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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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| US 08534042 | Chang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rayming Chang (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rayming Chang (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) satellite thruster is described. An example of the new MEMS thruster includes a propellant layer on a flexible substrate to make a rolled propellant that can be mounted on a reel-to-reel system. Sections of the rolled propellant are rolled over a separate activation blast plate to initiate the propellant on that section, providing thrust. The new MEMS thruster can also be made with segmented propellant sections. The new MEMS thruster can be made in a variety of configurations and as a modular system that can be attached to existing satellites. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691103 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534071 | Lovett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Lovett (Tolland, Connecticut); Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut); Torence P. Brogan (Manchester, Connecticut); Christopher A. Eckett (New Britain, Connecticut); Meredith B. Colket, III (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Lovett (Tolland, Connecticut); Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut); Torence P. Brogan (Manchester, Connecticut); Christopher A. Eckett (New Britain, Connecticut); Meredith B. Colket, III (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine or rocket engine hot section includes a first duct case, a second duct case, a plurality of vanes arranged about an axial centerline, and an igniter located with a first of the plurality of vanes. The first of the plurality of vanes extends axially between a leading edge and a flame holder surface at a trailing edge. The flame holder surface extends radially between a first vane end connected to the first duct case and a second vane end connected to the second duct case. The flame holder surface includes a first section that tapers towards the first vane end, and a second section that tapers away from the first section and towards the second vane end. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441031 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/765 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534074 | Copeland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew D. Copeland (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Copeland (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual clutch arrangement is disclosed herein. The dual clutch arrangement includes a first input rotatable member. The dual clutch arrangement also includes an output rotatable member. The dual clutch arrangement also includes a first clutch coupling the first input rotatable member and the output rotatable member such that the first input rotatable member drives the output rotatable member in rotation. The first clutch is operable to be overrun. The dual clutch arrangement also includes a second input rotatable member. The dual clutch arrangement also includes a second clutch operable to selectively couple the second input rotatable member and the output rotatable member such that the second input rotatable member drives the output rotatable member in rotation. The first clutch is overrun when the second clutch is engaged. The dual clutch arrangement can be one exemplary way of practicing the method of operating a turbine engine to produce thrust for a vehicle, directing air into the turbine engine with a fan during said operating step, and changing a speed of the fan during said operating step to change a bypass ratio of the turbine engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/464906 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534076 | Woodcock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory O. Woodcock (Mesa, Arizona); Bradley Reed Tucker (Chandler, Arizona); Jason Smoke (Phoenix, Arizona); Stony Kujala (Tempe, Arizona); Terrel Kuhn (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Internationl Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory O. Woodcock (Mesa, Arizona); Bradley Reed Tucker (Chandler, Arizona); Jason Smoke (Phoenix, Arizona); Stony Kujala (Tempe, Arizona); Terrel Kuhn (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor-turbine seal interface is provided for deployment within a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, the combustor-turbine assembly a combustor, a turbine nozzle downstream of the combustor, and a first compliant dual seal assembly. The first compliant dual seal assembly includes a compliant seal wall sealingly coupled between the combustor and the turbine nozzle, a first compression seal sealingly disposed between the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle, and a first bearing seal generally defined by the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle. The first bearing seal is sealingly disposed in series with the first compression seal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481441 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534305 | Woodall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Gregory A. Reitmeyer (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Gregory A. Reitmeyer (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure, e.g. a pop-up tent, usable in extremes of temperature, wind, and aridity. One side of the structure's fabric reflects heat, and the other absorbs heat. The structure is reversible, so that, depending which side is outside and which inside, the structure either rejects or absorbs ambient heat, making the structure cooler in hot environments, and warmer in cool environments. The structure can have a detachable base with a hollow chamber in which one can put thermally insulating fluid (e.g. water) to add further comfort, which also provides additional physical and thermal stability to the structure. An optional moisture collector is disposable inside to collect condensate for recycling, and the fabric of the structure can be hydrophobic to direct other condensate to the base and away from occupants. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/066854 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane 135/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534607 | Tardiff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc Tardiff (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); George N. Moorachian, Jr. (Watertown, Massachusetts); Todd Grenga (Cumberland, Rhode Island); William S. Ricci (Needham, Massachusetts); Richard John Benney (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Tardiff (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); George N. Moorachian, Jr. (Watertown, Massachusetts); Todd Grenga (Cumberland, Rhode Island); William S. Ricci (Needham, Massachusetts); Richard John Benney (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple bundle sling load system including a sling for attachment to an aircraft, a support system suspended from the sling for carrying a plurality of bundles, a load release mechanism interconnecting each bundle with the support structure, a parachute associated with at least one of the bundles, a parachute release mechanism interconnecting each parachute with the support structure. And an actuator for remotely operating each release mechanism for selectively releasing each load release mechanism and not releasing the associated parachute release mechanism for an air drop operation and selectively releasing each load release mechanism and each associated parachute release mechanism for a land drop operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288411 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/137.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534993 | Lutjen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkeport, Maine); Susan M Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corp. (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkeport, Maine); Susan M Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas turbine engines and related systems involving blade outer air seals are provided. In this regard, a representative blade outer air seal segment for a set of rotatable blades includes: a blade arrival end; and a blade departure end; each of the blade arrival end and the blade departure end being angularly offset with respect to a longitudinal axis about which the blades rotate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/030289 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535110 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In a preferred method of formation embodiment, a thin metal foil or film is obtained or formed with microcavities (such as through holes). The foil or film is anodized symmetrically so as to form a metal-oxide film on the surface of the foil and on the walls of the microcavities. One or more self-patterned metal electrodes are automatically formed and simultaneously buried in the metal oxide created by the anodization process. The electrodes form in a closed circumference around each microcavity, and electrodes for adjacent microcavities can be isolated or connected. If the microcavity is cylindrical, the electrodes form as rings around each cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425214 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535315 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian J. F. Wong (Irvine, California); Cyrus Manuel (Irvine, California); Allen Foulad (Encino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. F. Wong (Irvine, California); Cyrus Manuel (Irvine, California); Allen Foulad (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A double-bladed cutting device providing a practical method for obtaining costal cartilage specimens in both an operating room and research setting. The device reduces the skill and time required to fashion cartilage slices, while increasing the uniformity of the cut specimens. Furthermore, via an adjustable guide, slices can be obtained precisely from the central core of the rib. Although specimen lengths up to 4 cm are preferred, longer lengths can be attained without modification of the device. The cartilage specimen may be held in place within the device via means of compression or tension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014697 |
| ART UNIT | 3776 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535506 | Belcher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Dong Soo Yun (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Dong Soo Yun (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for synthesizing metal oxide nanocrystals. The method includes forming a precursor solution including the metal oxide cation and introducing a selected metal oxide binding virus into the solution. Electrical pulses are generated across the solution whereby highly crystalline nanowires are formed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/594253 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535553 | Kong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jing Kong (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alfonso Reina Cecco (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Kong (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alfonso Reina Cecco (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A film of single-layer to few-layer graphene is formed by depositing a graphene film via chemical vapor deposition on a surface of a growth substrate. The surface on which the graphene is deposited can be a polycrystalline nickel film, which is deposited by evaporation on a SiO2/Si substrate. A protective support layer is then coated on the graphene film to provide support for the graphene film and to maintain its integrity when it is removed from the growth substrate. The surface of the growth substrate is then etched to release the graphene film and the protective support layer from the growth substrate, wherein the protective support layer maintains the integrity of the graphene film during and after its release from the growth substrate. After being released from the growth substrate, the graphene film and protective support layer can be applied onto an arbitrary target substrate for evaluation or use in any of a wide variety of applications. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/422747 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535604 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean M. Baker (Cypress, Texas); Henry S. Meeks (Roseville, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Dean M. Baker (Cypress, Texas); Henry S. Meeks (Roseville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing composites of micro-engineered, coated particulates embedded in a matrix of metal, ceramic powders, or combinations thereof, capable of being tailored to exhibit application-specific desired thermal, physical and mechanical properties to form substitute materials for nickel, titanium, rhenium, magnesium, aluminum, graphite epoxy, and beryllium. The particulates are solid and/or hollow and may be coated with one or more layers of deposited materials before being combined within a substrate of powder metal, ceramic or some combination thereof which also may be coated. The combined micro-engineered nano design powder is consolidated using novel solid-state processes that prevent melting of the matrix and which involve the application of varying pressures to control the formation of the microstructure and resultant mechanical properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/427486 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535634 | Sankar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suryanarayan G. Sankar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Satoru Simizu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Zande (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Obermyer (Delmont, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Materials Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suryanarayan G. Sankar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Satoru Simizu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Zande (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Obermyer (Delmont, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making iron nitride powder is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing an iron-based starting material; b) reducing the starting material by heating the starting material in a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a reducing agent; c) nitriding the material obtained from step (b) by contacting the material with a nitrogen source. Also provided is the iron nitride powder made by the above method. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/151239 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/409 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535654 | Broughton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy M. Broughton (Opelika, Alabama); Hasan Basri Kocer (Bursa, Turkey); Shelby Davis Worley (Auburn, Alabama); Annelese Felmy Maddox (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Wei Liu (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy M. Broughton (Opelika, Alabama); Hasan Basri Kocer (Bursa, Turkey); Shelby Davis Worley (Auburn, Alabama); Annelese Felmy Maddox (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Wei Liu (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous, permeable particles of meta-aramid can be chlorinated or brominated to produce antimicrobial and detoxifying particles for use in applications such as, but not limited to, nonwoven webs, paper, textiles, absorbent articles, healthcare products, paints, filter materials, powder coatings, clear coatings, molded plastic articles, binders for fibrous materials, and the like. The particles can be charged with halogen before or after incorporation into the application medium. The particles can contain blends of meta-aramid with other polymers such as, but not limited to, cellulose, cellulose acetate, polyurethane, and the like. The particles will be effective at inactivation of pathogenic and odor-causing microorganisms and toxic chemical agents. The particles, which contain N-halamine units, have unexpected resistance to ultraviolet light degradation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875562 |
| 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 8/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/14 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/76 (20130101) Dry-cleaning, Washing or Bleaching Fibres, Filaments, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Made-up Fibrous Goods; Bleaching Leather or Furs D06L 3/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 2/901 (20130101) Y10S 8/925 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535672 | Kaempfer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond Kaempfer (Jerusalem, Israel); Gila Arad (Mevasseret Zion, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yissum Research Development of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Kaempfer (Jerusalem, Israel); Gila Arad (Mevasseret Zion, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for the inhibition of modulation of T cell costimulatory pathway by a pathogenic agent, particularly, the inhibition of activation of a T cell costimulatory pathway, preferably, the CD28/B7 pathway, by a pyrogenic exotoxin. The method of the invention is based on the inhibition of the direct interaction of a superantigen with a specific site within the dimer interface of a CD28 family member, using immunomodulatory peptides. Further disclosed are specific antagonist immunomodulatory peptides comprising an amino acid sequence derived from a dimer interface of a T cell co-stimulatory pathway member, or peptides which comprise an amino acid sequence which specifically binds to an amino acid sequence within the dimer interface of a T cell co-stimulatory pathway member. Compositions comprising said peptides and methods for the treatment of immune-related disorders are also disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of the CD28 molecule or any fragment thereof comprising the sAg binding site in a method of screening for a test substance which specifically binds to the CD28 molecule and is capable of antagonizing pyrogenic exotoxin-mediated activation of Th1 lymphocytes. |
| FILED | Monday, October 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/958765 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/144.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535687 | Draghia-Akli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ruxandra Draghia-Akli (Brussels, Belgium); Jon Prigge (Spring, Texas); Niranjan Y. Sardesai (North Wales, Pennsylvania); David B. Weiner (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Lauren A. Hirao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruxandra Draghia-Akli (Brussels, Belgium); Jon Prigge (Spring, Texas); Niranjan Y. Sardesai (North Wales, Pennsylvania); David B. Weiner (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Lauren A. Hirao (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to DNA vaccines that are capable of generating a protective immune response in mammals against a pox virus, and comprises at least one DNA plasmid capable of expressing a plurality of VACV MV antigens, and at least one DNA plasmid capable of expressing a plurality of VACV EV antigens. Also, the present invention relates to methods of inducing a protective immune response in a mammal to pox virus, including a neutralizing antibody response, comprising: injecting into tissue of said mammal said DNA vaccine. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473634 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/232.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535710 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven B. Jung (Rolla, Missouri); Delbert E. Day (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B. Jung (Rolla, Missouri); Delbert E. Day (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a wound, and a dressing for wound care management comprising a three-dimensional body of glass-based fibers comprising one or more glass-formers selected from the group consisting of P2O5, SiO2, and B2O3; at least about 25 wt % of the fibers have a diameter between about 200 nm and about 4000 nm, and a length:width aspect ratio of at least about 10. In another form, the glasses are in the form of particles in an ointment or cream applied to a wound. In yet other forms the glasses are employed as fibers formed into sutures for closing a wound, or as particles in a surgical glue for closing a wound. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442051 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535719 | Badylak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Donald O. Freytes (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Guan (Dublin, Ohio); John Stankus (Campbell, California); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Donald O. Freytes (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Guan (Dublin, Ohio); John Stankus (Campbell, California); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a biohybrid elastomeric scaffold comprising a synthetic polymeric component and a biological polymeric component. The scaffold can be fabricated to have many different forms, non-limiting examples of which include a non-woven fibrous mesh or in a porous composite. Methods of use of the biohybrid elastomeric scaffolds in wound healing and tissue regeneration are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825540 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535759 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Max Shtein (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Max Shtein (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of depositing organic material is provided. A carrier gas carrying organic material is ejected from a nozzle at a flow velocity that is at least 10% of the thermal velocity of the carrier gas, such that the organic material is deposited onto a substrate. In some embodiments, the dynamic pressure in a region between the nozzle and the substrate surrounding the carrier gas is at least 1 Torr, and more preferably 10 Torr, during the ejection. In some embodiments, a guard flow is provided around the carrier gas. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823323 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/249.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535761 | Laine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard M. Laine (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher L. Soles (Germantown, Maryland); David J. Krug, III (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hyun Wook Ro (Rockville, Maryland); Vera Nikolova Popova-Gueorguieva (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayaterials, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Laine (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher L. Soles (Germantown, Maryland); David J. Krug, III (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hyun Wook Ro (Rockville, Maryland); Vera Nikolova Popova-Gueorguieva (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a coating comprising the steps of dissolving an silsesquioxane (e.g., one that is primarily a cage compound with 8, 10, 12, 14 or related complete cages or with partially condensed cages containing primarily Si(O)4 units in the cage) in a solvent to form an silsesquioxane solution; introducing (e.g., dissolving) an additive in the solution (e.g., the additive being selected from a rare earth compound, an acid, an organic moiety, a precious metal or compound thereof, a transition metal compound, or any combination thereof, or any of their ionic constituents); and optionally mixing a diluent with the solution to form a coating that is applied to a substrate, wherein the resulting coating forms crosslinks between resulting pendant Si(OH)x groups and a substrate surface. The present invention also contemplates coatings and coated articles consistent with the present teachings. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/705109 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535797 | Morris |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Morris (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Morris (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the teachings of one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of forming high-density metal interconnects on flexible, thin-film plastic includes laminating a dry photoresist layer to a substrate. The photoresist-laminated substrate is baked. An assembly is formed by laminating a plastic film to the baked, photoresist-laminated substrate. One or more electrically conductive interconnect layers are processed on a first surface of the laminated plastic film. The processing of the one or more electrically conductive interconnects includes photolithography. The assembly is baked and soaked in a liquid. The processed plastic film is then separated from the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349772 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535805 | Demirel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Melik C. Demirel (State College, Pennsylvania); Walter J Dressick (Waldorf, Maryland); Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melik C. Demirel (State College, Pennsylvania); Walter J Dressick (Waldorf, Maryland); Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are the polymers shown below. The value n is a positive integer. R1 is an organic group, and each R2 is H or a chemisorbed group, with at least one R2 being a chemisorbed group. The polymer may be a nanostructured film. Also provided herein is a method of: converting a di-p-xylylene paracyclophane dimer to a reactive vapor of monomers; depositing the reactive vapor onto a substrate held at an angle relative to the vapor flux to form nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film; reacting the film with an agent to form hydrogen atoms that are reactive with a precursor of a chemisorbed group, if the film does not contain the hydrogen atoms; and reacting the hydrogen atoms with the precursor. Also provided herein is a device having a nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film on a pivotable substrate. The film has directional hydrophobic or oleophobic properties and directional adhesive properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430932 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/411.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535824 | Nakahara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical device has one or more electrodes in electrical communication with a tab assembly. The tab assembly includes a tab having one or more clad regions. Each clad region includes a metal clad onto the tab. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/339920 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535834 | Yoon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sang Young Yoon (Brea, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Young Yoon (Brea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The battery includes an electrolyte activating a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The electrolyte includes a plurality of salts in a solvent, one or more passivation salts in the solvent, and one or more passivation additives in the solvent. At least one of the passivation salts forms a passivation layer on the negative electrode during discharge of the battery and includes both lithium and boron. At least one of the salts is an inorganic lithium salt that excludes boron. The solvent includes one or more organic solvents. At least one of the passivation additives forms a passivation layer on the negative electrode during discharge of the battery and is not a salt. The positive electrode has one or more positive active materials that each include a lithium transition-metal oxide and the negative electrodes includes a negative active material selected from a group consisting of lithium metal and graphite. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891522 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536066 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Brett Hull (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sumi Krishnaswami (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Brett Hull (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sumi Krishnaswami (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming an oxide layer on silicon carbide include thermally growing an oxide layer on a layer of silicon carbide, and annealing the oxide layer in an environment containing NO at a temperature greater than 1175° C. The oxide layer may be annealed in NO in a silicon carbide tube that may be coated with silicon carbide. To form the oxide layer, a preliminary oxide layer may be thermally grown on a silicon carbide layer in dry O2, and the preliminary oxide layer may be re-oxidized in wet O2. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776831 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536132 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for and involving selectively targeting tumor lymphatics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024445 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536219 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd A. Thompson (Madison, Wisconsin); George Wilding (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Thompson (Madison, Wisconsin); George Wilding (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders treatable by administering a chroman-derived anti-androgen compound are provided by the present invention. The invention further provides pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions containing chroman-derived anti-androgen compounds useful in the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders, particularly prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542432 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536299 | Dang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thuy D. Dang (Centerville, Ohio); Zongwu Bai (Beavercreek, Ohio); Narayanan Venkat (Beavercreek, Ohio); Alexander B. Morgan (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thuy D. Dang (Centerville, Ohio); Zongwu Bai (Beavercreek, Ohio); Narayanan Venkat (Beavercreek, Ohio); Alexander B. Morgan (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Rigid-rod copolymer compositions incorporating PBO (poly(p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole)), DiOH-PBO (poly(2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-phenylenebenzobisoxazole), DiOH-PBI (poly(2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-phenylenebenzobisimidazole)), DiOH-PyBI (poly(2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-phenylenepyridobisimidazole), PBZT (poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole)) and its corresponding dihydroxy analogues attached to a flexibilizing hexafluoroisopropylidene linkage are described. Also described are their fabrication into fibers by a dry jet wet spinning technique and the measured fiber mechanical properties. The copolymer compositions are highly flame-resistant and have potential utility for fire-protective clothing. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/329662 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/272 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536445 | Cornfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a multijunction solar cell comprising an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell comprising providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on said substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over said first subcell having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; and forming a grading interlayer over said second subcell having a third band gap larger than said second band gap forming a third solar subcell having a fourth band gap smaller than said second band gap such that said third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to said second subcell. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445793 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536446 | Cornfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emcore Solar Power (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Multijunction solar cells that may include a first solar subcell with a first band gap, and a second solar subcell disposed over the first solar subcell and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap. The solar cells may also include a grading interlayer disposed over the second solar subcell that may include a third band gap greater than the second band gap. The grading interlayer may not include phosphorus. The solar cells may also include a third solar subcell disposed over the interlayer that is lattice mismatched with respect to the second solar subcell. The third solar subcell may have a fourth band gap smaller than the third band gap. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758390 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536582 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Durham, North Carolina); Albert Burk (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph Sumakeris (Cary, North Carolina); Michael O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Durham, North Carolina); Albert Burk (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph Sumakeris (Cary, North Carolina); Michael O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon carbide-based power device includes a silicon carbide drift layer having a planar surface that forms an off-axis angle with a <0001> direction of less than 8°. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622861 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536625 | Burke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry E. Burke (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry E. Burke (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface configured for accepting illumination to a pixel array disposed in the substrate. An electrically-doped channel region for each pixel is disposed at a second substrate surface opposite the first substrate surface. The channel regions are for collecting photogenerated charge in the substrate. An electrically-doped channel stop region is at the second substrate surface between each channel region. An electrically-doped shutter buried layer, disposed in the substrate at a depth from the second substrate surface that is greater than that of the pixel channel regions, extends across the pixel array. An electrically-doped photogenerated-charge-extinguishment layer, at the first substrate surface, extends across the pixel array. A substrate bulk region between the shutter buried layer and the photogenerated-charge-extinguishment layer is characterized by an electrical resistivity enabling independent electrical bias of the photogenerated-charge-extinguishment layer from electrically-doped regions of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/878082 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536626 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory C. Brown (Chanhassen, Minnesota); Curtis H. Rahn (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory C. Brown (Chanhassen, Minnesota); Curtis H. Rahn (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A pH sensor is provided. The pH sensor comprises a substrate and an ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) die comprising an ion sensing part that responds to pH, wherein the ISFET die is located over the substrate. The pH sensor also comprises a protective layer formed over at least a portion of an outer surface of the ISFET die and at least a portion of the substrate. Further, the pH sensor comprises a cover member mechanically coupled to the protective layer, wherein the cover member houses the ISFET die and the substrate, and wherein the cover member defines an opening proximate to the ion sensing part. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096710 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536700 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Sabatini (Scotia, New York); Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); Glenn Forman (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Sabatini (Scotia, New York); Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); Glenn Forman (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic package includes a first layer having a first surface, the first layer includes a first device having a first electrical node, and a first contact pad in electrical communication with the first electrical node and positioned within the first surface. The package includes a second layer having a second surface and a third surface, the second layer includes a first conductor positioned within the second surface and a second contact pad positioned within the third surface and in electrical communication with the first conductor. A first anisotropic conducting paste (ACP) is positioned between the first contact pad and the first conductor to electrically connect the first contact pad to the first conductor such that an electrical signal may pass therebetween. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101249 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536776 | Wood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanessa Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Panzer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jean-Michel Caruge (New York, New York); Jonathan E. Halpert (Falls Church, Virginia); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vanessa Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Panzer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jean-Michel Caruge (New York, New York); Jonathan E. Halpert (Falls Church, Virginia); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device including semiconductor nanocrystals can have a unipolar construction. The semiconductor nanocrystals emit light during device operation. The size and chemical composition of the semiconductor nanocrystals can be chosen to provide desired emission characteristics. Devices that share a substrate and emit more than one color may be conveniently made. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776112 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536901 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee James Johnson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee James Johnson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus to drive an analog signal into a sensory tissue. The apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter converting an original analog signal to a digital signal at an analog-to-digital converter sample rate. The apparatus includes a digital transceiver communicating wirelessly with the analog-to-digital converter to receive the digital signal. The apparatus includes a digital data buffer receiving the digital signal from the digital transceiver. The apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter communicating with the digital data buffer and converting the digital signal into a reconstructed analog signal at a digital-to-analog converter sample rate faster than the analog-to-digital converter sample rate, the analog signal comprising a plurality of intensity values. The apparatus includes a pixel clock matching the digital-to-analog converter sample rate. The apparatus includes a bio-interface array comprising a plurality of electrodes and operably proximate to the sensory tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309832 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536983 | Harasti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tracy J Harasti (Arnold, Maryland); James E Howell (Severn, Maryland); William M Hertel, III (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy J Harasti (Arnold, Maryland); James E Howell (Severn, Maryland); William M Hertel, III (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to optimize underwater operations utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) arrangement. The RFID arrangement includes a plurality of RFID tags positioned on an underwater surface, with each of the plurality of tags coded with unique information related to each tag's location on the underwater surface. The RFID system also includes an RFID reader/interrogator attached to an underwater explorer. When the underwater explorer is within a reading range of a tag, the reader/interrogator reads the unique tag information. The tag information is used to optimize underwater operations performed by the explorer, which may be a diver or a water vessel. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905405 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/10.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536988 | Ritter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Evan Ritter (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Evan Ritter (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and systems for providing data from a distributed array. In one aspect, the array is a sensor array that includes sensor nodes that are each associated with one or more sensors, and the data includes sensor data acquired from the sensors by the sensor nodes. The sensor array employs modular and interchangeable sensor nodes that are capable of self-organizing in response to a network disruption while maintaining a flow of synchronized data to the event monitor. This self-organizing characteristic enables the overall network of nodes to be self-healing and easily extensible. The improved fault resilience makes it possible to deploy the sensors without requiring complex monitoring or fault diagnosis. Embodiments of the invention can be employed in any number of applications, including without limitation, tunnel activity detection, seismic/acoustic monitoring/detection and other applications where gathering sensor data may be desired. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/887346 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/286.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537009 | Hess et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles T. Hess (Stillwater, Maine); Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles T. Hess (Stillwater, Maine); Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A dosimeter is disclosed for use in container including outer walls defining an interior volume, the dosimeter including: a radon detection element adapted to detect a radon level for the interior volume; a neutron detection element adapted detect a neutron level for the interior volume. The dosimeter is adapted to measure the radon level and neutron level for a period of time, compare the measured radon level to a first threshold, compare the measured neutron level to a second threshold, and determine information indicative of the presence or absence of fissile material within the interior volume based on the comparisons. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596967 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537272 | Jelinek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer-usable medium for determining an optimal shutter fluttering sequence. The disclosed approach is based on the use of shutter flutter technology, which means that an image can be acquired in such a manner as to encode all information about the moving subject. The disclosed approach involves determining a shutter's fluttering pattern that optimally encodes information at all frequencies. The disclosed approach involves an optimization method for finding a shutter fluttering pattern that maximizes the minimum value of a function defining the plurality of flutter shutter sequences over a frequency domain. The disclosed approach involves eliminating all flutter shutter sequences that contain lost frequencies. The objective of the disclosed approach is to select an optimal flutter shutter sequence for implementation with a flutter shutter camera. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/948015 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537377 | Burkland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Burkland (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Burkland (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | In an absolute position encoder, a multi-spectral light source illuminates a position on a topographic surface at an angle of incidence determined from a vector normal to the surface. A target on, and positionally-registered to, the topographic surface comprises a variable grating that diffracts the incident light to form a multi-spectral diffraction pattern in which the angular dispersion of the diffraction pattern varies with the absolute position of the incident light along the grating. A chromatically responsive sensor detects a narrow band of the diffraction pattern through an entrance aperture positioned at an angle of detection determined from the vector normal to the topographic surface and outputs a signal responsive to the change in the angular dispersion of the detected narrow band of the diffraction pattern. The source/sensor unit maintains (within an acceptable noise tolerance) its geometric relationship to the vector normal to the topographic surface at the position of illumination. A processing element uses a system transfer function to map the detected signal to an absolute-position on the topographic surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094970 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/616 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537452 | Kanter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nucript LLC (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical spectrum generator is disclosed, which is based on generating conjugate optical frequencies via the use of two or more nonlinear interactions, where filters are used to select the conjugate output of the preceding nonlinear interaction as the input to the following nonlinear interaction. The cascaded nonlinear interaction is seeded with an incoming optical beam and pumped with multiple pump beams. The conjugate output of the last nonlinear interaction can be fed-back to the input of the first nonlinear interaction thus creating a recirculating path. An add-drop multiplexer is implemented for efficiently combining the pump beams with conjugate beams. The generated output frequencies are related to the difference in frequency between the pumps which can be changed as a function of time to create a time-varying output frequency. The magnitude of the variation in output frequency can be magnified by recirculating the signal through the system multiple times. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/792272 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537457 | Ptasinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A correlation spectrometer can include a sample cell, a plasmonic array, a light source that can be used to illuminate both the plasmonic array and the sample cell, and an infrared (IR) detector that is connected to the plasmonic array, and that is configured to receive and detect surface plasmons. The plasmonic array is modulated to transmit a surface plasmon at a predetermined resonance peaks that correspond to resonant peaks for a compound of interest (COI). If the COI is present in the sample cell, a surface plasmon having resonant peaks corresponding to the COI resonant peaks is generated in the plasmonic array and detected by the IR detector. The plasmonic can be formed with a plurality of nanoholes with different periodicities and fill factors, in order to detect multiple COI. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111124 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537588 | De Brosse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. De Brosse (Colchester, Vermont); William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, New York); Yu Lu (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. De Brosse (Colchester, Vermont); William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, New York); Yu Lu (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention is a magnetic shift register memory device. One embodiment of a memory cell includes a magnetic column including a plurality of magnetic domains, a reader coupled to the magnetic column, for reading data from the magnetic domains, a temporary memory for storing data read from the magnetic domains, and a writer coupled to the magnetic column, for writing data in the temporary memory to the magnetic domains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431185 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537717 | Harchol-Balter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); F. Thomson Leighton (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Daniel Lewin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); F. Thomson Leighton (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Daniel Lewin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In distributed networks of cooperating nodes, it is useful to perform resource discovery in a manner that is efficient but that also minimizes communication complexity. A system and method in which nodes in a network efficiently are provided with information about the presence of, and other information about, other nodes in the network provides tangible benefits. In general, in one aspect, a system and method according to the invention features a distributed method for communicating information among a plurality of nodes. The method includes communicating from the first node to the second node information about the first node and nodes that the first node is aware of. The method further includes adding or merging, by the second node, the information about the first node and nodes that the first node is aware of with information about nodes that the second node is aware of. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869453 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538083 | Medioni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Guy Medioni (Los Angeles, California); Qian Yu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Isaac Cohen (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Tracking multiple targets can include making different observations based on multiple different frames of one or more digital video feeds, determining an initial cover based on the observations, performing one or more modifications to the initial cover to generate a final cover, and using the final cover to track multiple targets in the one or more digital video feeds. Performing one or more modifications to generate a final cover can include selecting one or more adjustments from a group that includes temporal cover adjustments and spatial cover adjustments, and can include using likelihood information indicative of similarities in motion and appearance to distinguish different targets in the frames. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784477 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538108 | Shekhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raj Shekhar (Elkridge, Maryland); Carlos Castro-Pareja (Aloha, Oregon); Omkar Dandekar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj Shekhar (Elkridge, Maryland); Carlos Castro-Pareja (Aloha, Oregon); Omkar Dandekar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for accelerated elastic registration include receiving reference scan data and floating scan data, and a first transformation for mapping coordinates of scan elements from the first scan to coordinates of scan elements in the second scan. A subset of contiguous scan elements is determined. At least one of several enhancements is implemented. In one enhancement cubic spline interpolation is nested by dimensions within a subset. In another enhancement, a local joint histogram of mutual information based on the reference scan data and the floating scan data for the subset is determined and subtracted from an overall joint histogram to determine a remainder joint histogram. Each subset is then transformed, used to compute an updated local histogram, and added to the remainder joint histogram to produce an updated joint histogram. In another enhancement, a measure of similarity other than non-normalized mutual information is derived from the updated joint histogram. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/158090 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538211 | Figotin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aleksandr Figotin (Irvine, California); Ilya M. Vitebskiy (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksandr Figotin (Irvine, California); Ilya M. Vitebskiy (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are photonic devices configured to display photonic band gap structure with a degenerate band edge. Electromagnetic radiation incident upon these photonic devices can be converted into a frozen mode characterized by a significantly increased amplitude, as compared to that of the incident wave. The device can also be configured as a resonance cavity with a giant transmission band edge resonance. In an exemplary embodiment, the photonic device is a periodic layered structure with each unit cell comprising at least two anisotropic layers with misaligned anisotropy. The degenerate band edge at given frequency can be achieved by paper choice of the layers' thicknesses and the misalignment angle. In another embodiment, the photonic device is configured as a waveguide periodically modulated along its axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019121 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538269 | Blanton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robin Blanton (Grosse Ile, Michigan); Roger Leon Van Elslander (Warren, Michigan); Anthony B. Vink (Plymouth Township, Michigan); Mark P. Zachos (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dearborn Group, Inc. (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin Blanton (Grosse Ile, Michigan); Roger Leon Van Elslander (Warren, Michigan); Anthony B. Vink (Plymouth Township, Michigan); Mark P. Zachos (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an adapter for providing wireless communication between a digital multimeter (DMM) and a computer. The adapter has a processor as well as a transmitter operable for transmitting signals to the (DMM) from the processor. The adapter also includes a receiver operable for receiving signals from the DMM, the processor is able to receive the signals from the receiver. The adapter of the present invention also includes at least one radio transmitter operable for providing wireless communication between the processor and the computer. The data measurements obtained through communication with the DMM via the receiver and transmitter are transferred wirelessly to the adapter. The data measurements obtained by the adapter are then transferred wirelessly from the adapter to the computer through the radio transmitter. The radio transmitter is operable to communicate wirelessly with the computer in one or more communication protocols, such as Zigbee and WiFi. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806603 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538358 | Steinbrecher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for digitally controlling the launch of high-power broad-band RF waves with high linearity for use with a software defined air-interface system. A wave launcher contains an Eplane array containing a plurality of Epixel partition elements is configured with a master digital controller. The master digital controller processes all signals to be launched as RF waves and develops the digital images necessary for digital synthesizers to format the signals to be converted to analog. A plurality of digital-analog converters coupled with power amplifiers convert the digital signal to analog, and the analog signal is then sent to the partition elements to be transmitted as RF waves. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471581 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/127.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538373 | Koontz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Koontz (Chantilly, Virginia); Andrew Tran (Herndon, Virginia); James Sherman (Penn Laird, Virginia); Jake Gunderson (Clearwater, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Blackbird Technologies, Inc. (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Koontz (Chantilly, Virginia); Andrew Tran (Herndon, Virginia); James Sherman (Penn Laird, Virginia); Jake Gunderson (Clearwater, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a set of network communication modules, a communication control module and an input actuator. Each network communication module from the set of network communication modules is configured to send signals to and receive signals from a remote device via a distinct communication mode from a set of communication modes. The communication control module is configured to periodically send a set of second status signals intended to be sent to the remote device via each communication mode from the set of communication modes when the communication control module is in an emergency operating mode and the communication mode is available. The communication control module is configured to switch from the default operating mode to the emergency operating mode in response to receiving an input signal indicating that the input actuator has been actuated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/115680 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/404.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538512 | Bibian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stéphane Bibian (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Tatjana Zikov (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Mohammad Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NeuroWave Systems Inc. (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stéphane Bibian (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Tatjana Zikov (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Mohammad Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a brain dysfunction and seizure detector monitor and system, and a method of detecting brain dysfunction and/or seizure of a subject. The various embodiments of the system of the present invention were developed for the brain activity and preferably EEG monitoring of a single patient or multiple patients. Preferably, the system or monitor of the present invention also includes one or more seizure detection algorithms. The analysis method is specifically optimized to amplify abnormal brain activity and minimize normal background activity. This analysis yields a seizure index whose value is directly related to the current presence of ictal activity in the signal. In addition, a seizure probability index based on historical values of the aforementioned seizure index, is derived for diagnostic purposes. The seizure probability index quantifies the probability that the patient has exhibited abnormal brain activity since the beginning of the recording. The real-time seizure index, and the historical seizure probability index, can be used in the context of an emergency and/or clinical situation to assess the status and well being of a patient's brain, or can be used to automatically administer treatment to stop the seizure before clinical signs appear. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259652 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538606 | Janson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siegfried W. Janson (Los Angeles, California); Jerome K. Fuller (Van Nuys, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siegfried W. Janson (Los Angeles, California); Jerome K. Fuller (Van Nuys, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for sensing flight direction of a spacecraft. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for determining flight direction of a spacecraft. The method includes providing at least one imaging detector associated with a spacecraft; imaging at least a portion of a celestial body onto the at least one imaging detector; acquiring, by the at least one imaging detector, sequential images of at least a portion of the celestial body; and determining the spacecraft flight direction relative to the celestial body based at least in part on processing the sequential images, wherein the processing is performed by one or more computer processors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938504 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538673 | Sislak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Sislak (Prague, Czech Republic); Michal Pechoucek (Prague, Czech Republic); Premysl Volf (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic); Vladimir Marik (Prague, Czech Republic); Paul Losiewicz (Farnham Common, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Czech Technical University in Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sislak (Prague, Czech Republic); Michal Pechoucek (Prague, Czech Republic); Premysl Volf (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic); Vladimir Marik (Prague, Czech Republic); Paul Losiewicz (Farnham Common, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for planning/replanning collision free flight plans in real-time (or accelerated-time) including planning individual flight plans for each flying asset, executing (or simulating) the planned individual flight plans, detecting violations of safety zones of each of the flying assets by negotiation and by other assets monitoring (radar sensing), and repairing the individual flight plans by real-time replanning. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/347380 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08539018 | Bisdikian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Joel W. Branch (Hamden, Connecticut); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Joel W. Branch (Hamden, Connecticut); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product for determining at least one association between at least one business process and at least one network entity. The system maps at least one user to the business process. The system maps the user to at least one network end-point. The system maps the network end-point to at least one application. The system maps the network entity to the application. The system identifies the association among the business process, the user, the network end-point, the application and the network entity based on one or more of the mappings. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/939657 |
| ART UNIT | 2447 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08534176 | Giszter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Simon Giszter (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Tae Gyo Kim (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Arun Ramakrishnan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Giszter (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Tae Gyo Kim (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Arun Ramakrishnan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for fabricating microbraided structures is provided. A microbraiding device includes first and second carrier members that are movable with respect to each other. Each carrier includes a plurality of shelters. Spool-less strands of microfiber are retained in shuttles that are movable between the first and second shelters under magnetic forces. The microbraid structure is fabricated as the shuttles move between the first shelters, and as the first carrier member moves relative to the second carrier member. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/129925 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Textiles: Braiding, netting, and lace making 087/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535061 | Boutchko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rostyslav Boutchko (Berkeley, California); Karthikayan Balakrishnan (Vernon Hills, Illinois); Grant T Gullberg (El Cerrito, California); James P O'Neil (San Leandro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rostyslav Boutchko (Berkeley, California); Karthikayan Balakrishnan (Vernon Hills, Illinois); Grant T Gullberg (El Cerrito, California); James P O'Neil (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A human torso phantom and its construction, wherein the phantom mimics respiratory and cardiac cycles in a human allowing acquisition of medical imaging data under conditions simulating patient cardiac and respiratory motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630818 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535250 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Owen (Seattle, Washington); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg Sapozhinikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Owen (Seattle, Washington); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg Sapozhinikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | During shock wave therapy, a determination is made that a kidney stone has begun to fracture, and then a progress of its fragmentation is assessed. This determination can reduce the number of shock waves used to disintegrate kidney stones, and thereby reduce dose-dependent tissue damage. The identification of fracture is possible through the detection and analysis of resonant acoustic scattering, which is the radiation caused by reverberations within a stone particle that is struck by a shock wave. The scattering frequency can provide both an indication that the kidney stone has fragmented, and an indication of the relative sizes of the fragments. Related concepts employ displacement measurements of kidney stones/fragments to provide both an indication that the kidney stone has fragmented, and an indication of the relative sizes of the fragments. Such techniques can be combined with vibro-acoustography based gating that better targets the stone. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872668 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535315 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian J. F. Wong (Irvine, California); Cyrus Manuel (Irvine, California); Allen Foulad (Encino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. F. Wong (Irvine, California); Cyrus Manuel (Irvine, California); Allen Foulad (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A double-bladed cutting device providing a practical method for obtaining costal cartilage specimens in both an operating room and research setting. The device reduces the skill and time required to fashion cartilage slices, while increasing the uniformity of the cut specimens. Furthermore, via an adjustable guide, slices can be obtained precisely from the central core of the rib. Although specimen lengths up to 4 cm are preferred, longer lengths can be attained without modification of the device. The cartilage specimen may be held in place within the device via means of compression or tension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014697 |
| ART UNIT | 3776 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535421 | Yoshida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tatsuro Yoshida (West Newton, Massachusetts); Paul J. Vernucci (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Health Sciences, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatsuro Yoshida (West Newton, Massachusetts); Paul J. Vernucci (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A blood storage system. The system has a collection bag for red blood cells; an oxygen/carbon dioxide depletion device; a storage bag for red blood cells; and tubing connecting the collection bag to the depletion device and the depletion device to the storage bag. The depletion device includes a receptacle of a solid material having an inlet and an outlet adapted to receiving and expelling a flushing gas; a plurality of hollow fibers or gas-permeable films extending within the receptacle from an entrance to an exit thereof. The hollow fibers or gas-permeable films are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/901350 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535639 | Brechbiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin W. Brechbiel (Annandale, Virginia); Heng Xu (Rockville, Maryland); Kwamena Baidoo (Reisterstown, 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) | Martin W. Brechbiel (Annandale, Virginia); Heng Xu (Rockville, Maryland); Kwamena Baidoo (Reisterstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to trifunctional imaging agents that include an antibody for cell targeting, as well as a chelating moiety for sequestering radioisotopes and a fluorescing moiety for imaging. The invention also provides methods using the conjugates for medical diagnostic imaging. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/667790 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535644 | Haghgooie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Patrick Seamus Doyle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mehmet Toner (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Patrick Seamus Doyle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mehmet Toner (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided to produce and use non-spherical colloidal particles with independently tuned size, shape, flexibility, and chemical properties. A pre-polymer mixture for forming hydrogel particles includes a percentage of PEGDA selected to impart a target stiffness to the particles and includes, a percentage of acrylic acid selected to impart an independent target chemical function to the particles. The mixture also includes a percentage of photo-initiator to polymerize PEGDA upon exposure to a light source to impart an independently selected target size or shape or both to the particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578303 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535656 | Kabanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander V. Kabanov (Omaha, Nebraska); Xiang Yi (Omaha, Nebraska); Sarguel V. Vinogradov (Omaha, Nebraska); William A. Banks (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander V. Kabanov (Omaha, Nebraska); Xiang Yi (Omaha, Nebraska); Sarguel V. Vinogradov (Omaha, Nebraska); William A. Banks (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for transporting biologically active proteins and polypeptides, particularly across the blood-brain barrier, are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/416625 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535689 | Bassler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Martin Semmelhack (Princeton, New Jersey); Douglas A. Higgins (Point Pleasant, New Jersey); Megan Eileen Bolitho (San Mateo, California); Kristina M. Kraml (Princeton, New Jersey); Wai-Leung Ng (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Martin Semmelhack (Princeton, New Jersey); Douglas A. Higgins (Point Pleasant, New Jersey); Megan Eileen Bolitho (San Mateo, California); Kristina M. Kraml (Princeton, New Jersey); Wai-Leung Ng (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A bacterial autoinducer, CAI-1, was purified and its structure identified. Methods for synthesis of the autoinducer and its analogues were elucidated. Methods of using the autoinducer or its analogues for treating bacterial pathogenicity and bio film formation are described. Methods for prevention and treatment of cholera are described. Synthetic (S)-3-hydroxytridecan-4-one functions as well as natural CAI-1 in repressing production of the virulence factor toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP). Strategies are described to manipulate bacterial quorum sensing in the clinical arena. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681041 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/261.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535725 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuyi Li (Martinez, Georgia); William S. Dynan (Martinez, Georgia); George Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Steven Serkiz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Health Sciences University Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia); Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyi Li (Martinez, Georgia); William S. Dynan (Martinez, Georgia); George Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Steven Serkiz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions of porous-wall hollow glass microspheres and one or more biomolecules, wherein the one or more biomolecules are positioned within a void location within the hollow glass microsphere, and the use of such compositions for the diagnostic and/or therapeutic delivery of biomolecules. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349792 |
| 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 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/501 (20130101) A61K 31/721 (20130101) A61K 51/1286 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535726 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California); Xiaolin Li (Menlo Park, California); Xiaoming Sun (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California); Xiaolin Li (Menlo Park, California); Xiaoming Sun (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are nanoparticles, such as carbon nanotubes or other graphitic sheet materials having extended aromatic surfaces, which are used to deliver active agents such as drugs, labels or dyes (termed for convenience a “drug”) to the interior of cells. The nanoparticles are functionalized by a hydrophilic polymer or adsorption of an amphiphilic molecule to render them stable in suspension. The drug is therefore capable of release in the cell exterior. The drug is more rapidly released at lower pH, as found e.g., in tumor cells. The drug may also be linked to a branched chain hydrophilic polymer, so that each polymer molecule carries more than one drug bound by a cleavable linker. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/178891 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535881 | Schneider |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Schneider (Frederick, 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) | Thomas D. Schneider (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device is disclosed for sequencing of nucleic acid molecules. A nucleic acid molecule is exposed to a polymerase in the presence of nucleotides. The polymerase carries a donor fluorophore, and each type of nucleotide carries a distinguishable acceptor fluorophore characteristic of the particular type of nucleotide. As the polymerase incorporates individual nucleic acid molecules into a complementary strand, a laser continuously irradiates the donor fluorophore, at a wavelength that causes it to emit an emission signal. The emission signal from the polymerase can stimulate any of the donor fluorophores (but not acceptor fluorophores), so that as a nucleotide is added, the acceptor fluorophore emits a signal associated with the type of nucleotide added to the complementary strand. The series of emission signals from the acceptor fluorophores is detected, and correlated with a sequence of nucleotides that correspond to the sequence of emission signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886686 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535883 | Cane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Cane (Providence, Rhode Island); Steven Giglio (West Croydon, Australia); Jiaoyang Jiang (Boston, Massachusetts); Christopher P. Saint (Largs Bay, Australia); Paul T. Monis (Adelaide, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cane (Providence, Rhode Island); Steven Giglio (West Croydon, Australia); Jiaoyang Jiang (Boston, Massachusetts); Christopher P. Saint (Largs Bay, Australia); Paul T. Monis (Adelaide, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of detecting a source of a microbial contamination in a suspect sample include detecting at least one member selected from the group consisting of a microbial geosmin synthase, a microbial 2-methylisoborneol synthase and a microbial 2-methylgeranyl diphosphate synthase in the suspect sample. The method can include conducting a nucleic acid amplification assay in the presence of at least one member selected from the group consisting of at least one microbial geosmin primer and at least one microbial 2-methylisoborneol synthase primer on a sample obtained from a suspect source of the microbial contamination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048407 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535884 | Eriksson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | B. Maria H. Eriksson (Solna, Sweden); Francis S. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Leslie B. Gordon (Foxboro, Massachusetts); W. Ted Brown (Staten Island, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Menands, New York); The Progeria Research Foundation, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. Maria H. Eriksson (Solna, Sweden); Francis S. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Leslie B. Gordon (Foxboro, Massachusetts); W. Ted Brown (Staten Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are point mutations in the LMNA gene that cause HGPS. These mutations activate a cryptic splice site within the LMNA gene, which leads to deletion of part of exon 11 and generation of a mutant Lamin A protein product that is 50 amino acids shorter than the normal protein. In addition to the novel Lamin A variant protein and nucleic acids encoding this variant, methods of using these molecules in detecting biological conditions associated with a LMNA mutation in a subject (e.g., HGPS, arteriosclerosis, and other age-related diseases), are also described. Oligonucleotides and other compounds for use in examples of the described methods are also provided, as are protein-specific binding agents, such as antibodies, that bind specifically to at least one epitope of a Lamin A variant protein preferentially compared to wildtype Lamin A, and methods of using such antibodies in diagnosis, treatment, and screening. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229441 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535890 | Kashmiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syed V. S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed V. S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides humanized CC49 monoclonal antibodies that bind TAG-72 with high binding affinity and that are minimally immunogenic. In one embodiment, a humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 of the CC49 antibody. In a further embodiment, the humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative substitution of a first residue in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 and a substitution of a second residue in a complementarity determining region of the humanized CC49 antibody. In several of the embodiments, methods are disclosed for the use of a humanized CC49 antibody. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039171 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — 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 08535897 | Stockwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brent R. Stockwell (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent R. Stockwell (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for identifying agents, which induce oxidative cell death in a tumor cell. The invention further relates to methods for identifying tumor cells, which are sensitive to agents that induce oxidative cell death. The invention also relates to methods for identifying subjects who are suffering from tumors, which are sensitive to agents that induce oxidative cell death. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/308593 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535946 | Khosla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The response of a patient with an enteropathic disease to therapy, particularly a candidate therapy in a clinical trial setting, is assessed by detecting the ability of the patient to metabolize an orally administered CYP3A substrate. The CYP3A metabolism may be monitored in a variety of ways. Conveniently, the appearance of a metabolite of the CYP3A substrate is detected in a patient sample over a period of time following oral administration, e.g. in urine, plasma, breath, saliva, etc. The CYP3A substrate is optionally labeled, e.g. with an isotopic, fluorescent, etc. label. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/677501 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535948 | Ranish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeff Ranish (Seattle, Washington); Jie Luo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff Ranish (Seattle, Washington); Jie Luo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improved crosslinkers which permit more efficient determination of protein interactions in biological samples. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748289 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535949 | Josephson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Josephson (Reading, Massachusetts); Yi Sun (Malden, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Josephson (Reading, Massachusetts); Yi Sun (Malden, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to magnetic resonance-based sensors and related methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612126 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536128 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chuanju Liu (Orange, Connecticut); Sally Frenkel (Flushing, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuanju Liu (Orange, Connecticut); Sally Frenkel (Flushing, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the expression and regulating growth factors in chrondrocytes and developing cartilage, particularly granulin-epithelin precursor (GEP). The invention relates to the modulation and manipulation of these growth factors, GEP, and/or the molecules they interact with, for instance COMP, in cartilage disorders, including arthritis. Assays and screening methods for the determination of the expression and activity of GEP, or of GEP-COMP, are provided, including for screening for the presence or extent of cartilage or arthritic disease and for identifying modulators or compounds/agents for treatment or prevention of cartilage or arthritic diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932876 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536132 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for and involving selectively targeting tumor lymphatics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024445 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536133 | DeNardo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sally DeNardo (Livermore, California); Gerald DeNardo (Livermore, California); Rodney Balhorn (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sally DeNardo (Livermore, California); Gerald DeNardo (Livermore, California); Rodney Balhorn (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides polydentate selective high affinity ligands (SHALs) that can be used in a variety of applications in a manner analogous to the use of antibodies. SHALs typically comprise a multiplicity of ligands that each binds different regions on the target molecule. The ligands are joined directly or through a linker thereby forming a polydentate moiety that typically binds the target molecule with high selectivity and avidity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642684 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536146 | Eberwine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Eberwine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jai-Yoon Sul (Bensalem, Pennsylvania); Thomas J. Bell (Turnersville, New Jersey); Kevin Miyashiro (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Eberwine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jai-Yoon Sul (Bensalem, Pennsylvania); Thomas J. Bell (Turnersville, New Jersey); Kevin Miyashiro (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of modulating neuronal function by modulating the cytoplasmic level in a neuron of an intron-containing mRNA. The methods are useful in diagnostic, research and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/597460 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536148 | Raben et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nina N. Raben (N. Bethesda, Maryland); Cynthia Schreiner (Gowanda, New York); Rebecca Baum (Highland, Utah); Shoichi Takikita (Rockville, Maryland); Tao Xie (Rockville, Maryland); Paul H. Plotz (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nina N. Raben (N. Bethesda, Maryland); Cynthia Schreiner (Gowanda, New York); Rebecca Baum (Highland, Utah); Shoichi Takikita (Rockville, Maryland); Tao Xie (Rockville, Maryland); Paul H. Plotz (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating lysosomal storage disease, for instance Pompe disease, through inhibition of autophagy. Optionally, treatment is administered as an adjunct to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391265 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536225 | Summar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall L. Summar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Brian W. Christman (Nashville, Tennessee); Frederick E. Barr (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall L. Summar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Brian W. Christman (Nashville, Tennessee); Frederick E. Barr (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polynucleotide molecules and peptides encoded by these molecules are used in the analysis of human carbamyl phosphate synthetase I phenotypes, as well as in diagnostic and therapeutic applications, relating to a human carbamyl phosphate synthetase I polymorphism. By analyzing genomic DNA or amplified genomic DNA, or amplified cDNA derived from mRNA, it is possible to type a human carbamyl phosphate synthetase I with regard to the human carbamyl phosphate synthetase I polymorphism, for example, in the context of diagnosing and treating hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD) associated with bone marrow transplants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456014 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/565 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536301 | Cochran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer R. Cochran (Stanford, California); Richard Kimura (Stanford, California); Aron M. Levin (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer R. Cochran (Stanford, California); Richard Kimura (Stanford, California); Aron M. Levin (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered peptides that bind with high affinity (low equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd)) to the cell surface receptors of fibronectin (α5β1) or vitronectin (αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrins) are disclosed. These peptides are based on a molecular scaffold into which a subsequence containing the RGD integrin-binding motif has been inserted. The subsequence (RGD mimic) comprises about 9-13 amino acids, and the RGD contained within the subsequence can be flanked by a variety of amino acids, the sequence of which was determined by sequential rounds of selection (in vitro evolution). The molecular scaffold is preferably based on a knottin, e.g., EETI (Trypsin inhibitor 2 (Trypsin inhibitor II) (EETI-II) [Ecballium elaterium (Jumping cucumber)], AgRP (Agouti-related protein), and Agatoxin IVB, which peptides have a rigidly defined three-dimensional conformation. It is demonstrated that EETI tolerates mutations in other loops and that the present peptides may be used as imaging agents. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418376 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536303 | Panitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alyssa Panitch (W. Lafayette, Indiana); Brandon Seal (Mesa, Arizona); Brian Ward (Brownsburg, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alyssa Panitch (W. Lafayette, Indiana); Brandon Seal (Mesa, Arizona); Brian Ward (Brownsburg, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polypeptide inhibitors of HSP27 kinase, compositions thereof, and methods for using such polypeptides and compositions for various therapeutic uses. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972459 |
| 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 530/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536306 | Stevens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond C. Stevens (La Jolla, California); Michael A. Hanson (San Marcos, California); Vadim Cherezov (San Diego, California); Mark Griffith (San Diego, California); Veli-Pekka Jaakola (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond C. Stevens (La Jolla, California); Michael A. Hanson (San Marcos, California); Vadim Cherezov (San Diego, California); Mark Griffith (San Diego, California); Veli-Pekka Jaakola (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides the structure of human A2A adenosine receptor protein bound to an antagonist. Methods of using one or more binding sites and other features of this G-protein coupled receptor to develop new therapeutics are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121923 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536319 | Schramm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Setu Roday (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Setu Roday (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This application provides fluorescent probes, substrates, kits and methods for detecting the presence or absence of an enzyme, such as ricin, that catalyzes the release of adenine from a GAGA RNA tetraloop. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/308447 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536360 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hyunwoo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); James Lincoln Leighton (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyunwoo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); James Lincoln Leighton (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for practical, stereoselective allylation and crotylation for aldehyde substrates are described. The compositions and methods comprise reagents for allylation and/or crotylation and acids. In some embodiments, the reagents and acids are pre-mixed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089708 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536378 | Wender et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Jeffrey M . Warrington (San Mateo, California); Jung-Min Kee (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Jeffrey M . Warrington (San Mateo, California); Jung-Min Kee (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention concerns product and process to convert a hydroxyl group (bold in R3C—OH) in a tigliane-type compound to a hydrogen (bold in R3C—H) to obtain deoxytigliane-type compounds or structural or functional analogs thereof. The process has wide application particularly to produce specific biologically active compounds in quantity for use as pharmaceuticals. In particular the process can be used to convert phorbol to a 12-deoxytigliane (prostratin), which is a therapeutic lead for the treatment of AIDS. New compositions of matter are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287001 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537203 | Seibel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Seibel (Seattle, Washington); Richard Johnston (Sammamish, Washington); Brandon Tuttle (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Seibel (Seattle, Washington); Richard Johnston (Sammamish, Washington); Brandon Tuttle (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning device for use in an endoscope or other applications can be driven to scan a region with one or more different scanning parameters during successive scanning frames. The scanning device, which can include an optical fiber or reflective surface driven by an actuator to move relative to one or more axes, can be provided with a drive signal that is different during successive scanning frames so that the scanning pattern can be caused to differ between the successive scanning frames by one or more of size, amplitude in at least one direction, depth, duration, shape, and resolution. Thus, different scanning frames can be employed for imaging, carrying out a diagnosis, rendering a therapy, and/or monitoring a site, using the appropriate scanning pattern, appropriate light source, and other parameters for each function that is carried out by the scanning device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 12/088057 |
| ART UNIT | 2446 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537366 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fourier domain a/LCI (faLCI) system and method which enables in vivo data acquisition at rapid rates using a single scan. Angle-resolved and depth-resolved spectra information is obtained with one scan. The reference arm can remain fixed with respect to the sample due to only one scan required. A reference signal and a reflected sample signal are cross-correlated and dispersed at a multitude of reflected angles off of the sample, thereby representing reflections from a multitude of points on the sample at the same time in parallel. Information about all depths of the sample at each of the multitude of different points on the sample can be obtained with one scan on the order of approximately 40 milliseconds. From the spatial, cross-correlated reference signal, structural (size) information can also be obtained using techniques that allow size information of scatterers to be obtained from angle-resolved data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042672 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538115 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tao Zhang (Stanford, California); Michael Lustig (Berkeley, California); Shreyas S. Vasanawala (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Zhang (Stanford, California); Michael Lustig (Berkeley, California); Shreyas S. Vasanawala (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A three dimensional image, in a phased array magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. Three dimensional k-space data within an auto calibration signal (ACS) region and outside the ACS region are acquired. The k-space data within the ACS region are converted into hybrid space ACS data. Compression matrices and alignment matrices of the compression matrices for the hybrid space ACS data are found along a readout direction. Alignment matrices are multiplied to the compression matrices to achieve the properly-aligned compression matrices along the readout direction. All k-space data are converted into hybrid space. The properly-aligned compression matrices are applied to the hybrid space data to provide compressed data with fewer channels. The compressed data are used to form a three dimensional image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211905 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538507 | Freeman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jenny E. Freeman (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Charles R. Lambert (Melbourne, Florida); Michael J. Hopmeier (Mary Esther, Florida); Edgar N. Lewis (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypermed Imaging, Inc. (Greenwich, Connecticut); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jenny E. Freeman (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Charles R. Lambert (Melbourne, Florida); Michael J. Hopmeier (Mary Esther, Florida); Edgar N. Lewis (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223222 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538512 | Bibian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stéphane Bibian (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Tatjana Zikov (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Mohammad Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NeuroWave Systems Inc. (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stéphane Bibian (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Tatjana Zikov (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Mohammad Modarres (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a brain dysfunction and seizure detector monitor and system, and a method of detecting brain dysfunction and/or seizure of a subject. The various embodiments of the system of the present invention were developed for the brain activity and preferably EEG monitoring of a single patient or multiple patients. Preferably, the system or monitor of the present invention also includes one or more seizure detection algorithms. The analysis method is specifically optimized to amplify abnormal brain activity and minimize normal background activity. This analysis yields a seizure index whose value is directly related to the current presence of ictal activity in the signal. In addition, a seizure probability index based on historical values of the aforementioned seizure index, is derived for diagnostic purposes. The seizure probability index quantifies the probability that the patient has exhibited abnormal brain activity since the beginning of the recording. The real-time seizure index, and the historical seizure probability index, can be used in the context of an emergency and/or clinical situation to assess the status and well being of a patient's brain, or can be used to automatically administer treatment to stop the seizure before clinical signs appear. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259652 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538540 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (Glendale, California); James Little (Saugus, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Rajat Agrawal (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (Glendale, California); James Little (Saugus, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Rajat Agrawal (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A retinal prosthesis with an inductive coil mounted to the side of the eye by using a strap around the eye. This allows for close coupling to an external coil and movement of the entire implanted portion with movement of the eye ball. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227281 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08534007 | Almy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Almy (Berkeley, California); Matt Campbell (Berkeley, California); Reuben Sandler (Berkeley, California); Brian Wares (Sacramento, California); Elizabeth Wayman (Emeryville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Almy (Berkeley, California); Matt Campbell (Berkeley, California); Reuben Sandler (Berkeley, California); Brian Wares (Sacramento, California); Elizabeth Wayman (Emeryville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480231 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535004 | Campbell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil (20B) with a thermal expansion control mechanism that increases the airfoil camber (60, 61) under operational heating. The airfoil has four-wall geometry, including pressure side outer and inner walls (26, 28B), and suction side outer and inner walls (32, 34B). It has near-wall cooling channels (31F, 31A, 33F, 33A) between the outer and inner walls. A cooling fluid flow pattern (50C, 50W, 50H) in the airfoil causes the pressure side inner wall (28B) to increase in curvature under operational heating. The pressure side inner wall (28B) is thicker than walls (26, 34B) that oppose it in camber deformation, so it dominates them in collaboration with the suction side outer wall (32), and the airfoil camber increases. This reduces and relocates a maximum stress area (47) from the suction side outer wall (32) to the suction side inner wall (34B, 72) and the pressure side outer wall (26). |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732386 |
| 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 08535006 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A serpentine coolant flow path (54A-54G) formed by inner walls (50, 52) in a cavity (49) between pressure and suction side walls (22, 24) of a turbine airfoil (20A). A coolant flow (58) enters (56) an end of the airfoil, flows into a span-wise channel (54A), then flows forward (54B) over the inner surface of the pressure side wall, then turns behind the leading edge (26), and flows back along a forward part of the suction side wall, then follows a loop (54E) forward and back around an inner wall (52), then flows along an intermediate part of the suction side wall, then flows into an aft channel (54G) between the pressure and suction side walls, then exits the trailing edge (28). This provides cooling matched to the heating topography of the airfoil, minimizes differential thermal expansion, revives the coolant, and minimizes the flow volume needed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836060 |
| 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 08535061 | Boutchko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rostyslav Boutchko (Berkeley, California); Karthikayan Balakrishnan (Vernon Hills, Illinois); Grant T Gullberg (El Cerrito, California); James P O'Neil (San Leandro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rostyslav Boutchko (Berkeley, California); Karthikayan Balakrishnan (Vernon Hills, Illinois); Grant T Gullberg (El Cerrito, California); James P O'Neil (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A human torso phantom and its construction, wherein the phantom mimics respiratory and cardiac cycles in a human allowing acquisition of medical imaging data under conditions simulating patient cardiac and respiratory motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630818 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535411 | Hendrickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Hendrickson (Colraine, Minnesota); Iwao Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Hendrickson (Colraine, Minnesota); Iwao Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering metallic iron from iron-bearing metallurgical waste in steelmaking comprising steps of providing an iron-bearing metallurgical waste containing more than 55% by weight FeO and FeO equivalent and a particle size of at least 80% less than 10 mesh, mixing the iron-bearing metallurgical waste with a carbonaceous material to form a reducible mixture where the carbonaceous material is between 80 and 110% of the stoichiometric amount needed to reduce the iron-bearing waste to metallic iron, and as needed additions to provide a silica content between 0.8 and 8% by weight and a ratio of CaO/SiO2 between 1.4 and 1.8, forming agglomerates of the reducible mixture over a hearth material layer to protect the hearth, heating the agglomerates to a higher temperature above the melting point of iron to form nodules of metallic iron and slag material from the agglomerates by melting. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/187937 |
| 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 075/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535424 | Bryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John R. Torczynski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michail Gallis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlton F. Brooks (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John R. Torczynski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michail Gallis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlton F. Brooks (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for separating a gas mixture comprising providing a slot in a gas separation channel (conceptualized as a laterally elongated Clusius-Dickel column), having a length through which a net cross-flow of the gas mixture may be established; applying a higher temperature to one side of the channel and a lower temperature on an opposite side of the channel thereby causing thermal-diffusion and buoyant-convection flow to occur in the slot; and establishing a net cross-flow of a gas mixture comprising at least one higher density gas component and at least one lower density gas component along the length of the slot, wherein the cross-flow causes, in combination with the convection flow, a spiraling flow in the slot; and wherein the spiral flow causes an increasing amount of separation of the higher density gas from the lower density gas along the length of the channel. The process may use one or more slots and/or channels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/976036 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535501 | Kabagambe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Kabagambe (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); James W. McCamy (Export, Pennsylvania); Donald W. Boyd (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Kabagambe (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); James W. McCamy (Export, Pennsylvania); Donald W. Boyd (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective coating is applied to the electrically conductive surface of a reflective coating of a solar mirror by biasing a conductive member having a layer of a malleable electrically conductive material, e.g. a paste, against a portion of the conductive surface while moving an electrodepositable coating composition over the conductive surface. The moving of the electrodepositable coating composition over the conductive surface includes moving the solar mirror through a flow curtain of the electrodepositable coating composition and submerging the solar mirror in a pool of the electrodepositable coating composition. The use of the layer of a malleable electrically conductive material between the conductive member and the conductive surface compensates for irregularities in the conductive surface being contacted during the coating process thereby reducing the current density at the electrical contact area. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015626 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535560 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jing-Fang Huang (Pingtung, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jing-Fang Huang (Pingtung, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an ionic liquid comprising (i) a cationic portion containing a complex of a silver (I) ion and one or more neutral ligands selected from organoamides, organoamines, olefins, and organonitriles, and (ii) an anionic portion having the chemical formula wherein m and n are independently 0 or an integer of 1 or above, and p is 0 or 1, provided that when p is 0, the group —N—SO2—(CF2)nCF3 subtended by p is replaced with an oxide atom connected to the shown sulfur atom. The invention is also directed to a method for separating an olefin from an olefin-paraffin mixture by passing the mixture through a layer of the ionic liquid described above. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/502695 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535566 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael Dennis Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightscape Materials, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael Dennis Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are novel families of silicon carbidonitride phosphor compositions. In certain embodiments, optimal ranges of carbon content have been identified which provide excellent luminescence and thermal stability characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164623 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4F0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535602 | Bleifuss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodney L. Bleifuss (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Iwao Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan); Donald R. Fosnacht (Hermantown, Minnesota); Mark M. Brandon (Charlotte, North Carolina); Bradford G. True (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney L. Bleifuss (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Iwao Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan); Donald R. Fosnacht (Hermantown, Minnesota); Mark M. Brandon (Charlotte, North Carolina); Bradford G. True (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A hearth furnace for producing metallic iron material has a furnace housing having a drying/preheat zone, a conversion zone, a fusion zone, and optionally a cooling zone, the conversion zone is between the drying/preheat zone and the fusion zone. A moving hearth is positioned within the furnace housing. A hood or separation barrier within at least a portion of the conversion zone, fusion zone or both separates the fusion zone into an upper region and a lower region with the lower region adjacent the hearth and the upper region adjacent the lower region and spaced from the hearth. An injector introduces a gaseous reductant into the lower region adjacent the hearth. A combustion region may be formed above the hood or separation barrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/351742 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metallurgical apparatus 266/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535725 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuyi Li (Martinez, Georgia); William S. Dynan (Martinez, Georgia); George Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Steven Serkiz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Health Sciences University Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia); Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyi Li (Martinez, Georgia); William S. Dynan (Martinez, Georgia); George Wicks (Aiken, South Carolina); Steven Serkiz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions of porous-wall hollow glass microspheres and one or more biomolecules, wherein the one or more biomolecules are positioned within a void location within the hollow glass microsphere, and the use of such compositions for the diagnostic and/or therapeutic delivery of biomolecules. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349792 |
| 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 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/501 (20130101) A61K 31/721 (20130101) A61K 51/1286 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535760 | Hurley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Timothy Hurley (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Robert Gordon Ridgeway (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); Katherine Anne Hutchison (Sunnyvale, California); John Giles Langan (Breinigsville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Timothy Hurley (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Robert Gordon Ridgeway (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); Katherine Anne Hutchison (Sunnyvale, California); John Giles Langan (Breinigsville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical additives are used to increase the rate of deposition for the amorphous silicon film (αSi:H) and/or the microcrystalline silicon film (μCSi:H). The electrical current is improved to generate solar grade films as photoconductive films used in the manufacturing of Thin Film based Photovoltaic (TFPV) devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872806 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535908 | Freimuth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul I. Freimuth (East Setauket, New York); Yian-Biao Zhang (Middle Island, New York); Jason Howitt (London, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul I. Freimuth (East Setauket, New York); Yian-Biao Zhang (Middle Island, New York); Jason Howitt (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Expression vectors for expression of a protein or polypeptide of interest as a fusion product composed of the protein or polypeptide of interest fused at one terminus to a solubility enhancing peptide extension are provided. Sequences encoding the peptide extensions are provided. The invention further comprises antibodies which bind specifically to one or more of the solubility enhancing peptide extensions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684195 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536049 | Reddington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik Reddington (Ashland, Massachusetts); Thomas C. Sutter (Holden, Massachusetts); Lujia Bu (Holden, Massachusetts); Alexandra Cannon (Framingham, Massachusetts); Susan E. Habas (Boulder, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria Van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Reddington (Ashland, Massachusetts); Thomas C. Sutter (Holden, Massachusetts); Lujia Bu (Holden, Massachusetts); Alexandra Cannon (Framingham, Massachusetts); Susan E. Habas (Boulder, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria Van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming metal contacts with metal inks in the manufacture of photovoltaic devices are disclosed. The metal inks are selectively deposited on semiconductor coatings by inkjet and aerosol apparatus. The composite is heated to selective temperatures where the metal inks burn through the coating to form an electrical contact with the semiconductor. Metal layers are then deposited on the electrical contacts by light induced or light assisted plating. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/273588 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/636 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536098 | Goyal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel articles and methods to fabricate same with self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods of a single or multicomponent material within another single or multicomponent material for use in electrical, electronic, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrooptical devices is disclosed. Self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods are ordered arrays wherein ordering occurs due to strain minimization during growth of the materials. A simple method to accomplish this when depositing in-situ films is also disclosed. Device applications of resulting materials are in areas of superconductivity, photovoltaics, ferroelectrics, magnetoresistance, high density storage, solid state lighting, non-volatile memory, photoluminescence, thermoelectrics and in quantum dot lasers. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136357 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536119 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer S. Martinez (Los Alamos, New Mexico); R. Brian Dyer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dung M. Vu (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yuping Bao (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Chang Zhong (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer S. Martinez (Los Alamos, New Mexico); R. Brian Dyer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dung M. Vu (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yuping Bao (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Chang Zhong (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent metal nanoclusters were prepared. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/074246 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536133 | DeNardo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sally DeNardo (Livermore, California); Gerald DeNardo (Livermore, California); Rodney Balhorn (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sally DeNardo (Livermore, California); Gerald DeNardo (Livermore, California); Rodney Balhorn (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides polydentate selective high affinity ligands (SHALs) that can be used in a variety of applications in a manner analogous to the use of antibodies. SHALs typically comprise a multiplicity of ligands that each binds different regions on the target molecule. The ligands are joined directly or through a linker thereby forming a polydentate moiety that typically binds the target molecule with high selectivity and avidity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642684 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536440 | Lagally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Clark S. Ritz (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Clark S. Ritz (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nanowires and nanoribbons that are well suited for use in thermoelectric applications. The nanowires and nanoribbons are characterized by a periodic compositional longitudinal modulation. The nanowires are constructed using lithographic techniques from thin semiconductor membranes, or “nanomembranes.” |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986277 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536481 | Kong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter C Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jon D Grandy (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brent A Detering (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Larry D Zuck (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jon D Grandy (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brent A Detering (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Larry D Zuck (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrode assemblies for plasma reactors include a structure or device for constraining an arc endpoint to a selected area or region on an electrode. In some embodiments, the structure or device may comprise one or more insulating members covering a portion of an electrode. In additional embodiments, the structure or device may provide a magnetic field configured to control a location of an arc endpoint on the electrode. Plasma generating modules, apparatus, and systems include such electrode assemblies. Methods for generating a plasma include covering at least a portion of a surface of an electrode with an electrically insulating member to constrain a location of an arc endpoint on the electrode. Additional methods for generating a plasma include generating a magnetic field to constrain a location of an arc endpoint on an electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/020735 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536497 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Sub Kim (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Sub Kim (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a longitudinal subsurface heater includes longitudinally welding an electrically conductive sheath of an insulated conductor heater along at least one longitudinal strip of metal. The longitudinal strip is formed into a tubular around the insulated conductor heater with the insulated conductor heater welded along the inside surface of the tubular. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250346 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536527 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher L. Morris (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Larry Joe Schultz (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jesse Andrew Green (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael James Sossong (Ramona, California); Konstantin N. Borozdin (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexei V. Klimenko (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gary Blanpied (Lexington, South Carolina); Vladimir Tumakov (Aliso Viejo, California); Kolo Wamba (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Decision Sciences International Corporation (Poway, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Morris (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Larry Joe Schultz (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jesse Andrew Green (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael James Sossong (Ramona, California); Konstantin N. Borozdin (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexei V. Klimenko (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gary Blanpied (Lexington, South Carolina); Vladimir Tumakov (Aliso Viejo, California); Kolo Wamba (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatus and systems for obtaining tomographic images of a volume of interest by using charged particle tomography detection systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061491 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536532 | Kross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kross (Yorktown, Virginia); John E. (Jack) McKisson (Williamsburg, Virginia); John McKisson (Hampton, Virginia); Andrew Weisenberger (Yorktown, Virginia); Wenze Xi (Odenton, Maryland); Carl Zom (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kross (Yorktown, Virginia); John E. (Jack) McKisson (Williamsburg, Virginia); John McKisson (Hampton, Virginia); Andrew Weisenberger (Yorktown, Virginia); Wenze Xi (Odenton, Maryland); Carl Zom (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An upconverting device for a scintillation detection system is provided. The detection system comprises a scintillator material, a sensor, a light transmission path between the scintillator material and the sensor, and a plurality of upconverting nanoparticles particles positioned in the light transmission path. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199827 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536549 | Tao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yezheng Tao (San Diego, California); Mark S. Tillack (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yezheng Tao (San Diego, California); Mark S. Tillack (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method of generating radiation and/or particle emissions are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the system includes at least one laser source that generates a first pulse and a second pulse in temporal succession, and a target, where the target (or at least a portion the target) becomes a plasma upon being exposed to the first pulse. The plasma expand after the exposure to the first pulse, the expanded plasma is then exposed to the second pulse, and at least one of a radiation emission and a particle emission occurs after the exposure to the second pulse. In at least some embodiments, the target is a solid piece of material, and/or a time period between the first and second pulses is less than 1 microsecond (e.g., 840 ns). |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296707 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/504.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536564 | Resnick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kristin L. Hertz (Livermore, California); Christopher Holland (San Jose, California); David Chichester (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul Schwoebel (Bosque Farms, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kristin L. Hertz (Livermore, California); Christopher Holland (San Jose, California); David Chichester (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul Schwoebel (Bosque Farms, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated field emission array for ion desorption includes an electrically conductive substrate; a dielectric layer lying over the electrically conductive substrate comprising a plurality of laterally separated cavities extending through the dielectric layer; a like plurality of conically-shaped emitter tips on posts, each emitter tip/post disposed concentrically within a laterally separated cavity and electrically contacting the substrate; and a gate electrode structure lying over the dielectric layer, including a like plurality of circular gate apertures, each gate aperture disposed concentrically above an emitter tip/post to provide a like plurality of annular gate electrodes and wherein the lower edge of each annular gate electrode proximate the like emitter tip/post is rounded. Also disclosed herein are methods for fabricating an integrated field emission array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246985 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536674 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheng-Po Chen (Niskayuna, New York); Emad Andarawis Andarawis (Ballston Lake, New York); Vinayak Tilak (Niskayuna, New York); Zachary Stum (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng-Po Chen (Niskayuna, New York); Emad Andarawis Andarawis (Ballston Lake, New York); Vinayak Tilak (Niskayuna, New York); Zachary Stum (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes providing a substrate with at least one semiconducting layer. The method also includes forming a plurality of isolation barriers within the at least one semiconducting layer, thereby forming a plurality of device islands. The method further includes inserting a plurality of electronic devices into a portion of the at least one semiconducting layer such that each electronic device is substantially isolated from each other electronic device by the device islands. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973097 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536777 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuan Qiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael D. Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightscape Materials, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Qiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael D. Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A red phosphor is provided. Also provided is a lighting apparatus containing a red phosphor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/597739 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537962 | Drudy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith J. Drudy (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); William R. Carlson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael E. Conner (Elgin, South Carolina); Mark Goldenfield (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael J. Hone (New Alexandria, Pennsylvania); Carroll J. Long, Jr. (Columbia, South Carolina); Jerod Parkinson (Lexington, South Carolina); Radu O. Pomirleanu (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith J. Drudy (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); William R. Carlson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael E. Conner (Elgin, South Carolina); Mark Goldenfield (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael J. Hone (New Alexandria, Pennsylvania); Carroll J. Long, Jr. (Columbia, South Carolina); Jerod Parkinson (Lexington, South Carolina); Radu O. Pomirleanu (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An advanced gray rod control assembly (GRCA) for a nuclear reactor. The GRCA provides controlled insertion of gray rod assemblies into the reactor, thereby controlling the rate of power produced by the reactor and providing reactivity control at full power. Each gray rod assembly includes an elongated tubular member, a primary neutron-absorber disposed within the tubular member said neutron-absorber comprising an absorber material, preferably tungsten, having a 2200 m/s neutron absorption microscopic capture cross-section of from 10 to 30 barns. An internal support tube can be positioned between the primary absorber and the tubular member as a secondary absorber to enhance neutron absorption, absorber depletion, assembly weight, and assembly heat transfer characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/028119 |
| 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 376/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538561 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aditya Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Ruijie Shi (Niskayuna, New York); Mustafa Dokucu (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditya Kumar (Niskayuna, New York); Ruijie Shi (Niskayuna, New York); Mustafa Dokucu (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method to estimate variables in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant are provided. The system includes a sensor suite to measure respective plant input and output variables. An extended Kalman filter (EKF) receives sensed plant input variables and includes a dynamic model to generate a plurality of plant state estimates and a covariance matrix for the state estimates. A preemptive-constraining processor is configured to preemptively constrain the state estimates and covariance matrix to be free of constraint violations. A measurement-correction processor may be configured to correct constrained state estimates and a constrained covariance matrix based on processing of sensed plant output variables. The measurement-correction processor is coupled to update the dynamic model with corrected state estimates and a corrected covariance matrix. The updated dynamic model may be configured to estimate values for at least one plant variable not originally sensed by the sensor suite. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053690 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538717 | Saveliev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexei Saveliev (Cary, North Carolina); Vilas Vyankatrao Jangale (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sergeui Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); John Pratapas (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Saveliev (Cary, North Carolina); Vilas Vyankatrao Jangale (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sergeui Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); John Pratapas (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for absorbance correction in a spectroscopic heating value sensor in which a reference light intensity measurement is made on a non-absorbing reference fluid, a light intensity measurement is made on a sample fluid, and a measured light absorbance of the sample fluid is determined. A corrective light intensity measurement at a non-absorbing wavelength of the sample fluid is made on the sample fluid from which an absorbance correction factor is determined. The absorbance correction factor is then applied to the measured light absorbance of the sample fluid to arrive at a true or accurate absorbance for the sample fluid. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015624 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538728 | Nelson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Einar Nelson (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Einar Nelson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a method for identifying radio-nuclides includes receiving spectral data, extracting a feature set from the spectral data comparable to a plurality of templates in a template library, and using a branch and bound method to determine a probable template match based on the feature set and templates in the template library. In another embodiment, a device for identifying unknown radio-nuclides includes a processor, a multi-channel analyzer, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory having computer readable code stored thereon. The computer readable code is configured, when executed by the processor, to receive spectral data, to extract a feature set from the spectral data comparable to a plurality of templates in a template library, and to use a branch and bound method to determine a probable template match based on the feature set and templates in the template library. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770215 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08539270 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda E. Peters (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda E. Peters (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for profiling an application for power consumption during execution on a compute node that include: receiving an application for execution on a compute node; identifying a hardware power consumption profile for the compute node, the hardware power consumption profile specifying power consumption for compute node hardware during performance of various processing operations; determining a power consumption profile for the application in dependence upon the application and the hardware power consumption profile for the compute node; and reporting the power consumption profile for the application. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447501 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08535644 | Haghgooie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Patrick Seamus Doyle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mehmet Toner (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Patrick Seamus Doyle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mehmet Toner (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided to produce and use non-spherical colloidal particles with independently tuned size, shape, flexibility, and chemical properties. A pre-polymer mixture for forming hydrogel particles includes a percentage of PEGDA selected to impart a target stiffness to the particles and includes, a percentage of acrylic acid selected to impart an independent target chemical function to the particles. The mixture also includes a percentage of photo-initiator to polymerize PEGDA upon exposure to a light source to impart an independently selected target size or shape or both to the particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578303 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535689 | Bassler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Martin Semmelhack (Princeton, New Jersey); Douglas A. Higgins (Point Pleasant, New Jersey); Megan Eileen Bolitho (San Mateo, California); Kristina M. Kraml (Princeton, New Jersey); Wai-Leung Ng (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Martin Semmelhack (Princeton, New Jersey); Douglas A. Higgins (Point Pleasant, New Jersey); Megan Eileen Bolitho (San Mateo, California); Kristina M. Kraml (Princeton, New Jersey); Wai-Leung Ng (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A bacterial autoinducer, CAI-1, was purified and its structure identified. Methods for synthesis of the autoinducer and its analogues were elucidated. Methods of using the autoinducer or its analogues for treating bacterial pathogenicity and bio film formation are described. Methods for prevention and treatment of cholera are described. Synthetic (S)-3-hydroxytridecan-4-one functions as well as natural CAI-1 in repressing production of the virulence factor toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP). Strategies are described to manipulate bacterial quorum sensing in the clinical arena. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681041 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/261.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535758 | Bulovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Wing-Keung Woo (San Ramon, California); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Wing-Keung Woo (San Ramon, California); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition includes a layer of nanoparticles and a layer of a second material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/959853 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535830 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Ran Liu (Beltsville, Maryland); Seungil Cho (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Bok Lee (Clarksville, Maryland); Ran Liu (Beltsville, Maryland); Seungil Cho (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to electrochemical storage devices, such as supercapacitors, batteries, etc., and more particularly to such devices that comprise an electrochemically active coaxial nanowire. The invention particularly concerns such devices in which the coaxial nanowire comprises an inner core of a transition metal oxide and an axially surrounding outer shell composed of an electroconductive organic polymer, such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT). The invention particularly relates to a facile method for achieving the self-assembly of such coaxial nanowires. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/747942 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536070 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Gerald Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jill S. Becker (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dennis Hausmann (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Gerald Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jill S. Becker (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dennis Hausmann (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to materials and processes for thin film deposition on solid substrates. Silica/alumina nanolaminates were deposited on heated substrates by the reaction of an aluminum-containing compound with a silanol. The nanolaminates have very uniform thickness and excellent step coverage in holes with aspect ratios over 40:1. The films are transparent and good electrical insulators. This invention also relates to materials and processes for producing improved porous dielectric materials used in the insulation of electrical conductors in microelectronic devices, particularly through materials and processes for producing semi-porous dielectric materials wherein surface porosity is significantly reduced or removed while internal porosity is preserved to maintain a desired low-k value for the overall dielectric material. The invention can also be used to selectively fill narrow trenches with low-k dielectric material while at the same time avoiding deposition of any dielectric on the surface area outside of the trenches. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/189283 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/787 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536407 | Hannah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainsville, Florida); Nikolaos Georgelis (Lesvos, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainsville, Florida); Nikolaos Georgelis (Lesvos, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing plants or plant tissue with increased resistance to heat conditions and/or increased starch biosynthesis. Increased resistance of a plant or plant tissue to heat conditions provides for decreased yield losses as compared to the yield losses generally observed at elevated temperatures. One aspect of the invention concerns polynucleotides that encode a mutant plant small subunit of AGPase. The subject invention also comprises a mutant plant small subunit of AGPase encoded by a polynucleotide of the invention. The subject invention also concerns plants comprising a polynucleotide of the invention and method for making the plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/922094 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/289 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536776 | Wood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanessa Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Panzer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jean-Michel Caruge (New York, New York); Jonathan E. Halpert (Falls Church, Virginia); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vanessa Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Panzer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jean-Michel Caruge (New York, New York); Jonathan E. Halpert (Falls Church, Virginia); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device including semiconductor nanocrystals can have a unipolar construction. The semiconductor nanocrystals emit light during device operation. The size and chemical composition of the semiconductor nanocrystals can be chosen to provide desired emission characteristics. Devices that share a substrate and emit more than one color may be conveniently made. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776112 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536879 | Renno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nilton O. Renno (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven A. Rogacki (Chelsea, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilton O. Renno (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven A. Rogacki (Chelsea, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact instrument package consisting of a rotating sensor and supporting signal-processing electronics is capable of measuring two-dimensional electric-field vectors, ranging from DC to an arbitrary upper AC frequency not limited by the rotation rate, with highly improved accuracy and sensitivity when compared with previous art. In addition, contrary to previous art, the sensor can measure the electric field gradient at its location. This is achieved by the use of a combination of quadrature modulation and phase-sensitive quadrature demodulation digital signal processing in a generic rotating electric-field sensor. Ground isolated versions of the instrument can be used singly or in arrays when precise measurements of the electric fields are necessary. Either grounded or isolated versions of the instrument can operate continuously without the need for internal batteries, making it extremely attractive for a wide-range of industrial and space applications. Operational modes have been developed to distinguish the effects of ion currents and charged particles impacting the sensor from the local ambient electric field. Moreover, particular versions of the instrument can be operated in corrosive environments and conducting fluids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992510 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/2611 (20130101) G01R 29/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537310 | Escuti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael James Escuti (Cary, North Carolina); Chulwoo Oh (Hillsboro, Oregon); Ravi Komanduri (Raleigh, North Carolina); Brandon L. Conover (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina); Jihwan Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael James Escuti (Cary, North Carolina); Chulwoo Oh (Hillsboro, Oregon); Ravi Komanduri (Raleigh, North Carolina); Brandon L. Conover (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina); Jihwan Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal device includes a first polarization grating (101), a second polarization grating (102), and a liquid crystal layer (103). The first polarization grating (101) is configured to polarize and diffract incident light (190) into first and second beams (195,196) having different polarizations and different directions of propagation relative to that of the incident light (190). The liquid crystal layer (103) is configured to receive the first and second beams (195,196) from the first polarization grating (101). The liquid crystal layer (103) is configured to be switched between a first state that does not substantially affect respective polarizations of the first and second beams (195,196) traveling therethrough, and a second state that alters the respective polarizations of the first and second beams (195,196) traveling therethrough. The second polarization grating (102) is configured to analyze and diffract the first and second beams (195,196) from the liquid crystal layer (103) to alter the different directions of propagation thereof in response to the state of the liquid crystal layer (103). Related devices are also discussed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/122244 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537366 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fourier domain a/LCI (faLCI) system and method which enables in vivo data acquisition at rapid rates using a single scan. Angle-resolved and depth-resolved spectra information is obtained with one scan. The reference arm can remain fixed with respect to the sample due to only one scan required. A reference signal and a reflected sample signal are cross-correlated and dispersed at a multitude of reflected angles off of the sample, thereby representing reflections from a multitude of points on the sample at the same time in parallel. Information about all depths of the sample at each of the multitude of different points on the sample can be obtained with one scan on the order of approximately 40 milliseconds. From the spatial, cross-correlated reference signal, structural (size) information can also be obtained using techniques that allow size information of scatterers to be obtained from angle-resolved data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042672 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538117 | Najarian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kayvan Najarian (Glen Allen, Virginia); Simina Vasilache (Annandale, Virginia); Rebecca Smith (Richmond, Virginia); Kevin R. Ward (Glen Allen, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kayvan Najarian (Glen Allen, Virginia); Simina Vasilache (Annandale, Virginia); Rebecca Smith (Richmond, Virginia); Kevin R. Ward (Glen Allen, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Accurate pelvic fracture detection is accomplished with automated X-ray and Computed Tomography (CT) images for diagnosis and recommended therapy. The system combines computational methods to process images from two different modalities, using Active Shape Model (ASM), spline interpolation, active contours, and wavelet transform. By processing both X-ray and CT images, features which may be visible under one modality and not under the other are extracted and validates and confirms information visible in both. The X-ray component uses hierarchical approach based on directed Hough Transform to detect pelvic structures, removing the need for manual initialization. The X-ray component uses cubic spline interpolation to regulate ASM deformation during X-ray image segmentation. Key regions of the pelvis are first segmented and identified, allowing detection methods to be specialized to each structure using anatomical knowledge. The CT processing component is able to distinguish bone from other non-bone objects with similar visual characteristics, such a blood and contrast fluid, permitting detection and quantification of soft tissue hemorrhage. The CT processing component draws attention to slices where irregularities are detected, reducing the time to fully examine a pelvic CT scan. The quantitative measurement of bone displacement and hemorrhage area are used as input for a trauma decision-support system, along with physiological signals, injury details and demographic information. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/255542 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08539099 | Hilt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Volker Hilt (Middletown, New Jersey); Ivica Rimac (Tinton Falls, New Jersey); Suman Srinivasan (New York, New York); Moritz Steiner (Red Bank, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Hilt (Middletown, New Jersey); Ivica Rimac (Tinton Falls, New Jersey); Suman Srinivasan (New York, New York); Moritz Steiner (Red Bank, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a content request from the end user at a proxy. A modified TCP connection request message is generated such that the modified TCP connection request message includes a content identifier. The content identifier identifies the requested content. The modified TCP connection request message is sent from the proxy towards an origin server associated with the requested content, and a response to the TCP connection request message is received from a network element. A TCP connection is established with the network element. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/654907 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08534610 | Pitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale M. Pitt (Affton, Missouri); Nicholas Stephen Eckstein (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale M. Pitt (Affton, Missouri); Nicholas Stephen Eckstein (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for managing a flight control surface system. A leading edge device is moved on a leading edge from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The leading edge device has an outer surface, an inner surface, and a deformable fairing attached to the leading edge device such that the deformable fairing covers at least a portion of the inner surface. The deformable fairing changes from a deformed shape to an original shape when the leading edge device is moved to the deployed position. The leading edge device is then moved from the deployed position to the undeployed position, wherein the deformable fairing changes from the original shape to the deformed shape. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505061 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08534611 | Pitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale M. Pitt (Affton, Missouri); Nicholas Stephen Eckstein (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale M. Pitt (Affton, Missouri); Nicholas Stephen Eckstein (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for managing a flight control surface system. A leading edge section on a wing of an aircraft is extended into a deployed position. A deformable section connects the leading edge section to a trailing section. The deformable section changes from a deformed shape to an original shape when the leading edge section is moved into the deployed position. The leading edge section on the wing is moved from the deployed position to an undeployed position. The deformable section changes to the deformed shape inside of the wing. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505065 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535250 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Owen (Seattle, Washington); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg Sapozhinikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Owen (Seattle, Washington); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg Sapozhinikov (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | During shock wave therapy, a determination is made that a kidney stone has begun to fracture, and then a progress of its fragmentation is assessed. This determination can reduce the number of shock waves used to disintegrate kidney stones, and thereby reduce dose-dependent tissue damage. The identification of fracture is possible through the detection and analysis of resonant acoustic scattering, which is the radiation caused by reverberations within a stone particle that is struck by a shock wave. The scattering frequency can provide both an indication that the kidney stone has fragmented, and an indication of the relative sizes of the fragments. Related concepts employ displacement measurements of kidney stones/fragments to provide both an indication that the kidney stone has fragmented, and an indication of the relative sizes of the fragments. Such techniques can be combined with vibro-acoustography based gating that better targets the stone. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872668 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08535440 | Su |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Hua Su (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Hua Su (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The method of the invention promotes single crystal growth during fabrication of melt growth semiconductors. A growth ampoule and its tip have a semiconductor source material placed therein. The growth ampoule is placed in a first thermal environment that raises the temperature of the semiconductor source material to its liquidus temperature. The growth ampoule is then transitioned to a second thermal environment that causes the semiconductor source material in the growth ampoule's tip to attain a temperature that is below the semiconductor source material's solidus temperature. The growth ampoule so-transitioned is then mechanically perturbed to induce single crystal growth at the growth ampoule's tip. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758169 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536546 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cattien V. Nguyen (San Jose, California); Bryan P. Ribaya (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eloret Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cattien V. Nguyen (San Jose, California); Bryan P. Ribaya (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron gun, an electron source for an electron gun, an extractor for an electron gun, and a respective method for producing the electron gun, the electron source and the extractor are disclosed. Embodiments provide an electron source utilizing a carbon nanotube (CNT) bonded to a substrate for increased stability, reliability, and durability. An extractor with an aperture in a conductive material is used to extract electrons from the electron source, where the aperture may substantially align with the CNT of the electron source when the extractor and electron source are mated to form the electron gun. The electron source and extractor may have alignment features for aligning the electron source and the extractor, thereby bringing the aperture and CNT into substantial alignment when assembled. The alignment features may provide and maintain this alignment during operation to improve the field emission characteristics and overall system stability of the electron gun. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962559 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08537365 | Korman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valentin Korman (Huntsville, Alabama); Kevin W. Pedersen (Huntsville, Alabama); William K. Witherow (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valentin Korman (Huntsville, Alabama); Kevin W. Pedersen (Huntsville, Alabama); William K. Witherow (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a mass gauging interferometry system used to determine the volume contained within a tank. By using an optical interferometric technique to determine gas density and/or pressure a much smaller compression volume or higher fidelity measurement is possible. The mass gauging interferometer system is comprised of an optical source, a component that splits the optical source into a plurality of beams, a component that recombines the split beams, an optical cell operatively coupled to a tank, a detector for detecting fringes, and a means for compression. A portion of the beam travels through the optical cell operatively coupled to the tank, while the other beam(s) is a reference. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874946 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08538738 | Rajnarayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dev Rajnarayan (Mountain View, California); Peter Sturdza (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerion Corporation (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dev Rajnarayan (Mountain View, California); Peter Sturdza (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A prediction of whether a point on a computer-generated surface is adjacent to laminar or turbulent flow is made using a transition prediction technique. A plurality of boundary-layer properties at the point are obtained from a steady-state solution of a fluid flow in a region adjacent to the point. A plurality of instability modes are obtained, each defined by one or more mode parameters. A vector of regressor weights is obtained for the known instability growth rates in a training dataset. For each instability mode in the plurality of instability modes, a covariance vector is determined, which is the covariance of a predicted local growth rate with the known instability growth rates. Each covariance vector is used with the vector of regressor weights to determine a predicted local growth rate at the point. Based on the predicted local growth rates, an n-factor envelope at the point is determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069374 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08536610 | Doany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fuad E. Doany (Katonah, New York); Christopher V. Jahnes (Saddle River, New Jersey); Clint L. Schow (Ossining, New York); Mehmet Soyuer (Stamford, Connecticut); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon-on-insulator wafer is provided. The silicon-on-insulator wafer includes a silicon substrate having optical vias formed therein. In addition, an optically transparent oxide layer is disposed on the silicon substrate and the optically transparent oxide layer is in contact with the optical vias. Then, a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor layer is formed over the optically transparent oxide layer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/757040 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08539307 | Ramey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ray L. Ramey (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray L. Ramey (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method of detecting and correcting errors in data having a control unit, a coefficient computation unit, an error computation unit, and an error detection and correction unit, where errors such as garbled data, missing data, and added data are either detected and corrected or just detected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385029 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08539608 | Troxel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for receiving a group of data messages via a network is provided. A data message is received via the network (402, 602). A determination is made regarding whether the data message has an associated valid integrity check value (404, 604). When the data message is determined to have the associated valid integrity check value, a determination is made regarding whether a specific number of data messages has been received with associated valid integrity check values (418, 616). When the specific number of the data messages is determined to have been received with associated valid integrity check values, the data message is accepted (422, 618). |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/039104 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08535685 | Olsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher W. Olsen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele A. Landolt (Madison, Wisconsin); Alexander I. Karasin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Olsen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele A. Landolt (Madison, Wisconsin); Alexander I. Karasin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated H3 equine influenza A virus, as well as methods of preparing and using the virus, and genes or proteins thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/503712 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08535761 | Laine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard M. Laine (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher L. Soles (Germantown, Maryland); David J. Krug, III (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hyun Wook Ro (Rockville, Maryland); Vera Nikolova Popova-Gueorguieva (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayaterials, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Laine (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher L. Soles (Germantown, Maryland); David J. Krug, III (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hyun Wook Ro (Rockville, Maryland); Vera Nikolova Popova-Gueorguieva (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a coating comprising the steps of dissolving an silsesquioxane (e.g., one that is primarily a cage compound with 8, 10, 12, 14 or related complete cages or with partially condensed cages containing primarily Si(O)4 units in the cage) in a solvent to form an silsesquioxane solution; introducing (e.g., dissolving) an additive in the solution (e.g., the additive being selected from a rare earth compound, an acid, an organic moiety, a precious metal or compound thereof, a transition metal compound, or any combination thereof, or any of their ionic constituents); and optionally mixing a diluent with the solution to form a coating that is applied to a substrate, wherein the resulting coating forms crosslinks between resulting pendant Si(OH)x groups and a substrate surface. The present invention also contemplates coatings and coated articles consistent with the present teachings. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/705109 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08536518 | Kozole |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Kozole (Brigantine, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Kozole (Brigantine, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are described herein for the interface of an ion mobility spectrometer (IMS) to a mass spectrometer (MS) that utilizes collisional focusing, through internal modification. Commercial standalone IMS instrumentation cannot be combined in tandem with a commercially available MS that utilizes collisional focusing due to the physics of the differentially pumped interface of the MS being an unsuitable environment for an IMS measurement. The invention provides for transfer of the ion beam from the IMS to the MS without distortion of the chemical species or temporal profile due to large scale collisions in the differentially pumped interface, by increasing the electric field strength between the orifice and skimmer, and decreasing the pressure in the differentially pumped interface, thereby reducing the number of background gas collisions encountered by the ion beam during transit from the IMS to the MS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533564 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08537338 | Medasani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swarup S. Medasani (Thousand Oaks, California); Yuri Owechko (Newbury Park, California); Thommen Korah (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swarup S. Medasani (Thousand Oaks, California); Yuri Owechko (Newbury Park, California); Thommen Korah (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of extracting street and road data from a dataset obtained using LIDAR techniques to scan a terrestrial region of the earth's surface of interest to form the dataset. The method includes: converting the dataset into an implicit representation using a population function; converting the implicit representation into 2D point data which are supplied to an agglomerative Gaussian mixture decomposition module, the agglomerative Gaussian mixture decomposition module automatically and parsimoniously fitting the 2-D point data with a set of Gaussian components; and modeling a segment of a street grid in the dataset by Gaussian models and constraining the Gaussian models to align with each other and a dominant orientation of the streets in order to detect streets. Ray tracing techniques may be used to detect curbs and medians. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/216580 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08535604 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean M. Baker (Cypress, Texas); Henry S. Meeks (Roseville, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Dean M. Baker (Cypress, Texas); Henry S. Meeks (Roseville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing composites of micro-engineered, coated particulates embedded in a matrix of metal, ceramic powders, or combinations thereof, capable of being tailored to exhibit application-specific desired thermal, physical and mechanical properties to form substitute materials for nickel, titanium, rhenium, magnesium, aluminum, graphite epoxy, and beryllium. The particulates are solid and/or hollow and may be coated with one or more layers of deposited materials before being combined within a substrate of powder metal, ceramic or some combination thereof which also may be coated. The combined micro-engineered nano design powder is consolidated using novel solid-state processes that prevent melting of the matrix and which involve the application of varying pressures to control the formation of the microstructure and resultant mechanical properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/427486 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08535528 | Miranda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul J. Miranda (Butte, Montana); Corby G. Anderson (Butte, Montana); Edward Rosenberg (Missoula, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana Tech of The University Of Montana (Butte, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Miranda (Butte, Montana); Corby G. Anderson (Butte, Montana); Edward Rosenberg (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Oxine ligands placed on styrene base ion exchange resins selectively remove iron and gallium from acidic solutions. After loading, the oxine resin is stripped of the loaded metals and used again for further metal removal. The resins can be used for process streams, acid rock drainages, or any other iron or gallium containing solution. |
| FILED | Monday, January 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/693367 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/198.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08536406 | Tsai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chung-Jui Tsai (Athens, Georgia); Edward Odhiambo Anino (Suna Migori, Kenya) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Jui Tsai (Athens, Georgia); Edward Odhiambo Anino (Suna Migori, Kenya) |
| ABSTRACT | Polynucleotide constructs contain fiber-specific elements which are used to target expression of polynucleotides and polypeptides to the vascular fibers of a plant. The constructs can be contained within a vector. Transgenic plants transformed with the fiber-specific elements can be made which have expression of a polynucleotide or polypeptide directed to the plant fibers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990001 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2013/fedinvent-patents-20130917.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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