on the data producer, the system can optimize resource usage in the networked system. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543738 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08500852 | Galbraith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, and systems, and devices for carrying out sorption (adsorption and absorption) for separating and/or purifying fluid mixtures are disclosed. Medical oxygen generators, dehumidifying units, sorptive heat pumps, ozone generators and Peltier devices are also disclosed. The sorption methods involve pressure swing operation of at least two sorption units. Energy from the desorbing and decompressing fluid is substantially recovered and used within the system. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/299072 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501307 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an electrically conductive, less anisotropic, recompressed exfoliated graphite article comprising a mixture of (a) expanded or exfoliated graphite flakes; and (b) particles of non-expandable graphite or carbon, wherein the non-expandable graphite or carbon particles are in the amount of between about 3% and about 70% by weight based on the total weight of the particles and the expanded graphite flakes combined; wherein the mixture is compressed to form the article having an apparent bulk density of from about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 2.0 g/cm3. The article exhibits a thickness-direction conductivity typically greater than 50 S/cm, more typically greater than 100 S/cm, and most typically greater than 200 S/cm. The article, when used in a thin foil or sheet form, can be a useful component in a sheet molding compound plate used as a fuel cell separator or flow field plate. The article may also be used as a current collector for a battery, supercapacitor, or any other electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899009 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08501009 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); James R. Curtis (Portland, Oregon); Hailei Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Luke W. Fisher (Denver, Colorado); Anna E. Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon); Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); James R. Curtis (Portland, Oregon); Hailei Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Luke W. Fisher (Denver, Colorado); Anna E. Garrison (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods of preparing dialysate for use in a home dialysis system that is compact and light-weight relative to existing systems and consumes relatively low amounts of energy. The method includes coupling a household water stream to a dialysis system; filtering the water stream; heating the water stream to at least about 138 degrees Celsius in a non-batch process to produce a heated water stream; maintaining the heated water stream at or above at least about 138 degrees Celsius for at least about two seconds; cooling the heated water stream to produce a cooled water stream; ultrafiltering the cooled water stream; and mixing dialysate components into the cooled water stream in a non-batch process. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795382 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/652 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08501197 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy F. Murphy (East Amherst, New York); Min Yang (Amherst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy F. Murphy (East Amherst, New York); Min Yang (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for stimulating in an individual an immune response against M. catarrhalis. The method comprises administering to an individual a composition comprising M. catarrhalis OppA protein in an amount effective to stimulate an immune response against M. catarrhalis in the individual. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695093 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/255.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08501493 | Combs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Kenneth Combs (Verona, Wisconsin); John Phillip Goeser (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kenneth Combs (Verona, Wisconsin); John Phillip Goeser (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of measuring fiber digestion in ruminants and calibrating spectrophotometers using the measured fiber digestion values. The method includes the steps of harvesting rumen fluid from at least one ruminant animal and combining the rumen fluid with a primer composition comprising a carbohydrate. The rumen fluid and carbohydrate are then incubated in a sealed container until a pre-determined pressure is achieved within the sealed container. A plant matter sample is digested with the rumen fluid so treated. The digested sample is the measured for absorbance or reflectance using a spectrophotometer. The digestion values and the absorbance or reflectance values are then correlated to construct a standard curve for predicting fiber digestion values using spectrophotometric analysis, preferably NIRS analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/405650 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08500823 | Herr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hugh M. Herr (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ernesto C. Martinez-Villalpando (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeff Anthony Weber (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh M. Herr (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ernesto C. Martinez-Villalpando (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeff Anthony Weber (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A knee prosthesis comprises an agonist-antagonist arrangement of two series-elastic actuators in parallel, including a knee joint, flexion and extension actuators connected to the joint in parallel with a leg member, and a controller for independently energizing the actuators to control the movement of the knee joint and leg. The flexion actuator comprises the series combination of a flexion motor and a flexion elastic element and the extension actuator comprises the series combination of an extension motor and an extension elastic element. Sensors provide feedback to the controller. The flexion actuator and the extension actuator may be unidirectional, with the flexion and extension elastic elements being series springs. The extension actuator may alternatively be bidirectional, with the extension elastic element being a set of pre-compressed series springs. Alternatively, the flexion elastic element may be a non-linear softening spring and the extension elastic element may be a non-linear hardening spring. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697894 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
European Union (EU)
| US 08502686 | Annunziato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alessandro Annunziato (Taino, Italy); Thierry Benoist (Ranco, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The European Union, Represented by the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Annunziato (Taino, Italy); Thierry Benoist (Ranco, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A tsunami warning system (10) comprising a remote server with evaluation system with means for monitoring tsunami indicating parameters (16, 20), means for determining the possibility of a tsunami occurring and means for issuing a triggering signal, wherein the evaluation system is configured to issue a triggering signal when the possibility of a tsunami occurring is identified. The tsunami warning system (10) further comprises at least one tsunami warning device (14) arranged in a public area, the tsunami warning device (14) being configured and arranged so as to provide a tsunami warning to the general public when a triggering signal is received. The at least one tsunami warning device comprises means for also monitoring tsunami indicating parameters and means for transmitting information collected by the tsunami warning device to the remote server for integration in modelling means therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994056 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08499779 | Gillespie |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rebecca A. Gillespie (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca A. Gillespie (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a non-pyrotechnic valve includes an inlet piece, an actuator comprising a shape-memory metal, and an outlet attached to the inlet piece. In some examples, the shape-memory metal includes Nitinol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/014889 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/15.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08500407 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis K. Kennedy (Mesa, Arizona); Zach K. Stahlecker (Chandler, Arizona); Jonathan D. Roesch (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis K. Kennedy (Mesa, Arizona); Zach K. Stahlecker (Chandler, Arizona); Jonathan D. Roesch (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reducing bearing stress in a composite structure is disclosed. A composite structure comprises at least one coupling hole for coupling to the composite structure, and at least one bushing structure is coupled to the at least one coupling hole. A metal bushing retainer structure is coupled to the at least one bushing structure and the composite structure. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748414 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/210.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08503217 | Yi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Yi (Mountain View, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Palo Alto, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Yi (Mountain View, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Palo Alto, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-dimensional array of switching devices comprises a plurality of crossbar tiles. Each crossbar tile has a plurality of row wire segments intersecting a plurality of column wire segments, and a plurality of switching devices each formed at an intersection of a row wire segment and a column wire segment. The array has a plurality of lateral latches disposed in a plane of the switching devices. Each lateral latch is linked to a first wire segment of a first crossbar tile and a second wire segment of a second crossbar tile opposing the first wire segment. The lateral latch is operable to close or open to form or break an electric connection between the first and second wire segments. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/098453 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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