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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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08555472 — Crimp-imbalanced protective fabric

US 08555472	Cavallaro
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Crimp-imbalanced protective fabric is accomplished by varying the levels of yarn crimp within and across a layer or layers of a multi-layer fabric armor system. The method includes developing a crimp in the yarn (utilized for producing a fiber layer) by pulling the yarn through a solution that substantially coats the yarn. The removable coating has a thickness that ensures a proper amount of crimp in the yarn. The tension in the yarn is controlled; the yarn is weaved; and a crimp is applied in the yarn. Once the crimp is applied, families of the crimped yarn are utilized as a layer or layered to produce a soft armor form.
FILED	Wednesday, March 04, 2009
APPL NO	12/380863
ART UNIT	3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter;
CURRENT CPC	Textiles: Manufacturing 028/168
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08555612 — Constant volume combustor having rotating wave rotor

US 08555612	Snyder et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Philip H. Snyder (Avon, Indiana); Calvin W. Emmerson (Martinsville, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip H. Snyder (Avon, Indiana); Calvin W. Emmerson (Martinsville, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A constant volume combustor device includes, in one form, a detonative combustion. The apparatus includes inlet and outlet ports that interface with a plurality of fluid flow passageways on a rotor. A buffer gas is routed through some of the inlet and outlet ports and into and out of the plurality of fluid flow passageways. One of the inlet ports is a buffer gas inlet port that when placed in registry with a fluid flow passageway allows the flow of buffer gas into the respective passageway. Fuel is delivered into the buffer gas proximate the buffer gas inlet port so that only a portion of the buffer gas inlet port receives any fuel. In one form the wave rotor of the constant volume combustor is supported by magnetic bearings.
FILED	Tuesday, February 21, 2012
APPL NO	13/401476
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/247
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08555725 — Method and apparatus of detecting an object

US 08555725	Brandt et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert Kurt Brandt (Hubertus, Wisconsin); Mark Stephen Williamsen (Mark, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brandt Innovative Technologies, Inc. (Pewaukee, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Kurt Brandt (Hubertus, Wisconsin); Mark Stephen Williamsen (Mark, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A portable non-contact sensor system including a laser generator subsystem, a laser detector subsystem, an an analysis subsystem. The laser generator subsystem is configured to project a plurality of laser pulses at a surface of an object that is to be characterized. The laser detector subsystem is configured to receive return laser pulses from the object. The analysis subsystem is configured to analyze the received return pulses and characterize the object.
FILED	Tuesday, April 10, 2012
APPL NO	13/443335
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/643
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08555884 — Hazardous-environmental diving systems

US 08555884	Anderson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
APPLICANT(S)	Grant A. Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); Taber K. MacCallum (Tucson, Arizona); Sebastian A. Padilla (Tucson, Arizona); Chad E. Bower (Tucson, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Paragon Space Development Corporation (Tucson, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Grant A. Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); Taber K. MacCallum (Tucson, Arizona); Sebastian A. Padilla (Tucson, Arizona); Chad E. Bower (Tucson, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A system designed to increase diver safety in high-risk environments containing one or more hazardous materials. The system comprises one or more retrofittable kits enabling the upgrading of contaminate-vulnerable materials of an existing dive helmet to provide full environment isolation for the diver. The system preferably utilizes fluoroelastomeric replacement materials and components to convert an open circuit dive system to a closed circuit dive system. Methods of system development are also disclosed.
FILED	Thursday, December 18, 2008
APPL NO	12/338944
ART UNIT	3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 128/205.240
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08556031 — Tether device and related methods

US 08556031	Arnal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	David B. Arnal (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Timothy T. Broderick (Voorhees, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	David B. Arnal (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Timothy T. Broderick (Voorhees, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A tether device includes a magnetic base; a pole having a first end attached to the magnetic base; and a connector or clip attached at a second end of the pole, for removably connecting the tethering device to a user. Also, a method for tethering a user to a hull of a vessel including the steps of providing a tether device having a magnetic base, a pole having a first end attached to the magnetic base, and a connector or clip attached at a second end of the pole; connecting the connector or clip to the user; and engaging the magnetic base with the hull of the vessel.
FILED	Wednesday, March 11, 2009
APPL NO	12/402002
ART UNIT	3634 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
CURRENT CPC	Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold 182/3
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08556173 — Apparatus and system for navigating in GPS denied environments

US 08556173	Huebner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Jonathan D. Huebner (Ridgecrest, California); Sam Ghaleb (Ridgecrest, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jonathan D. Huebner (Ridgecrest, California); Sam Ghaleb (Ridgecrest, California)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus and system for allowing accurate navigation to a target regardless of GPS jamming levels. An apparatus and system can be used to update the navigation solution based upon seeker measurements in at least one of three electromagnetic frequency domains: infrared, visible, and radio frequency (RF).
FILED	Wednesday, March 17, 2010
APPL NO	12/726192
ART UNIT	2887 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Registers 235/411
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08556577 — Lube pump retention method

US 08556577	Bell et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California); Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California); Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California)
ABSTRACT	A lube pump has a housing with a flange extending radially outwardly from a body of the housing. At least one rotor is received within the housing, and a shaft for powering the rotor extends away from the flange. A retention plate is positioned on an end of the flange closing the housing. A first set of bolts secure the flange to the retention plate. A second set of bolts secure the flange to the gearbox. The two sets of bolts extend in opposed directions. A gearbox including such a lube pump is also disclosed and claimed.
FILED	Wednesday, July 21, 2010
APPL NO	12/840565
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/122.100
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08556969 — Biocompatible copper-based single-crystal shape memory alloys

US 08556969	Johnson
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Alfred David Johnson (San Leandro, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Ormco Corporation (Orange, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Alfred David Johnson (San Leandro, California)
ABSTRACT	We describe herein biocompatible single crystal Cu-based shape memory alloys (SMAs). In particular, we show biocompatibility based on MEM elution cell cytotoxicity, ISO intramuscular implant, and hemo-compatibility tests producing negative cytotoxic results. This biocompatibility may be attributed to the formation of a durable oxide surface layer analogous to the titanium oxide layer that inhibits body fluid reaction to titanium nickel alloys, and/or the non-existence of crystal domain boundaries may inhibit corrosive chemical attack. Methods for controlling the formation of the protective aluminum oxide layer are also described, as are devices including such biocompatible single crystal copper-based SMAs.
FILED	Monday, December 01, 2008
APPL NO	12/325722
ART UNIT	3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC	Prosthesis 623/11.110
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08557140 — Photoresponsive nanoparticles as light-driven nanoscale actuators

US 08557140	Naciri et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Jawad Naciri (Herndon, Virginia); Jing C. Zhou (Alexandria, Virginia); Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jawad Naciri (Herndon, Virginia); Jing C. Zhou (Alexandria, Virginia); Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Photoresponsive shape memory nanoparticles have a layered smectic ordering and include a photoresponsive moiety selected from the group consisting of azobenzene, stilbene, and spiropyran. Multiple cycles of contraction and extension in these materials can be controlled by UV and visible light. By changing light intensity and exposure time, the magnitude of actuation can be modulated.
FILED	Thursday, January 06, 2011
APPL NO	12/985924
ART UNIT	1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/299.10
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08557183 — Self-propelled sensor apparatus for in situ analysis of enviromental parameters

US 08557183	Fries et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	David P Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); Michelle L Janowiak (Clearwater, Florida); George Steimle (St. Peterburg, Florida); Heather A Broadbent (St. Petersburg, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	David P Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); Michelle L Janowiak (Clearwater, Florida); George Steimle (St. Peterburg, Florida); Heather A Broadbent (St. Petersburg, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A submersible, self-propelled apparatus for analyzing a component contained in a liquid medium. The submersible, self-propelled apparatus uses kinetic energy of the apparatus to drive a liquid under analysis through the apparatus. This is accomplished by use of a conveyance system that is attached to the analytical system of the apparatus. A sensor system is used to analyze the component collected within the confines of an analysis chamber, a part of the analysis system. The invention also includes a method of using the analytical apparatus.
FILED	Tuesday, November 10, 2009
APPL NO	12/615812
ART UNIT	1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100
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08557199 — Self-powered microfluidic devices, methods and systems

US 08557199	Heath et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	James Heath (South Pasadena, California); Lidong Qin (Oasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	James Heath (South Pasadena, California); Lidong Qin (Oasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	A power source for actuation of a microfluidic device and related devices, methods and systems.
FILED	Wednesday, December 02, 2009
APPL NO	12/629749
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/504
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08557208 — Combustion synthesis method and boron-containing materials produced therefrom

US 08557208	Graeve et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Olivia A. Graeve (Alfred, New York); Raghunath Kanakala (Alfred, New York); Gabriel Rojas-George (Chihuahua, Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada)
INVENTOR(S)	Olivia A. Graeve (Alfred, New York); Raghunath Kanakala (Alfred, New York); Gabriel Rojas-George (Chihuahua, Mexico)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of making a ceramic material that contains boron and a metal. A metal source, an oxidizer, a boron source, and a fuel source are combined. These reactants are then heated at, or to, a temperature sufficient to initiate a combustion reaction. The combustion reaction produces a ceramic material that includes boron and the metal. The present disclosure also provides materials formed by the disclosed method, as well as methods and systems using such materials.
FILED	Tuesday, May 26, 2009
APPL NO	12/472050
ART UNIT	1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/276
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08557231 — Biodegradable poly(beta-amino esters) and uses thereof

US 08557231	Langer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award (NRSA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.
FILED	Wednesday, April 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/099886
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 424/78.360
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08557358 — Rolling textile protective system for textile structural members

US 08557358	Hennings et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Elsa Johnson Hennings (Ridgecrest, California); Annie Rebecca Hohmann (Ridgecrest, California); Michael Lee Petersen (Ridgecrest, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Elsa Johnson Hennings (Ridgecrest, California); Annie Rebecca Hohmann (Ridgecrest, California); Michael Lee Petersen (Ridgecrest, California)
ABSTRACT	A rolling textile protective system for textile structural members includes n number of concentric sleeves having void spaces therebetween. N number of concentric sleeves includes an inner sleeve, a middle sleeve, and an outer sleeve. The outer sleeve is a polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer. A first fiberglass cloth layer is adjacent to the polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer. A polybenzimidazole cloth layer is adjacent to the fiberglass cloth layer. A para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer is adjacent to the polybenzimidazole cloth layer. A second fiberglass cloth layer is adjacent to the para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer. The polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer, the first fiberglass cloth layer, the polybenzimidazole cloth layer, the para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer, and the second fiberglass cloth layer are stitched together.
FILED	Monday, August 22, 2011
APPL NO	13/215107
ART UNIT	1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/36.100
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08557388 — Erosion resistant coatings for leading edges of airfoils

US 08557388	Hong
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Shek C. Hong (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hontek Corporation (South Windsor, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Shek C. Hong (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A polyurethane or polyurea coating for use in protecting a leading edge substrate on an airfoil against liquid or solid particle erosion, the composition made from an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and curing agents, such as polyaspartic esters, aldimines and ketimines with optional flatting agent for matte coatings.
FILED	Tuesday, June 15, 2010
APPL NO	12/815963
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/423.100
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08557402 — Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic LEDs

US 08557402	Thompson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Peter Djurovich (Long Beach, California); Sergey Lamansky (Camarillo, California); Drew Murphy (Lakewood, California); Raymond Kwong (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Feras Abdel-Razzaq (Los Angeles, California); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Marc A. Baldo (Princeton, New Jersey); Paul E. Burrows (Kennewick, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The Universtiy of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Peter Djurovich (Long Beach, California); Sergey Lamansky (Camarillo, California); Drew Murphy (Lakewood, California); Raymond Kwong (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Feras Abdel-Razzaq (Los Angeles, California); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Marc A. Baldo (Princeton, New Jersey); Paul E. Burrows (Kennewick, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and osmium complexes. The organic light emitting devices optionally contain an exciton blocking layer. Furthermore, improved electroluminescent efficiency in organic light emitting devices is obtained with an emitter layer comprising organometallic complexes of transition metals of formula L₂MX, wherein L and X are distinct bidentate ligands. Compounds of this formula can be synthesized more facilely than in previous approaches and synthetic options allow insertion of fluorescent molecules into a phosphorescent complex, ligands to fine tune the color of emission, and ligands to trap carriers.
FILED	Monday, August 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/205290
ART UNIT	1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690
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08557421 — Reusable electrochemical cell test fixture

US 08557421	Hardwick et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Bobby Hardwick (Mitchell, Indiana); Kyle Deckard (Bloomington, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Bobby Hardwick (Mitchell, Indiana); Kyle Deckard (Bloomington, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A container for testing an electrochemical cell having at least one anode and at least one cathode. The container includes a base and a lid movably coupled to the base between an open position and a closed position. The base and the lid cooperate to define an internal cavity that is sized to receive the electrochemical cell.
FILED	Monday, December 28, 2009
APPL NO	12/648138
ART UNIT	1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/93
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08557518 — Microfluidic and nanofluidic devices, systems, and applications

US 08557518	Jovanovich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention discloses the integration of programmable microfluidic circuits to achieve practical applications to process biochemical and chemical reactions and to integrate these reactions. In some embodiments workflows for biochemical reactions or chemical workflows are combined. Microvalves such as programmable microfluidic circuit with Y valves and flow through valves are disclosed. In some embodiments microvalves of the present invention are used for mixing fluids, which may be part of an integrated process. These processes include mixing samples and moving reactions to an edge or reservoir for modular microfluidics, use of capture regions, and injection into analytical devices on separate devices. In some embodiments star and nested star designs, or bead capture by change of cross sectional area of a channel in a microvalve are used. Movement of samples between temperature zones are further disclosed using fixed temperature and movement of the samples by micropumps.
FILED	Wednesday, July 28, 2010
APPL NO	12/845650
ART UNIT	1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100
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08557526 — Synaptotagmin and collapsin response mediator protein as biomarkers for traumatic brain injury

US 08557526	Ottens et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew K. Ottens (Glen Allen, Virginia); Firas H. Kobaissy (Gainesville, Florida); Ka-Wang (Kevin) Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Zhiqun Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Ming Chen Liu (Gainesville, Florida); Monika Oli (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. (Alachua, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew K. Ottens (Glen Allen, Virginia); Firas H. Kobaissy (Gainesville, Florida); Ka-Wang (Kevin) Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Zhiqun Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Ming Chen Liu (Gainesville, Florida); Monika Oli (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Collapsin response mediator proteins (CRMPs) decreased in tissue and increased in biological fluids after neural injury from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Significant decreases of CRMP1, CRMP2, CRMP4 and CRMP5 were accompanied by the appearance of distinct 58 kDa (CRMP-2) or 55 kDa (CRMP-4) breakdown products from proteolytic cleavage by calpain. Synaptotagmin breakdown products were also associated with TBI and could be detected along with intact protein in human cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Both biomarkers were detected in human biofluid and related to recovery from traumatic brain injury.
FILED	Wednesday, August 05, 2009
APPL NO	12/535960
ART UNIT	1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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08557595 — Fluorescence detection of nitrogen-containing explosives and blue organic LED

US 08557595	Trogler et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Jason Sanchez (The Woodlands, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Jason Sanchez (The Woodlands, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides a sensor for detecting nitrogen containing high explosives. The sensor includes a substrate and a blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer to be carried on said substrate during testing for nitrogen containing high explosives. The copolymer is preferably a blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer, and preferably is a vinyl bridged silafluorene copolymer. A method for detecting nitrogen containing high explosives involves exposing a copolymer to an analyte, preferably by spraying the copolymer or otherwise coating the substrate after it has been exposed to analyte and then exciting the copolymer to luminesce. The copolymer is observed for fluorescence quenching, which can be through human or electronic observation. The invention also provides for synthesis of a vinyl bridged silafluorene polymer by providing diethynylmetallofluorene and dihydrosilafluorene as precursors and conducting catalytic hydrosilation of the precursors. In a blue emitting organic light emitting diode of the invention, an emitting layer is blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer.
FILED	Tuesday, January 29, 2008
APPL NO	12/523104
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/106
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08557596 — Fluorescence detection of nitrogen-containing explosives and blue organic LED

US 08557596	Trogler et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Jason Sanchez (The Woodlands, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	William C. Trogler (Del Mar, California); Jason Sanchez (The Woodlands, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides a sensor for detecting nitrogen containing high explosives. The sensor includes a substrate and a blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer to be carried on said substrate during testing for nitrogen containing high explosives. The copolymer is preferably a blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer, and preferably is a vinyl bridged silafluorene copolymer. A method for detecting nitrogen containing high explosives involves exposing a copolymer to an analyte, preferably by spraying the copolymer or otherwise coating the substrate after it has been exposed to analyte and then exciting the copolymer to luminesce. The copolymer is observed for fluorescence quenching, which can be through human or electronic observation. The invention also provides for synthesis of a vinyl bridged silafluorene polymer by providing diethynylmetallofluorene and dihydrosilafluorene as precursors and conducting catalytic hydrosilation of the precursors. In a blue emitting organic light emitting diode of the invention, an emitting layer is blue-photoluminescent metallofluorene copolymer.
FILED	Thursday, July 10, 2008
APPL NO	12/667736
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/106
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08557612 — Method for fabricating micro and nanostructures in a material

US 08557612	Henry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael David Henry (Altadena, California); Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael David Henry (Altadena, California); Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California)
ABSTRACT	A method to determine minimum etch mask dosage or thickness as a function of etch depth or maximum etch depth as a function of etch mask implantation dosage or thickness, for fabricating structures in or on a substrate through etch masking via addition or removal of a masking material and subsequent etching.
FILED	Friday, June 25, 2010
APPL NO	12/824128
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/8
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08557613 — Methods for designing, fabricating, and predicting shape formations in a material

US 08557613	Shearn et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	A method for designing, fabricating, and predicting a desired structure in and/or on a host material through defining etch masks and etching the host material is provided. The desired structure can be micro- or nanoscale structures, such as suspended nanowires and corresponding supporting pillars, and can be defined one layer at a time. Arbitrary desired structures can also be defined and obtained through etching. Further, given the desired structure, a starting structure can be predicted where etching of the starting structure yields the desired structure.
FILED	Monday, June 13, 2011
APPL NO	13/159335
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/8
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08557777 — Methods for treating cancer using prostate specific antigen and tumor endothelial marker peptides

US 08557777	Perambakam et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Supriya M. Perambakam (Oak Park, Illinois); David J. Peace (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Supriya M. Perambakam (Oak Park, Illinois); David J. Peace (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to prostate specific antigen (PSA) and tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) peptide compositions and methods for treating cancer with the compositions.
FILED	Tuesday, March 06, 2012
APPL NO	13/413242
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200
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08557823 — Family of PFKFB3 inhibitors with anti-neoplastic activities

US 08557823	Tapolsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)	Gilles Tapolsky (Louisville, Kentucky); Pooran Chand (Birmingham, Alabama); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Sucheta Telang (Louisville, Kentucky); Brian F. Clem (Louisville, Kentucky); Jason A. Chesney (Louisville, Kentucky)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, LLC (Louisville, Kentucky); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky)
INVENTOR(S)	Gilles Tapolsky (Louisville, Kentucky); Pooran Chand (Birmingham, Alabama); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Sucheta Telang (Louisville, Kentucky); Brian F. Clem (Louisville, Kentucky); Jason A. Chesney (Louisville, Kentucky)
ABSTRACT	A methods and compounds for inhibiting 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) are described. Also described are methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, treating cancer, and screening compounds to determine their ability to inhibit PFKFB3.
FILED	Wednesday, November 30, 2011
APPL NO	13/307552
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/253.80
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08558150 — Inertial measurement unit (IMU) multi-point thermal control

US 08558150	Chappell
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Charles D. Chappell (Treasure Island, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles D. Chappell (Treasure Island, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A thermally controlled gas bearing supported inertial measurement unit (IMU) system is provided. The system comprises a sensor assembly enclosing one or more sensors and a plurality of heating elements, wherein each of the plurality of heating elements is proximal to the sensor assembly. The system also comprises a plurality of temperature sensors configured to determine a temperature of a region of the sensor assembly and a control unit configured to adjust a temperature of at least one of the plurality of heating elements based on feedback from the at least one temperature sensor.
FILED	Tuesday, December 01, 2009
APPL NO	12/628447
ART UNIT	3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.100
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08558153 — Projectile with inertial sensors oriented for enhanced failure detection

US 08558153	Geswender
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Chris E. Geswender (Green Valley, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Chris E. Geswender (Green Valley, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A guided projectile may include a projectile body, an inertial measurement unit disposed within the projectile body, one or more control surfaces extendable from the projectile body, and a controller which controls the one or more control surfaces in response, at least in part, to measurement data received from the inertial measurement unit. The inertial measurement unit may include sensors to measure motion parameters relative to first, second, and third mutually orthogonal axes, wherein each of the first, second and third mutually orthogonal axes is oblique to a longitudinal axis of the projectile body.
FILED	Friday, January 23, 2009
APPL NO	12/359156
ART UNIT	3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.240
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08558182 — Optical element, device, method, and applications

US 08558182	Chi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)	Wanli Chi (Rochester, New York); Nicholas George (Pittsford, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Wanli Chi (Rochester, New York); Nicholas George (Pittsford, New York)
ABSTRACT	A novel phase-coded aperture, associated imaging system, and design method is disclosed. The optical imaging system includes a coded-aperture followed optically by a detector array and includes an image processor. A diffraction pattern in the form of a band-limited uniformly redundant array is formed on the detector array when focusable radiation from a point source in object space is modulation by the transmission function of the coded-aperture. Since diffraction effects cannot be ignored in the optical regime, an iterative phase retrieval method is used to calculate the phase-coded aperture transmission function. Correlation type processing can be applied for the image recovery.
FILED	Tuesday, October 05, 2010
APPL NO	12/898060
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/363.60
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08558250 — Displays with embedded MEMS sensors and related methods

US 08558250	Venugopal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) U.S. State Government State of Arizona
APPLICANT(S)	Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of displays with embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
FILED	Wednesday, July 27, 2011
APPL NO	13/192357
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/88
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08558281 — Gate metallization methods for self-aligned sidewall gate GaN HEMT

US 08558281	Regan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Dean C. Regan (Moorpark, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Oak Park, California); Ivan Milosavljevic (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Peter J. Willadsen (Acton, California); Colleen M. Butler (Camarillo, California); Hector L. Bracamontes (Lawndale, California); Bruce T. Holden (Torrance, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Dean C. Regan (Moorpark, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Oak Park, California); Ivan Milosavljevic (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Peter J. Willadsen (Acton, California); Colleen M. Butler (Camarillo, California); Hector L. Bracamontes (Lawndale, California); Bruce T. Holden (Torrance, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for fabricating a gate structure for a field effect transistor having a buffer layer on a substrate, a channel layer and a barrier layer over the channel layer includes forming a gate including silicon, forming first sidewalls of a first material on either side and adjacent to the gate, selectively etching into the buffer layer to form a mesa for the field effect transistor, depositing a material layer over the mesa, planarizing the material layer over the mesa to form a planarized surface such that a top of the gate, tops of the first sidewalls, and a top of the material layer over the mesa are on the same planarized surface, depositing metal on the planzarized surface, annealing to form the gate into a metal silicided gate, and etching to remove excess non-silicided metal.
FILED	Friday, December 02, 2011
APPL NO	13/310473
ART UNIT	2893 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/194
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08558285 — Method using low temperature wafer bonding to fabricate transistors with heterojunctions of Si(Ge) to III-N materials

US 08558285	Mishra et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Umesh K. Mishra (Montecito, California); Lee S. McCarthy (Santa Barbara, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Umesh K. Mishra (Montecito, California); Lee S. McCarthy (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for fabricating an electronic device, comprising wafer bonding a first semiconductor material to a III-nitride semiconductor, at a temperature below 550° C., to form a device quality heterojunction between the first semiconductor material and the III-nitride semiconductor, wherein the first semiconductor material is different from the III-nitride semiconductor and is selected for superior properties, or preferred integration or fabrication characteristics in the injector region as compared to the III-nitride semiconductor.
FILED	Wednesday, March 23, 2011
APPL NO	13/069725
ART UNIT	2893 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/213
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08558329 — Piezo-phototronic sensor

US 08558329	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
APPLICANT(S)	Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A device includes a substrate having a first surface. A piezoelectric nanowire is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The piezoelectric nanowire has a first end and an opposite second end. The piezoelectric nanowire is subjected to an amount of strain. A first Schottky contact is in electrical communication with the first end of the piezoelectric nanowire. A second Schottky contact is in electrical communication with the second end of the piezoelectric nanowire. A bias voltage source is configured to impart a bias voltage between the first Schottky contact and the second Schottky contact. A mechanism is configured to measure current flowing through the piezoelectric nanowire. The amount of strain is selected so that a predetermined current will flow through the piezoelectric nanowire when light of a selected intensity is applied to a first location on the piezoelectric nanowire.
FILED	Friday, November 12, 2010
APPL NO	12/945077
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/415
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08558625 — Frequency tuning and phase shifting techniques using 1-dimensional coupled voltage-controlled-oscillator arrays for active antennas

US 08558625	Lie et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Yu-Chun Donald Lie (Lubbock, Texas); Brian Meadows (San Diego, California); Joseph Neff (San Diego, California); John Cothern (San Diego, California); Jerry Lopez (Lubbock, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Yu-Chun Donald Lie (Lubbock, Texas); Brian Meadows (San Diego, California); Joseph Neff (San Diego, California); John Cothern (San Diego, California); Jerry Lopez (Lubbock, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A technique for enhancing the frequency tuning range for monolithic RF source generation using fully-integrated coupled Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator (VCO) arrays that contain an odd number of VCOs. Fully-monolithic SiGe VCO arrays using on-chip inductor and varactor with on-chip bias current sources have been carefully designed and simulated in IBM 7HP 0.18 μm BiCMOS technology and taped out for fabrication. The SPICE simulated frequency and phase tuning of the 1-D VCO×5 array is dependent on the edge VCOs termination impedance, the tuning voltages, and the VCO coupling strength. The simulated data suggests that the enhanced tuning range and beam steering can be accomplished using coupled-VCO arrays without needing complex and bulky phase shifters. This design technique imposes no apparent phase noise penalty but can provide simulated RF frequency tuning range of ˜40% and also ˜+/−25° beam steering for active antennas applications.
FILED	Wednesday, November 10, 2010
APPL NO	12/943231
ART UNIT	2817 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Oscillators 331/50
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08558707 — Thermal cutoff fuse for arbitrary temperatures

US 08558707	Kim
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Yoonkee Kim (Perry Hall, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represeted by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Yoonkee Kim (Perry Hall, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A temperature-sensitive thermal cutoff fuse RFID tag is provided with a bimorph element and thin conductive bridges positioned on an RFID tag substrate that can react to all changes in storage temperature conditions. The bimorph element is configured and positioned so that when it bends in response to one or more predetermined temperatures, the bimorph element will break one of the conductive bridges and cause an open circuit that can be detected when the RFID tag is interrogated by a sensor. The temperature-sensitive thermal cutoff fuse RFID tag can provide high and low temperature information about numerous stored objects such as food, medicine, chemicals, batteries, explosives and munitions. Multiple temperature conductive bridge cutoff fuse RFID tag arrangements and methods for notifying the user when a required storage temperature has been reached with a passive temperature-sensitive thermal cutoff fuse RFID tag.
FILED	Friday, May 04, 2012
APPL NO	13/463841
ART UNIT	2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Electrical 340/601
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08558899 — System and method for super-resolution digital time delay and integrate (TDI) image processing

US 08558899	Grycewicz
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Thomas J. Grycewicz (Fairfax, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas J. Grycewicz (Fairfax, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Super-resolution time delay and integrate (TDI) imaging processing and systems for providing same utilize imaging geometry configured such that a predictable sub-pixel component of the frame-to-frame image motion can be used to construct a high-resolution output image from multiple under-sampled low-resolution input images.
FILED	Monday, November 16, 2009
APPL NO	12/619636
ART UNIT	2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Television 348/208.130
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08559011 — Micro-spectral sensor

US 08559011	Wilson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael Wilson (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas G Giallorenzi (Springfield, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Wilson (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas G Giallorenzi (Springfield, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Micro-spectral sensors and methods are presented in which a Fizeau wedge interference filter is disposed between a focal plane array and a visible scene with an increasing wedge filter dimension varying along a scan direction, where the scene is scanned along the FPA to obtain light intensity measurements of a given scene location at different times using different FPA sensor elements through different wedge filter thicknesses, and the measurements correlated to the given scene location are Fourier transform to generate spectral data for the location.
FILED	Tuesday, November 15, 2011
APPL NO	13/296317
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/455
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08559463 — Systems and methods for providing efficient bandwidth utilization in packet switched networks

US 08559463	Blanchard et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Scott David Blanchard (Mesa, Arizona); Edward Kerry Orcutt (Scottsdale, Arizona); Dean Paul Vanden Heuvel (Chandler, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott David Blanchard (Mesa, Arizona); Edward Kerry Orcutt (Scottsdale, Arizona); Dean Paul Vanden Heuvel (Chandler, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods are described for efficiently transmitting packetized data from a sender to a receiver over a communications link. A compression context is established between the sender and the receiver based upon commonalities in each of the data packets prior to transmitting the data over the communications link. The data is compressed according to the compression context to thereby create compressed data packets, and the compressed data packets are transmitted to the receiver across the communications link. By establishing compression contexts prior to transmission, the need for in-band signaling is reduced or eliminated.
FILED	Wednesday, February 20, 2008
APPL NO	12/034297
ART UNIT	2464 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/477
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08559478 — Hybrid silicon laser-quantum well intermixing wafer bonded integration platform for advanced photonic circuits with electroabsorption modulators

US 08559478	Sysak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Matthew N. Sysak (Santa Barbara, California); John E. Bowers (Goleta, California); Alexander W. Fang (Santa Barbara, California); Hyundai Park (Hillsboro, Oregon)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Matthew N. Sysak (Santa Barbara, California); John E. Bowers (Goleta, California); Alexander W. Fang (Santa Barbara, California); Hyundai Park (Hillsboro, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.
FILED	Friday, January 16, 2009
APPL NO	12/355628
ART UNIT	2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Coherent light generators 372/44.10
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08559544 — Systems and methods for lattice reduction

US 08559544	Anderson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	David Verl Anderson (Alpharetta, Georgia); Brian Joseph Gestner (Atlanta, Georgia); Wei Zhang (Santa Clara, California); Xiaoli Ma (Norcross, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	David Verl Anderson (Alpharetta, Georgia); Brian Joseph Gestner (Atlanta, Georgia); Wei Zhang (Santa Clara, California); Xiaoli Ma (Norcross, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are lattice reduction systems and methods for a MIMO communication system. One such method includes providing a channel matrix corresponding to a channel in a MIMO communication system, preprocessing the channel matrix to form at least an upper triangular matrix, implementing a relaxed size reduction process, and implementing a basis update process. Implementing the relaxed size reduction process comprises choosing a first relaxed size reduction parameter for a first-off-diagonal element of the upper triangular matrix, choosing a second relaxed size reduction parameter, which is greater than the first relaxed size reduction parameter, for a second-off-diagonal element of the upper triangular matrix evaluating whether a first relaxed size reduction condition is satisfied for the first-off-diagonal element of the upper triangular matrix, and evaluating whether a second relaxed size reduction condition is satisfied for the second-off-diagonal element of the upper triangular matrix.
FILED	Wednesday, November 10, 2010
APPL NO	12/943824
ART UNIT	2631 — Digital Communications
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/267
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08559671 — Training-free generic object detection in 2-D and 3-D using locally adaptive regression kernels

US 08559671	Milanfar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Peyman Milanfar (Menlo Park, California); Hae Jong Seo (Santa Cruz, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Peyman Milanfar (Menlo Park, California); Hae Jong Seo (Santa Cruz, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method of learning-free detection and localization of actions that includes providing a query video action of interest and providing a target video, obtaining at least one query space-time localized steering kernel (3-D LSK) from the query video action of interest and obtaining at least one target 3-D LSK from the target video, determining at least one query feature from the query 3-D LSK and determining at least one target patch feature from the target 3-D LSK, and outputting a resemblance map, where the resemblance map provides a likelihood of a similarity between each the query feature and each target patch feature to output learning-free detection and localization of actions, where the steps of the method are performed by using an appropriately programmed computer.
FILED	Wednesday, December 16, 2009
APPL NO	12/998965
ART UNIT	2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/103
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08559719 — Spectral anomaly detection in deep shadows

US 08559719	Kanaev et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrey V. Kanaev (Lorton, Virginia); Jeremy Murray-Krezan (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrey V. Kanaev (Lorton, Virginia); Jeremy Murray-Krezan (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A spectral anomaly detection method includes the steps of segmenting a panchromatic image, obtained from a hyperspectral sensor into cluster data sets. Principal component analysis can be separately performed on each of the cluster data sets to produce a plot of principal components. An anomaly detection algorithm can be applied to an adaptively selected subset of principal components for each of the cluster data sets to produce cluster detection scores. Finally, separate detection thresholding algorithms can be applied to each of the cluster detection scores, and the results of the detection thresholding algorithms can be combined into a single detection plane.
FILED	Monday, March 14, 2011
APPL NO	13/047637
ART UNIT	2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/174
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08559763 — Method and apparatus for motion-compensated interpolation (MCI) with conservative motion model

US 08559763	Chen
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Motion compensated interpolation (MCI) methods and apparatus are presented for constructing interpolation image frames by computing at least one interpolated motion field at a temporal interpolation time using a conservative motion equation system, and computing at least one interpolation image frame based on the computed interpolated motion field using an MCI equation system.
FILED	Tuesday, December 13, 2011
APPL NO	13/323935
ART UNIT	2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/300
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08559891 — High dynamic range transceiver for cognitive radio

US 08559891	Tang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)	Haiyun Tang (Saratoga, California); Stuart Rumley (Redwood City, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Adaptrum, Inc. (San Jose, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Haiyun Tang (Saratoga, California); Stuart Rumley (Redwood City, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize under-utilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high DNR transceiver architecture can be employed.
FILED	Monday, July 25, 2011
APPL NO	13/190417
ART UNIT	2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Telecommunications 455/73
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08560234 — System and method of navigation based on state estimation using a stepped filter

US 08560234	Kahn
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Aaron D. Kahn (Arlington, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Aaron D. Kahn (Arlington, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments include systems and methods of navigation. In on embodiment, a plurality of position and motion states of a vehicle are estimated. The states may be estimated based on information received from a satellite receiver and an inertial measurement sensor. Estimating the states comprises performing one or more of a plurality of update steps at the rate that information is received from the satellite receiver. The states are estimated at a rate greater than the rate at which the update steps are performed. In one embodiment, the states are estimated using a stepped extended Kalman filter.
FILED	Thursday, April 30, 2009
APPL NO	12/432897
ART UNIT	3627 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/480
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08560326 — Voice prompts for use in speech-to-speech translation system

US 08560326	Gao et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Liang Gu (Mohegan Lake, New York); Fu-Hua Liu (Scarsdale, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Liang Gu (Mohegan Lake, New York); Fu-Hua Liu (Scarsdale, New York)
ABSTRACT	Techniques for employing improved prompts in a speech-to-speech translation system are disclosed. By way of example, a technique for use in indicating a dialogue turn in an automated speech-to-speech translation system comprises the following steps/operations. One or more text-based scripts are obtained. The one or more text-based scripts are synthesizable into one or more voice prompts. At least one of the one or more voice prompts is synthesized for playback from at least one of the one or more text-based scripts, the at least one synthesized voice prompt comprising an audible message in a language understandable to a speaker interacting with the speech-to-speech translation system, the audible message indicating a dialogue turn in the automated speech-to-speech translation system.
FILED	Monday, May 05, 2008
APPL NO	12/115205
ART UNIT	2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/277
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08560472 — Systems and methods for supporting restricted search in high-dimensional spaces

US 08560472	Ferringer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia); Ronald Scott Clifton (Leesburg, Virginia); Marc David DiPrinzio (South Riding, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia); Ronald Scott Clifton (Leesburg, Virginia); Marc David DiPrinzio (South Riding, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for supporting restricted search capabilities in high-dimensional spaces. These example restricted search capabilities may allow for an unbiased search that is simply restricted to those regions of interest to a decision maker. It will be appreciated that a restricted search does not mean that additional constraints, such as preference or biasing information, are utilized to reduce the search space into some feasible sub-space of the original optimization problem. Instead, the example restricted search may limit the search to a certain sub-space of the full multi-dimensional tradeoff space.
FILED	Thursday, September 30, 2010
APPL NO	12/895310
ART UNIT	2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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08560570 — Automated propagation of non-conflicting queries in distributed databases

US 08560570	Bent et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom)
ABSTRACT	A logical table definition is received as part of a database query within a distributed database system. A determination is made as to whether the received logical table definition matches a local logical table definition. The query is processed in response to determining that the received logical table definition matches the local logical table definition. The query is forwarded to at least one other distributed database node.
FILED	Thursday, February 02, 2012
APPL NO	13/364728
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/780
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08560594 — Management of process-to-process communication requests

US 08560594	Arimilli et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York)
ABSTRACT	A mechanism is provided for managing a process-to-process communication request. A call is received in an operating system from an application in the data processing system. The operating system passes the call to a host fabric interface controller in the data processing system without processing the call. The host fabric interface controller processes the call using state information associated with the call. The call is processed by the host fabric interface controller without intervention by the operating system.
FILED	Wednesday, April 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/444276
ART UNIT	2443 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/202
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08560689 — Administering incident pools for event and alert analysis

US 08560689	Atkins et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark G. Atkins (Arvada, Colorado); James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	Administering incident pools including creating a pool of incidents, the pool having a predetermined initial period of time; assigning each received incident to the pool; assigning, by the incident analyzer, to each incident a predetermined minimum time for inclusion in a pool; extending for one or more of the incidents the predetermined initial period of time of the pool by a particular period of time assigned to the incident; determining whether conditions have been met to close the pool; and if conditions have been met to close the pool determining for each incident in the pool whether the incident has been in the pool for its predetermined minimum time for inclusion in a pool; and if the incident has not been in the pool for its predetermined minimum time, evicting the incident from the closed pool and including the incident in a next pool.
FILED	Thursday, December 06, 2012
APPL NO	13/706574
ART UNIT	2448 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224
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08560885 — Dynamic redundancy management

US 08560885	Butcher
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Glenn Gerard Butcher (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Glenn Gerard Butcher (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	The different advantageous embodiments comprise a system for redundancy management of a computing system comprising a number of processors, a number of service managers executable on the number of processors, and a configuration module. The number of processors is associated with a number of processor groups. Each service manager is capable of being configured as a primary service manager adapted to manage a number of commands. Each command is operative to execute a program on one or more of the number of processors. The configuration module is in communication with the number of service managers to control operational redundancies of the computing system. Each primary service manager executes one or more programs on the one or more processors included in different processor groups of the number of processor groups.
FILED	Thursday, September 16, 2010
APPL NO	12/883567
ART UNIT	2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/11
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08561007 — Distributable serializable finite state machine

US 08561007	Challenger et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	James R. Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis R. Degenaro (White Plains, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul Reed (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	James R. Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis R. Degenaro (White Plains, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul Reed (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York)
ABSTRACT	A distributable and serializable finite state machine and methods for using the distributable and serializable finite state machine are provided wherein finite state machine instance can be location-shifted, time-shifted or location-shift and time-shifted, for example by serializing and deserializing each instance. Each instance can be located-shifted between agents, and a persistent memory storage location is provided to facilitate both location-shifting and time-shifting. Finite state machine instances and the actions that make up each instance can be run in a distributed fashion among a plurality of agents.
FILED	Friday, June 22, 2012
APPL NO	13/530373
ART UNIT	2825 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/136
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08561179 — Method for identifying undesirable features among computing nodes

US 08561179	Durfee et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)	Glenn Edward Durfee (San Francisco, California); James D. Thornton (Redwood City, California); Chi Shing Kwan (Foster City, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Glenn Edward Durfee (San Francisco, California); James D. Thornton (Redwood City, California); Chi Shing Kwan (Foster City, California)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for identifying undesirable features in a network of computers. During operation, the system detects an anomaly associated with a node in the network. Next, the system identifies one or more features which are associated with the anomaly. The system then updates the identified features. Next, the system communicates the information corresponding to updated features to at least one other node in the network. The system then receives information indicating a correlation between the updated features and the anomaly from at least one other node in the network. Next, the system correlates the updated features with the anomaly based on the received information. The system subsequently produces a result which indicates a correlation between the updated features and the anomaly.
FILED	Monday, July 21, 2008
APPL NO	12/176780
ART UNIT	2492 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Information security 726/22
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08561199 — Method and system for secure lightweight stream processing

US 08561199	Anderson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Kay Schwendimann Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph Phillip Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); David Alson George (Somers, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kay Schwendimann Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph Phillip Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); David Alson George (Somers, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for processing an information unit/packet (IU) in a stream processing system includes decomposing an IU into sub-information units persisted other than in the IU. An index or reference is generated in the IU for retrieving the persisted sub-information units during processing.
FILED	Thursday, January 11, 2007
APPL NO	11/622203
ART UNIT	2438 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Information security 726/26
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D0691646 — Camera

US D691646	Bergström et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Morten Bergström (Bjärred, Sweden); Carl-Axel Alm (Lund, Sweden); Mathias Walter (Arlöv, Sweden); Jan Ryzak (Malmö, Sweden); Henrik Persson (Lund, Sweden)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Axis AB (Lund, Sweden)
INVENTOR(S)	Morten Bergström (Bjärred, Sweden); Carl-Axel Alm (Lund, Sweden); Mathias Walter (Arlöv, Sweden); Jan Ryzak (Malmö, Sweden); Henrik Persson (Lund, Sweden)
ABSTRACT
FILED	Thursday, April 19, 2012
APPL NO	29/418664
ART UNIT	2917 — Design
CURRENT CPC	Photography and optical equipment D16/203
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RE044538 — Indium gallium nitride channel high electron mobility transistors, and method of making the same

US RE44538	Redwing et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)
APPLICANT(S)	Joan M. Redwing (State College, Pennsylvania); Edwin L. Piner (Phoenix, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Joan M. Redwing (State College, Pennsylvania); Edwin L. Piner (Phoenix, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A gallium nitride-based HEMT device, comprising a channel layer formed of an InGaN alloy. Such device may comprise an AlGaN/InGaN heterostructure, e.g., in a structure including a GaN layer, an InGaN layer over the GaN layer, and a (doped or undoped) AlGaN layer over the InGaN layer. Alternatively, the HEMT device of the invention may be fabricated as a device which does not comprise any aluminum-containing layer, e.g., a GaN/InGaN HEMT device or an InGaN/InGaN HEMT device.
FILED	Wednesday, August 24, 2005
APPL NO	11/211122
ART UNIT	2822 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/194
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

08556428 — Method and apparatus for imaging in an eye

US 08556428	Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST)
APPLICANT(S)	David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Niskayuna, New York); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Niskayuna, New York); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York)
ABSTRACT	A scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) that includes at least one adjustable scanning system adapted for a variable field of view; at least one light source having at least a first spectral emission band suitable to effect at least one of a fluorescence signal and a reflectance signal from a retinal cell; and at least one detector configured to detect at least two different spectral bands from the at least one of the fluorescence and reflectance signals.
FILED	Wednesday, May 02, 2012
APPL NO	13/461880
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221
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08556842 — Perfusion circuit and use therein in targeted delivery of macromolecules

US 08556842	Bridges et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Charles R. Bridges (Charlotte, North Carolina); Hansell H. Stedman (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Charles Yarnall (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles R. Bridges (Charlotte, North Carolina); Hansell H. Stedman (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Charles Yarnall (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A perfusion circuit and a use thereof for delivering a substance to a subject's heart in situ during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery are provided. The perfusion circuit defines a path for re-circulating a solution containing a macromolecular complex through a coronary circulation circuit through a subject's heart during a surgical procedure in which the substance is prevented from being delivered to the subject's other organs.
FILED	Friday, November 11, 2011
APPL NO	13/294290
ART UNIT	3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 64/4.10
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08556844 — Systems, methods, and devices for blood treatment

US 08556844	Leonard
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Edward F. Leonard (Bronxville, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward F. Leonard (Bronxville, New York)
ABSTRACT	A blood treatment device provides a photopheresis treatment using a microfluidic separation channel to separate blood components into layers The layering caused by laminar flow in the microfluidic separation channel allows light to be projected through plasma onto leukocytes without hindrance by erythrocytes.
FILED	Friday, December 12, 2008
APPL NO	12/747785
ART UNIT	3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 64/6.80
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08556882 — Inducible interleukin-12

US 08556882	Morgan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Ling Zhang (Rockville, Maryland); Nicholas P. Restifo (Chevy Chase, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Ling Zhang (Rockville, Maryland); Nicholas P. Restifo (Chevy Chase, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides an isolated or purified nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) promoter operatively associated with a nucleotide sequence encoding IL-12. The invention also provides a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) promoter operatively associated with a nucleotide sequence encoding IL-12, wherein the NFAT promoter is located 3′ of the nucleotide sequence encoding IL-12. Also provided are related recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention further provides the use of the inventive nucleic acids or related materials in the treatment or prevention of cancer or an infectious disease in a mammal and in the induction of IL-12 expression in a mammal.
FILED	Thursday, April 22, 2010
APPL NO	13/266280
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 64/522
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08557159 — Method for forming hollow fiber bundles

US 08557159	Montoya
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A method of forming a plurality of hollow fibers includes the step of providing an elongated flexible substantially continuous fiber and coating an outer surface of the fiber with a hollow fiber material. The hollow fiber material is cured or hardened. A gap is created between the outer surface of the support fiber and the inner surface of the coating layer defined thereon. The coated support fiber is cut into a plurality of fiber segments each having exposed ends. The support fiber segments are removed from the coating layer so as to provide a plurality of hollow fibers.
FILED	Friday, October 29, 2010
APPL NO	12/915262
ART UNIT	1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/263
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08557199 — Self-powered microfluidic devices, methods and systems

US 08557199	Heath et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	James Heath (South Pasadena, California); Lidong Qin (Oasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	James Heath (South Pasadena, California); Lidong Qin (Oasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	A power source for actuation of a microfluidic device and related devices, methods and systems.
FILED	Wednesday, December 02, 2009
APPL NO	12/629749
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/504
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08557231 — Biodegradable poly(beta-amino esters) and uses thereof

US 08557231	Langer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award (NRSA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.
FILED	Wednesday, April 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/099886
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 424/78.360
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08557241 — Secreted/cell bound poxvirus proteins and methods of use thereof as vaccines and anti-viral agents

US 08557241	Sigal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Luis J. Sigal (Glenside, Pennsylvania); Ren-Huan Xu (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Luis J. Sigal (Glenside, Pennsylvania); Ren-Huan Xu (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of pox virus infections are disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, May 26, 2010
APPL NO	12/787792
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100
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08557245 — Methods for treating bone cancer by administering a nerve growth factor antagonist antibody

US 08557245	Shelton et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	David L. Shelton (Oakland, California); Patrick William Mantyh (Edina, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rinat Neuroscience Corp. (South San Francisco, California); Regents of The University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	David L. Shelton (Oakland, California); Patrick William Mantyh (Edina, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating bone cancer pain including cancer pain associated with bone metastasis by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF.
FILED	Wednesday, June 13, 2012
APPL NO	13/517506
ART UNIT	1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100
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08557248 — Methods and compositions for treating malaria

US 08557248	Markham
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard Markham (Columbia, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cyvax, Inc. (Delaware, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard Markham (Columbia, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for preventing, inhibiting, reducing the severity of, or treating a disease or condition. A pharmaceutical composition provided herein can comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding an antigen fused to an immune cell product, e.g., MIP-3α, and an adjuvant. The antigen can be from a bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite, or cancer. The antigen can be an Alzheimer's disease antigen.
FILED	Tuesday, August 09, 2011
APPL NO	13/206471
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100
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08557250 — Methods for preparing complex multivalent immunogenic conjugates

US 08557250	Lee
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Che-Hung Robert Lee (Silver Spring, 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)	Che-Hung Robert Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Methods for preparing complex multivalent immunogenic conjugates that include simultaneously reacting a plurality or immunogenic-distinct polysaccharides with at least one protein to make the complex multivalent immunogenic conjugates. The simultaneous reaction involves reaction of a hydrazide group on one reactant with an aldehyde or cyanate ester group on the other reactant.
FILED	Thursday, April 05, 2012
APPL NO	13/440856
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/197.110
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08557257 — Mycobacterial immunotherapy for cancer treatment

US 08557257	Morton
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Donald L. Morton (Pacific Palisades, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Oncovac Inc. (Pacific Palisades, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald L. Morton (Pacific Palisades, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods of Mycobacterial immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer are described. In certain cases, these methods concern administration of attenuated Mycobacteria by intradermal injection into non tumor tissues. Methods of the invention, provide safe and effective treatments for malignant tumors and the compositions for use in such treatments. Methods for determine the effectiveness of such immunotherapies are also described.
FILED	Friday, March 23, 2007
APPL NO	12/293766
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100
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08557288 — Hydrogel microparticle formation in aqueous solvent for biomedical applications

US 08557288	Elbert et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Donald L. Elbert (Clayton, Missouri); Michael D. Nichols (Durham, North Carolina); Evan A. Scott (Jacksonville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald L. Elbert (Clayton, Missouri); Michael D. Nichols (Durham, North Carolina); Evan A. Scott (Jacksonville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The field of the disclosure relates to microparticles comprising a cross-linked water-soluble polymer or cross-linked water-soluble polymers and a process for forming thereof. Further, the field of the disclosure relates to coatings and scaffolds comprising microparticles and the processes for forming thereof.
FILED	Thursday, August 13, 2009
APPL NO	12/540937
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 424/484
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08557290 — Multifunction nanoconjugates for imaging applications and targeted treatment

US 08557290	Wu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Ai-Guo Wu (Chicago, Illinois); Tatjana Paunesku (Chicago, Illinois); Gayle E. Woloschak (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Ai-Guo Wu (Chicago, Illinois); Tatjana Paunesku (Chicago, Illinois); Gayle E. Woloschak (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to nanoconjugates. In particular, the present invention provides nanoconjugates for diagnostic (e.g., imaging), research, and clinical (e.g., targeted treatment) applications.
FILED	Friday, March 13, 2009
APPL NO	12/403970
ART UNIT	1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48076 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) C01G 49/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/93 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/838 (20130101) Y10S 977/904 (20130101) Y10S 977/911 (20130101) Y10S 977/927 (20130101) Y10S 977/928 (20130101)
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08557292 — Carrier nanoparticles and related compositions, methods and systems

US 08557292	Davis et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Akinleye Alabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Akinleye Alabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Carrier nanoparticles comprising a polymer containing a polyol coupled to a polymer containing a boronic acid, configured to present the polymer containing a boronic acid to an environment external to the nanoparticle and related compositions, methods and systems.
FILED	Wednesday, August 12, 2009
APPL NO	12/540319
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 424/489
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08557515 — Compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis and therapy

US 08557515	Croce et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Carlo Croce (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); George Calin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Carlo Croce (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); George Calin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The miR15 and miR16 micro RNA genes are located at 13q14 within a 30 kb region of loss characteristic of cells from certain cancers, such as cells from chronic lymphocytic leukemia or prostate cancer. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia or prostate cancer can be diagnosed by detecting a reduction in miR15 or miR16 gene copy number, by determining miR15 or miR16 gene mutational status, or by detecting a reduction in the RNA transcribed from these genes. The miR15 or miR16 gene products can inhibit the neoplastic or tumorigenic growth of cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia or prostate cancer cells when administered to subjects suffering from these diseases.
FILED	Friday, March 19, 2010
APPL NO	12/727778
ART UNIT	1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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08557518 — Microfluidic and nanofluidic devices, systems, and applications

US 08557518	Jovanovich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention discloses the integration of programmable microfluidic circuits to achieve practical applications to process biochemical and chemical reactions and to integrate these reactions. In some embodiments workflows for biochemical reactions or chemical workflows are combined. Microvalves such as programmable microfluidic circuit with Y valves and flow through valves are disclosed. In some embodiments microvalves of the present invention are used for mixing fluids, which may be part of an integrated process. These processes include mixing samples and moving reactions to an edge or reservoir for modular microfluidics, use of capture regions, and injection into analytical devices on separate devices. In some embodiments star and nested star designs, or bead capture by change of cross sectional area of a channel in a microvalve are used. Movement of samples between temperature zones are further disclosed using fixed temperature and movement of the samples by micropumps.
FILED	Wednesday, July 28, 2010
APPL NO	12/845650
ART UNIT	1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100
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08557520 — Methods for diagnosing prostate cancer using MicroRNAs

US 08557520	Croce et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of solid cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis.
FILED	Tuesday, February 28, 2012
APPL NO	13/406630
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100
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08557526 — Synaptotagmin and collapsin response mediator protein as biomarkers for traumatic brain injury

US 08557526	Ottens et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew K. Ottens (Glen Allen, Virginia); Firas H. Kobaissy (Gainesville, Florida); Ka-Wang (Kevin) Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Zhiqun Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Ming Chen Liu (Gainesville, Florida); Monika Oli (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. (Alachua, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew K. Ottens (Glen Allen, Virginia); Firas H. Kobaissy (Gainesville, Florida); Ka-Wang (Kevin) Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Zhiqun Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Ming Chen Liu (Gainesville, Florida); Monika Oli (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Collapsin response mediator proteins (CRMPs) decreased in tissue and increased in biological fluids after neural injury from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Significant decreases of CRMP1, CRMP2, CRMP4 and CRMP5 were accompanied by the appearance of distinct 58 kDa (CRMP-2) or 55 kDa (CRMP-4) breakdown products from proteolytic cleavage by calpain. Synaptotagmin breakdown products were also associated with TBI and could be detected along with intact protein in human cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Both biomarkers were detected in human biofluid and related to recovery from traumatic brain injury.
FILED	Wednesday, August 05, 2009
APPL NO	12/535960
ART UNIT	1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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08557527 — Correlation of molecular markers with clinical outcome in GBM patients radiation treated with or without gefitinib

US 08557527	Chakravarti et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Arnab Chakravarti (Dublin, Ohio); Robert Pinard (Andover, Massachusetts); Agnes Ang (Newbury Park, California); Marisa P. Dolled-Filhart (New Haven, Connecticut); Annette Molinaro (New Haven, Connecticut); Alpana Waldron (Fairfield, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HistoRx, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut); Radiation Therapy Oncology Group of the American College of Radiology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Arnab Chakravarti (Dublin, Ohio); Robert Pinard (Andover, Massachusetts); Donald Waldron (Fairfield, Connecticut); Agnes Ang (Newbury Park, California); Marisa P. Dolled-Filhart (New Haven, Connecticut); Annette Molinaro (New Haven, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	Interestingly, for prognosis, the significant biomarkers for Gefitinib-treated GBM patients (RTOG 0211) appeared to differ compared to historical, RT and non-Gefitinib-treated GBM patients. In Gefitinib-treated patients, those with higher levels of nuclear pAKT driven by PTEN loss, higher levels of nuclear pMAPK, and lower levels of nuclear pmTOR had significantly worse clinical outcomes. In contrast, in non-Gefitinib-treated patients, patients with PTEN-deficiency, and higher levels of EGFRvIII, total EGFR, IGFR1, NFkB and lower levels of nuclear Survivin appeared to have adverse clinical outcomes, highlighting the treatment-dependency of these biomarkers.
FILED	Tuesday, September 22, 2009
APPL NO	12/564698
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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08557552 — Selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitors

US 08557552	Silverman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Haitao Ji (Salt Lake City, Utah); He Huang (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Haitao Ji (Salt Lake City, Utah); He Huang (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Compounds and related methods for selective inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase over inducible and endothelial isoforms, such compounds as can provide reduced cationic character and enhanced bioavailability.
FILED	Friday, April 06, 2012
APPL NO	13/441683
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/184
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08557575 — Fusion partner cell line for preparation of hybrid cells expressing human antibodies

US 08557575	Dessain et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Scott K. Dessain (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Sharad P. Adekar (Secane, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott K. Dessain (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Sharad P. Adekar (Secane, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	This invention relates to a novel fusion partner cell line that ectopically expresses IL-6 and TERT termed B5-6T, and to methods for making the B5-6T fusion partner cell line. The B5-6T fusion partner cell line can be fused with B-lymphocytes to generate hybridomas that secrete human monoclonal antibodies.
FILED	Wednesday, January 28, 2009
APPL NO	12/864896
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/346
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08557601 — Luminescent 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinone chelates of lanthanides

US 08557601	Raymond et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S)	Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California); Evan G. Moore (Berkeley, California); Eric J. Werner (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California); Evan G. Moore (Berkeley, California); Eric J. Werner (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides luminescent complexes between a lanthanide ion and an organic ligand which contains 1,2-hydroxypyridinone units. The complexes of the invention are stable in aqueous solutions and are useful as molecular probes, for example in medical diagnostics and bioanalytical assay systems. The invention also provides methods of using the complexes of the invention.
FILED	Tuesday, July 10, 2007
APPL NO	12/373275
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501
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08557746 — High throughput screens for small-molecule inhibitors of the nuclear receptor-like pathway regulating multidrug resistance in fungi

US 08557746	Naar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Anders M. Naar (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gerhard Wagner (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Joy Nishikawa (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Haribabu Arthanari (Brookline, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Anders M. Naar (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gerhard Wagner (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Joy Nishikawa (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Haribabu Arthanari (Brookline, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the identification of molecular mechanisms associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) in fungal infections. More specifically, fungi harbor a nuclear receptor-like pathway controlling MDR, which represents a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of MDR in pathogenic fungi such as C. glabrata.
FILED	Wednesday, March 31, 2010
APPL NO	12/751517
ART UNIT	1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9
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08557762 — Snake factor V and methods of use thereof as a procoagulant

US 08557762	Camire et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Rodney Camire (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Mettine H. A. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Rodney Camire (Sicklerville, New Jersey); Mettine H. A. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and Methods for the treatment of coagulation disorders using Factor V variants are provided. Preferred disorders include hemophilia A and B.
FILED	Monday, November 23, 2009
APPL NO	13/130378
ART UNIT	1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1
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08557767 — Synthetic apolipoprotein E mimicking polypeptides and methods of use

US 08557767	Anantharamaiah et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah (Birmingham, Alabama); David W. Garber (Birmingham, Alabama); Geeta Datta (Pelham, Alabama); Sheila P. Handattu (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Vinod K. Mishra (Homewood, Alabama)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S)	Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah (Birmingham, Alabama); David W. Garber (Birmingham, Alabama); Geeta Datta (Pelham, Alabama); Sheila P. Handattu (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Vinod K. Mishra (Homewood, Alabama)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides novel synthetic apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-mimicking peptides wherein the receptor binding domain of apolipoprotein E is covalently linked to 18A, the well characterized lipid-associating model class A amphipathic helical peptide, or a modified version thereof. Such peptides enhance low density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) binding to and degradation by fibroblast or HepG2 cells. Also provided are possible applications of the synthetic peptides in lowering human plasma LDL/VLDL cholesterol levels, thus inhibiting atherosclerosis. The present invention also relates to synthetic peptides that can improve HDL function and/or exert anti-inflammatory properties.
FILED	Wednesday, August 27, 2008
APPL NO	12/675073
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.400
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08557772 — Compositions having antiangiogenic activity and uses thereof

US 08557772	Popel et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Emmanouil D. Karagiannis (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Emmanouil D. Karagiannis (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and methods that are useful for modulating blood vessel formation, as well as methods that provide for the systematic and efficient identification of angiogenesis modulators are described. As discussed in more detail below, a systematic computational methodology based on bioinformatics was used to identify novel peptide modulators of angiogenesis that have been characterized in vitro and/or in vivo.
FILED	Wednesday, February 08, 2012
APPL NO	13/369240
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13.300
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08557777 — Methods for treating cancer using prostate specific antigen and tumor endothelial marker peptides

US 08557777	Perambakam et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Supriya M. Perambakam (Oak Park, Illinois); David J. Peace (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Supriya M. Perambakam (Oak Park, Illinois); David J. Peace (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to prostate specific antigen (PSA) and tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) peptide compositions and methods for treating cancer with the compositions.
FILED	Tuesday, March 06, 2012
APPL NO	13/413242
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200
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08557785 — In vivo production of small interfering RNAS that mediate gene silencing

US 08557785	Zamore et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); Juanita McLachlan (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gyorgy Hutvagner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Alla Grishok (New York, New York); Craig C. Mello (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); Juanita McLachlan (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gyorgy Hutvagner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Alla Grishok (New York, New York); Craig C. Mello (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides engineered RNA precursors that when expressed in a cell are processed by the cell to produce targeted small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that selectively silence targeted genes (by cleaving specific mRNAs) using the cell's own RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. By introducing nucleic acid molecules that encode these engineered RNA precursors into cells in vivo with appropriate regulatory sequences, expression of the engineered RNA precursors can be selectively controlled both temporally and spatially, i.e., at particular times and/or in particular tissues, organs, or cells.
FILED	Tuesday, March 23, 2010
APPL NO	12/729360
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
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08557787 — Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic uses of long non-coding RNAs for cancer and regenerative medicine

US 08557787	Chang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Howard Y. Chang (Stanford, California); David J. Wong (Palo Alto, California); Tiffany Hung (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Howard Y. Chang (Stanford, California); David J. Wong (Palo Alto, California); Tiffany Hung (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and methods of using them diagnostically and therapeutically for treatment of cancer, stem cell therapy, or regenerative medicine are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to lncRNAs that play roles in regulation of genes involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Such lncRNAs can be used as biomarkers to monitor cell proliferation and differentiation during cancer progression or tissue regeneration. One of the identified lncRNAs, referred to as PANDA (a P21-Associated NcRNA, DNA damage Activated), inhibits the expression of apoptotic genes normally activated by the transcription factor NF-YA. Inhibitors of PANDA sensitize cancerous cells to chemotherapy and can be used in combination with chemotherapeutic agents for treatment of cancer.
FILED	Friday, May 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/470233
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
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08557788 — Prevention of tissue ischemia and related compositions

US 08557788	Isenberg et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Jeffrey S. Isenberg (Mt. Lebanon, Maryland); David D. Roberts (Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey S. Isenberg (Mt. Lebanon, Maryland); David D. Roberts (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are compositions for preventing, ameliorating, and/or reducing tissue ischemia and/or tissue damage due to ischemia, increasing blood vessel diameter, blood flow and tissue perfusion in the presence of vascular disease including peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerotic vascular disease, coronary artery disease, stroke and influencing other conditions, by suppressing CD47 and/or blocking TSP1 and/or CD47 activity or interaction. Influencing the interaction of CD47-TSP1 in blood vessels allows for control of blood vessel diameter and blood flow, and permits modification of blood pressure and cardiac function. Under conditions of decreased blood flow, for instance through injury or atherosclerosis, blocking TSP1-CD47 interaction allows blood vessels to dilate and increases blood flow, tissue perfusion and tissue survival.
FILED	Wednesday, July 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/546941
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00
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08557800 — Sphingosine kinase inhibitors

US 08557800	Smith et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Charles D. Smith (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Kevin J. French (Mohnton, Pennsylvania); Yan Zhuang (Hershey, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Apogee Biotechnology Corporation (Hershey, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles D. Smith (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Kevin J. French (Mohnton, Pennsylvania); Yan Zhuang (Hershey, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to substituted adamantane compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, processes for their preparation, and methods for inhibiting sphingosine kinase and for treating or preventing hyperproliferative disease, inflammatory disease, or angiogenic disease.
FILED	Wednesday, October 19, 2011
APPL NO	13/277044
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/195
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08557808 — Selective beta-glucuronidase inhibitors as a treatment for side effects of camptothecin antineoplastic agents

US 08557808	Redinbo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Matthew R. Redinbo (Durham, North Carolina); Sridhar Mani (Riverdale, New York); Alfred Williams (Durham, North Carolina); John Scott (Durham, North Carolina); Li-An Yeh (Cary, North Carolina); Bret David Wallace (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kimberly Terry Lane (Christiansburg, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	North Carolina Central University (Durham, North Carolina); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Matthew R. Redinbo (Durham, North Carolina); Sridhar Mani (Riverdale, New York); Alfred Williams (Durham, North Carolina); John Scott (Durham, North Carolina); Li-An Yeh (Cary, North Carolina); Bret David Wallace (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kimberly Terry Lane (Christiansburg, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that comprise selective β-glucuronidase inhibitors for both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, especially enteric bacteria normally associated with the gastrointestinal tract. The compounds, compositions and methods can be for inhibiting bacterial β-glucuronidases and for improving efficacy of camptothecin-derived antineoplastic agents or glucuronidase-substrate agents or compounds by attenuating the side effects caused by reactivation by bacterial β-glucuronidases of glucuronidated metabolites of camptothecin-derived antineoplastic agents or glucuronidase-substrate agents or compounds.
FILED	Thursday, December 09, 2010
APPL NO	13/514418
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/232.800
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08557836 — Spiro-piperidine inhibitors

US 08557836	DeGrado et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	William F. DeGrado (Media, Pennsylvania); Jun Wang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	William F. DeGrado (Media, Pennsylvania); Jun Wang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Provided are compounds that are capable of modulating the activity of the influenza A virus via interaction with the M2 transmembrane protein. Also provided are methods for treating an influenza A-affected disease state or infection comprising administering a composition comprising one or more compounds that have been identified as being capable of interaction with the M2 protein.
FILED	Friday, August 21, 2009
APPL NO	12/545501
ART UNIT	1629 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/278
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08557842 — Cocaine analogs and methods of preparation and uses thereof

US 08557842	Davis et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Franklin A. Davis (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Naresh Theddu (Andhra Pardesh, India); Maarten E. A. Reith (New York, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Temple University Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Franklin A. Davis (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Naresh Theddu (Andhra Pardesh, India); Maarten E. A. Reith (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides novel cocaine analogs. The invention also provides a method of preparing cocaine analogs with control over the substituents installed at the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and N-8 positions of the tropane bicyclic scaffold. The invention further provides methods of providing anesthesia, blocking reuptake of a monoamine neurotransmitter, and treating depression, by administering to a subject in need of such treatment a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
FILED	Friday, May 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/475292
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/304
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08557844 — Substrate reduction therapy

US 08557844	Platt et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Frances Mary Platt (Oxford, United Kingdom); Emyr Lloyd-Evans (Oxford, United Kingdom); Forbes Dennison Porter (Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Frances Mary Platt (Oxford, United Kingdom); Emyr Lloyd-Evans (Oxford, United Kingdom); Forbes Dennison Porter (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a compound which is an inhibitor of sphingolipid biosynthesis for use in the treatment of a disease which has a secondary Niemann-Pick type C disease like cellular phenotype.
FILED	Thursday, June 26, 2008
APPL NO	12/666279
ART UNIT	1623 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/315
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08557856 — Etomidate analogues with improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties

US 08557856	Raines et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed Shaukat Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed Shaukat Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention is directed to compounds according to formula (I): where R₁is L₁C(O)OT or L₁C(O)OL₂C(O)OT; R₂is a substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₁₀alkyl, C₂-C₁₀alkenyl, or C₂-C₁₀alkynyl, or R₁; n is an integer from 0 to 5; each R₃is independently halogen or R₂; L₁and L₂are each independently a bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₁₀alkylene, C₂-C₁₀alkenylene, or C₂-C₁₀alkynylene; and T is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₁₀alkyl, C₂-C₁₀alkenyl, or C₂-C₁₀alkynyl, nitrophenol, or cyclopropyl. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and to methods for providing anesthesia in mammals by administering such a pharmaceutical composition.
FILED	Tuesday, March 31, 2009
APPL NO	12/935086
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/400
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08557867 — Inhibitors of NC_Ca-ATPchannels for therapy

US 08557867	Simard
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Methods and compositions are provided that are utilized for treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage or progressive hemorrhagic necrosis (PHN), particularly following spinal cord injury. In particular, the methods and compositions are inhibitors of a particular NCca-ATP channel and include, for example, inhibitors of SUR1 and/or inhibitors of TRPM4. Kits for treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage or progressive hemorrhagic necrosis (PHN), particularly following spinal cord injury, are also provided. The present invention also concerns treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in infants, including premature infants utilizing one or more inhibitors of the channel is provided to the infant, for example to brain cells of the infant.
FILED	Friday, June 20, 2008
APPL NO	12/665853
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 514/563
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08557868 — Ophthalmic and contact lens solutions using low molecular weight amines

US 08557868	Smith
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Francis X. Smith (Salem, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	FXS Ventures, LLC (Salem, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	Francis X. Smith (Salem, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a lens care solution comprising: 0.001 to about 5 weight percent of a low molecular weight amine of the general formula: Where R₁, R₂, R₃and R₄are —H or low molecular weight radicals, and R₅is a low molecular weight radical, or salt thereof; an effective amount of tonicity agent; and the balance water.
FILED	Thursday, November 14, 2002
APPL NO	10/294509
ART UNIT	1629 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/564
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08557961 — Alpha 1-antitrypsin compositions and methods of making and using same

US 08557961	Silverman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-Wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Ian M. Brennan (Hillsborough, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-Wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Ian M. Brennan (Hillsborough, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to compositions comprising alpha 1-antitrypsin linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in the treatment of alpha 1-antitrypsin-related diseases, disorders, and conditions.
FILED	Friday, April 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/078499
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 530/350
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08557969 — Compositions and methods for regulating cardiac performance

US 08557969	Metzger et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Joseph Metzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Margaret Westfall (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sharlene Day (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Joseph Metzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Margaret Westfall (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sharlene Day (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to cardiac performance, in particular to regulating cardiac performance via recombinant troponin I (TnI) protein and nucleic acids encoding recombinant TnI. The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding gain of function TnI proteins (e.g., cTnlA164H), vectors containing such nucleic acids, host cells containing such vectors, transgenic animals carrying a gain of function TnI protein (e.g., a cTnlA164H transgene), and therapeutic agents (e.g., comprising recombinant TnI, TnI analogues, synthetic TnI, or the like) or agents for gene therapy of heart failure or disease for research and therapeutic uses.
FILED	Thursday, December 01, 2005
APPL NO	11/792216
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 536/23.100
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08557972 — Compositions and methods for transfection of RNA and controlled stabilization of transfected RNA

US 08557972	Reh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
APPLICANT(S)	Thomas A. Reh (Seattle, Washington); Olivia M. Bermingham-McDonogh (Seattle, Washington); Toshinori Hayashi (Yonago, Japan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas A. Reh (Seattle, Washington); Olivia M. Bermingham-McDonogh (Seattle, Washington); Toshinori Hayashi (Yonago, Japan)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides reagents and methods for RNA transfection and protein expression.
FILED	Tuesday, December 21, 2010
APPL NO	12/974890
ART UNIT	1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 536/24.100
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Department of Energy (DOE)

08555646 — Annular fuel and air co-flow premixer

US 08555646	Stevenson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Christian Xavier Stevenson (Inman, South Carolina); Patrick Benedict Melton (Horse Shoe, North Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Christian Xavier Stevenson (Inman, South Carolina); Patrick Benedict Melton (Horse Shoe, North Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed is a premixer for a combustor including an annular outer shell and an annular inner shell. The inner shell defines an inner flow channel inside of the inner shell and is located to define an outer flow channel between the outer shell and the inner shell. A fuel discharge annulus is located between the outer flow channel and the inner flow channel and is configured to inject a fuel flow into a mixing area in a direction substantially parallel to an outer airflow through the outer flow channel and an inner flow through the inner flow channel. Further disclosed are a combustor including a plurality of premixers and a method of premixing air and fuel in a combustor.
FILED	Tuesday, January 27, 2009
APPL NO	12/360449
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/737
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08555672 — Complete liquefaction methods and apparatus

US 08555672	Turner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus are described to provide complete gas utilization in the liquefaction operation from a source of gas without return of natural gas to the source thereof from the process and apparatus. The mass flow rate of gas input into the system and apparatus may be substantially equal to the mass flow rate of liquefied product output from the system, such as for storage or use.
FILED	Thursday, October 22, 2009
APPL NO	12/603948
ART UNIT	3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Refrigeration 062/613
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08555710 — Systems and methods for analyzing liquids under vacuum

US 08555710	Yu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) at Richland, WA
APPLICANT(S)	Xiao-Ying Yu (Richland, Washington); Li Yang (Richland, Washington); James P. Cowin (Richland, Washington); Martin J. Iedema (Richland, Washington); Zihua Zhu (Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Xiao-Ying Yu (Richland, Washington); Li Yang (Richland, Washington); James P. Cowin (Richland, Washington); Martin J. Iedema (Richland, Washington); Zihua Zhu (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods for supporting a liquid against a vacuum pressure in a chamber can enable analysis of the liquid surface using vacuum-based chemical analysis instruments. No electrical or fluid connections are required to pass through the chamber walls. The systems can include a reservoir, a pump, and a liquid flow path. The reservoir contains a liquid-phase sample. The pump drives flow of the sample from the reservoir, through the liquid flow path, and back to the reservoir. The flow of the sample is not substantially driven by a differential between pressures inside and outside of the liquid flow path. An aperture in the liquid flow path exposes a stable portion of the liquid-phase sample to the vacuum pressure within the chamber. The radius, or size, of the aperture is less than or equal to a critical value required to support a meniscus of the liquid-phase sample by surface tension.
FILED	Monday, March 14, 2011
APPL NO	13/047025
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/64.560
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08555971 — Treating tar sands formations with dolomite

US 08555971	Vinegar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A method for treating a karsted formation containing heavy hydrocarbons and dolomite includes providing heat to at least part of one or more karsted layers in the formation from one or more heaters located in the karsted layers. A temperature in at least one of the karsted layers is allowed to reach a decomposition temperature of dolomite in the formation. The dolomite is allowed to decompose and at least some hydrocarbons are produced from at least one of the karsted layers of the formation.
FILED	Thursday, May 31, 2012
APPL NO	13/485464
ART UNIT	3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Wells 166/272.300
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08556473 — Lamp with a truncated reflector cup

US 08556473	Li et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Ming Li (Acton, Massachusetts); Steven C. Allen (Beverly, Massachusetts); Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. (Danvers, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Ming Li (Acton, Massachusetts); Steven C. Allen (Beverly, Massachusetts); Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A lamp assembly, and method for making same. The lamp assembly includes first and second truncated reflector cups. The lamp assembly also includes at least one base plate disposed between the first and second truncated reflector cups, and a light engine disposed on a top surface of the at least one base plate. The light engine is configured to emit light to be reflected by one of the first and second truncated reflector cups.
FILED	Thursday, August 05, 2010
APPL NO	12/851001
ART UNIT	2879 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Illumination 362/350
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08556578 — Spring loaded compliant seal for high temperature use

US 08556578	Memmen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert L Memmen (Stuart, Florida); John A Fedock (Port St. Lucie, Florida); James P Downs (Jupiter, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert L Memmen (Stuart, Florida); John A Fedock (Port St. Lucie, Florida); James P Downs (Jupiter, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A flexible seal having an X-shaped cross section that forms four contact points on four contact surfaces of two opposed seal slots. The flexible seal is used for a component in which the two seal slots undergo a large deflection such that the opposed slots are not aligned and a rigid seal will not form an adequate seal. The flexible seal can be used in a component of a combustor or a turbine in a gas turbine engine where opposed seal slots undergo the large deflection during operation.
FILED	Wednesday, August 15, 2012
APPL NO	13/585891
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/135
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08557031 — Methods for attaching polymerizable ceragenins to water treatment membranes using amine and amide linkages

US 08557031	Hibbs et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan J. Altman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Howland D. T. Jones (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan J. Altman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Howland D. T. Jones (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah)
ABSTRACT	This invention relates to methods for chemically grafting and attaching ceragenin molecules to polymer substrates; methods for synthesizing ceragenin-containing copolymers; methods for making ceragenin-modified water treatment membranes and spacers; and methods of treating contaminated water using ceragenin-modified treatment membranes and spacers. Ceragenins are synthetically produced antimicrobial peptide mimics that display broad-spectrum bactericidal activity. Alkene-functionalized ceragenins (e.g., acrylamide-functionalized ceragenins) can be attached to polyamide reverse osmosis membranes using amine-linking, amide-linking, UV-grafting, or silane-coating methods. In addition, silane-functionalized ceragenins can be directly attached to polymer surfaces that have free hydroxyls.
FILED	Friday, January 07, 2011
APPL NO	12/986215
ART UNIT	1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/18.210
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08557066 — Method for forming energetic nanopowders

US 08557066	Lee et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Kien-Yin Lee (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Blaine W. Asay (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James E. Kennedy (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Kien-Yin Lee (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Blaine W. Asay (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James E. Kennedy (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for the preparation of neat energetic powders, having nanometer dimensions, is described herein. For these neat powder, a solution of a chosen energetic material is prepared in an aprotic solvent and later combined with liquid hexane that is miscible with such solvent. The energetic material chosen is less soluble in the liquid hexane than in the aprotic solvent and the liquid hexane is cooled to a temperature that is below that of the solvent solution. In order to form a precipitate of said neat powders, the solvent solution is rapidly combined with the liquid hexane. When the resulting precipitate is collected, it may be dried and filtered to yield an energetic nanopowder material.
FILED	Tuesday, November 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/291420
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600
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08557099 — Electrocurtain coating process for coating solar mirrors

US 08557099	Kabagambe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Benjamin Kabagambe (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Donald W. Boyd (Cheswick, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Buchanan (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Patrick Kelly (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Luke A. Kutilek (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); James W. McCamy (Export, Pennsylvania); Douglas A. McPheron (Seven Fields, Pennsylvania); Gary R. Orosz (Valencia, Pennsylvania); Raymond D. Limbacher (New Castle, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Benjamin Kabagambe (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Donald W. Boyd (Cheswick, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Buchanan (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Patrick Kelly (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Luke A. Kutilek (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); James W. McCamy (Export, Pennsylvania); Douglas A. McPheron (Seven Fields, Pennsylvania); Gary R. Orosz (Valencia, Pennsylvania); Raymond D. Limbacher (New Castle, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	An electrically conductive protective coating or film is provided over the surface of a reflective coating of a solar mirror by flowing or directing a cation containing liquid and an anion containing liquid onto the conductive surface. The cation and the anion containing liquids are spaced from, and preferably out of contact with one another on the surface of the reflective coating as an electric current is moved through the anion containing liquid, the conductive surface between the liquids and the cation containing liquid to coat the conductive surface with the electrically conductive coating.
FILED	Monday, October 25, 2010
APPL NO	12/911189
ART UNIT	1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/116
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08557149 — System and method for implementing enhanced optics fabrication

US 08557149	Maj et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	Jozef A. Maj (Lemont, Illinois); Charles Harmata (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Jozef A. Maj (Lemont, Illinois); Charles Harmata (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A system and method are provided for implementing enhanced optics fabrication for making a concave focusing optical lens with a selected material of a crystal or an amorphous material and a support member. A cut-out is formed in the support member with a depth based upon the final, desired curvature of the concave focusing optical lens. The cut-out is partially filled with an epoxy and the selected crystal or amorphous material is placed on top thereby creating a quasi-vacuum seal. A vacuum pump is connected to the support member, providing a set vacuum level until the epoxy has hardened and the selected crystal or amorphous material has achieved its final curvature. Vacuum pressure is substantially uniformly applied to the crystal, providing substantially uniform stresses on the surface of the final concave focusing optical lens.
FILED	Friday, April 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/082909
ART UNIT	1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/1.700
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08557438 — Electrode materials for rechargeable battery

US 08557438	Johnson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	Christopher Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A positive electrode is disclosed for a non-aqueous electrolyte lithium rechargeable cell or battery. The electrode comprises a lithium containing material of the formula Na_yLi_xNi_zMn_1-z-z′M_z′O_d, wherein M is a metal cation, x+y>1, 0<z<0.5, 0≦z′<0.5, y+x+1 is less than d, and the value of d depends on the proportions and average oxidation states of the metallic elements, Li, Na, Mn, Ni, and M, if present, such that the combined positive charge of the metallic elements is balanced by the number of oxygen anions, d. The inventive material preferably has a spinel or spinel-like component in its structure. The value of y preferably is less than about 0.2, and M comprises one or more metal cations selected preferably from one or more monovalent, divalent, trivalent or tetravalent cations, such as Mg²⁺, Co²⁺, Co³⁺, B³⁺, Ga³⁺, Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺, Al³⁺, and Ti⁴⁺. The electrode material can be synthesized using an ion-exchange reaction with a lithium salt in an organic-based solvent to partially replace sodium ions of a precursor material with lithium ions.
FILED	Wednesday, August 25, 2010
APPL NO	12/868470
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
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08557441 — Titania-graphene anode electrode paper

US 08557441	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Daiwon Choi (State College, Pennsylvania); Wendy D Bennett (Kennewick, Washington); Gordon L Graff (West Richland, Washington); Yongsoon Shin (Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Daiwon Choi (State College, Pennsylvania); Wendy D Bennett (Kennewick, Washington); Gordon L Graff (West Richland, Washington); Yongsoon Shin (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method for forming a nanocomposite material, the nanocomposite material formed thereby, and a battery made using the nanocomposite material. Metal oxide and graphene are placed in a solvent to form a suspension. The suspension is then applied to a current collector. The solvent is then evaporated to form a nanocomposite material. The nanocomposite material is then electrochemically cycled to form a nanocomposite material of at least one metal oxide in electrical communication with at least one graphene layer.
FILED	Saturday, October 09, 2010
APPL NO	12/901527
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.500
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08557442 — Nanocomposite of graphene and metal oxide materials

US 08557442	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Nanocomposite materials comprising a metal oxide bonded to at least one graphene material. The nanocomposite materials exhibit a specific capacity of at least twice that of the metal oxide material without the graphene at a charge/discharge rate greater than about 10 C.
FILED	Thursday, July 26, 2012
APPL NO	13/559528
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.500
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08557458 — Method for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell

US 08557458	Scotto et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Vincent Scotto (Uniontown, Ohio); Daniel P. Birmingham (Canton, Ohio); Crispin L. DeBellis (North Canton, Ohio); Mark Anthony Perna (Alliance, Ohio); Gregory C. Rush (Canton, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method for generating a gas that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In a non-limiting embodiment, the method may include generating a nitrogen-rich stream; merging the nitrogen-rich stream with a hydrocarbon fuel stream into a feed mixture stream; and catalytically converting the feed mixture into a reducing gas.
FILED	Monday, November 12, 2012
APPL NO	13/674455
ART UNIT	1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/428
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08557480 — High power density fuel cell comprising an array of microchannels

US 08557480	Morse et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Jeffrey D. Morse (Northampton, Massachusetts); Ravindra S. Upadhye (Pleasanton, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California); Hyung Gyu Park (Zurich, Switzerland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey D. Morse (Northampton, Massachusetts); Ravindra S. Upadhye (Pleasanton, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California); Hyung Gyu Park (Zurich, Switzerland)
ABSTRACT	A fuel cell according to one embodiment includes a porous electrolyte support structure defining an array of microchannels, the microchannels including fuel and oxidant microchannels; fuel electrodes formed along some of the microchannels; and oxidant electrodes formed along other of the microchannels. A method of making a fuel cell according to one embodiment includes forming an array of walls defining microchannels therebetween using at least one of molding, stamping, extrusion, injection and electrodeposition; processing the walls to make the walls porous, thereby creating a porous electrolyte support structure; forming anode electrodes along some of the microchannels; and forming cathode electrodes along other of the microchannels. Additional embodiments are also disclosed.
FILED	Thursday, July 01, 2010
APPL NO	12/829316
ART UNIT	1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/513
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08557484 — Platinum nickel catalyst alloy

US 08557484	Debe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Mark K. Debe (Stillwater, Minnesota); George D. Vernstrom (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Andrew J. L. Steinbach (St. Paul, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark K. Debe (Stillwater, Minnesota); George D. Vernstrom (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Andrew J. L. Steinbach (St. Paul, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A Pt—Ni catalyst is provided which demonstrates an unusually high oxygen reduction mass activity. In some embodiments, the Pt—Ni catalyst is a Pt—Ni binary alloy. In some embodiments, the catalyst may be characterized as having a Pt fcc lattice parameter of less than 3.71 Angstroms or 0.371 nm. In some embodiments the catalyst has a Pt fcc lattice parameter of between 3.69 Angstroms (or 0.369 nm) and 3.73 Angstroms (or 0.373 nm). In some embodiments, the catalyst may be characterized as having a composition of close to Pt_xNi_(1-x), where x is between 0.2 and 0.4. In some embodiments the catalyst comprises nanostructured elements comprising microstructured support whiskers bearing a thin film of nanoscopic catalyst particles comprising a catalyst material described above. The catalyst may be particularly useful as a fuel cell catalyst and more specifically as a fuel cell cathode catalyst.
FILED	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
APPL NO	13/643353
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/524
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08557557 — Thermophilic and thermoacidophilic biopolymer-degrading genes and enzymes from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and related organisms, methods

US 08557557	Thompson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading, cleaving, or removing polysaccharides, lignocellulose, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, chitin, polyhydroxybutyrate, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius.
FILED	Monday, November 15, 2010
APPL NO	12/927496
ART UNIT	1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/201
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08557601 — Luminescent 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinone chelates of lanthanides

US 08557601	Raymond et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S)	Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California); Evan G. Moore (Berkeley, California); Eric J. Werner (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California); Evan G. Moore (Berkeley, California); Eric J. Werner (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides luminescent complexes between a lanthanide ion and an organic ligand which contains 1,2-hydroxypyridinone units. The complexes of the invention are stable in aqueous solutions and are useful as molecular probes, for example in medical diagnostics and bioanalytical assay systems. The invention also provides methods of using the complexes of the invention.
FILED	Tuesday, July 10, 2007
APPL NO	12/373275
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501
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08557622 — Epitaxial growth of in-plane nanowires and nanowire devices

US 08557622	Lee et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Seung Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Seung Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Exemplary embodiments provide semiconductor nanowires and nanowire devices/applications and methods for their formation. In embodiments, in-plane nanowires can be epitaxially grown on a patterned substrate, which are more favorable than vertical ones for device processing and three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuits. In embodiments, the in-plane nanowire can be formed by selective epitaxy utilizing lateral overgrowth and faceting of an epilayer initially grown in a one-dimensional (1D) nanoscale opening. In embodiments, optical, electrical, and thermal connections can be established and controlled between the nanowire, the substrate, and additional electrical or optical components for better device and system performance.
FILED	Thursday, September 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/223580
ART UNIT	2896 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/44
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08558056 — LysM receptor-like kinases to improve plant defense response against fungal pathogens

US 08558056	Wan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
APPLICANT(S)	Jinrong Wan (Columbia, Missouri); Gary Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Minviluz Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Xuecheng Zhang (Columbia, Missouri)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Jinrong Wan (Columbia, Missouri); Gary Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Minviluz Stacey (Columbia, Missouri); Xuecheng Zhang (Columbia, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	Perception of chitin fragments (chitooligosaccharides) is an important first step in plant defense response against fungal pathogen. LysM receptor-like kinases (LysM RLKs) are instrumental in this perception process. LysM RLKs also play a role in activating transcription of chitin-responsive genes (CRGs) in plants. Mutations in the LysM kinase receptor genes or the downstream CRGs may affect the fungal susceptibility of a plant. Mutations in LysM RLKs or transgenes carrying the same may be beneficial in imparting resistance against fungal pathogens.
FILED	Tuesday, January 10, 2012
APPL NO	13/347199
ART UNIT	1638 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279
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08558101 — Supported PV module assembly

US 08558101	Mascolo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) U.S. State Government State of California California Energy Commission (CEC)
APPLICANT(S)	Gianluigi Mascolo (Danville, California); David F. Taggart (San Carlos, California); Jonathan D. Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Christopher S. Edgett (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Gianluigi Mascolo (Danville, California); David F. Taggart (San Carlos, California); Jonathan D. Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Christopher S. Edgett (Oakland, California)
ABSTRACT	A supported PV assembly may include a PV module comprising a PV panel and PV module supports including module supports having a support surface supporting the module, a module registration member engaging the PV module to properly position the PV module on the module support, and a mounting element. In some embodiments the PV module registration members engage only the external surfaces of the PV modules at the corners. In some embodiments the assembly includes a wind deflector with ballast secured to a least one of the PV module supports and the wind deflector. An array of the assemblies can be secured to one another at their corners to prevent horizontal separation of the adjacent corners while permitting the PV modules to flex relative to one another so to permit the array of PV modules to follow a contour of the support surface.
FILED	Wednesday, December 27, 2006
APPL NO	11/616575
ART UNIT	1754 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/243
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08558107 — Dye-sensitized solar cell employing zinc oxide aggregates grown in the presence of lithium

US 08558107	Zhang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Qifeng Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Guozhong Cao (Seattle, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Qifeng Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Guozhong Cao (Seattle, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Provided are a novel ZnO dye-sensitized solar cell and method of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, deliberately added lithium ions are used to mediate the growth of ZnO aggregates. The use of lithium provides ZnO aggregates that have advantageous microstructure, morphology, crystallinity, and operational characteristics. Employing lithium during aggregate synthesis results in a polydisperse collection of ZnO aggregates favorable for porosity and light scattering. The resulting nanocrystallites forming the aggregates have improved crystallinity and more favorable facets for dye molecule absorption. The lithium synthesis improves the surface stability of ZnO in acidic dyes. The procedures developed and disclosed herein also help ensure the formation of an aggregate film that has a high homogeneity of thickness, a high packing density, a high specific surface area, and good electrical contact between the film and the fluorine-doped tin oxide electrode and among the aggregate particles.
FILED	Friday, February 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/021520
ART UNIT	1754 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/256
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08558188 — Method for manufacturing solid-state thermal neutron detectors with simultaneous high thermal neutron detection efficiency (>50%) and neutron to gamma discrimination (>1.0E4)

US 08558188	Nikolic et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Adam M. Conway (Livermore, California); Daniel Heineck (La Jolla, California); Lars F. Voss (Livermore, California); Tzu Fang Wang (Danville, California); Qinghui Shao (Fremont, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Adam M. Conway (Livermore, California); Daniel Heineck (La Jolla, California); Lars F. Voss (Livermore, California); Tzu Fang Wang (Danville, California); Qinghui Shao (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods for manufacturing solid-state thermal neutron detectors with simultaneous high thermal neutron detection efficiency (>50%) and neutron to gamma discrimination (>10⁴) are provided. A structure is provided that includes a p+ region on a first side of an intrinsic region and an n+ region on a second side of the intrinsic region. The thickness of the intrinsic region is minimized to achieve a desired gamma discrimination factor of at least 1.0E+04. Material is removed from one of the p+ region or the n+ region and into the intrinsic layer to produce pillars with open space between each pillar. The open space is filed with a neutron sensitive material. An electrode is placed in contact with the pillars and another electrode is placed in contact with the side that is opposite of the intrinsic layer with respect to the first electrode.
FILED	Wednesday, April 25, 2012
APPL NO	13/456182
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/390.10
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08558329 — Piezo-phototronic sensor

US 08558329	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
APPLICANT(S)	Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A device includes a substrate having a first surface. A piezoelectric nanowire is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The piezoelectric nanowire has a first end and an opposite second end. The piezoelectric nanowire is subjected to an amount of strain. A first Schottky contact is in electrical communication with the first end of the piezoelectric nanowire. A second Schottky contact is in electrical communication with the second end of the piezoelectric nanowire. A bias voltage source is configured to impart a bias voltage between the first Schottky contact and the second Schottky contact. A mechanism is configured to measure current flowing through the piezoelectric nanowire. The amount of strain is selected so that a predetermined current will flow through the piezoelectric nanowire when light of a selected intensity is applied to a first location on the piezoelectric nanowire.
FILED	Friday, November 12, 2010
APPL NO	12/945077
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/415
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08558333 — System and method for manipulating domain pinning and reversal in ferromagnetic materials

US 08558333	Silevitch et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
APPLICANT(S)	Daniel M. Silevitch (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas F. Rosenbaum (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriel Aeppli (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); UCL Business PLC (London, United Kingdom)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel M. Silevitch (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas F. Rosenbaum (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriel Aeppli (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	A method for manipulating domain pinning and reversal in a ferromagnetic material comprises applying an external magnetic field to a uniaxial ferromagnetic material comprising a plurality of magnetic domains, where each domain has an easy axis oriented along a predetermined direction. The external magnetic field is applied transverse to the predetermined direction and at a predetermined temperature. The strength of the magnetic field is varied at the predetermined temperature, thereby isothermally regulating pinning of the domains. A magnetic storage device for controlling domain dynamics includes a magnetic hard disk comprising a uniaxial ferromagnetic material, a magnetic recording head including a first magnet, and a second magnet. The ferromagnetic material includes a plurality of magnetic domains each having an easy axis oriented along a predetermined direction. The second magnet is positioned adjacent to the magnetic hard disk and is configured to apply a magnetic field transverse to the predetermined direction.
FILED	Friday, July 09, 2010
APPL NO	13/383059
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/421
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08558427 — Insulation assembly for electric machine

US 08558427	Rhoads et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Frederick W. Rhoads (Holly, Michigan); David F. Titmuss (Commerce Township, Michigan); Harold Parish (Shelby Township, Michigan); John D. Campbell (Rochester Hills, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Frederick W. Rhoads (Holly, Michigan); David F. Titmuss (Commerce Township, Michigan); Harold Parish (Shelby Township, Michigan); John D. Campbell (Rochester Hills, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	An insulation assembly is provided that includes a generally annularly-shaped main body and at least two spaced-apart fingers extending radially inwards from the main body. The spaced-apart fingers define a gap between the fingers. A slot liner may be inserted within the gap. The main body may include a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments. Each one of the plurality of segments may be operatively connected to another of the plurality of segments to form the continuous main body. The slot liner may be formed as a single extruded piece defining a plurality of cavities. A plurality of conductors (extendable from the stator assembly) may be axially inserted within a respective one of the plurality of cavities. The insulation assembly electrically isolates the conductors in the electric motor from the stator stack and from other conductors.
FILED	Monday, January 31, 2011
APPL NO	13/017160
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/215
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08558511 — Method and apparatus for smart battery charging including a plurality of controllers each monitoring input variables

US 08558511	Hammerstrom
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method for managing the charging and discharging of batteries wherein at least one battery is connected to a battery charger, the battery charger is connected to a power supply. A plurality of controllers in communication with one and another are provided, each of the controllers monitoring a subset of input variables. A set of charging constraints may then generated for each controller as a function of the subset of input variables. A set of objectives for each controller may also be generated. A preferred charge rate for each controller is generated as a function of either the set of objectives, the charging constraints, or both, using an algorithm that accounts for each of the preferred charge rates for each of the controllers and/or that does not violate any of the charging constraints. A current flow between the battery and the battery charger is then provided at the actual charge rate.
FILED	Tuesday, April 07, 2009
APPL NO	12/384766
ART UNIT	2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/137
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08559269 — Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof

US 08559269	Vu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Triad National Security, LLC (TRIAD) at Los Alamos, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cristian Pantea (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kurt T. Nihei (Oakland, California); Denis P. Schmitt (Katy, Texas); Chirstopher Skelt (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cristian Pantea (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kurt T. Nihei (Oakland, California); Denis P. Schmitt (Katy, Texas); Chirstopher Skelt (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	In some aspects of the invention, a method of generating a beam of acoustic energy in a borehole is disclosed. The method includes generating a first acoustic wave at a first frequency; generating a second acoustic wave at a second frequency different than the first frequency, wherein the first acoustic wave and second acoustic wave are generated by at least one transducer carried by a tool located within the borehole; transmitting the first and the second acoustic waves into an acoustically non-linear medium, wherein the composition of the non-linear medium produces a collimated beam by a non-linear mixing of the first and second acoustic waves, wherein the collimated beam has a frequency based upon a difference between the first frequency range and the second frequency, and wherein the non-linear medium has a velocity of sound between 100 m/s and 800 m/s.
FILED	Thursday, June 03, 2010
APPL NO	12/793407
ART UNIT	3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/006 (20130101)
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08560155 — Adaptive powertrain control for plugin hybrid electric vehicles

US 08560155	Kedar-Dongarkar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Gurunath Kedar-Dongarkar (Auburn Hills, Michigan); Feisel Weslati (Troy, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Chrysler Group LLC (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Gurunath Kedar-Dongarkar (Auburn Hills, Michigan); Feisel Weslati (Troy, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A powertrain control system for a plugin hybrid electric vehicle. The system comprises an adaptive charge sustaining controller; at least one internal data source connected to the adaptive charge sustaining controller; and a memory connected to the adaptive charge sustaining controller for storing data generated by the at least one internal data source. The adaptive charge sustaining controller is operable to select an operating mode of the vehicle's powertrain along a given route based on programming generated from data stored in the memory associated with that route. Further described is a method of adaptively controlling operation of a plugin hybrid electric vehicle powertrain comprising identifying a route being traveled, activating stored adaptive charge sustaining mode programming for the identified route and controlling operation of the powertrain along the identified route by selecting from a plurality of operational modes based on the stored adaptive charge sustaining mode programming.
FILED	Wednesday, June 15, 2011
APPL NO	13/160561
ART UNIT	3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/22
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08560924 — Register file soft error recovery

US 08560924	Fleischer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Bruce M. Fleischer (Yorktown Heights, New York); Thomas W. Fox (Rochester, New York); Charles D. Wait (Rochester, Connecticut); Adam J. Muff (Rochester, New York); Alfred T. Watson, III (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Bruce M. Fleischer (Yorktown Heights, New York); Thomas W. Fox (Rochester, New York); Charles D. Wait (Rochester, Connecticut); Adam J. Muff (Rochester, New York); Alfred T. Watson, III (Rochester, New York)
ABSTRACT	Register file soft error recovery including a system that includes a first register file and a second register file that mirrors the first register file. The system also includes an arithmetic pipeline for receiving data read from the first register file, and error detection circuitry to detect whether the data read from the first register file includes corrupted data. The system further includes error recovery circuitry to insert an error recovery instruction into the arithmetic pipeline in response to detecting the corrupted data. The inserted error recovery instruction replaces the corrupted data in the first register file with a copy of the data from the second register file.
FILED	Tuesday, January 05, 2010
APPL NO	12/652360
ART UNIT	2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/764
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08561189 — Method and apparatus for distributed intrusion protection system for ultra high bandwidth networks

US 08561189	Goranson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Craig A. Goranson (Kennewick, Washington); John R. Burnette (Kennewick, Washington); Frank L. Greitzer (Richland, Washington); Bryan H. McMillan (Kennewick, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Craig A. Goranson (Kennewick, Washington); John R. Burnette (Kennewick, Washington); Frank L. Greitzer (Richland, Washington); Bryan H. McMillan (Kennewick, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method for providing security to a network having a data stream with a plurality of portions of data, each having differing levels of sensitivity. The data stream is interrogated to determine the presence of predetermined characteristics associated with at least one of the portions of data within the data stream. At least one of the portions of data is then characterized, based upon the portion of data exhibiting a predetermined combination of characteristics, wherein the predetermined combination of characteristics is related to the sensitivity of the portion of data. The portions of the data stream are then distributed into a plurality of different channels, each of the channels associated with different level of sensitivity.
FILED	Friday, June 23, 2006
APPL NO	11/473634
ART UNIT	2431 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Information security 726/23
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RE044539 — Rapid classification of biological components

US RE44539	Thompson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Karen B. Barrett (Meridian, Idaho); Diane E. Key (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Karen B. Barrett (Meridian, Idaho); Diane E. Key (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	A method is disclosed for analyzing a biological sample by antibody profiling for identifying forensic samples or for detecting the presence of an analyte. In an illustrative embodiment of the invention, the analyte is a drug, such as marijuana, cocaine (crystalline tropane alkaloid), methamphetamine, methyltestosterone, or mesterolone. The method involves attaching antigens to a surface of a solid support in a preselected pattern to form an array wherein the locations of the antigens are known; contacting the array with the biological sample such that a portion of antibodies in the sample reacts with and binds to antigens in the array, thereby forming immune complexes; washing away antibodies that do not form immune complexes; and detecting the immune complexes, thereby forming an antibody profile. Forensic samples are identified by comparing a sample from an unknown source with a sample from a known source. Further, an assay, such as a test for illegal drug use, can be coupled to a test for identity such that the results of the assay can be positively correlated to a subject's identity.
FILED	Tuesday, March 20, 2012
APPL NO	13/425181
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

08556428 — Method and apparatus for imaging in an eye

US 08556428	Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST)
APPLICANT(S)	David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Niskayuna, New York); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	David Williams (Fairport, New York); Jessica Wolfing Morgan (Glassboro, New Jersey); Daniel Gray (Niskayuna, New York); Alfredo Dubra (Rochester, New York)
ABSTRACT	A scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) that includes at least one adjustable scanning system adapted for a variable field of view; at least one light source having at least a first spectral emission band suitable to effect at least one of a fluorescence signal and a reflectance signal from a retinal cell; and at least one detector configured to detect at least two different spectral bands from the at least one of the fluorescence and reflectance signals.
FILED	Wednesday, May 02, 2012
APPL NO	13/461880
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221
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08557095 — Electrode for whole cell and other testing

US 08557095	Troy et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
APPLICANT(S)	John B. Troy (Evanston, Illinois); Samsoon Inayat (Evanston, Illinois); Donald R. Cantrell (Evanston, Illinois); Yan Zhao (Chicago, Illinois); Dmitriy A. Dikin (Skokie, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	John B. Troy (Evanston, Illinois); Samsoon Inayat (Evanston, Illinois); Donald R. Cantrell (Evanston, Illinois); Yan Zhao (Chicago, Illinois); Dmitriy A. Dikin (Skokie, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A pushpen electrode is provided for electrophysiology measurements. The pushpen operation is used to impale a cell membrane in cell-attached configuration to go whole-cell without disruption of the gigaseal. The pushpen electrode has advantages over the conventional patch clamp electrode in reducing tip series resistance, increasing signal bandwidth, permitting longer-term recordings and reducing diffusion between the cytosol and the electrode solution.
FILED	Friday, July 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/135393
ART UNIT	1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/400
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08557182 — Site selectively tagged and templated molecularly imprinted polymers for sensor applications

US 08557182	Bright
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE)
APPLICANT(S)	Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the detection of analytes, methods for forming the MIPs and detecting the analyte using the MIPs. The MIP comprises templated sites which are formed using a mimic of the analyte such that a reporter compound can be selectively attached at the templated sites, thus providing a site selectively tagged and templated MIP.
FILED	Wednesday, December 08, 2004
APPL NO	11/006857
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100
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08557184 — Devices and methods for measuring the acidity of airborne matter using UV-visible spectrometry

US 08557184	Jang
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM)
APPLICANT(S)	Myoseon Jang (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Myoseon Jang (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Devices and methods for measuring the acidity of airborne matter are provided. A filter can be impregnated with an indicator dye which changes color in response to changes in acidity. After the sample passes through the filter, the filter can be analyzed using UV-visible spectrometry.
FILED	Tuesday, December 23, 2008
APPL NO	12/742701
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/86
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08557231 — Biodegradable poly(beta-amino esters) and uses thereof

US 08557231	Langer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award (NRSA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); David M. Lynn (Somerville, Massachusetts); David Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mansoor M. Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Daniel G. Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.
FILED	Wednesday, April 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/099886
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 424/78.360
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08557341 — Patterning structures using deformable substrates

US 08557341	Yang et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Shu Yang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Ying Zhang (Corning, New York); Randall Kamien (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); James Makoto Kikkawa (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Elisabetta Matsumoto (Kensington, California); Dinesh Chandra (Amherst, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Shu Yang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Ying Zhang (Corning, New York); Randall Kamien (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); James Makoto Kikkawa (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Elisabetta Matsumoto (Kensington, California); Dinesh Chandra (Amherst, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Aspects of the present invention describe soft imprint lithography methods capable of preparing structural features on surfaces. Disclosed methods include surmounting a deformable substrate, having an original form, with a composition, wherein the deformable substrate is capable of achieving at least one predetermined deformed state; predictably deforming said deformable substrate from its original form to the at least one predetermined deformed state; and transferring at least a portion of the composition surmounting the deformed substrate to a receiving substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, April 23, 2008
APPL NO	12/596777
ART UNIT	1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/271
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08557507 — Fabrication of nano-twinned nanopillars

US 08557507	Jang et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Dongchan Jang (Pasadena, California); Julia R. Greer (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Dongchan Jang (Pasadena, California); Julia R. Greer (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	Nanopillars with nanoscale diameters are provided where the nanopillar has uniformly aligned nano-twins either perpendicular or inclined by 1-90° to the pillar-axis with no grain-boundaries or any other features.
FILED	Monday, November 07, 2011
APPL NO	13/291002
ART UNIT	1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/315
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08557612 — Method for fabricating micro and nanostructures in a material

US 08557612	Henry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael David Henry (Altadena, California); Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael David Henry (Altadena, California); Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California)
ABSTRACT	A method to determine minimum etch mask dosage or thickness as a function of etch depth or maximum etch depth as a function of etch mask implantation dosage or thickness, for fabricating structures in or on a substrate through etch masking via addition or removal of a masking material and subsequent etching.
FILED	Friday, June 25, 2010
APPL NO	12/824128
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/8
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08557613 — Methods for designing, fabricating, and predicting shape formations in a material

US 08557613	Shearn et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Shearn (San Antonio, Texas); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	A method for designing, fabricating, and predicting a desired structure in and/or on a host material through defining etch masks and etching the host material is provided. The desired structure can be micro- or nanoscale structures, such as suspended nanowires and corresponding supporting pillars, and can be defined one layer at a time. Arbitrary desired structures can also be defined and obtained through etching. Further, given the desired structure, a starting structure can be predicted where etching of the starting structure yields the desired structure.
FILED	Monday, June 13, 2011
APPL NO	13/159335
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/8
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08557628 — Method for production of zinc oxide single crystals

US 08557628	Wang
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Shaoping Wang (Brookfield, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC (New Milford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Shaoping Wang (Brookfield, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	The disclosed subject matter includes a method of producing zinc oxide (ZnO) single crystals in an enclosure. The ZnO single crystals have a low concentration of lithium and hydrogen impurities.
FILED	Tuesday, October 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/252601
ART UNIT	2893 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104
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08557980 — Methods for forming protected organoboronic acids

US 08557980	Burke et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Martin D. Burke (Champaign, Illinois); Graham R. Dick (Vancouver, Canada); David M. Knapp (Boonville, Indiana); Eric P. Gillis (Wallingford, Connecticut); Jenna A. Klubnick (Champaign, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Martin D. Burke (Champaign, Illinois); Graham R. Dick (Vancouver, Canada); David M. Knapp (Boonville, Indiana); Eric P. Gillis (Wallingford, Connecticut); Jenna A. Klubnick (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Described are methods of forming protected boronic acids that provide in a manner that is straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective a wide variety of building blocks, such as building blocks containing complex and/or pharmaceutically important structures, and/or provide simple or complex protected organoboronic acid building blocks. A first method includes reacting an imino-di-carboxylic acid and an organoboronate salt. A second method includes reacting a N-substituted morpholine dione and an organoboronic acid.
FILED	Friday, February 18, 2011
APPL NO	13/030833
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 540/467
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08558571 — All-spin logic devices

US 08558571	Behin-Aein et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	Behtash Behin-Aein (San Jose, California); Srikant Srinivasan (Lafayette, Indiana); Angik Sarkar (West Lafayette, Indiana); Supriyo Datta (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sayeef Salahuddin (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Behtash Behin-Aein (San Jose, California); Srikant Srinivasan (Lafayette, Indiana); Angik Sarkar (West Lafayette, Indiana); Supriyo Datta (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sayeef Salahuddin (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	Illustrative embodiments of all-spin logic devices, circuits, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an all-spin logic device may include a first nanomagnet, a second nanomagnet, and a spin-coherent channel extending between the first and second nanomagnets. The spin-coherent channel may be configured to conduct a spin current from the first nanomagnet to the second nanomagnet to determine a state of the second nanomagnet in response to a state of the first nanomagnet.
FILED	Friday, January 06, 2012
APPL NO	13/345588
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/7
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08558705 — Ceramic sensors for wireless sensing

US 08558705	Gong et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Linan An (Oviedo, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Linan An (Oviedo, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A RF resonator for sensing a physical or an environmental parameter includes a substrate having a substrate surface. A polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) element is positioned on or within the substrate surface. The RF resonator has a resonant frequency that changes as a function of the physical or environmental parameter. A system for wirelessly sensing at least one physical or environmental parameter includes at least one RF resonator and a wireless RF reader located remotely from the RF resonator for transmitting a wide-band RF interrogation signal that excites the RF resonator. The wireless RF reader detects a sensing signal retransmitted by the RF resonator and includes a processor for determining the physical or environmental parameter at the location of the RF resonator from the sensing signal.
FILED	Wednesday, June 23, 2010
APPL NO	12/821993
ART UNIT	2685 — Selective Communication
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Electrical 340/584
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08559193 — Zero-voltage-switching scheme for high-frequency converter

US 08559193	Mazumder
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Sudip K. Mazumder (Hoffman Estates, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Sudip K. Mazumder (Hoffman Estates, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Method for operating an ac/ac converter circuit for a high-frequency-link converter. The ac/ac converter circuit converts an ac input voltage to an ac output voltage. When the ac input voltage is zero, each of a pair of switches for both first and second arms are caused to be on. Current flows through the first arm along a first direction and through the second arm along a second, opposite direction. Next, when the ac input voltage is zero, a selected switch in the second arm is caused to be turned off. The position of the switches can be maintained as the ac input voltage transitions to a dc level, reaches the dc level, approaches zero, and again reaches zero. When the ac input voltage again reaches zero, the selected switch for the second arm is caused to be turned on.
FILED	Saturday, January 22, 2011
APPL NO	13/011888
ART UNIT	2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric power conversion systems 363/8
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08560531 — Search tool that utilizes scientific metadata matched against user-entered parameters

US 08560531	Megler et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
APPLICANT(S)	Veronika Margaret Megler (Oak Grove, Oregon); David Maier (Portland, Oregon)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Veronika Margaret Megler (Oak Grove, Oregon); David Maier (Portland, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	A method for providing proximate dataset recommendations can begin with the creation of metadata records corresponding to datasets that represent scientific data by a scientific dataset search tool. The metadata records can conform to a standardized structural definition, and may be hierarchical. Values for the data elements of the metadata records can be contained within the datasets. Metadata records with a value that is proximate to a user-entered search parameter can be identified. A proximity score can be calculated for each identified metadata record. The proximity score can express a relevance of the corresponding dataset to the user-entered search parameters. The identified metadata records can be arranged in descending order by the calculated proximity rating, creating a list of proximate dataset results. The proximate dataset results can be presented within a user interface.
FILED	Friday, July 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/175611
ART UNIT	2167 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/723
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

08555731 — Self-contained tubular compressed-flow generation device for use in making differential measurements

US 08555731	England et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	John Dwight England (Arab, Alabama); Anthony R. Kelley (Sommerville, Alabama); Raymond J. Cronise (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)	John Dwight England (Arab, Alabama); Anthony R. Kelley (Sommerville, Alabama); Raymond J. Cronise (Huntsville, Alabama)
ABSTRACT	A device used in making differential measurements of a flow includes an open-ended tubular flow obstruction and a support arm. The flow obstruction has an outer annular wall and an inner annular wall. The support arm has a first end coupled to an exterior wall of a conduit and a second end coupled to the flow obstruction. The support arm positions the flow obstruction in the conduit such that a first flow region is defined around the flow obstruction's outer annular wall and a second flow region is defined by the flow obstruction's inner annular wall. The support arm's first end and second end are separated from one another with respect to a length dimension of the conduit. Measurement ports provided in the flow obstruction are coupled to points at the exterior wall of the conduit by manifolds extending through the flow obstruction and support arm.
FILED	Tuesday, November 22, 2011
APPL NO	13/302773
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/861.420
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08557336 — Methods for coating particulate material

US 08557336	Littman et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Department of Transportation (USDOT) U.S. State Government State of New York
APPLICANT(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus for coating particulate material are provided. The apparatus includes a vessel having a top and a bottom, a vertically extending conduit having an inlet in the vessel and an outlet outside of the vessel, a first fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a transfer fluid, a second fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a coating fluid, and a fluid outlet from the vessel. The method includes steps of agitating a material, contacting the material with a coating material, and drying the coating material to produce a coated material. The invention may be adapted to coat aerogel beads, among other materials. A coated aerogel bead and an aerogel-based insulation material are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, July 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/552298
ART UNIT	1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/212
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08557576 — Mineralized three-dimensional bone constructs

US 08557576	Clarke et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)	Mark S. F. Clarke (Houston, Texas); Alamelu Sundaresan (Sugarland, Texas); Neal R. Pellis (Pearland, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Houston (Houston, Texas); Universities Space Research Association (Columbia, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark S. F. Clarke (Houston, Texas); Alamelu Sundaresan (Sugarland, Texas); Neal R. Pellis (Pearland, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure provides ex vivo-derived mineralized three-dimensional bone constructs. The bone constructs are obtained by culturing osteoblasts and osteoclast precursors under randomized gravity vector conditions. Preferably, the randomized gravity vector conditions are obtained using a low shear stress rotating bioreactor, such as a High Aspect Ratio Vessel (HARV) culture system. The bone constructs of the disclosure have utility in physiological studies of bone formation and bone function, in drug discovery, and in orthopedics.
FILED	Monday, May 17, 2010
APPL NO	12/781482
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/347
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08558234 — Low voltage low light imager and photodetector

US 08558234	Nikzad et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Shouleh Nikzad (Valencia, California); Chris Martin (Pasadena, California); Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Shouleh Nikzad (Valencia, California); Chris Martin (Pasadena, California); Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California)
ABSTRACT	Highly efficient, low energy, low light level imagers and photodetectors are provided. In particular, a novel class of Della-Doped Electron Bombarded Array (DDEBA) photodetectors that will reduce the size, mass, power, complexity, and cost of conventional imaging systems while improving performance by using a thinned imager that is capable of detecting low-energy electrons, has high gain, and is of low noise.
FILED	Friday, February 11, 2011
APPL NO	13/026119
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/59
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08558998 — Fourier domain sensing

US 08558998	Feldkhun et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S)	Daniel Feldkhun (Boulder, Colorado); Kelvin H. Wagner (Boulder, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel Feldkhun (Boulder, Colorado); Kelvin H. Wagner (Boulder, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems are disclosed of sensing an object. A first radiation is spatially modulated to generate a structured second radiation. The object is illuminated with the structured second radiation such that the object produces a third radiation in response. Apart from any spatially dependent delay, a time variation of the third radiation is spatially independent. With a single-element detector, a portion of the third radiation is detected from locations on the object simultaneously. At least one characteristic of a sinusoidal spatial Fourier-transform component of the object is estimated from a time-varying signal from the detected portion of the third radiation.
FILED	Wednesday, September 28, 2011
APPL NO	13/247610
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/217
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Department of Commerce (DOC)

08556996 — Template electrode structures for depositing active materials

US 08556996	Loveness et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Ghyrn E. Loveness (Mountain View, California); William S. DelHagen (Menlo Park, California); Rainer Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Song Han (Foster City, California); Zuqin Liu (Sunnyvale, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ghyrn E. Loveness (Mountain View, California); William S. DelHagen (Menlo Park, California); Rainer Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Song Han (Foster City, California); Zuqin Liu (Sunnyvale, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided are examples of electrochemically active electrode materials, electrodes using such materials, and methods of manufacturing such electrodes. Electrochemically active electrode materials may include a high surface area template containing a metal silicide and a layer of high capacity active material deposited over the template. The template may serve as a mechanical support for the active material and/or an electrical conductor between the active material and, for example, a substrate. Due to the high surface area of the template, even a thin layer of the active material can provide sufficient active material loading and corresponding battery capacity. As such, a thickness of the layer may be maintained below the fracture threshold of the active material used and preserve its structural integrity during battery cycling.
FILED	Wednesday, August 01, 2012
APPL NO	13/564324
ART UNIT	1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Metal working 029/623.100
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08557038 — Dual-phase calcium phosphate cement composition

US 08557038	Chow et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Laurence C. Chow (Potomac, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	American Dental Association Foundation (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Laurence C. Chow (Potomac, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are dual-phase cement precursor systems and associated methods and kits. The cement precursor systems comprises at least first and second phases each containing a calcium phosphate compound. When mixed, the first and second cement precursor phases form a biocompatible cement. The disclosed systems include an organic acid in an amount effective to enhance the working time of the cement precursor composition, and also include a setting accelerator. In some embodiments, one or more of the calcium phosphate compounds is provided in the form of particles with a nonmonomial particle sized distribution.
FILED	Thursday, April 22, 2010
APPL NO	12/765150
ART UNIT	1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/690
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08557351 — Method for adhering materials together

US 08557351	Xu
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method adhering a layer to a substrate that features defining first and second interfaces by having a composition present between the layer and the substrate that forms covalent bonds to the layer and adheres to the substrate employing one or more of covalent bonds, ionic bonds and Van der Waals forces. In this manner, the strength of the adhering force of the layer to the composition is assured to be stronger than the adhering force of the layer to the composition formed from a predetermined adhering mechanism, i.e., an adhering mechanism that does not include covalent bonding.
FILED	Friday, July 22, 2005
APPL NO	11/187407
ART UNIT	1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/553
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08558993 — Optical frequency comb-based coherent LIDAR

US 08558993	Newbury et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Nathan R. Newbury (Boulder, Colorado); Ian Coddington (Boulder, Colorado); William C. Swann (Boulder, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The National Institute of Standards and Technology, as Presented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Nathan R. Newbury (Boulder, Colorado); Ian Coddington (Boulder, Colorado); William C. Swann (Boulder, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	A coherent laser radar that uses two coherent femtosecond fiber lasers to perform absolute ranging at long distance. One coherent femtosecond fiber lasers acts as a source and the other as a local oscillator for heterodyne detection of the return signal from a cooperative target. The system simultaneously returns a time-of-flight range measurement for coarse ranging and an interferometric range measurement for fine ranging which is insensitive to spurious reflections that can cause systematic errors. The range is measured with at least 3 μm precision in 200 μs and 5 nm precision in 60 ms over a 1.5 m ambiguity range. This ambiguity range can be extended to 30 km through reversal of signal and LO source roles.
FILED	Thursday, September 16, 2010
APPL NO	12/883491
ART UNIT	2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.100
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U.S. State Government

08557214 — Porous metal oxide particles

US 08557214	Seo et al.
FUNDED BY	U.S. State Government State of Arizona
APPLICANT(S)	Dong-Kyun Seo (Chandler, Arizona); Danielle Ladd (Westminster, Colorado); Alex Volosin (Tempe, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Dong-Kyun Seo (Chandler, Arizona); Danielle Ladd (Westminster, Colorado); Alex Volosin (Tempe, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	Preparing porous particles includes forming a gel including a first liquid and an oxygen-containing compound of a metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor, including an oxide, hydroxide, alkoxide, oxohydroxide, oxoalkoxide, oxo salt, or oxo salt hydrate of the metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor; contacting the gel with a combustible liquid to form a combustible gel; and initiating combustion of the combustible gel to form a substance including porous metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor oxide particles. The combustible liquid can include a volatile solvent. The porous particles have open pores with a range of nanoscale pore sizes. The porous particles may be treated further to form, for example, a composite.
FILED	Tuesday, April 21, 2009
APPL NO	12/992678
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/592.100
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08557336 — Methods for coating particulate material

US 08557336	Littman et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Department of Transportation (USDOT) U.S. State Government State of New York
APPLICANT(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus for coating particulate material are provided. The apparatus includes a vessel having a top and a bottom, a vertically extending conduit having an inlet in the vessel and an outlet outside of the vessel, a first fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a transfer fluid, a second fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a coating fluid, and a fluid outlet from the vessel. The method includes steps of agitating a material, contacting the material with a coating material, and drying the coating material to produce a coated material. The invention may be adapted to coat aerogel beads, among other materials. A coated aerogel bead and an aerogel-based insulation material are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, July 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/552298
ART UNIT	1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/212
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08558101 — Supported PV module assembly

US 08558101	Mascolo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) U.S. State Government State of California California Energy Commission (CEC)
APPLICANT(S)	Gianluigi Mascolo (Danville, California); David F. Taggart (San Carlos, California); Jonathan D. Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Christopher S. Edgett (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Gianluigi Mascolo (Danville, California); David F. Taggart (San Carlos, California); Jonathan D. Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Christopher S. Edgett (Oakland, California)
ABSTRACT	A supported PV assembly may include a PV module comprising a PV panel and PV module supports including module supports having a support surface supporting the module, a module registration member engaging the PV module to properly position the PV module on the module support, and a mounting element. In some embodiments the PV module registration members engage only the external surfaces of the PV modules at the corners. In some embodiments the assembly includes a wind deflector with ballast secured to a least one of the PV module supports and the wind deflector. An array of the assemblies can be secured to one another at their corners to prevent horizontal separation of the adjacent corners while permitting the PV modules to flex relative to one another so to permit the array of PV modules to follow a contour of the support surface.
FILED	Wednesday, December 27, 2006
APPL NO	11/616575
ART UNIT	1754 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/243
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08558250 — Displays with embedded MEMS sensors and related methods

US 08558250	Venugopal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) U.S. State Government State of Arizona
APPLICANT(S)	Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of displays with embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
FILED	Wednesday, July 27, 2011
APPL NO	13/192357
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/88
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National Security Agency (NSA)

08560602 — Data sharing in a stream processing system

US 08560602	Andrade et al.
FUNDED BY	National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Martin J. Hirzel (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Giuliano Losa (Lausanne, Switzerland); Robert J. Soule (Brooklyn, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Martin J. Hirzel (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Giuliano Losa (Lausanne, Switzerland); Robert J. Soule (Brooklyn, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ABSTRACT	Data sharing is facilitated in stream processing environments, including distributed stream processing environments. A processor of the stream processing environment obtains at least one of usage information for shared data of the stream processing environment, one or more pre-declared characteristics of the shared data, or performance information relating to the stream processing environment. Based on at least one of the usage information, the one or more pre-declared characteristics or the performance information, code is generated for managing the shared data.
FILED	Monday, September 10, 2012
APPL NO	13/608371
ART UNIT	2454 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/203
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08561007 — Distributable serializable finite state machine

US 08561007	Challenger et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	James R. Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis R. Degenaro (White Plains, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul Reed (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	James R. Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis R. Degenaro (White Plains, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul Reed (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York)
ABSTRACT	A distributable and serializable finite state machine and methods for using the distributable and serializable finite state machine are provided wherein finite state machine instance can be location-shifted, time-shifted or location-shift and time-shifted, for example by serializing and deserializing each instance. Each instance can be located-shifted between agents, and a persistent memory storage location is provided to facilitate both location-shifting and time-shifting. Finite state machine instances and the actions that make up each instance can be run in a distributed fashion among a plurality of agents.
FILED	Friday, June 22, 2012
APPL NO	13/530373
ART UNIT	2825 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/136
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08561199 — Method and system for secure lightweight stream processing

US 08561199	Anderson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Kay Schwendimann Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph Phillip Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); David Alson George (Somers, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kay Schwendimann Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph Phillip Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); David Alson George (Somers, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for processing an information unit/packet (IU) in a stream processing system includes decomposing an IU into sub-information units persisted other than in the IU. An index or reference is generated in the IU for retrieving the persisted sub-information units during processing.
FILED	Thursday, January 11, 2007
APPL NO	11/622203
ART UNIT	2438 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Information security 726/26
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

08557388 — Erosion resistant coatings for leading edges of airfoils

US 08557388	Hong
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Shek C. Hong (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hontek Corporation (South Windsor, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Shek C. Hong (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A polyurethane or polyurea coating for use in protecting a leading edge substrate on an airfoil against liquid or solid particle erosion, the composition made from an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and curing agents, such as polyaspartic esters, aldimines and ketimines with optional flatting agent for matte coatings.
FILED	Tuesday, June 15, 2010
APPL NO	12/815963
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/423.100
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08557628 — Method for production of zinc oxide single crystals

US 08557628	Wang
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Shaoping Wang (Brookfield, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC (New Milford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Shaoping Wang (Brookfield, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	The disclosed subject matter includes a method of producing zinc oxide (ZnO) single crystals in an enclosure. The ZnO single crystals have a low concentration of lithium and hydrogen impurities.
FILED	Tuesday, October 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/252601
ART UNIT	2893 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104
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08557961 — Alpha 1-antitrypsin compositions and methods of making and using same

US 08557961	Silverman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-Wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Ian M. Brennan (Hillsborough, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-Wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Ian M. Brennan (Hillsborough, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to compositions comprising alpha 1-antitrypsin linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in the treatment of alpha 1-antitrypsin-related diseases, disorders, and conditions.
FILED	Friday, April 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/078499
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 530/350
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

08557274 — Slowly digesting starch and fermentable fiber

US 08557274	Hamaker et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)	Bruce R. Hamaker (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mahesh Venktachalam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Genyi Zhang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ali Keshavarzian (Evanston, Illinois); Devin J. Rose (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Layayette, Indiana); Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Bruce R. Hamaker (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mahesh Venktachalam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Genyi Zhang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ali Keshavarzian (Evanston, Illinois); Devin J. Rose (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	Compositions which provide slowly digestible starch and a source of fermentable dietary fiber. Microparticles in which starch is entrapped in a crosslinked matrix to provide dietary benefit. Such microparticles are used to deliver glucose to targeted regions in the small intestine for beneficial physiological effects, and fermentable dietary fiber to the colon to improve colon health and to treat diseases of the colon. Microparticles can be employed to selectively deliver fermentable dietary fiber to targeted portions of the colon. A method for making the microparticles is provided as well as methods for using the microparticles for controlled digestion of starch on ingestion in the small intestine and methods for using the microparticles to deliver dietary fiber. The microparticles with entrapped starch provide a low glycemic index and extended glucose release in food products and food ingredients. The microparticles with entrapped starch can, in particular, be used as an ingredient in foods that are to be cooked.
FILED	Wednesday, December 06, 2006
APPL NO	11/567680
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/439
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08558058 — Monocotyledonous seed expressing exo-1,4B-glucanase

US 08558058	Hood et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)	Elizabeth Hood (Jonesboro, Arkansas); John Howard (College Station, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Applied Biotechnology Institute (San Luis Obispo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Elizabeth Hood (Jonesboro, Arkansas); John Howard (College Station, Texas)
ABSTRACT	Expression of recombinant polysaccharide degrading enzymes in plants is described. In one embodiment, expression of the enzyme is preferentially directed to the seed of the plant. Expression may also be preferentially targeted to specific locations within the plant cell. Expression of cellulases in corn is shown. The result is the capacity to produce polysaccharide degrading enzymes in plants at commercially acceptable levels in a reliable manner. Methods of using same in production of ethanol is also described, including use of the plant-produced enzymes in the ethanol production process.
FILED	Friday, September 02, 2005
APPL NO	11/219180
ART UNIT	1638 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

08557518 — Microfluidic and nanofluidic devices, systems, and applications

US 08557518	Jovanovich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California); Iuliu I. Blaga (Fremont, California); Michael Nguyen (San Jose, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention discloses the integration of programmable microfluidic circuits to achieve practical applications to process biochemical and chemical reactions and to integrate these reactions. In some embodiments workflows for biochemical reactions or chemical workflows are combined. Microvalves such as programmable microfluidic circuit with Y valves and flow through valves are disclosed. In some embodiments microvalves of the present invention are used for mixing fluids, which may be part of an integrated process. These processes include mixing samples and moving reactions to an edge or reservoir for modular microfluidics, use of capture regions, and injection into analytical devices on separate devices. In some embodiments star and nested star designs, or bead capture by change of cross sectional area of a channel in a microvalve are used. Movement of samples between temperature zones are further disclosed using fixed temperature and movement of the samples by micropumps.
FILED	Wednesday, July 28, 2010
APPL NO	12/845650
ART UNIT	1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)

08557336 — Methods for coating particulate material

US 08557336	Littman et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Department of Transportation (USDOT) U.S. State Government State of New York
APPLICANT(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Howard Littman (Niskayuna, New York); Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, New York); John D. Paccione (Voorheesville, New York)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus for coating particulate material are provided. The apparatus includes a vessel having a top and a bottom, a vertically extending conduit having an inlet in the vessel and an outlet outside of the vessel, a first fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a transfer fluid, a second fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a coating fluid, and a fluid outlet from the vessel. The method includes steps of agitating a material, contacting the material with a coating material, and drying the coating material to produce a coated material. The invention may be adapted to coat aerogel beads, among other materials. A coated aerogel bead and an aerogel-based insulation material are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, July 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/552298
ART UNIT	1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/212
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

08557867 — Inhibitors of NC_Ca-ATPchannels for therapy

US 08557867	Simard
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Methods and compositions are provided that are utilized for treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage or progressive hemorrhagic necrosis (PHN), particularly following spinal cord injury. In particular, the methods and compositions are inhibitors of a particular NCca-ATP channel and include, for example, inhibitors of SUR1 and/or inhibitors of TRPM4. Kits for treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage or progressive hemorrhagic necrosis (PHN), particularly following spinal cord injury, are also provided. The present invention also concerns treatment and/or prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in infants, including premature infants utilizing one or more inhibitors of the channel is provided to the infant, for example to brain cells of the infant.
FILED	Friday, June 20, 2008
APPL NO	12/665853
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 514/563
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Federal Reserve Bank (FED)

08560441 — Managing variable to fixed payments in an international ACH

US 08560441	Schulz
FUNDED BY	Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
APPLICANT(S)	Larry Schulz (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Larry Schulz (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Managing foreign payments in an International ACH. An originating depository financial institution (“ODFI”) can create an ACH item designating a fixed amount of foreign currency to be credited to, or a fixed amount of domestic currency to be debited from, a receiving depository financial institution. In a variable to fixed payment, a conversion module of the ODFI or a gateway operator can determine a foreign exchange (“FX”) conversion rate. Using the FX conversion rate, the conversion module can calculate a domestic currency amount or a foreign currency amount corresponding to the desired foreign/domestic currency payment. The conversion module can enter the FX conversion rate and/or the determined domestic/foreign currency amount into the ACH item for processing via the International ACH. In a fixed to fixed payment, the ODFI can transmit information about the foreign currency payment via the International ACH and settle the payment via ACH or non-ACH means.
FILED	Thursday, April 17, 2008
APPL NO	12/148204
ART UNIT	3692 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/39
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Government Rights Acknowledged

08557189 — Catalytic system for converting liquid fuels into syngas

US 08557189	Roychoudhury et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Subir Roychoudhury (Madison, Connecticut); Maxim Lyubovsky (Fairfax, Virginia); Curtis Morgan (Ansonia, Connecticut); Joel DesJardins (Vernon, Connecticut); Dennis Walsh (Richboro, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Precision Combustion, Inc. (North Haven, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Subir Roychoudhury (Madison, Connecticut); Maxim Lyubovsky (Fairfax, Virginia); Curtis Morgan (Ansonia, Connecticut); Joel DesJardins (Vernon, Connecticut); Dennis Walsh (Richboro, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a system for the gasification of a liquid fuel and includes providing a supply of a liquid fuel and an oxidant, atomizing the liquid fuel and mixing it with the oxidant, catalytically reacting the fuel oxidant mixture, providing an ignition source for initiating the catalytic reaction, positioning a heat exchanger in proximity with the catalytic bed, and producing steam which can be fed back into the system thereby eliminating the need for a vaporizer. A hydrocarbon fuel can be mixed with oxygen, as a constituent of air, preferably forming a fuel rich fuel air mixture that passes through a catalytic reactor having an ultra-short channel length metal monolith substrate.
FILED	Friday, April 04, 2008
APPL NO	12/080600
ART UNIT	1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/198
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

08557235 — Bone substitute compositions, methods of preparation and clinical applications

US 08557235	Kumta et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Prashant Nagesh Kumta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Charles S. Sfeir (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Abhijit Roy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Hihger Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Prashant Nagesh Kumta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Charles S. Sfeir (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Abhijit Roy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to bone substitute compositions and methods of their preparation, and their use in a wide variety of clinical applications. The compositions include calcium phosphate, acidic calcium salt, basic calcium salt, sodium hydrogen phosphate and porogen. The compositions further include a mixing liquid. The compositions can optionally include biological signaling molecules and/or a growth compound. Further, the compositions can optionally include a plasticizer.
FILED	Tuesday, December 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/711261
ART UNIT	1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

08557789 — Method of treating inflammatory arthropathies with supressors of CPG oligonucleotides

US 08557789	Klinman et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Rainald Zeuner (Kiel, Germany); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland); Ihsan Gursel (Rockville, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Rockville, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Development of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Rainald Zeuner (Kiel, Germany); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland); Ihsan Gursel (Rockville, Maryland); Mayda Gursel (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for preventing or treating inflammatory arthropathies by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide.
FILED	Friday, September 14, 2012
APPL NO	13/619949
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

08558884 — In-scene determination of aerosol parameters from imagery

US 08558884	Ingram, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Paul M. Ingram, Jr. (Dallas, Texas); Joseph C. Landry (Dallas, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul M. Ingram, Jr. (Dallas, Texas); Joseph C. Landry (Dallas, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A computer implemented method and apparatus estimate background reflectance, aerosol type and visibility within a multispectral imagery using the measured spectral radiance of one or more calibration targets of known reflectance and the measured radiance of the background of the target. The computer implemented method and apparatus uses predefined aerosol types, characterized by a plurality of known parameters, and the known reflectance of the one or more calibration targets, to select an aerosol that best matches the measured radiances.
FILED	Wednesday, May 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/100878
ART UNIT	2487 — Recording and Compression
CURRENT CPC	Television 348/135
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE

Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.

This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, October 15, 2013.

The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.

HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?

Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.

WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?

THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)

We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.

APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.

Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:

APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC

APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)

INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.

ABSTRACT
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FILED
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
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