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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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| US 08561288 | Bawolek |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, 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) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a connection device for electrically coupling an electrical device to a test system. The connection device can include at least one suction cup configured to be coupled to the electrical device, spring loaded connector pins configured to electrically couple the electrical device to the test system, and a support frame coupled to the at least one suction cup and the spring loaded connector pins. The at least one suction cup can include three suction cups including a first suction cup, a second suction cup, and a third suction cup, and the support frame can include a first end coupled to the first suction cup, a second end opposite the first end and coupled to the second suction cup, and a third end between the first and second ends and coupled to the third suction cup. Other embodiments of related devices and methods are also described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409512 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/743 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561508 | DeVor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois); Kurt Adair (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois); Kurt Adair (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-scale apparatus for supporting a tool for hard turning comprises a base, a pivot coupled to the base, an actuator coupled to the base, and at least one member coupled to the actuator at one end and rotatably coupled to the pivot at another end. A tool mount is disposed on the at least one member. The at least one member defines a first lever arm between the pivot and the tool mount, and a second lever arm between the pivot and the actuator. The first lever arm has a length that is less than a length of the second lever arm. The actuator moves the tool mount along an arc. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760746 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning 082/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561516 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Engineering Science Analysis Corporation (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An undercarriage immobilization device and method of restraining a vehicle uses tendrils and straps to engage the vehicle. The tendrils and straps will wrap around moving parts of the vehicle and restrain the moving parts to eventually incapacitate the vehicle. The undercarriage immobilization device includes a housing that contains tendrils that are launched from the housing by a propellant or compressed gas. The tendrils may be attached to the straps carried by the undercarriage immobilization device. Straps may be pulled off the housing leaving the housing near the point of deployment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/708234 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561540 | Lauch |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Lauch (Linden, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Lauch (Linden, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety fuze for use with a canister, includes a body, a lever that is rotatably secured to one end of the body, a striker assembly that is rotatably secured to another end of the body, and a thumb switch assembly that includes a target and that is rotatably secured to the body. The safety fuze is selectively armed and disarmed. It is settable in one or four states: a safe-locked state; a safe-unlocked state; an armed state; and an initiation state. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339473 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562262 | Buchheit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Gerard Buchheit (Kirkwood, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Gerard Buchheit (Kirkwood, Missouri); Dick Sellers (Byron, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A drill block is aligned and a cutter diameter selected to repair a through-hole in a part. The hole has a nominal diameter. A pin having a less-than-nominal diameter is inserted into the hole, with a bushing on the pin placed over the hole at a first side of the part, the bushing having an outer diameter that is greater than the nominal diameter. Light is shone on the hole. A drill block engaging the pin is positioned to move the pin and the bushing until no light shines past the bushing. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/184471 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool 48/1.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562286 | Gleiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A component within a gas turbine engine includes a dead ended rib which at least partially defines an internal cooling circuit flow path, the dead ended rib defines a bulbed rib profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754704 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562305 | Bau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haim H. Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haim H. Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are magnetohydrodynamic stirrers comprising a conduit or cavity having at least two electrodes disposed in such an orientation that, upon the application of a potential or current across the electrode pair within a magnetic field, secondary flows such as chaotic advection is generated. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062050 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562361 | Corbett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blaise L. Corbett (King George, Virginia); David J. Griffiths (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blaise L. Corbett (King George, Virginia); David J. Griffiths (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical conduit ground device is provided for electrically and environmentally shielding an electric cable. The device includes a conduit having a receiving end through which the cable passes axially; an internal seal that inserts into the receiving end; a gland boss that inserts into the receiving end; an external seal that inserts into the boss and extends axially outward from the receiving end; and a grounding assembly disposed between the internal and external seals. The assembly includes an adapter for providing electrical grounding contact between the cable and the swage tube; a space-retainer for structurally supporting the adapter; and a washer for axially separating the internal and external seals. The adapter is provided for electrically connecting an interior surface of a conduit and an external surface of a cable. The adapter includes an electrically conductive and mechanically flexible sheet having first and second edges that can face each other, the sheet being configured to form an annulus that mechanically contacts the external surface of the cable and a periphery that mechanically contacts the inner surface of the conduit. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385470 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562700 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan C. Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Christopher M. Waits (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan C. Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Christopher M. Waits (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact multi-functional fuel converter and a process for converting liquid fuel to a product, which includes providing a supply of oxygen gas, providing a supply of liquid fuel, electrically atomizing the fuel, evaporating the fuel and catalytically reacting the liquid fuel and oxygen in the reactor. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870916 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/127.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562804 | Santiago et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Moran Bercovici (Santa Clara, California); Govind V. Kaigala (Horgen, Switzerland); Robert D. Chambers (Enfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Moran Bercovici (Santa Clara, California); Govind V. Kaigala (Horgen, Switzerland); Robert D. Chambers (Enfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Indirect detection and/or identification of analytes by ITP can be enhanced by adding a mixture of labeled carrier ampholytes (CAs) to the sample to provide a continuous range of mobility markers. Each analyte can be detected and quantified by corresponding gaps in the CA signal. This approach does not require a priori choice of fluorophores and can be readily applied (without extensive and specific design) to a wide range of analytes. Analyte identification can be expedited by computing a normalized signal integral (NSI) from the CA signals. Empirical calibrations can relate the NSI to effective mobility. Effective mobility results under two or more different pH conditions can be used to determine analyte pKa and fully ionized mobility, which are analyte properties that can facilitate analyte identification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134165 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/549 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562809 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Liu (Bethesda, Maryland); Xiao-Wen Shi (College Park, Maryland); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); W. Lee Meyer (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Liu (Bethesda, Maryland); Xiao-Wen Shi (College Park, Maryland); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); W. Lee Meyer (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a bioelectronic device including a protein on an electrically conductive substrate, by electrodepositing aminopolysaccharide chitosan on the substrate while applying a cathodic voltage to the substrate, to form an aminopolysaccharide chitosan film thereon, applying an anodic voltage to the substrate in the presence of NaCl to activate the aminopolysaccharide chitosan film so that it is reactive with protein. The method also optionally includes reacting the aminopolysaccharide film, after activation thereof, with the protein, so that the protein assembles on and is coupled to the substrate, thereby forming a bioelectronic device. The protein can include single or multiple protein species, and including biosensing proteins. Additional methods include biosensing of electrochemically active compounds either present in a sample or generated during a biological recognition event and devices useful in such methods. The resulting devices are useful as sensors in hand-held devices, textiles, garments and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/122403 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/229 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562836 | Mayes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan F. Hester (Hudson, Wisconsin); Pallab Banerjee (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Ariya Akthakul (Boston, Massachusetts); Glenn C. Mailand (Mustang, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne M. Mayes (Mustang, Oklahoma); Jonathan F. Hester (Hudson, Wisconsin); Pallab Banerjee (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Ariya Akthakul (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to synthetic methods for grafting hydrophilic chains onto polymers, particularly hydrophobic polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), and chlorinated polypropylene (cPP). Resulting polymers include comb polymers which can have a microphase-separated structure of hydrophilic domains provided by the hydrophilic chains. Articles prepared from these comb polymers, particularly derived from PVDF, include membranes for water filtration in which the hydrophilic domains provide a pathway for water transport. PVC can be plasticized by grafting the PVC with hydrophilic chains. In addition, such articles, particularly articles having biomedical applications, can display anti-thrombogenic properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957064 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562901 | Mah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tai-Il Mah (Arlington, Virginia); Kristin A. Keller (Springboro, Ohio); Michael K. Cinibulk (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tai-Il Mah (Arlington, Virginia); Kristin A. Keller (Springboro, Ohio); Michael K. Cinibulk (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention provides a method to fabricate a crack-free continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite by eliminating shrinkage stresses through a unique combination of freeze forming and a non-shrinking matrix composition. Cracks related to drying shrinkage are eliminated through freeze forming and cracks related to sintering shrinkage are eliminated by using a matrix that does not shrink at the given sintering temperature. After sintering, a crack-free ceramic composite is obtained. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/545967 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562935 | Smalley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Andrew R. Barron (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); W. Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Valerie C. Moore (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth Whitsitt (Houston, Texas); Robin E. Anderson (Toronto, Canada); Ramon Colorado, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Douglas C. Ogrin (Houston, Texas); Irene M. Marek (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Andrew R. Barron (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); W. Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Valerie C. Moore (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth Whitsitt (Houston, Texas); Robin E. Anderson (Toronto, Canada); Ramon Colorado, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Douglas C. Ogrin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/575352 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562966 | Zugates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(beta-amino esters) are end-modified to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. An amine-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with an electrophile, or an acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with a nucleophile. The inventive end-modified polymers may be used in any field where polymers have been found useful including the drug delivery arts. The end-modified polymers are particularly useful in delivery nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA. The invention also provides compositions including the inventive end-modified polymers, methods of preparing the inventive polymers, and method of using the inventive polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312224 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563026 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer protein films are provided, which comprise native bacteriorhodopsin and/or specialized bacteriorhodopsin mutants as the photoactive element. Also provided are artificial subretinal and epiretinal implants carrying such bacteriorhodopsin films, as well as methods for making and using the same, for example, to treat retinal diseases and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718780 |
| 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 424/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563124 | Chmelka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Midland, Michigan); An-Hui Lu (Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Midland, Michigan); An-Hui Lu (Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming an electrically-conductive mesoporous carbon structure with interconnected pores or highly interconnected pores, and the resulting structures are described. The structure is formed by providing a mesoporous template, filling the mesopores with an organic precursor, polymerizing the organic precursor, pyrolyzing the polymerized organic precursor, and etching away the template. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367471 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/304.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563233 | Thatte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hemant Thatte (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hemant Thatte (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to blood substitute solutions and methods for using blood substitute solutions. The solutions may be used in a variety of applications and are particularly suited for use in applications where at least a portion of a host's blood is replaced with a substitute solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867411 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563249 | Sirbasku |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Sirbasku (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Signe BioPharma Inc. (Irving, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Sirbasku (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods that use the body's natural secretory immune system in a new way against steroid hormone responsive tumors of the breast and prostate, as well as other glandular/mucus epithelial tissues such as colon, ovary, endometrium, kidney, bladder, stomach, pancreas and secretory pituitary gland are provided. Also provided are new ways of identifying carcinogenic, or potentially carcinogenic, bacteria in a tissue or body fluid to provide better anti-cancer therapies and preventatives than have been available previously. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112444 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563250 | Ecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven Hofstadler (Vista, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California); James C. Hannis (Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven Hofstadler (Vista, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California); James C. Hannis (Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for rapid forensic investigations by identification of bioagents associated with biowarfare and acts of terrorism or crime. The methods are also useful for epidemiological investigations by genotyping of bioagents. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/682259 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563251 | Rohwer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Rohwer (San Diego, California); Linda Wegley (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Forest Rohwer (San Diego, California); Linda Wegley (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions (e.g., kits) and methods for determine the number of bacteria and other microbes in samples having low concentrations of microbes, for use, e.g., in biological warfare defense, microbe detection and agricultural and environmental sciences. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300628 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563365 | King, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calvin Richard King, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia); Jesal Zevari (Bellevue, Washington); James D. Meindl (Atlanta, Georgia); Muhannad S. Bakir (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin Richard King, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia); Jesal Zevari (Bellevue, Washington); James D. Meindl (Atlanta, Georgia); Muhannad S. Bakir (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a chip for use in fabricating a three-dimensional integrated circuit, the chip comprising a wafer, one or more metallic-filled, electrical vias, and one or more hollow, fluidic vias. The wafer can comprise a first surface and a second surface. The one or more metallic-filled, electrical vias can extend through the wafer. Each electrical via can be in electrical communication with an electrical interconnect proximate the first surface, providing electrical communication between chips in the integrated circuit. The one or more hollow, fluidic vias can extend through the wafer. Each fluidic via can be in fluid communication with a fluidic interconnect, providing fluid communication between adjacent chips in the integrated circuit. Each fluidic interconnect can comprise a first end proximate the first surface, a second end, and a cap proximate the second end, defining an air-filled space within the fluidic interconnect. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/416849 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563531 | Ostroff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary R. Ostroff (Worcester, Massachusetts); Trunetta Jo Dockter Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biothera, Inc. (Eagan, Minnesota); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Ostroff (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gordon D. Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for treating and preventing radiation and/or chemotherapy related injury and/or afflictions, such as myelosuppression and decreased macrophage activity, by administering a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of particulate, bioavailable β(1,3; 1,6) glucan. The invention also relates to methods in which β(1,3; 1,6) glucan is provided in the form of whole glucan particles, microparticulate β-glucan particles or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/217701 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563678 | Gaudiana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell Gaudiana (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Richard Kingsborough (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Xiaobo Shi (Centennial, Colorado); David Waller (Lexington, Massachusetts); Zhengguo Zhu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Gaudiana (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Richard Kingsborough (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Xiaobo Shi (Centennial, Colorado); David Waller (Lexington, Massachusetts); Zhengguo Zhu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic cells with thiazole-containing polymers, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191264 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/289 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563759 | Hutton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew W Hutton (Burke, Virginia); Corinne R Lehr (Atascadero, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cal Poly Corporation (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew W Hutton (Burke, Virginia); Corinne R Lehr (Atascadero, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for extracting lipids from microalgae; the process involves pretreating a quantity of non-homogenized microalgae with an aliphatic alcohol for a predetermined period of time. The pretreatment liberates a substantial portion of lipids from the microalgae without requiring energy intensive cell membrane disruptive technologies. The liberated lipids are then treated with a transesterification reagent to form fatty acid methyl esters. The fatty acid methyl esters are separated from the resulting mixture and may be further purified to remove remaining solvents or other impurities. The fatty acid methyl esters produced by the process are suitable as a green energy biodiesel product. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896863 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563762 | Snow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur W Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); Edward E Foos (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur W Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); Edward E Foos (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure concerns a metal oxide surface treatment with a fluoroalkyl silanizing agent. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791091 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/466 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563885 | Tabib-Azar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoelectromechanical devices use a cantilevered beam supported by a base. The cantilevered beam is constructed with a nanoscale gap (e.g., less than 10 nm) separating the cantilevered beam from an electrical structure. A low voltage (e.g., less than 2 volts) applied to the cantilevered beam can cause the beam to bend and make contact with the electrical structure. High switching speeds (e.g., less than 10 ns) can be provided. The electrical structure can be a second cantilevered beam or another structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943575 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563896 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A welding system and method includes a main torch including a main electrode configured to form a first arc with a base metal; a first bypass torch including a first bypass electrode configured to form a second arc with the main electrode; and a second bypass torch including a second bypass electrode configured to form a third arc with the main electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/586229 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/130.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563909 | Janiak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek P. Janiak (Manchester, New Hampshire); James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire); David Schorr (Austin, Texas); Stephen W. Bartlett (Saltash, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek P. Janiak (Manchester, New Hampshire); James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire); David Schorr (Austin, Texas); Stephen W. Bartlett (Saltash, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method improves the fault tolerance of a rocket or missile guidance system which includes a resonant sensor. When improper initialization is detected, the resonant sensor is reinitialized, repeatedly if necessary, until normal operation is achieved. Improper initialization is detected by comparing data from the guidance system with pre-specified physical limits to roll, pitch, yaw, and/or other features of the flight scenario. Embodiments can also detect a fault condition due to an error signal from a “Built-in-Test” (BIT) module. The initialization sequence initiated by the invention can be identical to the power-on sequence, or it can be a separate, reinitiating sequence. Subsequent resets are initiated as needed, for example until the burn of the rocket fuel and the associated vibrations have ceased and the resonant sensor has been successfully initialized. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/378070 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563929 | Vizgaitis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay N. Vizgaitis (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay N. Vizgaitis (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A two fields-of-view system has both fields of view imaged simultaneously to the same image plane. For example, an optical system comprising of two or more FOV where a common dual band focal plane array is used in order to image both spectral bands independently. Each spectral band is passed through a common imager, but split off by a beam splitter so that each spectral band sees a different field of view centered at the same point. The two fields of view are separated spectrally but enabled to be imaged simultaneously due to the spectral separation of the focal plane array and the use of a beam splitter. Such a system allows viewing two fields of view simultaneously. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822548 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564014 | Sampath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anand Venktesh Sampath (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Charles J. Collins (Austin, Texas); Gregory Alan Garrett (Kensington, Maryland); H. Paul Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Michael Wraback (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Venktesh Sampath (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Charles J. Collins (Austin, Texas); Gregory Alan Garrett (Kensington, Maryland); H. Paul Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Michael Wraback (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An AlGaN composition is provided comprising a group III-Nitride active region layer, for use in an active region of a UV light emitting device, wherein light-generation occurs through radiative recombination of carriers in nanometer scale size, compositionally inhomogeneous regions having band-gap energy less than the surrounding material. Further, a semiconductor UV light emitting device having an active region layer comprised of the AlGaN composition above is provided, as well as a method of producing the AlGaN composition and semiconductor UV light emitting device, involving molecular beam epitaxy. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834409 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564144 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence C. Rome (Stafford, Pennsylvania); Haldun Komsuoglu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gerald Marron (Broomall, Pennsylvania); Rajid Rana (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightning Packs, LLC (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence C. Rome (Stafford, Pennsylvania); Haldun Komsuoglu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gerald Marron (Broomall, Pennsylvania); Rajid Rana (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A human powered electricity generator includes a suspension system including a compliant mechanism that permits a first portion of the suspension system to be displaced relative to a second portion of the suspension system as a result an application of force to the first or second portions of the suspension system. A generator converts the mechanical displacement of the first portion of the suspension system with respect to the second portion of the suspension system into electrical energy and stores the electrical energy in an energy storage device. Displacement means, such as a handle or a seat, is connected to either the first portion or the second portion of the suspension system to enable a user to manually displace the first portion of the suspension system with respect to the second portion of the suspension system so as to increase the efficiency of the energy generation. The stroke distance may be increased using a turnbuckle adjuster or an adjustment device that adjusts the length of the holder that holds the compliant mechanism in place. Extendible feet attached to one of the first and second portions of the suspension system also may be used to increase the mechanical displacement distance. The electricity generating device of the invention enables a user to produce electricity by hand pumping even when the user is not walking. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111755 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564224 | Sprangle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip A. Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia); Steven H. Gold (New Carrollton, Maryland); Antonio C. Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph R. Penano (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Bahman Hafizi (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip A. Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia); Steven H. Gold (New Carrollton, Maryland); Antonio C. Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph R. Penano (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Bahman Hafizi (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron injector including an electron source and a conducting grid situated close to the electron source, one or more RF accelerating/bunching cavities operating at the same fundamental RF frequency; a DC voltage source configured to bias the cathode at a small positive voltage with respect to the grid; a first RF drive configured to apply an RF signal between the cathode and grid at the fundamental and third harmonic RF frequencies; and a second RF drive configured to apply an RF drive signal to the accelerating/bunching cavities. Electrons are emitted by the cathode and travel through the grid to the accelerating/bunching cavities for input into an RF linac. The first RF drive applies a first RF drive signal at the fundamental frequency of the linac plus higher harmonics thereof to the gap between the cathode and the grid to cause the emitted electrons to form electron bunches and the second RF drive applies a second RF drive signal to the accelerating/bunching cavities on the other side of the grid to further accelerate and optimize the size of the electron bunches. Because the applied RF signals contain at the fundamental linac frequency, the electrons are bunched at that frequency and each RF bucket of the linac is filled with an electron bunch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109131 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564298 | Ali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammod Ali (Irmo, South Carolina); Rashed H. Bhulyan (West Columbia, South Carolina); Roger Dougal (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammod Ali (Irmo, South Carolina); Rashed H. Bhulyan (West Columbia, South Carolina); Roger Dougal (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, an energy harvesting system is provided. The system comprises a coil wound about a generally cylindrical shaped magnetic core having a first end and a second end. The coil includes wires that are wound in such a manner that the wires are generally parallel to the cylindrical shaped magnetic core axis. The cylindrical shaped magnetic core defines a core gap that extends parallel to the magnetic core axis. The cylindrical shaped magnetic core also defines an opening extending therethrough from the first end to the second end such that the cylindrical shaped magnetic core is configured to fit around current carrying conductor. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631175 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564653 | Mitchell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fingerprint reader for acquiring a fingerprint image has a platen with a micro prism sheet on its underside. An arrangement of fold mirrors is used to receive light from the platen and fold the optical path twice before reaching the imagers. The reader has multiple imagers, each imager having at least an imaging lens and an image sensor. Each imager is configured so that the image plane of the image sensor is tilted relative to the optical axis of the imaging lens, such that keystone distortion in the fingerprint image is corrected. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906103 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564750 | Chien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liang-Chy Chien (Hudson, Ohio); Jeoung Yeon Hwang (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liang-Chy Chien (Hudson, Ohio); Jeoung Yeon Hwang (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing liquid crystal alignment films using an inkjet printer to control liquid crystal alignment is disclosed. The alignment ink is formulated from a single alignment material or combination of alignment materials to realize desired pretilt angle. The alignment films can be applied with designed patterns of alignment films of different pretilt angle on at least one substrate to achieve pattern-aligned liquid crystal devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/167754 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564879 | Eaton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deran S. Eaton (Waldorf, Maryland); Robert M. Daily (Swan Point, Maryland); Yolanda Torres (Bel Alton, Maryland); Joseph J. Dulcey (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deran S. Eaton (Waldorf, Maryland); Robert M. Daily (Swan Point, Maryland); Yolanda Torres (Bel Alton, Maryland); Joseph J. Dulcey (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite infrared target simulation display system for field testing of infrared (IR) search and track, guidance and general sensory systems. The system includes one or more tileable emitter arrays scalable without systemic size limitation. The emitter arrays are square faced tiles housing power and control electronics to autonomously display a stored infrared test image according to parameters distributed by a control host and a timing signal. A face of the emitter array is divided into regularly spaced pixel positions, each made up of multiple IR emitters operating in differing regions of the IR band to display an image. Multiple emitter array tiles are joined to form a complete system. Each emitter of each pixel position is individually addressable to be individually controllable with respect to emittance state for displaying an image. Multiple images may be sequentially displayed to replicate a simulated target signature in motion. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798166 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564884 | Hirsa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir H. Hirsa (Clifton Park, New York); Bernard A. Malouin, Jr. (Troy, New York); Michael J. Vogel (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Hirsa (Clifton Park, New York); Bernard A. Malouin, Jr. (Troy, New York); Michael J. Vogel (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-oscillating liquid lens and imaging system and method employing the lens are provided. The liquid lens includes a substrate with a channel opening extending through the substrate. A liquid lens drop is held within the channel and is sized with a first droplet portion, including a first capillary surface, protruding away from a first substrate surface, and a second droplet portion, including a second capillary surface, protruding away from a second substrate surface. The liquid lens further includes an enclosure at least partially surrounding the substrate, and which includes a chamber. The liquid lens drop resides within the chamber, and the liquid lens includes a second liquid disposed within the chamber in direct or indirect contact with the liquid lens drop, and an actuator which facilitates adjusting configuration of the liquid lens drop within the channel, and thus, a focal distance of the liquid lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191004 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/665 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565109 | Poovendran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radha Poovendran (Seattle, Washington); Sidharth Nabar (Seattle, Washington); Jeffrey Walling (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center of Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radha Poovendran (Seattle, Washington); Sidharth Nabar (Seattle, Washington); Jeffrey Walling (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication-management method involves a recurring polling scheme, wherein network nodes are polled by a base station according to optimized and/or user-preferred polling intervals assigned to each network node. The polling interval assigned to a given node may be optimized to minimize and/or achieve user-preferred thresholds for energy consumption and latency associated with each network node in the sensor network. Optimized and/or user-preferred polling intervals may be constrained in accordance with various network performance considerations, for example, a recommended update interval for each network node, characteristics of the network nodes themselves, the duration of the timselots at which the network nodes are polled, and/or other network performance considerations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014543 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565218 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Puneet Sharma (Menlo Park, California); Amit Mondal (Evanston, Illinois); Sujata Banerjee (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Puneet Sharma (Menlo Park, California); Amit Mondal (Evanston, Illinois); Sujata Banerjee (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Route discovery for an end-to-end path in a network is performed for a flow. A path is attempted to be discovered that satisfies QoS constraints for multiple metrics for the flow. The route discovery includes determining whether a path request for a path satisfying the QoS constraints is feasible, infeasible or undecideable based on information in a local QoS table. If the path request is determined to be undecideable, route discovery is performed with neighbors. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/263429 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565608 | Koka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas); Michael O. McCracken (Austin, Texas); Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Xuexhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas); Michael O. McCracken (Austin, Texas); Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Xuexhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a multi-chip module (MCM), integrated circuits are coupled by optical waveguides. These integrated circuits receive optical signals from a set of light sources which have fixed carrier wavelengths. Moreover, a given integrated circuit includes: a transmitter that modulates at least one of the optical signals when transmitting information to at least another of the integrated circuits; and a receiver that receives at least one modulated optical signal having one of the carrier wavelengths when receiving information from at least the other of the integrated circuits. Furthermore, the MCM includes switchable drop filters optically coupled to the optical waveguides and associated integrated circuits, wherein the switchable drop filters pass adjustable bands of wavelengths to receivers in the integrated circuits. Additionally, control logic in the MCM provides a control signal to the switchable drop filters to specify the adjustable bands of wavelengths. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180355 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/4246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565690 | Suwansantisuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Watcharapan Suwansantisuk (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Watcharapan Suwansantisuk (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and corresponding apparatus for searching for a signal is presented. The apparatus may be configured to select a first bin within a range of bins characterizing an uncertainty region. The bins may represent a phase within a bandwidth of interest. The apparatus may also be configured to compare a local signal, having a phase corresponding to the first bin, with a received signal, the received signal being received via a transmission medium. The apparatus may report whether the local signal matches the received signal. The apparatus may assign weightings to the bins if the local signal does not match the received signal. If a match is not found, the apparatus may select a next bin according to the weightings or according to characteristic of the transmission medium until a matching bin is obtained. One benefit of the search is reduced search time to allow, for example, a cell phone to synchronize the phase of a received signal more quickly than is currently done. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/983787 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/67.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565844 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amos Matthew Smith (Rome, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amos Matthew Smith (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting nanowire photon detector apparatus comprising detection, insulating, and substrate layers. The insulating layer provides electrical isolation of a plurality of individual detector elements from the interconnection network fabricated on the substrate layer except where electrical interconnection between the inputs and outputs of each detector element and the interconnection network is intended. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506857 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566053 | Baraniuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Petros T. Boufounos (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Schnelle (Houston, Texas); Mark A. Davenport (Houston, Texas); Jason N. Laska (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Petros T. Boufounos (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Schnelle (Houston, Texas); Mark A. Davenport (Houston, Texas); Jason N. Laska (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating and tracking locally oscillating signals. The method comprises the steps of taking measurements of an input signal that approximately preserve the inner products among signals in a class of signals of interest and computing an estimate of parameters of the input signal from its inner products with other signals. The step of taking measurements may be linear and approximately preserve inner products, or may be non-linear and approximately preserves inner products. Further, the step of taking measurements is nonadaptive and may comprise compressive sensing. In turn, the compressive sensing may comprise projection using one of a random matrix, a pseudorandom matrix, a sparse matrix and a code matrix. The step of tracking said signal of interest with a phase-locked loop may comprise, for example, operating on compressively sampled data or by operating on compressively sampled frequency modulated data, tracking phase and frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727898 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566055 | Vidmar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Vidmar (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Wolfrom (Haddon Township, New Jersey); Daniel P. Bergen, II (Belford, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Vidmar (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Wolfrom (Haddon Township, New Jersey); Daniel P. Bergen, II (Belford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for removing gimbal periodic reorientation (indexing) readout errors in a navigation system having multiple IMUs mounted to a platform. Each IMU has multiple gyroscopes providing attitude outputs. Attitude readout errors bias due to periodic gimbal motions is determined in each IMU along each gyroscope attitude axis. Attitude outputs of the gyroscopes are time-aligned, as necessary. Onset times of indexing of each gyroscope is determined. A difference is formed between gyroscope attitude outputs. Steps in this difference of attitude outputs are assigned to the respective gyroscope causing the step in attitude. Cumulative sums of the steps associated with the respective gyroscopes are formed. The mean and linear trend in the respective cumulative sums are removed from the respective cumulative sums to form the final error correction, corresponding to the time interval associated with the steps. Each final error level correction is subtracted from the attitude output from the respective gyroscope at the time of indexing associated with that final correction. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909011 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566071 | Shumaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin Lee Shumaker (Edgewood, Maryland); Kamal Sharaf Ali (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Lee Shumaker (Edgewood, Maryland); Kamal Sharaf Ali (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and apparatus to train autopilots to fly a simulated aeronautical vehicle includes a three-degree of freedom gimbaled platform comprising a pitch, roll, and yaw axis; an autopilot comprising an inertial measurement unit mounted to the platform; motors that rotate the platform along the pitch, roll, and yaw axes; shaft encoders connected to the motors to calculate an angular position of the platform; motor drivers connected to the motors to power the motors; a microcontroller connected to the motor drivers; a quadrature encoder connected to the shaft encoders and the microcontroller; sensors that generate and sense environmental conditions affecting the platform and the autopilot; a flight simulator connected to the microcontroller; and a computer that executes the flight simulator causing actuation of the platform, causing the sensors to generate environmental conditions, and causing the autopilot to react to the environmental conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906778 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566076 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yonggang Deng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Bing Xiang (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yonggang Deng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Bing Xiang (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for speech translation includes a bridge module connected between a first component and a second component. The bridge module includes a transformation model configured to receive an original hypothesis output from a first component. The transformation model has one or more transformation features configured to transform the original hypothesis into a new hypothesis that is more easily translated by the second component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/128199 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566269 | Jajodia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An attack graph analysis tool that includes a network configuration information input module, a domain knowledge input module, a network configuration information storage module, a domain knowledge storage module, and a result generation module. The network configuration information input module inputs network configuration information. The domain knowledge input module inputs domain knowledge for the network. The network configuration information storage module stores network configuration information in a network database table. The domain knowledge storage module stores the domain knowledge in an exploit database table. The result generation module generates a result using the network database table and exploit database table. The result may be generated in response to a query to a database management system that has access to the network database table and exploit database table. The network may be reconfigured to decrease the likelihood of future attacks using the attack information learned from the result. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831914 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566383 | Dao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Son Trong Dao (Stuttgart, Germany); Juergen Georg Haess (Schoenaich, Germany); Michael Klaus Kroener (Ehningen, Germany); Silvia Melitta Mueller (Altdorf, Germany); Jochen Preiss (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Son Trong Dao (Stuttgart, Germany); Juergen Georg Haess (Schoenaich, Germany); Michael Klaus Kroener (Ehningen, Germany); Silvia Melitta Mueller (Altdorf, Germany); Jochen Preiss (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed residue checking apparatus for a floating point unit having a plurality of functional elements performing floating-point operations on a plurality of operands. The distributed residue checking apparatus includes a plurality of residue generators which generate residue values for the operands and the functional elements, and a plurality of residue checking units distributed throughout the floating point unit. Each residue checking unit receives a first residue value and a second residue value from respective residue generators and compares the first residue value to the second residue value to determine whether an error has occurred in a floating-point operation performed by a respective functional element. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/253713 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566699 | Tomasic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Slavko Tomasic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John Doyle Zimmerman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Slavko Tomasic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John Doyle Zimmerman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a method for processing a user request is provided. The method may include receiving input data from a user including at least natural language associated with a user request; analyzing the user input data with an intermediary agent; selecting at least one form based on analyzing the user input data; and, executing at least one update based on at least one form. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/251524 |
| ART UNIT | 2176 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566770 | Lilja |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Klas Olof Lilja (Pleasanton, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Klas Olof Lilja (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises a layout method to effectively protect logic circuits against soft errors (non-destructive errors) and circuit cells, with layout, which are protected against soft errors. In particular, the method protects against cases where multiple nodes in circuit are affected by a single event. These events lead to multiple errors in the circuit, and while several methods exist to deal with single node errors, multiple node errors are very hard to deal with using any currently existing protection methods. The method is particularly useful for CMOS based logic circuits in modern technologies (.ltoreq.90 nm), where the occurrence of multiple node pulses becomes high (due to the high integration level). It uses a unique layout configuration, which makes the circuits protected against single event generated soft-errors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277135 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566928 | Dagon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting a first network of compromised computers in a second network of computers, comprising: collecting Domain Name System (DNS) data for the second network; examining the collected data relative to DNS data from known comprised and/or uncompromised computers in the second network; and determining the existence of the first network and/or the identity of compromised computers in the second network based on the examination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/538212 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566935 | Lagar-Cavilla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Horacio Andres Lagar-Cavilla (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Jeffrey Bickford (Somerset, New Jersey); Vinod Ganapathy (Piscataway, New Jersey); Liviu Iftode (Princeton, New Jersey); Alexander Varshavsky (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horacio Andres Lagar-Cavilla (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Jeffrey Bickford (Somerset, New Jersey); Vinod Ganapathy (Piscataway, New Jersey); Liviu Iftode (Princeton, New Jersey); Alexander Varshavsky (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject disclosure presents a novel technique for balancing the tradeoff between security monitoring and energy consumption on mobile devices. Security/energy tradeoffs for host-based detectors focusing on rootkits are analyzed along two axes: a scanning frequency, and a surface of attack. Experimental results are applied to a hypervisor-based framework, and a sweet spot is identified to minimize both energy consumption and a window of vulnerability for critical operating system objects such as code pages and kernel data. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/106479 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08561292 | Seymour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Seymour (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mayachurat Ning Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joerg Lahann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daryl Kipke (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Seymour (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mayachurat Ning Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joerg Lahann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daryl Kipke (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing an implantable electronic device, including: providing a silicon wafer; building a plurality of layers coupled to the wafer including an oxide layer coupled to the silicon wafer; a first reactive parylene layer coupled to the oxide layer, an electrode layer coupled to the first reactive parylene layer, and a second reactive parylene layer, coupled to the electrode layer, that chemically bonds to the first reactive polymer layer, and a second polymer layer coupled to the second reactive parylene layer; coating the plurality of layers with an encapsulation, and modifying the encapsulation and at least one of the plurality of layers to expose an electrode site in the electrode layer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/619224 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/847 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562505 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Also provided are bioresorbable nanoparticles prepared without the use of organic solvents, and methods for therapeutically using such bioresorbable nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150864 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562546 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hakki Yegingil (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ari D. Brooks (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hakki Yegingil (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ari D. Brooks (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a sensor system for measuring an elastic modulus and a shear modulus and a method for using the sensor system to evaluate a tissue by determining the presence of and/or characterizing abnormal growths. The method involves applying a set of forces of different magnitudes to one or more locations of tissue, detecting the corresponding displacements due to said applied forces, determining the forces acting on those locations of tissue which are a combination of forces from the applied voltages and the countering forces from tissue deformation, obtaining the elastic modulus and/or shear modulus for a plurality of locations, and determining abnormal growth invasiveness, malignancy or the presence of a tumor from said elastic and/or shear moduli. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992923 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/587 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562807 | Srinivasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Zhishan Hua (Greensboro, North Carolina); Arjun Sudarsan (Cary, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Zhishan Hua (Greensboro, North Carolina); Arjun Sudarsan (Cary, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Droplet actuators for conducting droplet operations, such as droplet transport and droplet dispensing, are provided. In one embodiment, the droplet actuator may include a substrate including, droplet operations electrodes arranged for conducting droplet operations on a surface of the substrate; and reference electrodes associated with the droplet operations electrodes and extending above the surface of the substrate. Other embodiments of droplet actuators and methods of loading and using such droplet actuators are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/747231 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562944 | Pandey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anurag Gupta (Hamburg, New York); Munawwar Sajjad (Clarence Center, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York); The Research Foundation of State University of NY (Amherst, New York); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anurag Gupta (Hamburg, New York); Munawwar Sajjad (Clarence Center, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising PAA nanoparticles containing a post loaded tetrapyrollic photosensitizer and an imaging agent and methods for making and using same. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909573 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562948 | Goodman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandra Blaj Moore (London, United Kingdom); Zelda Goodman (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murray Goodman (La Jolla, California); Sandra Blaj Moore (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are therapeutic and diagnostic somatostatin analogs including radiotherapeutic and radiodiagnostic reagents, and methods of making and use thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/077659 |
| 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 424/1.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562949 | Kung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hank F. Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Mei-Ping Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Michael Kilbourn (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel M. Skovronsky (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hank F. Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Mei-Ping Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Michael Kilbourn (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel M. Skovronsky (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method of imaging vesicular monoamine transporters and to labeled compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging vesicular monoamine transporters. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of monitoring progression of a disease related to vesicular monoamine transporters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/797341 |
| 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 424/1.890 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562952 | Lin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry C. Lin (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein include methods of inducing satiety a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed are methods of inducing satiety in an obese mammal. Additionally disclose are method of suppressing appetite in a mammal in need thereof. Further disclosed are methods of treating obesity. The methods described herein involve the administration of serotonin, a serotonin agonist or a serotonin re-uptake inhibitor to the mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782504 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562966 | Zugates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(beta-amino esters) are end-modified to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. An amine-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with an electrophile, or an acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with a nucleophile. The inventive end-modified polymers may be used in any field where polymers have been found useful including the drug delivery arts. The end-modified polymers are particularly useful in delivery nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA. The invention also provides compositions including the inventive end-modified polymers, methods of preparing the inventive polymers, and method of using the inventive polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312224 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562977 | Schimmel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising truncated tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides useful for regulating angiogenesis an nucleic acids encoding such tRNA synthetase polypeptides are described. Methods of making and using such compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434933 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562983 | Franano |
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| APPLICANT(S) | F. Nicholas Franano (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Nicholas Franano (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems for treating an obstructed biological conduit that include administering to the conduit an agent that can degrade extracellular matrix of obstructing tissue. Particular methods include delivery of an enzyme or a mixture of several enzymes to the area or region of obstruction wherein the enzyme(s) have the capability to degrade extracellular matrix components within the obstruction thereby restoring the normal flow of transported fluid through the conduit. The invention also includes prophylactically dilating a section of conduit to minimize the risk of obstruction formation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229428 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562993 | Rotolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jimmy Andrew Rotolo (New York, New York); Richard Kolesnick (New York, New York); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy Andrew Rotolo (New York, New York); Richard Kolesnick (New York, New York); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | We have discovered that administering anti-ceramide antibody treats and prevents an array of diseases mediated by cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTLs)-induced killing and by damage to endothelial microvasculture, including radiation-induced GI syndrome, Graft vs. Host diseases, inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases. We have also discovered new anti-ceramide monoclonal antibodies, that have therapeutic use preferably in humanized form to treat or prevent these diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/599280 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562997 | Jaiswal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siddhartha Jaiswal (San Francisco, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Mark P. Chao (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siddhartha Jaiswal (San Francisco, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Mark P. Chao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837409 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/173.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562998 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or in B cells. The invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface. The nanocarriers are capable of targeting antigen presenting cells when administered to a subject. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/123884 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563026 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer protein films are provided, which comprise native bacteriorhodopsin and/or specialized bacteriorhodopsin mutants as the photoactive element. Also provided are artificial subretinal and epiretinal implants carrying such bacteriorhodopsin films, as well as methods for making and using the same, for example, to treat retinal diseases and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718780 |
| 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 424/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563028 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Sullivan (San Diego, California); Tannin A. Schmidt (Calgary, Canada); David A. Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Schepens Eye Research Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Sullivan (San Diego, California); Tannin A. Schmidt (Calgary, Canada); David A. Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an ophthalmic device, and method of use thereof, for an individual wearing an ophthalmic lens to increase ocular surface boundary lubrication. The invention device comprises an ophthalmic lens and a sacrificial mechanism disposed on the ophthalmic lens, wherein the sacrificial mechanism comprises a plurality of surface bound receptors, such as PRG4, hyaluronic acid, and DNA aptamers, that reversibly bound to a lubricating composition comprising a gel forming agent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof, effectively inhibiting or preventing protein and lipid adsorption on the surface of the lens, and mitigate shear stress and reduce the friction between the lens and the ocular surface of the individual in need. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940454 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/429 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563117 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin H.L. Lee (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin H.L. Lee (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-scale or micro-scale adhesive structures comprising an array of nano-fabricated, pillars, the pillars having coated upon, or having disposed on a working surface thereof, a protein-mimetic, marine-adhesive coating. Methods of fabricating the nano-scale pillars, synthesis of the protein-mimetic coating or wet adhesive and application of the adhesive to the pillars are described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834631 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563238 | Willey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); David A. Weaver (Perrysburg, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); David A. Weaver (Perrysburg, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method measure expression of multiple target genes in a progenitor cell for bronchogenic carcinoma comprising the use of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to allow simultaneous expression measurement of the multiple target genes is disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757705 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563248 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Smith (La Jolla, California); Changming Fang (La Jolla, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Smith (La Jolla, California); Changming Fang (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We have identified a new variant of ileal bile acid binding protein (IBABP), designated IBABP-L, which is a biomarker for colorectal cancer. The transcript for IBABP-L arises from an alternative start site and includes three exons that are absent in IBABP. IBABP-L also shares part of a fourth exon with IBABP. The protein encoded by IBABP-L contains a deduced 49 residue N-terminal sequence that is not found in the IBABP protein. The present invention provides methods for diagnosing colorectal cancer and other compositions and methods based on this discovery. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959349 |
| 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 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563259 | Lambris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lambris (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Konstantinos Ritis (Alexndroupolis, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Konstantinos Ritis (Alexndroupolis, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assessing the presence of an acquired thrombophilia disorder in a patient exhibiting hypercoagulation is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/665989 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563275 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. Brown (Clifton, Virginia); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Brown (Clifton, Virginia); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprising subjecting one or more sample portion(s) to a single amplification step, thereby amplifying a single molecule in the sample portion to a detectable level, and, in some embodiments, then determining whether the sample portion contains at least one molecule of the target nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the sample portion is in a porous sample structure, or in a sample chamber which comprises means for minimizing diffusion of the sample portion, or in a sample chamber which is inside a microcapillary device, or in a sample retaining means. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572649 |
| 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 | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563305 | Ahmed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafi Ahmed (Atlanta, Georgia); Joseph Miller (Atlanta, Georgia); Patrick C. Wilson (Chicago, Illinois); J. Donald Capra (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Jens Wrammert (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafi Ahmed (Atlanta, Georgia); Joseph Miller (Atlanta, Georgia); Patrick C. Wilson (Chicago, Illinois); J. Donald Capra (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Jens Wrammert (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | High efficient methods for producing an antibody molecule that binds an antigen are described. The methods include obtaining a population of PBMC enriched for CD19highCD3negCD20low to negCD38highCD27high cells from a mammal exposed to an antigen from sample of cells enriched for PBMC. The cells are isolated from a sample obtained at a time that the fraction of PBMC expressing antibody reactive to the antigen is at a high level. Sequences encoding heavy and light chain variable domains are prepared in a manner that allow production of molecules with natural heavy and light chain pairing. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433832 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563308 | Steinman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph M. Steinman (Westport, Connecticut); Kristin Tarbell (Bethesda, Maryland); Sayuri Yamazaki (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph M. Steinman (Westport, Connecticut); Kristin Tarbell (Bethesda, Maryland); Sayuri Yamazaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to culture-expanded T suppressor cells derived from CD25−CD4+ T cells, and their use in modulating immune responses. This invention provides methods of producing culture-expanded T suppressor cells, which are antigen specific, and their use in modulating autoimmune diseases and transplantation rejection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/783752 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563310 | Zon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard I. Zon (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Trista E. North (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Wolfram Goessling (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard I. Zon (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Trista E. North (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Wolfram Goessling (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for compositions and methods for modulating hematopoetic stem cell populations by using HCS modulators, which are agents that either increase HSC numbers or decrease HSC numbers as desired by a particular indication. For example, HSC modulators found to increase HSC numbers include prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and agents that stimulate the PGE2 pathway. Conversely, HSC modulators that prevent PGE2 synthesis decrease HSC numbers. HCS modulators may be used in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431499 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563511 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. James White (Rochester, New York); Mark B. Taubman (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. James White (Rochester, New York); Mark B. Taubman (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved non-human animal model of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and its use for testing of therapeutic agents that can treat symptoms of PAH are disclosed. In addition, the present application relates to the identification of several classes of therapeutic agents that, alone or in combination, can be used to treat or prevent PAH or at least reduce the severity of symptoms associated therewith. Both gene therapy and non-gene therapy approaches are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576773 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563515 | Neville et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret C. Neville (Denver, Colorado); Neal Beeman (Tucker, Georgia); Robert S. Hodges (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret C. Neville (Denver, Colorado); Neal Beeman (Tucker, Georgia); Robert S. Hodges (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides tight junction protein modulators, compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. In particular, the invention provides tight junction protein modulators that modulate the second extracellular loop of tight junction proteins, such as occludin or claudin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743816 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563519 | Kuliopulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lidija Covic (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lidija Covic (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to G protein coupled receptors and in particular to agonists and antagonists of G protein receptors and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/075645 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563523 | Boons |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides functionalized monosaccharides and disaccharides suitable for use in synthesizing a lipid A derivative, as well as methods for synthesizing and using a synthetic lipid A derivative. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676253 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563531 | Ostroff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary R. Ostroff (Worcester, Massachusetts); Trunetta Jo Dockter Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biothera, Inc. (Eagan, Minnesota); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Ostroff (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gordon D. Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for treating and preventing radiation and/or chemotherapy related injury and/or afflictions, such as myelosuppression and decreased macrophage activity, by administering a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of particulate, bioavailable β(1,3; 1,6) glucan. The invention also relates to methods in which β(1,3; 1,6) glucan is provided in the form of whole glucan particles, microparticulate β-glucan particles or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/217701 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563572 | Wentland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulas: are disclosed. The compounds are useful for ameliorating the side effects of therapeutic opiates. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570925 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/289 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563597 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Xiao Xu (College Station, Texas); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Kumamoto, Japan); Garth Parham (Largo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); National University Corporation Kumamoto University (Kumamoto, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Xiao Xu (College Station, Texas); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Kumamoto, Japan); Garth Parham (Largo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Tricylic ether carbamates that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing the compounds are described. Methods of using the disclosed compounds for treating patients infected with HIV are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819141 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563603 | Chavez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathryn J. Chavez (Pueblo, Colorado); Eloy Rodriguez (Ithaca, New York); Frank Schroeder (Ithaca, New York); James A. Flanders (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn J. Chavez (Pueblo, Colorado); Eloy Rodriguez (Ithaca, New York); Frank Schroeder (Ithaca, New York); James A. Flanders (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a novel compound of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as well as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and botanical drug compositions and therapeutic methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the compounds are used for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, hyperproliferative disorders, and inflammatory diseases in mammals. In other embodiments, the invention encompasses methods to isolate and synthesize the compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125581 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563683 | Notter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Notter (Pittsford, New York); Zhengdong Wang (Rochester, New York); Adrian L. Schwan (Guelph, Canada); Zhongyi Wang (Guelph, Canada); Jason A. Davy (Guelph, Canada); Alan J. Waring (Irvine, California); Frans J. Walther (Renondo Beach, California); Larry M. Gordon (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); The Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California); University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Notter (Pittsford, New York); Zhengdong Wang (Rochester, New York); Adrian L. Schwan (Guelph, Canada); Zhongyi Wang (Guelph, Canada); Jason A. Davy (Guelph, Canada); Alan J. Waring (Irvine, California); Frans J. Walther (Renondo Beach, California); Larry M. Gordon (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to synthetic lung surfactant compositions that contain one or more of phospholipase-resistant phospho-glycerol derivatives, phospholipase-resistant phospho-choline derivatives, and surface active proteins or peptides, more preferably a combination of at least two or all three of these materials. Novel phospholipase-resistant phospho-glycerol derivatives, phospholipase-resistant phospho-choline derivatives, and surface active peptides are also disclosed herein. Uses of the surfactant compositions of the present invention to treat endogenous surfactant dysfunctional or deficient lung tissue, to prepare synthetic peptides for use in the surfactant compositions, and to deliver therapeutic agents are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374458 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563689 | Takashi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuji Takashi (Nagano, Japan); Indu Parikh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Yuehua Li (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); Biomarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuji Takashi (Nagano, Japan); Indu Parikh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Yuehua Li (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods of modulating cellular secretory processes. More specifically the present invention relates to modulating or reducing the release of inflammatory mediators from inflammatory cells by inhibiting the mechanism associated with the release of inflammatory mediators from the vesicles or granules in the inflammatory cells in a subject with a chronic inflammatory disease. In this regard, the present invention discloses an intracellular signaling mechanism that illustrates several novel intracellular targets for pharmacological intervention in disorders involving secretion of inflammatory mediators from vesicles in inflammatory cells. MANS peptide and active fragments thereof are useful in such methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478491 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563690 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoping Du (Willowbrook, Illinois); Xiaodong Xi (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoping Du (Willowbrook, Illinois); Xiaodong Xi (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for inhibition of platelet cell aggregation are described. In particular, compositions comprising cell permeant RGT peptides, such as RGT bound to a lipid moiety are provided. Compositions may be used in the treatment and prevention of clot related diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/611446 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563692 | Morrison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sherie L. Morrison (Los Angeles, California); Tzu-Hsuan Huang (Houston, Texas); Caiyun Xuan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sherie L. Morrison (Los Angeles, California); Tzu-Hsuan Huang (Houston, Texas); Caiyun Xuan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chimeric moieties that show significant efficacy against cancers are provided. In certain embodiments the chimeric moieties comprise a targeting moiety attached to an interferon. In certain embodiments, the chimeric moieties comprise fusion proteins where an antibody that specifically binds to a cancer marker is fused to interferon alpha (IFN-α) or interferon beta (IFN-β). |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985122 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563693 | Geiben-Lynn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralf Geiben-Lynn (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Acceleration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dover, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralf Geiben-Lynn (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a heparin activated Antithrombin III encapsulated into a sterically stabilized anti-HLA-DR immunoliposome for the treatment of HIV infection in a human patient. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727853 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/381 |
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| US 08563705 | Olson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Olson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Olson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document relates to methods and materials for using nucleic acid and amino acid sequence variants of ribonucleic acid binding motif protein 20 (RBM20). For example, methods and materials for using nucleic acid sequence variants and/or their corresponding amino acid variants of RBM20 that are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy to identify mammals (e.g., humans) at risk of having dilated cardiomyopathy that is likely to progress to heart failure are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105669 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563754 | Orlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York); Li Ni Komatsu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York); Li Ni Komatsu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preventing hyperpigmented skin, undesired pigmentation disorder of skin, or undesired darkening of skin using coumarin compounds, the use of such compounds, and compositions and formulations thereof are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the coumarin compounds are selected from robustic acid methyl ether, scandenin, and coumophos. The compounds may be prepared as additives to pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions, and in personal care products such as antiperspirants. In a particular embodiment extends to an antiperspirant product containing a skin darkening inhibitory amount of a compound of the invention. Also, the present skin darkening compounds may be prepared in combination with each other. The compounds, compositions and formulations of the invention may be used for the prevention of the onset or progression of conditions characterized by unwanted skin darkening, including those that may be causally related to aberrant melanogenesis activity including, by way of non-limiting example, hyperpigmentation and others. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015882 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563760 | Fauq et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abdul H. Fauq (Jacksonville, Florida); Albert O. Edwards (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdul H. Fauq (Jacksonville, Florida); Albert O. Edwards (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to processes for preparing long-chain fatty acids of Formula I: and salts thereof, as well as intermediates for the processes, wherein L1 and L2 are described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/871043 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563777 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael R. Shortreed (Portage, Wisconsin); Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); Margaret F. Phillips (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin); Shane M. Lamos (Winooski, Vermont); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Peter J. Belshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Madhusudan Patel (Somerset, New Jersey); Neil L. Kelleher (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael R. Shortreed (Portage, Wisconsin); Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); Margaret F. Phillips (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin); Shane M. Lamos (Winooski, Vermont); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Peter J. Belshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Madhusudan Patel (Somerset, New Jersey); Neil L. Kelleher (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Relative quantification of metabolites by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) requiring a mechanism for simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes in two or more samples. Labeling reagents that are reactive to particular compound classes and differ only in their isotopic compositions facilitate relative quantification. Heavy and light isotopic forms of methylacetimidate were synthesized and used as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing molecules. Heavy and light isotopic forms of formaldehyde and cholamine were also synthesized and used independently as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing and carboxylic acid-containing molecules, such as found in biological samples. The labeled end-products are positively charged under normal acidic conditions involving conventional Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) applications. Labeled primary and secondary amine and carboxylic acid end-products generated higher signals concerning mass-spectra than pre-cursor molecules and improved sensitivity. Improved accuracy concerning relative quantification was demonstrated by mixing heavy and light labeled Arabidopsis extracts in different ratios. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155682 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564177 | Vilkomerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Vilkomerson (Princeton, New Jersey); Thomas A Chilipka (East Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DVX, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Vilkomerson (Princeton, New Jersey); Thomas A Chilipka (East Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Matching layers improve the performance of ultrasonic transducers. Such layers have traditionally required significant effort and expense to be added to ultrasonic transducers. The present invention discloses a method of producing ultrasonic transducers with a matching layer, specifically for ultrasonic transducers utilizing piezopolymer transducer materials. Rather than the conventional method of forming the piezopolymer on a substrate and then attaching a matching layer through which the transducer emits its ultrasound energy, we teach depositing the piezopolymer on a substrate that also serves as a matching layer through which the ultrasound is emitted. Methods of how to select materials and modify their ultrasonic characteristics are also discussed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593565 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564593 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Daniel Johnson (Scottsdale, Arizona); Michael J. Carston (Rochester, Minnesota); Armando Manduca (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Daniel Johnson (Scottsdale, Arizona); Michael J. Carston (Rochester, Minnesota); Armando Manduca (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method for processing image voxel data representative of 3-dimensional images of a colon to remove the effects of tagged stool. The method uses parabolic curve intensity-gradient models at a transition between two material types as a function of the fraction of the two materials for each of a plurality of two-material type classes, including a gas-tissue transition model, a gas-stool transition model and a stool-tissue transition model. The voxels are classified into one of a plurality of substance classes including tagged stool, gas, tissue and unknown classes. The unknown class voxels are processed to classify the unknown class voxels into one of the two-material type classes. The two-material type class voxels are processed to determine the fractions of materials in each voxel. The intensity of the two-material type class voxels is then adjusted as a function of the fraction of the materials in the voxels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523484 |
| ART UNIT | 2677 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564792 | Zhuang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Zhuang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bo Huang (San Francisco, California); Wilfred M. Bates (Goettingen, Germany); Wenqin Wang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Zhuang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bo Huang (San Francisco, California); Wilfred M. Bates (Goettingen, Germany); Wenqin Wang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to sub-diffraction limit image resolution and other imaging techniques, including imaging in three dimensions. In one aspect, the invention is directed to determining and/or imaging light from two or more entities separated by a distance less than the diffraction limit of the incident light. In some cases, the position of the entities can be determined in all three spatial dimensions (i.e., in the x, y, and z directions), and in certain cases, the positions in all three dimensions can be determined to an accuracy of less than about 1000 nm. In some cases, the z positions may be determined using one of a variety of techniques that uses intensity information or focal information (e.g., a lack of focus) to determine the z position. Non-limiting examples of such techniques include astigmatism imaging, off-focus imaging, or multi-focal-plane imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746784 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/624 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565499 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mingtao Zhao (Durham, North Carolina); Hansford Hendargo (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph A Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingtao Zhao (Durham, North Carolina); Hansford Hendargo (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph A Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with this disclosure, methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthetic wavelength-based phase unwrapping in optical coherence tomography are provided. Synthetic wavelength phase unwrapping can be applied to OCT data and can correctly resolve sample motions that are larger than λo/2. A method for phase unwrapping of an OCT signal can include acquiring raw OCT signal data, interpolating and processing the OCT signal data to obtain a DC spectrum, comparing the raw OCT signal data to the DC spectrum to generate an interference signal, applying Gaussian windows to the interference signal to generate a two separate signals, extracting phase information from the two signals, and comparing the phase information of the two signals to produce unwrapped phase data. A value of 2π can be added to the phase data if the difference between the phase information of the two signals is less than zero. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/460532 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565507 | Salafia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carolyn M. Salafia (Larchmont, New York); Richard K. Miller (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn M. Salafia (Larchmont, New York); Richard K. Miller (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analyzing the placenta in two or three dimensions comprising: selecting one or more placental samples to be analyzed; obtaining a digital image of each placental sample; and performing an analysis on the digital images, wherein a mathematical algorithm is applied to the digital image. The results of the analysis are correlated with data on health outcomes in infants, children, or adults and are used to assess future health risks to a patient. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718445 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566038 | Gimzewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California); Bhubaneswar Mishra (New York, New York); Jason C. Reed (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California); Bhubaneswar Mishra (New York, New York); Jason C. Reed (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid analyte in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for assigning a profile of a feature to a nucleic acid. The present invention further provides a computer program product for use in a subject method. The present invention further provides a system for detecting a nucleic acid in a sample; and a system for assigning a profile of a feature to a nucleic acid. The present invention further provides a method for immobilizing a nucleic acid onto an insoluble support; and further provides insoluble support having nucleic acid(s) immobilized thereon. The present invention further provides a method of diagnosing a disorder or condition in an individual, where the method involves use of a subject method for detecting a nucleic acid analyte. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582938 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566067 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel P. Johnson (Greenfield, Indiana); Jeffrey S. Wilson (Avon, Indiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. Johnson (Greenfield, Indiana); Jeffrey S. Wilson (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of coupling surface urban heat island measures with socio-economic indicators of vulnerability to create improved spatially specific models to assist public health professionals in predicting extreme heat events mortality in urban environments. The method includes utilizing landsat TM imagery for the measuring of the urban heat island intensity levels and a spatial analysis of the variables in question. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474342 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566072 | McInnes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Campbell McInnes (Irmo, South Carolina); Shu Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Campbell McInnes (Irmo, South Carolina); Shu Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Structural and functional analysis of peptide inhibitor binding to the cyclin D1 groove has been investigated and used to design peptides that provide the basis for structure-activity relationships, have improved binding and have potential for development as chemical biology probes, as potential diagnostics and as therapeutics in the treatment of proliferative diseases including cancer and inflammation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088694 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08561483 | Linker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin L. Linker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Linker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for collecting particles of both high and low vapor pressure target materials entrained in a large volume sample gas stream. Large volume active cooling provides a cold air supply which is mixed with the sample gas stream to reduce the vapor pressure of the particles. In embodiments, a chiller cools air from ambient conditions to 0-15° C. with the volumetric flow rate of the cold air supply being at least equal to the volumetric flow rate of the sample gas stream. In further embodiments an adsorption media is heated in at least two stages, a first of which is below a threshold temperature at which decomposition products of the high vapor pressure particle are generated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094615 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561508 | DeVor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois); Kurt Adair (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois); Kurt Adair (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-scale apparatus for supporting a tool for hard turning comprises a base, a pivot coupled to the base, an actuator coupled to the base, and at least one member coupled to the actuator at one end and rotatably coupled to the pivot at another end. A tool mount is disposed on the at least one member. The at least one member defines a first lever arm between the pivot and the tool mount, and a second lever arm between the pivot and the actuator. The first lever arm has a length that is less than a length of the second lever arm. The actuator moves the tool mount along an arc. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760746 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning 082/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561791 | Bebejian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maral Bebejian (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maral Bebejian (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A link which defines a link body that includes a multiple of link plates integral with a link body, the link body disposed at least partially forward of a forward edge of the multiple of link plates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/911969 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Conveyors: Power-driven 198/853 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562745 | Rozenzon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan Rozenzon (San Carlos, California); Robert T. Trujillo (Saratoga, California); Steven C. Beese (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Silevo, Inc. (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Rozenzon (San Carlos, California); Robert T. Trujillo (Saratoga, California); Steven C. Beese (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a wafer-carrier system used in a deposition chamber for carrying wafers. The wafer-carrier system includes a base susceptor and a top susceptor nested inside the base susceptor with its wafer-mounting side facing the base susceptor's wafer-mounting side, thereby forming a substantially enclosed narrow channel. The base susceptor provides an upward support to the top susceptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963445 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/728 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562878 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Martin (Tijeras, New Mexico); Douglas H. Read (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Martin (Tijeras, New Mexico); Douglas H. Read (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a composite polymeric material with electrical conductivity determined by stress-tuning of the conductor-polymer composite, and sensors made with the stress-tuned conductor-polymer composite made by this method. Stress tuning is achieved by mixing a miscible liquid into the polymer precursor solution or by absorbing into the precursor solution a soluble compound from vapor in contact with the polymer precursor solution. The conductor may or may not be ordered by application of a magnetic field. The composite is formed by polymerization with the stress-tuning agent in the polymer matrix. The stress-tuning agent is removed following polymerization to produce a conductor-polymer composite with a stress field that depends on the amount of stress-tuning agent employed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/681221 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562905 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Gordana Ostojic (Evanston, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Gordana Ostojic (Evanston, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of forming a film of nanocomposites of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and platinum (Pt) nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) providing a first solution that contains a plurality of CNTs, (b) providing a second solution that contains a plurality of Pt nanoparticles, (c) combining the first solution and the second solution to form a third solution, and (d) filtering the third solution through a nanoporous membrane using vacuum filtration to obtain a film of nanocomposites of CNTs and Pt nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877602 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563083 | McGowan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. McGowan (Harrison City, Pennsylvania); Robert M. Cullen (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); James R. Keiser (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James G. Hemrick (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roberta A. Meisner (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westmoreland Advanced Materials, Inc. (Monessen, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. McGowan (Harrison City, Pennsylvania); Robert M. Cullen (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); James R. Keiser (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James G. Hemrick (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roberta A. Meisner (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving the insulating character/and or penetration resistance of a liner in contact with at least one of an alkali and/or alkaline environments is provided. The method comprises lining a surface that is subject to wear by an alkali environment and/or an alkaline environment with a refractory composition comprising a refractory aggregate consisting essentially of a calcium hexa aluminate clinker having the formula CA6, wherein C is equal to calcium oxide, wherein A is equal to aluminum oxide, and wherein the hexa aluminate clinker has from zero to less than about fifty weight percent C12A7, and wherein greater than 98 weight percent of the calcium hexa aluminate clinker having a particle size ranging from −20 microns to +3 millimeters, for forming a liner of the surface. This method improves the insulating character/and or penetration resistance of the liner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901909 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563168 | Balsara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nitash Pervez Balsara (El Cerrito, California); Mohit Singh (Berkeley, California); Hany Basam Eitouni (Berkeley, California); Enrique Daniel Gomez (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nitash Pervez Balsara (El Cerrito, California); Mohit Singh (Berkeley, California); Hany Basam Eitouni (Berkeley, California); Enrique Daniel Gomez (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer that combines high ionic conductivity with the structural properties required for Li electrode stability is useful as a solid phase electrolyte for high energy density, high cycle life batteries that do not suffer from failures due to side reactions and dendrite growth on the Li electrodes, and other potential applications. The polymer electrolyte includes a linear block copolymer having a conductive linear polymer block with a molecular weight of at least 5000 Daltons, a structural linear polymer block with an elastic modulus in excess of 1×107 Pa and an ionic conductivity of at least 1×10−5 Scm−1. The electrolyte is made under dry conditions to achieve the noted characteristics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/225934 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563169 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Rong Kou (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Rong Kou (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocomposite materials having at least two layers, each layer consisting of one metal oxide bonded to at least one graphene layer were developed. The nanocomposite materials will typically have many alternating layers of metal oxides and graphene layers, bonded in a sandwich type construction and will be incorporated into an electrochemical or energy storage device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585741 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563174 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjian Liu (Hercules, California); Keith Douglas Kepler (Belmont, California); Yu Wang (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Farasis Energy, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjian Liu (Hercules, California); Keith Douglas Kepler (Belmont, California); Yu Wang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite Li1+xMn2−x−yMyO4 cathode material stabilized by treatment with a second transition metal oxide phase that is highly suitable for use in high power and energy density Li-ion cells and batteries. A method for treating a Li1+xMn2−x−yMyO4 cathode material utilizing a dry mixing and firing process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/717272 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563325 | Bartsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bartsch (Menlo Park, California); Michael P. Kanouff (Livermore, California); Scott M. Ferko (Livermore, California); Robert W. Crocker (Fremont, California); Karl Wally (Lafayette, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bartsch (Menlo Park, California); Michael P. Kanouff (Livermore, California); Scott M. Ferko (Livermore, California); Robert W. Crocker (Fremont, California); Karl Wally (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A coaxial fluid flow microreactor system disposed on a microfluidic chip utilizing laminar flow for synthesizing particles from solution. Flow geometries produced by the mixing system make use of hydrodynamic focusing to confine a core flow to a small axially-symmetric, centrally positioned and spatially well-defined portion of a flow channel cross-section to provide highly uniform diffusional mixing between a reactant core and sheath flow streams. The microreactor is fabricated in such a way that a substantially planar two-dimensional arrangement of microfluidic channels will produce a three-dimensional core/sheath flow geometry. The microreactor system can comprise one or more coaxial mixing stages that can be arranged singly, in series, in parallel or nested concentrically in parallel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893915 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563930 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Richardson Harris (Patterson, California); George J. Caporaso (Livermore, California); Stephen E. Sampayan (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Richardson Harris (Patterson, California); George J. Caporaso (Livermore, California); Stephen E. Sampayan (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for producing modulated electrical signals. The system uses a variable resistor having a photoconductive wide bandgap semiconductor material construction whose conduction response to changes in amplitude of incident radiation is substantially linear throughout a non-saturation region to enable operation in non-avalanche mode. The system also includes a modulated radiation source, such as a modulated laser, for producing amplitude-modulated radiation with which to direct upon the variable resistor and modulate its conduction response. A voltage source and an output port, are both operably connected to the variable resistor so that an electrical signal may be produced at the output port by way of the variable resistor, either generated by activation of the variable resistor or propagating through the variable resistor. In this manner, the electrical signal is modulated by the variable resistor so as to have a waveform substantially similar to the amplitude-modulated radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426143 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563957 | Caporaso |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George J. Caporaso (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George J. Caporaso (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoconductive switch is formed of a substrate that has a central portion of SiC or other photoconductive material and an outer portion of cvd-diamond or other suitable material surrounding the central portion. Conducting electrodes are formed on opposed sides of the substrate, with the electrodes extending beyond the central portion and the edges of the electrodes lying over the outer portion. Thus any high electric fields produced at the edges of the electrodes lie outside of and do not affect the central portion, which is the active switching element. Light is transmitted through the outer portion to the central portion to actuate the switch. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/775156 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564306 | Panozzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Panozzo (Mokena, Illinois); Harold Parish (Shelby Township, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Panozzo (Mokena, Illinois); Harold Parish (Shelby Township, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of evaluating an electrically conductive wire segment having an insulated intermediate portion and non-insulated ends includes passing the insulated portion of the wire segment through an electrically conductive brush. According to the method, an electrical potential is established on the brush by a power source. The method also includes determining a value of electrical current that is conducted through the wire segment by the brush when the potential is established on the brush. The method additionally includes comparing the value of electrical current conducted through the wire segment with a predetermined current value to thereby evaluate the wire segment. A system for evaluating an electrically conductive wire segment is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/950796 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564776 | Graves et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven W. Graves (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico); Robert C. Habbersett (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Graves (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico); Robert C. Habbersett (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for analyzing a particle in a sample stream of a flow cytometer or the like. The system has a light source, such as a laser pointer module, for generating a low powered light beam and a fluidics apparatus which is configured to transport particles in the sample stream at substantially low velocity through the light beam for interrogation. Detectors, such as photomultiplier tubes, are configured to detect optical signals generated in response to the light beam impinging the particles. Signal conditioning circuitry is connected to each of the detectors to condition each detector output into electronic signals for processing and is designed to have a limited frequency response to filter high frequency noise from the detector output signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903003 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564921 | Darmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Anthony Darmann (Chatswood, Australia); Franco Moriconi (Berkeley, California); Eoin Patrick Hodge (Surry Hills, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zenergy Power Pty Ltd (Wollongong, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Anthony Darmann (Chatswood, Australia); Franco Moriconi (Berkeley, California); Eoin Patrick Hodge (Surry Hills, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a fault current limiter (FCL) of a saturated core type having at least one coil wound around a high permeability material, a method of suppressing the time derivative of the fault current at the zero current point includes the following step: utilizing an electromagnetic screen or shield around the AC coil to suppress the time derivative current levels during zero current conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/020323 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/93.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565089 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Performing a scatterv operation on a hierarchical tree network optimized for collective operations including receiving, by the scatterv module installed on the node, from a nearest neighbor parent above the node a chunk of data having at least a portion of data for the node; maintaining, by the scatterv module installed on the node, the portion of the data for the node; determining, by the scatterv module installed on the node, whether any portions of the data are for a particular nearest neighbor child below the node or one or more other nodes below the particular nearest neighbor child; and sending, by the scatterv module installed on the node, those portions of data to the nearest neighbor child if any portions of the data are for a particular nearest neighbor child below the node or one or more other nodes below the particular nearest neighbor child. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748594 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565376 | Meng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ling Jian Meng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling Jian Meng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a collimator having at least one aperture and a fluorescence detector. The collimator can be positioned next to a compound. The compound can emit fluorescence X-rays when impacted by an X-ray beam generated by an X-ray source. The collimator can absorb at least a first portion of the fluorescence X-rays emitted by the compound and release at least a second portion of the fluorescence X-rays at the at least one aperture. The second portion of the fluorescence X-rays released by the at least one aperture have known directional information based on a position of the collimator. The fluorescence detector can detect the second portion of the fluorescence X-rays released by the at least one aperture. A three-dimensional (3-D) rendering of an elemental distribution of the compound can be determined from the fluorescence X-rays detected and the directional information. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986160 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565970 | Sime et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Andrew Sime (Mason, Michigan); Brian L. Spohn (Holly, Michigan); Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Ryan D. Martini (Wolverine Lake, Michigan); Jean Marie Miller (Plymouth, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Andrew Sime (Mason, Michigan); Brian L. Spohn (Holly, Michigan); Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Ryan D. Martini (Wolverine Lake, Michigan); Jean Marie Miller (Plymouth, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling a pump supplying a fluid to a transmission includes sensing a requested power and an excess power for a powertrain. The requested power substantially meets the needs of the powertrain, while the excess power is not part of the requested power. The method includes sensing a triggering condition in response to the ability to convert the excess power into heat in the transmission, and determining that an operating temperature of the transmission is below a maximum. The method also includes determining a calibrated baseline and a dissipation command for the pump. The calibrated baseline command is configured to supply the fluid based upon the requested power, and the dissipation command is configured to supply additional fluid and consume the excess power with the pump. The method operates the pump at a combined command, which is equal to the calibrated baseline command plus the dissipation command. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211775 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566484 | Satterfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); James C. Sexton (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); James C. Sexton (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of processing cores, are central storage unit having at least memory connected in a daisy chain manner, forming a daisy chain ring layout on an integrated chip. At least one of the plurality of processing cores places trace data on the daisy chain connection for transmitting the trace data to the central storage unit, and the central storage unit detects the trace data and stores the trace data in the memory co-located in with the central storage unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/590879 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566536 | Brightwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald B. Brightwell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kevin Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Trammell B. Hudson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald B. Brightwell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kevin Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Trammell B. Hudson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for directly sharing physical memory between processes executing on processor cores is described. The technique includes loading a plurality of processes into the physical memory for execution on a corresponding plurality of processor cores sharing the physical memory. An address space is mapped to each of the processes by populating a first entry in a top level virtual address table for each of the processes. The address space of each of the processes is cross-mapped into each of the processes by populating one or more subsequent entries of the top level virtual address table with the first entry in the top level virtual address table from other processes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551666 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566579 | Armstrong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Armstrong (Dublin, California); Robert L. Hutchinson (Dublin, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Armstrong (Dublin, California); Robert L. Hutchinson (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward authentication systems, devices, and methods. Obfuscated executable instructions may encode an authentication procedure and protect an authentication key. The obfuscated executable instructions may require communication with a remote certifying authority for operation. In this manner, security may be controlled by the certifying authority without regard to the security of the electronic device running the obfuscated executable instructions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048503 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566684 | Ward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Lee Ward (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Anand Ganti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Resnick (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Lee Ward (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Anand Ganti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Resnick (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of columns for a check matrix that implements a distance d linear error correcting code are populated by providing a set of vectors from which to populate the columns, and applying to the set of vectors a filter operation that reduces the set by eliminating therefrom all vectors that would, if used to populate the columns, prevent the check matrix from satisfying a column-wise linear independence requirement associated with check matrices of distance d linear codes. One of the vectors from the reduced set may then be selected to populate one of the columns. The filtering and selecting repeats iteratively until either all of the columns are populated or the number of currently unpopulated columns exceeds the number of vectors in the reduced set. Columns for the check matrix may be processed to reduce the amount of logic needed to implement the check matrix in circuit logic. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/116976 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/796 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566841 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Processing data communications events in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer that includes compute nodes that execute a parallel application, with the PAMI including data communications endpoints, and the endpoints are coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through other data communications resources, including determining by an advance function that there are no actionable data communications events pending for its context, placing by the advance function its thread of execution into a wait state, waiting for a subsequent data communications event for the context; responsive to occurrence of a subsequent data communications event for the context, awakening by the thread from the wait state; and processing by the advance function the subsequent data communications event now pending for the context. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943105 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08562095 | Alleyne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Alleyne (Urbana, Illinois); Kira Barton (Urbana, Illinois); Sandipan Mishra (Troy, New York); Placid Ferreira (Champaign, Illinois); John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Alleyne (Urbana, Illinois); Kira Barton (Urbana, Illinois); Sandipan Mishra (Troy, New York); Placid Ferreira (Champaign, Illinois); John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are various methods and devices for electrohydrodynamic (E-jet) printing. The methods relate to sensing of an output current during printing to provide control of a process parameter during printing. The sensing and control provides E-jet printing having improved print resolution and precision compared to conventional open-loop methods. Also provided are various pulsing schemes to provide high frequency E-jet printing, thereby reducing build times by two to three orders of magnitude. A desk-top sized E-jet printer having a sensor for real-time sensing of an electrical parameter and feedback control of the printing is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916934 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Incremental printing of symbolic information 347/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562505 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Also provided are bioresorbable nanoparticles prepared without the use of organic solvents, and methods for therapeutically using such bioresorbable nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150864 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562809 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Liu (Bethesda, Maryland); Xiao-Wen Shi (College Park, Maryland); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); W. Lee Meyer (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Liu (Bethesda, Maryland); Xiao-Wen Shi (College Park, Maryland); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); W. Lee Meyer (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a bioelectronic device including a protein on an electrically conductive substrate, by electrodepositing aminopolysaccharide chitosan on the substrate while applying a cathodic voltage to the substrate, to form an aminopolysaccharide chitosan film thereon, applying an anodic voltage to the substrate in the presence of NaCl to activate the aminopolysaccharide chitosan film so that it is reactive with protein. The method also optionally includes reacting the aminopolysaccharide film, after activation thereof, with the protein, so that the protein assembles on and is coupled to the substrate, thereby forming a bioelectronic device. The protein can include single or multiple protein species, and including biosensing proteins. Additional methods include biosensing of electrochemically active compounds either present in a sample or generated during a biological recognition event and devices useful in such methods. The resulting devices are useful as sensors in hand-held devices, textiles, garments and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/122403 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/229 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562892 | Mason |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas G. Mason (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Mason (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing particles includes providing a first patterned surface having a first surface relief pattern adapted to impart structure to a plurality of particles while they are under production; providing a second patterned surface having a second surface relief pattern adapted to impart structure to a plurality of particles while they are under production; depositing a particle material in contact with at least one of the first patterned surface and the second patterned surface; aligning the first surface relief pattern on the first patterned surface with respect to the second surface relief pattern on the second patterned surface; contacting at least a portion of the first patterned surface with at least a portion of the second patterned surface; solidifying at least a portion of the particle material to form a plurality of particles; and separating at least a portion of the plurality of particles from at least one of the first patterned surface and the second patterned surface. The at least a portion of a structure of each of the plurality of particles is imparted by a combination of the first surface relief pattern and the second surface relief pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/579226 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/297.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562935 | Smalley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Andrew R. Barron (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); W. Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Valerie C. Moore (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth Whitsitt (Houston, Texas); Robin E. Anderson (Toronto, Canada); Ramon Colorado, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Douglas C. Ogrin (Houston, Texas); Irene M. Marek (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Andrew R. Barron (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas); W. Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Valerie C. Moore (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth Whitsitt (Houston, Texas); Robin E. Anderson (Toronto, Canada); Ramon Colorado, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Michael P. Stewart (Mountain View, California); Douglas C. Ogrin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/575352 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562966 | Zugates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory T. Zugates (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(beta-amino esters) are end-modified to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. An amine-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with an electrophile, or an acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino ester) is reacted with a nucleophile. The inventive end-modified polymers may be used in any field where polymers have been found useful including the drug delivery arts. The end-modified polymers are particularly useful in delivery nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA. The invention also provides compositions including the inventive end-modified polymers, methods of preparing the inventive polymers, and method of using the inventive polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312224 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563026 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Megan Nollenberger (Willimantic, Connecticut); Matthew Ranaghan (Vernon, Connecticut); Daniel J. Sandberg (Willimantic, Connecticut); Nicole Wagner (Oxford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer protein films are provided, which comprise native bacteriorhodopsin and/or specialized bacteriorhodopsin mutants as the photoactive element. Also provided are artificial subretinal and epiretinal implants carrying such bacteriorhodopsin films, as well as methods for making and using the same, for example, to treat retinal diseases and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718780 |
| 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 424/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563251 | Rohwer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Rohwer (San Diego, California); Linda Wegley (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Forest Rohwer (San Diego, California); Linda Wegley (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions (e.g., kits) and methods for determine the number of bacteria and other microbes in samples having low concentrations of microbes, for use, e.g., in biological warfare defense, microbe detection and agricultural and environmental sciences. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300628 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563328 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyung Aih Kang (Louisville, Kentucky); Chong H. Ahn (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung Aih Kang (Louisville, Kentucky); Chong H. Ahn (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for biosensing that includes passing, via convective flow, a sample believed to contain one or more target biomarkers through a microfluidic channel and over the surface of an optical waveguide that has been prepared to bind the one or more target biomarkers, and sensing for an emission output from the optical waveguide at a wavelength that is characteristic of the binding of the target biomarker. A biosensor device that includes a module defining at least one microfluidic channel, an optical waveguide exposed along at least a portion of its length to fluid flow within the microfluidic channel, where a surface of the optical waveguide being prepared to bind a target biomarker, and an excitation source to couple an excitation wavelength of light into the optical waveguide. The device also includes a sensor for detecting emission light from the optical waveguide at an emission wavelength characteristic of binding of the target biomarker. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355467 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563649 | Edmiston |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul L. Edmiston (Wooster, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ABS Materials, Inc. (Wooster, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Edmiston (Wooster, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and system that includes treating a material by applying a sol-gel derived composition loaded with a first sorbate under conditions effective to treat the material with the first sorbate. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157280 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/588 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563657 | Hsiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin S. Hsiao (Setauket, New York); Benjamin Chu (Setauket, New York); Jie Wei (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Hongyang Ma (Setauket, New York); Feng Zuo (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin S. Hsiao (Setauket, New York); Benjamin Chu (Setauket, New York); Jie Wei (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Hongyang Ma (Setauket, New York); Feng Zuo (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to (i) novel fluoroionic compounds capable of dispersing particulate filler compositions into a fluoropolymer; (ii) novel particulate compositions in which particulates are surface-functionalized with a fluoroionic compound; (iii) fluoropolymer composite materials containing the surface-functionalized particulates of (ii) incorporated into a fluoropolymer; (iv) crosslinked versions of (iii); v) methods for producing the crosslinked material of (iv); and (vi) articles of manufacture containing the compositions (iii) and (iv). |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/936330 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563777 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael R. Shortreed (Portage, Wisconsin); Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); Margaret F. Phillips (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin); Shane M. Lamos (Winooski, Vermont); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Peter J. Belshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Madhusudan Patel (Somerset, New Jersey); Neil L. Kelleher (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael R. Shortreed (Portage, Wisconsin); Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); Margaret F. Phillips (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin); Shane M. Lamos (Winooski, Vermont); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Peter J. Belshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Madhusudan Patel (Somerset, New Jersey); Neil L. Kelleher (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Relative quantification of metabolites by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) requiring a mechanism for simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes in two or more samples. Labeling reagents that are reactive to particular compound classes and differ only in their isotopic compositions facilitate relative quantification. Heavy and light isotopic forms of methylacetimidate were synthesized and used as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing molecules. Heavy and light isotopic forms of formaldehyde and cholamine were also synthesized and used independently as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing and carboxylic acid-containing molecules, such as found in biological samples. The labeled end-products are positively charged under normal acidic conditions involving conventional Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) applications. Labeled primary and secondary amine and carboxylic acid end-products generated higher signals concerning mass-spectra than pre-cursor molecules and improved sensitivity. Improved accuracy concerning relative quantification was demonstrated by mixing heavy and light labeled Arabidopsis extracts in different ratios. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155682 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564275 | Seok et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mingoo Seok (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dennis Sylvester (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David Blaauw (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott Hanson (Waterford, Michigan); Gregory Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingoo Seok (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dennis Sylvester (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David Blaauw (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott Hanson (Waterford, Michigan); Gregory Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved voltage reference generator is provided. The voltage reference generator comprises: a first transistor having a gate electrode biased to place the first transistor in a weak inversion mode; and a second transistor connected in series with said first transistor and having a gate electrode biased to place the second transistor in a weak inversion mode, where the threshold voltage of the first transistor is smaller than the threshold voltage of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically coupled to a drain electrode of the second transistor and the source electrode of the first transistor to form an output for a reference voltage. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823160 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564455 | Gueziec |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andre Gueziec (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triangle Software LLC (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre Gueziec (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality data are produced and issued to the traveler. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561304 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/905 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564885 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A lens device includes a substrate having a channel and a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path. The first and second fluid flow paths at least partially in communication with the channel. A light emitting device is positioned adjacent to the channel. At least one first fluid source is in communication with the first fluid path such that a first fluid is moveable along the first fluid path and at least one second fluid source in communication with the second fluid path such that a second fluid is moveable along the second fluid path. The fluid paths are configured so the first fluid and second fluid move through the channel to define an adjustable liquid gradient refractive index distribution in the channel. Adjustment of the liquid gradient refractive index distribution permits a change of liquid lens focal distance or an angular adjustment of light. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/602658 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/666 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565908 | Sabin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Todd Sabin (Chicago, Illinois); Bryan A. Pardo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Todd Sabin (Chicago, Illinois); Bryan A. Pardo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for equalization preference learning for digital audio modification. A method for listener calibration of an audio signal includes modifying a reference sound using at least one equalization curve; playing the modified reference sound for a listener; accepting listener feedback regarding the modified reference sound; and generating a weighting function based on listener feedback. A listener audio configuration system includes an output providing a sound for listener review; an interface accepting listener feedback regarding the sound; and a processor programming an audio device based on listener feedback. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/846456 |
| ART UNIT | 2653 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566030 | Demiryurek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ugur Demiryurek (Redondo Beach, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ugur Demiryurek (Redondo Beach, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The class of k Nearest Neighbor (k NN) queries in spatial networks has been studied in the literature. Existing approaches for k NN search in spatial networks assume that the weight of each edge in the spatial network is constant. However, real-world edge-weights are time-dependent and vary significantly in short durations, hence invalidating the existing solutions. The problem of k NN search in time-dependent spatial networks, where the weight of each edge is a function of time, is addressed herein. Two indexing schemes (Tight Network Index and Loose Network Index) are proposed to minimize the number of candidate nearest neighbor objects and reduce the invocation of the expensive fastest-path computation in time-dependent spatial networks. We demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed solution via experimental evaluations with real-world data-sets, including a variety of large spatial networks with real traffic-data. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278060 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566053 | Baraniuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Petros T. Boufounos (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Schnelle (Houston, Texas); Mark A. Davenport (Houston, Texas); Jason N. Laska (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Petros T. Boufounos (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Schnelle (Houston, Texas); Mark A. Davenport (Houston, Texas); Jason N. Laska (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating and tracking locally oscillating signals. The method comprises the steps of taking measurements of an input signal that approximately preserve the inner products among signals in a class of signals of interest and computing an estimate of parameters of the input signal from its inner products with other signals. The step of taking measurements may be linear and approximately preserve inner products, or may be non-linear and approximately preserves inner products. Further, the step of taking measurements is nonadaptive and may comprise compressive sensing. In turn, the compressive sensing may comprise projection using one of a random matrix, a pseudorandom matrix, a sparse matrix and a code matrix. The step of tracking said signal of interest with a phase-locked loop may comprise, for example, operating on compressively sampled data or by operating on compressively sampled frequency modulated data, tracking phase and frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727898 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566269 | Jajodia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An attack graph analysis tool that includes a network configuration information input module, a domain knowledge input module, a network configuration information storage module, a domain knowledge storage module, and a result generation module. The network configuration information input module inputs network configuration information. The domain knowledge input module inputs domain knowledge for the network. The network configuration information storage module stores network configuration information in a network database table. The domain knowledge storage module stores the domain knowledge in an exploit database table. The result generation module generates a result using the network database table and exploit database table. The result may be generated in response to a query to a database management system that has access to the network database table and exploit database table. The network may be reconfigured to decrease the likelihood of future attacks using the attack information learned from the result. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831914 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566360 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaomei Chen (Villanova, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaomei Chen (Villanova, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for automatically generating systematic reviews of received information in a field of science and technology, such as scientific literature, where the systematic review includes a systematic review of a research field in the scientific literature. The method is preferably implemented by a programmed computer and includes the steps of constructing a time series networks of words, passages, documents, and citations and/or co-citations within received information into a synthesized network, decomposing the networks into clusters of fields or topics, performing part-of-speech tagging of text within the received information to provide tagged text, constructing semantic structures of concepts and/or assertions extracted from the source text, generating citation-based and content-based summaries of the clusters of fields or topics and the semantic structures including measuring the saliency, novelty, significance, and transformative features of individual entities in the clusters of fields or topics and semantic structures, and generating structured narratives of the clusters of fields or topics and the summaries of the generated semantic structures, including labeling and summarizing features of the clusters of fields or topics and delinearizing the resulting clusters into templates that provide summarizations of the structure and trends of the information in the clusters at multiple levels of abstraction. Narratives of the citation-based and content-based summaries are merged into a systematic review having a predetermined arrangement. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/117508 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/794 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566601 | Waters |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brent Waters (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zeutro LLC (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent Waters (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for functional encryption systems that support regular languages and, thereby strings of arbitrary length, are provided. The disclosed systems and methods can encrypt data using public parameters and an arbitrary string. The arbitrary string can be included within the ciphertext as plaintext. A decryption key is generated that includes a representation of a regular language. The encrypted message can be decrypted only if the arbitrary string in the ciphertext is in the set of strings that comprise the regular language associated with the decryption key being used. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/610864 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566928 | Dagon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Dagon (Tampa, Florida); Nick Feamster (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Robert Edmonds (Woodstock, Georgia); Richard Lipton (Atlanta, Georgia); Anirudh Ramachandran (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting a first network of compromised computers in a second network of computers, comprising: collecting Domain Name System (DNS) data for the second network; examining the collected data relative to DNS data from known comprised and/or uncompromised computers in the second network; and determining the existence of the first network and/or the identity of compromised computers in the second network based on the examination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/538212 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566935 | Lagar-Cavilla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Horacio Andres Lagar-Cavilla (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Jeffrey Bickford (Somerset, New Jersey); Vinod Ganapathy (Piscataway, New Jersey); Liviu Iftode (Princeton, New Jersey); Alexander Varshavsky (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horacio Andres Lagar-Cavilla (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Jeffrey Bickford (Somerset, New Jersey); Vinod Ganapathy (Piscataway, New Jersey); Liviu Iftode (Princeton, New Jersey); Alexander Varshavsky (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject disclosure presents a novel technique for balancing the tradeoff between security monitoring and energy consumption on mobile devices. Security/energy tradeoffs for host-based detectors focusing on rootkits are analyzed along two axes: a scanning frequency, and a surface of attack. Experimental results are applied to a hypervisor-based framework, and a sweet spot is identified to minimize both energy consumption and a window of vulnerability for critical operating system objects such as code pages and kernel data. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/106479 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08561383 | Suciu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Gino J. Pagluica (Wells, Maine); Loc Quang Duong (South Windsor, Connecticut); Lawrence E. Portlock (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Gino J. Pagluica (Wells, Maine); Loc Quang Duong (South Windsor, Connecticut); Lawrence E. Portlock (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine (10) provides a differential gear system (58) coupling the turbine (20) to the bypass fan (14) and the compressor (16). In this manner, the power/speed split between the bypass fan and the compressor can be optimized under all conditions. In the example shown, the turbine drives a sun gear (74), which drives a planet carrier (78) and a ring gear (80) in a differential manner. One of the planet carrier and the ring gear is coupled to the bypass fan, while the other is coupled to the compressor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/719228 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561829 | DeLay |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas K. DeLay (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) | Thomas K. DeLay (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressure vessel includes a ported fitting having an annular flange formed on an end thereof and a tank that envelopes the annular flange. A crack arresting barrier is bonded to and forming a lining of the tank within the outer surface thereof. The crack arresting barrier includes a cured resin having a post-curing ductility rating of at least approximately 60% through the cured resin, and further includes randomly-oriented fibers positioned in and throughout the cured resin. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544066 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 1/06 (20130101) F17C 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562049 | Ihrke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Brian Hargrave (Dickenson, Texas); Scott R. Askew (Houston, Texas); Michael C. Valvo (League City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Robert Platt (Houston, Texas); Brian Hargrave (Dickenson, Texas); Scott R. Askew (Houston, Texas); Michael C. Valvo (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic hand includes a finger with first, second, and third phalanges. A first joint rotatably connects the first phalange to a base structure. A second joint rotatably connects the first phalange to the second phalange. A third joint rotatably connects the third phalange to the second phalange. The second joint and the third joint are kinematically linked such that the position of the third phalange with respect to the second phalange is determined by the position of the second phalange with respect to the first phalange. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564078 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563117 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin H.L. Lee (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin H.L. Lee (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-scale or micro-scale adhesive structures comprising an array of nano-fabricated, pillars, the pillars having coated upon, or having disposed on a working surface thereof, a protein-mimetic, marine-adhesive coating. Methods of fabricating the nano-scale pillars, synthesis of the protein-mimetic coating or wet adhesive and application of the adhesive to the pillars are described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834631 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563487 | Schramm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry F. Schramm (Winchester, Tennessee); Francis G. Defalco (Houston, Texas); Lloyd L. Starks, Sr. (Spring City, Tennessee) |
| 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) | Harry F. Schramm (Winchester, Tennessee); Francis G. Defalco (Houston, Texas); Lloyd L. Starks, Sr. (Spring City, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for creating conversion coatings and spin, drawing, and extrusion finishes for surfaces, wherein the conversion coatings and spin, drawing, and extrusion finishes contain potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen, and one or more non-alkaline metals and/or one or more metalloids. The process comprises forming an aqueous solution of water, phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid, ammonium hydroxide, an alkali metal hydroxide, and one or more non-alkaline metals and/or one or more metalloids. The aqueous solution forms an anti-friction multilayer conversion and/or mixed element coating or a spin, drawing, and extrusion finish on a surface when applied to the surface, either directly without the use of applied external electromotive force, or as an additive in lubricating fluids. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525623 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564770 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark David Lewis (Long Beach, Mississippi); Daniel J. Anderson (Carriere, Mississippi); Lee A. Newman (Camillus, New York); Amy G. Keith (Madison, 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) | Mark David Lewis (Long Beach, Mississippi); Daniel J. Anderson (Carriere, Mississippi); Lee A. Newman (Camillus, New York); Amy G. Keith (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A system detects a plant's exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) through plant leaf imaging. White light impinging upon a plant's leaf interacts therewith to produce interacted light. A detector is positioned to detect at least one spectral band of the interacted light. A processor coupled to the detector performs comparisons between photonic energy of the interacted light at the one or more spectral bands thereof and reference data defining spectral responses indicative of leaf exposure to TCE. An output device coupled to the processor provides indications of the comparisons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150832 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565918 | Abdallah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muhammad E. Abdallah (Houston, Texas); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Matthew J. Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muhammad E. Abdallah (Houston, Texas); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Matthew J. Reiland (Oxford, Michigan); Charles W. Wampler, II (Birmingham, Michigan); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Robert Platt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system includes a robot having a total number of degrees of freedom (DOF) equal to at least n, an underactuated tendon-driven finger driven by n tendons and n DOF, the finger having at least two joints, being characterized by an asymmetrical joint radius in one embodiment. A controller is in communication with the robot, and controls actuation of the tendon-driven finger using force control. Operating the finger with force control on the tendons, rather than position control, eliminates the unconstrained slack-space that would have otherwise existed. The controller may utilize the asymmetrical joint radii to independently command joint torques. A method of controlling the finger includes commanding either independent or parameterized joint torques to the controller to actuate the fingers via force control on the tendons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720727 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566016 | Law et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Caleb Hoi Kei Law (Palo Alto, California); Thomas Kun-Lung Hsiao (Cupertino, California); Nathan C. Mittler (Santa Clara, California); George J. Couluris (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saab Sensis Corporation (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Caleb Hoi Kei Law (Palo Alto, California); Thomas Kun-Lung Hsiao (Cupertino, California); Nathan C. Mittler (Santa Clara, California); George J. Couluris (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The Surface Hold Advisor Using Critical Sections is a system and method for providing hold advisories to surface controllers to prevent gridlock and resolve crossing and merging conflicts among vehicles traversing a vertex-edge graph representing a surface traffic network on an airport surface. The Advisor performs pair-wise comparisons of current position and projected path of each vehicle with other surface vehicles to detect conflicts, determine critical sections, and provide hold advisories to traffic controllers recommending vehicles stop at entry points to protected zones around identified critical sections. A critical section defines a segment of the vertex-edge graph where vehicles are in crossing or merging or opposite direction gridlock contention. The Advisor detects critical sections without reference to scheduled, projected or required times along assigned vehicle paths, and generates hold advisories to prevent conflicts without requiring network path direction-of-movement rules and without requiring rerouting, rescheduling or other network optimization solutions. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/966293 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08561486 | Novosselov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor V Novosselov (Seattle, Washington); Peter C Ariessohn (Lake Tapps, Washington); Evan D Dengler (Seattle, Washington); Michelle Hickner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enertechnix, Inc (Maple Valley, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor V Novosselov (Seattle, Washington); Peter C Ariessohn (Lake Tapps, Washington); Evan D Dengler (Seattle, Washington); Michelle Hickner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, apparatus and methods are disclosed for non-contact pneumatic sampling and sampling of surfaces, persons, articles of clothing, buildings, furnishings, vehicles, baggage, packages, mail, and the like, for contaminating aerosols indicative of a hazard or a benefit, where the contaminating aerosols are chemical, radiological, biological, toxic, or infectious in character. In a first device, a central orifice for pulling a suction gas stream is surrounded by a peripheral array of convergingly-directed gas jets, forming a virtual sampling chamber. The gas jets are configured to deliver millisecond pneumatic pulses that erode particles from solid surfaces at a distance. In another aspect of the invention, a suction gas stream is split using an air-to-air concentrator so that a particle-enriched gas flow is directed to a particle trap and any particles immobilized in the particle trap (including any adsorbed vapors associated with the particles) are selectively analyzed to detect trace residues associated with explosives. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078999 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08561516 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Engineering Science Analysis Corporation (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An undercarriage immobilization device and method of restraining a vehicle uses tendrils and straps to engage the vehicle. The tendrils and straps will wrap around moving parts of the vehicle and restrain the moving parts to eventually incapacitate the vehicle. The undercarriage immobilization device includes a housing that contains tendrils that are launched from the housing by a propellant or compressed gas. The tendrils may be attached to the straps carried by the undercarriage immobilization device. Straps may be pulled off the housing leaving the housing near the point of deployment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/708234 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563316 | Duffy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Francis Duffy (Absecon, New Jersey); Stephen Joseph Goettler, III (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Ronald Arthur Krauss (Galloway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Francis Duffy (Absecon, New Jersey); Stephen Joseph Goettler, III (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Ronald Arthur Krauss (Galloway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes simulants and methods of production thereof that imitate characteristics of known explosives, including characteristics at the microscopic and macroscopic level. For instance, the present disclosure includes a simulant with the same texture, granularity, bulk density, particle density, and porosity of a known explosive. The simulants described herein provide the macroscopic bulk physical properties and the microscopic scale properties of actual explosives. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182567 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564653 | Mitchell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fingerprint reader for acquiring a fingerprint image has a platen with a micro prism sheet on its underside. An arrangement of fold mirrors is used to receive light from the platen and fold the optical path twice before reaching the imagers. The reader has multiple imagers, each imager having at least an imaging lens and an image sensor. Each imager is configured so that the image plane of the image sensor is tilted relative to the optical axis of the imaging lens, such that keystone distortion in the fingerprint image is corrected. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906103 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08561288 | Bawolek |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, 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) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a connection device for electrically coupling an electrical device to a test system. The connection device can include at least one suction cup configured to be coupled to the electrical device, spring loaded connector pins configured to electrically couple the electrical device to the test system, and a support frame coupled to the at least one suction cup and the spring loaded connector pins. The at least one suction cup can include three suction cups including a first suction cup, a second suction cup, and a third suction cup, and the support frame can include a first end coupled to the first suction cup, a second end opposite the first end and coupled to the second suction cup, and a third end between the first and second ends and coupled to the third suction cup. Other embodiments of related devices and methods are also described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409512 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/743 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563529 | Tang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hengli Tang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hengli Tang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or small hairpin RNA (shRNAs) and compositions comprising same are provided that target human cyclophilin A (CyPA) to inhibit Hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Such siRNA and shRNAs may have a length of from about 19 to about 29 contiguous nucleotides corresponding to a specific region of human cyclophilin A (CyPA) cDNA of from about nucleotide 155 to about nucleotide 183 having particular potency against CyPA and HCV. Such siRNA and shRNAs may be formulated as naked compositions or pharmaceutical compositions. DNA polynucleotides, plasmids, and viral or non-viral vectors are provided that encode siRNA or shRNA molecules, which may be delivered directly to cells or in combination with delivery agents, such as lipids, polymers, encapsulated lipid particles, such as liposomes. Methods for treating, managing inhibiting, preventing, etc., HCV infection using such siRNA and shRNAs and compositions comprising same are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/558428 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563610 | Stein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas P. Stein (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Bernd W. Spur (Marlton, New Jersey); George H. Lambert (Belle Meade, New Jersey); Sue X. Ming (Morganville, New Jersey); Ana Rodriguez (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Rowan University (Glassboro, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Stein (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Bernd W. Spur (Marlton, New Jersey); George H. Lambert (Belle Meade, New Jersey); Sue X. Ming (Morganville, New Jersey); Ana Rodriguez (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the identification and treatment of the effects of products derived from oxidative pathways for polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism, i.e., oxidative stress in a patient by monitoring the metabolism of DHA or by administering DHA. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021196 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563896 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A welding system and method includes a main torch including a main electrode configured to form a first arc with a base metal; a first bypass torch including a first bypass electrode configured to form a second arc with the main electrode; and a second bypass torch including a second bypass electrode configured to form a third arc with the main electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/586229 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/130.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08563599 | Erhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Rahul Khupse (Toledo, Ohio); Jefferey G. Sarver (Toledo, Ohio); Thomas E. Cleveland (New Orleans, Louisiana); Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas E. Wiese (New Orleans, Louisiana); Matthew E. Burow (New Orleans, Louisiana); John A. McLachlan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana); University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Rahul Khupse (Toledo, Ohio); Jefferey G. Sarver (Toledo, Ohio); Thomas E. Cleveland (New Orleans, Louisiana); Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas E. Wiese (New Orleans, Louisiana); Matthew E. Burow (New Orleans, Louisiana); John A. McLachlan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Two distinct methods are disclosed and claimed for synthesizing glyceollin I plus glyceollin II as a mixture and as their pure forms. Stereochemical isomers and various synthetic intermediates are also synthesized and claimed for their novel compositions of matter. All compounds and their mixtures are claimed for use in formulations that are useful to treat or prevent cancer, or that have utility as selective estrogen receptor modulators, such formulations including enhanced or medical foods, dietary supplements and ethical pharmaceutical agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921013 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563934 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haibo Yao (Slidell, Louisiana); Zuzana Hruska (Covington, Louisiana); Russell D. Kincaid (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas E. Cleveland (Mandeville, Louisiana); Robert L. Brown (Prairieville, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haibo Yao (Slidell, Louisiana); Zuzana Hruska (Covington, Louisiana); Russell D. Kincaid (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas E. Cleveland (Mandeville, Louisiana); Robert L. Brown (Prairieville, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for fluorescence spectral imaging of target material to detect the presence of a contaminant (such as aflatoxin in corn) is provided. An ultraviolet light source is coupled with a light-excluding compartment. The fluorescence from the UV excited target passes through a filter (liquid crystal tunable, acoustic-optic tunable, a filter wheel, or other wavelength splitting device) and a lens, to a spectral imaging camera. Fluorescence spectral image data from the camera are analyzed by a computer and presented in human-readable form. Aflatoxin detection in contaminated corn kernels is based on peak fluorescence and peak fluorescence shift in the spectral range from 451 nm to 500 nm. Aflatoxin contamination level within the target material is quantified based on peak fluorescence and peak fluorescence shift and computed corn kernel pixel statistics. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807673 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE44543 | Rojas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria Guadalupe Rojas (Metairie, Louisiana); Juan A. Morales-Ramos (Metairie, Louisiana); Frederick Green, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas A. Kuster (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Guadalupe Rojas (Metairie, Louisiana); Juan A. Morales-Ramos (Metairie, Louisiana); Frederick Green, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas A. Kuster (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Termite foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits and attractants for termites are provided. They comprise cellulose, naphthalenic compounds, water and potentially other termite-preferred nutrients. Methods of monitoring the presence of termites using such matrices and methods of controlling termites using such matrices to deliver termite toxins are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/365452 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying 043/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08563339 | Tarsa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California); Michael Leung (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Robert Underwood (Santa Barbara, California); Mark Youmans (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California); Michael Leung (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Robert Underwood (Santa Barbara, California); Mark Youmans (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One close loop system and method for electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of phosphor material on light emitting diodes (LEDs). The system comprises a deposition chamber sealed from ambient air. A mixture of phosphor material and solution is provided to the chamber with the mixture also being sealed from ambient air. A carrier holds a batch of LEDs in the chamber with the mixture contacting the areas of the LEDs for phosphor deposition. A voltage supply applies a voltage to the LEDs and the mixture to cause the phosphor material to deposit on the LEDs at the mixture contacting areas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/473089 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563803 | Ivarie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert D. Ivarie (Watkinsville, Georgia); Alex J. Harvey (Athens, Georgia); Julie A. Morris (Watkinsville, Georgia); Guodong Liu (Mississagua, Canada); Jeffrey C. Rapp (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synageva BioPharma Corp. (Lexington, Massachusetts); The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Ivarie (Watkinsville, Georgia); Alex J. Harvey (Athens, Georgia); Julie A. Morris (Watkinsville, Georgia); Guodong Liu (Mississagua, Canada); Jeffrey C. Rapp (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes isolating pharmaceutical proteins from avian hard shell eggs containing pharmaceutical proteins wherein the pharmaceutical proteins are exogenous to the egg. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167052 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08564785 | Newbury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan R. Newbury (Boulder, Colorado); Ian Coddington (Boulder, Colorado); William C. Swann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan R. Newbury (Boulder, Colorado); Ian Coddington (Boulder, Colorado); William C. Swann (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of comb-based spectroscopy with synchronous sampling for real-time averaging includes measuring the full complex response of a sample in a configuration analogous to a dispersive Fourier transform spectrometer, infrared time domain spectrometer, or a multiheterodyne laser spectrometer. An alternate configuration of a comb-based spectrometer for rapid, high resolution, high accuracy measurements of an arbitrary cw waveform. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883455 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08561381 | Close et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald R. Close (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert D. Lundahl (Frederick, Maryland); William D. Finch (New Windsor, Maryland); Robert Cutlip (Millersville, Maryland); Dwight Koogle (Middletown, Maryland); Mark Bankard (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Close (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert D. Lundahl (Frederick, Maryland); William D. Finch (New Windsor, Maryland); Robert Cutlip (Millersville, Maryland); Dwight Koogle (Middletown, Maryland); Mark Bankard (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for unstrapping and unsleeving a tray is provided. The system comprises a tray-transport configured to transport a tray in the system, a strap cutter configured to cut a strap on the tray, a strap-removal portion configured to remove the strap cut by the strap cutter, and an unsleeving station configured to remove a sleeve from the tray. The unsleeving station is configured to remove the sleeve from the tray after the strap-removal portion removes the cut strap. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814985 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Package making 053/492 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565492 | Zimmerman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert S. Zimmerman (South Riding, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Zimmerman (South Riding, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device. A method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device. The image from the hand-held imaging device has pixels of a first color and a second color. The image is analyzed to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color. The particle information includes information on first and second color particle size and count. The image is determined to be acceptable or unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620023 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08566255 | Bonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Ronald Garey (Mitchellville, Maryland); Bradley Reck (Sterling, Virginia); Gregory Crabb (Broadlands, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Ronald Garey (Mitchellville, Maryland); Bradley Reck (Sterling, Virginia); Gregory Crabb (Broadlands, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for authenticating a physical address submitted in an online communication is disclosed. An online communication comprising a physical address to be verified is received. A verification identification (VID) is requested and received. A transaction verification document (TVD) comprising an indicia indicative of the VID is generated. An electronic copy of the TVD is transmitted. Verification data produced in response to dispatch of a physical embodiment of the TVD is received, wherein the physical embodiment is generated from the electronic copy. The physical address is authenticated based at least in part on the verification data. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524870 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08563896 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Ming Zhang (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Jinsong Chen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A welding system and method includes a main torch including a main electrode configured to form a first arc with a base metal; a first bypass torch including a first bypass electrode configured to form a second arc with the main electrode; and a second bypass torch including a second bypass electrode configured to form a third arc with the main electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/586229 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/130.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563937 | Rubenstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric P. Rubenstein (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Rubenstein (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Digital images or the charge from pixels in light sensitive semiconductor based imagers may be used to detect gamma rays and energetic particles emitted by radioactive materials. Methods may be used to identify pixel-scale artifacts introduced into digital images and video images by high energy gamma rays. Statistical tests and other comparisons on the artifacts in the images or pixels may be used to prevent false-positive detection of gamma rays. The sensitivity of the system may be used to detect radiological material at distances in excess of 50 meters. Advanced processing techniques allow for gradient searches to more accurately determine the source's location, while other acts may be used to identify the specific isotope. Coordination of different imagers and network alerts permit the system to separate non-radioactive objects from radioactive objects. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/618462 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08561516 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Engineering Science Analysis Corporation (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin A. Martinez (Phoenix, Arizona); Patrick J. Barnhill (Chandler, Arizona); Steven A. Floyd (Petaluma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An undercarriage immobilization device and method of restraining a vehicle uses tendrils and straps to engage the vehicle. The tendrils and straps will wrap around moving parts of the vehicle and restrain the moving parts to eventually incapacitate the vehicle. The undercarriage immobilization device includes a housing that contains tendrils that are launched from the housing by a propellant or compressed gas. The tendrils may be attached to the straps carried by the undercarriage immobilization device. Straps may be pulled off the housing leaving the housing near the point of deployment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/708234 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08562887 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abhishek Kumar Singh (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Gajendra Pandey (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Ranji Vaidyanathan (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Raman Pal Singh (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Kenny L. Townsend (Durant, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhishek Kumar Singh (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Gajendra Pandey (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Ranji Vaidyanathan (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Raman Pal Singh (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Kenny L. Townsend (Durant, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a composite panel is disclosed. The method includes cutting a portion of carpet, applying vacuum to the carpet portion, transferring resin into the carpet portion under vacuum, and curing the resin impregnated carpet portion. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695730 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08562918 | Jovanovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stevan B. Jovanovich (Livermore, California); William D. Nielsen (San Jose, California); David S. Cohen (San Bruno, California); Michael Recknor (Oakland, California); Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California); Ezra Van Gelder (Palo Alto, California); Lars Majlof (San Jose, California); Omar El-Sissi (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a system that can process a raw biological sample, perform a biochemical reaction and provide an analysis readout. For example, the system can extract DNA from a swab, amplify STR loci from the DNA, and analyze the amplified loci and STR markers in the sample. The system integrates these functions by using microfluidic components to connect what can be macrofluidic functions. In one embodiment the system includes a sample purification module, a reaction module, a post-reaction clean-up module, a capillary electrophoresis module and a computer. In certain embodiments, the system includes a disposable cartridge for performing analyte capture. The cartridge can comprise a fluidic manifold having macrofluidic chambers mated with microfluidic chips that route the liquids between chambers. The system fits within an enclosure of no more than 10 ft3. and can be a closed, portable, and/or a battery operated system. The system can be used to go from raw sample to analysis in less than 4 hours. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717585 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08566269 | Jajodia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Anoop Singhal (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An attack graph analysis tool that includes a network configuration information input module, a domain knowledge input module, a network configuration information storage module, a domain knowledge storage module, and a result generation module. The network configuration information input module inputs network configuration information. The domain knowledge input module inputs domain knowledge for the network. The network configuration information storage module stores network configuration information in a network database table. The domain knowledge storage module stores the domain knowledge in an exploit database table. The result generation module generates a result using the network database table and exploit database table. The result may be generated in response to a query to a database management system that has access to the network database table and exploit database table. The network may be reconfigured to decrease the likelihood of future attacks using the attack information learned from the result. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831914 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08563233 | Thatte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hemant Thatte (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hemant Thatte (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to blood substitute solutions and methods for using blood substitute solutions. The solutions may be used in a variety of applications and are particularly suited for use in applications where at least a portion of a host's blood is replaced with a substitute solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867411 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08563885 | Tabib-Azar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoelectromechanical devices use a cantilevered beam supported by a base. The cantilevered beam is constructed with a nanoscale gap (e.g., less than 10 nm) separating the cantilevered beam from an electrical structure. A low voltage (e.g., less than 2 volts) applied to the cantilevered beam can cause the beam to bend and make contact with the electrical structure. High switching speeds (e.g., less than 10 ns) can be provided. The electrical structure can be a second cantilevered beam or another structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943575 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08561627 | Kelekar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajesh Kelekar (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intermolecular, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Kelekar (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for providing a fluid at a target pressure. In one implementation, the method may include providing a semiconductor solution at a velocity to a supply line through a dispenser, measuring a pressure of the semiconductor solution flowing through the supply line, comparing the measured pressure with the target pressure, and adjusting the velocity based on the results of the comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/239555 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08563844 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen L. Gray (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Robert Joseph Therrien (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick John McCann (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phononic Devices, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen L. Gray (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Robert Joseph Therrien (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick John McCann (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a thin-film heterostructure thermoelectric material and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In general, the thermoelectric material is formed in a Group IIa and IV-VI materials system. The thermoelectric material includes an epitaxial heterostructure and exhibits high heat pumping and figure-of-merit performance in terms of Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity over broad temperature ranges through appropriate engineering and judicious optimization of the epitaxial heterostructure. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/416246 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08565384 | Schulzrinne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henning G. Schulzrinne (Leonia, New Jersey); Wonsang Song (New York, New York); Jong Yul Kim (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henning G. Schulzrinne (Leonia, New Jersey); Wonsang Song (New York, New York); Jong Yul Kim (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for connecting emergency communications are provided. For example, the methods can include: receiving an emergency communication at a particular public safety answering point from a caller directed to the particular public safety answering point by a location-to-service system; creating a conference on a conference system in response to the particular public safety answering point accepting the emergency communication; selecting a particular call-taker of a plurality of call-takers; sending the particular call-taker an invitation to accept the emergency communication; in response to receiving an indication that the particular call-taker has accepted the emergency communication, connecting the selected call-taker to the conference; connecting the caller to the conference; determining the location of the caller; querying the location-to-service system to identify at least one particular emergency responder of a plurality of emergency responders; and connecting at least one of the at least one particular emergency responder to the conference. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/524034 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Telephonic communications 379/52 |
| 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 22, 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.
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FUNDED BY
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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)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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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)
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