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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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| US 08585593 | Kovatchev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris P. Kovatchev (Charlottesville, Virginia); Marc D. Breton (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris P. Kovatchev (Charlottesville, Virginia); Marc D. Breton (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product related to the detection of physical activity using changes in heart rate. The method, system, and computer program product evaluates short term glucose demand and long term insulin action due to physical activity. The method, system, and computer program product is further related to the improvement of open and closed loop control of diabetes by accounting for the metabolic changes due to physical activity. The method, system, and computer program product is directed to detecting in real time the short and long term effects of physical activity on insulin action via heart rate analysis, and recommending changes in insulin dosing to compensate for the effects of physical activity. With these recommendations, the open and closed loop control of diabetes can be improved and steps can be taken to prevent hypoglycemia that may result from increased insulin sensitivity due to physical activity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/516044 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585973 | Esfandyarpour |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method is provided for the manufacture of a nano-sensor array. A base having a sensing region is provided along with a plurality of nano-sensors. Each of the plurality of nano-sensors is formed by: forming a first nanoneedle along a surface of the base, forming a dielectric on the first nanoneedle, and forming a second nanoneedle on the dielectric layer. The first nanoneedle of each sensor has a first end adjacent to the sensing region of the base. The second nanoneedle is separated from the first nanoneedle by the dielectric and has a first end adjacent the first end of the first nanoneedle. The base is provided with a fluidic channel. The plurality of nano-sensors and the fluidic channel are configured and arranged with the first ends proximate the fluidic channel to facilitate sensing of targeted matter in the fluidic channel. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118044 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586006 | Hood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Patricia M. Beckmann (Hansville, Washington); Richard Johnson (Mercer Island, Washington); Marcello Marelli (Seattle, Washington); Xiaojun Li (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington); Integrated Diagnostics, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Patricia M. Beckmann (Hansville, Washington); Richard Johnson (Mercer Island, Washington); Marcello Marelli (Seattle, Washington); Xiaojun Li (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying and using organ-specific proteins and transcripts. The present invention further provides compositions comprising organ-specific proteins and transcripts encoding the same, detection reagents for detecting such proteins and transcripts, and diagnostic panels, kits and arrays for measuring organ-specific proteins/transcripts in blood, biological tissue or other biological fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/376951 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586028 | Kousoulas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantin G. Kousoulas (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Lousiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin G. Kousoulas (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) has been constructed that carries a deletion of one of the two viral γ1 34.5 genes and other immediate early genes, which render the virus able to selectively replicate in cancer cells but not efficiently replicate in normal cells, and in which specific mutations have been introduced to enable the virus to spread among cancer cells by virus-induced fusion. Specifically, syncytial mutations have been introduced in the genes coding for glycoprotein B and glycoprotein K of the virus, enabling high replication and spread of the virus in cancer cells in the presence of substantially lower amounts of γ1 34.5 protein, which is required for optimum infectious virus produced and virus-induced cell fusion. These altered viruses or the isolated bacterial chromosomes could be used to treat various cancers including breast, liver, colon, and other tissues. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598937 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586034 | Compton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teresa Compton (Madison, Wisconsin); Adam Lloyd Feire (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teresa Compton (Madison, Wisconsin); Adam Lloyd Feire (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the entry of viruses, such as herpesviruses into a host cell. A conserved viral integrin-binding gB disintegrin-like domain has been identified that engages integrins and facilitates viral internalization into the host cell. Therefore, methods and compositions, such as antiviral agents encompassing the conserved gB disintegrin-like domain and antibodies thereto are described. These active agents interfere with the interaction between virions and cellular integrins, thereby inhibiting viral infection of a host cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/369650 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586044 | Thumbikat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Praveen Thumbikat (Skokie, Illinois); Anthony J. Schaeffer (Hinsdale, Illinois); Joseph Done (Morton Grove, Illinois); David J. Klumpp (Chicago, Illinois); Charles Rudick (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Praveen Thumbikat (Skokie, Illinois); Anthony J. Schaeffer (Hinsdale, Illinois); Joseph Done (Morton Grove, Illinois); David J. Klumpp (Chicago, Illinois); Charles Rudick (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for detection, diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In particular, the present invention provides biomarkers of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (e.g., mast cell markers (e.g., tryptase)), and/or inhibition of mast cell function (e.g. inhibition of MCP-1 and/or MIP-1α) to treat or prevent chronic pelvic pain syndrome. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118156 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 08586046 | Baseman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel Barry Baseman (San Antonio, Texas); Thirumalai Regasamy Kannan (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Barry Baseman (San Antonio, Texas); Thirumalai Regasamy Kannan (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a Mycoplasma pneumoniae community acquired respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) toxin, biologically active fragments/domains of the CARDS toxin, antibodies to the CARDS toxin and nucleic acids encoding the CARDS toxin. Also provided are methods of diagnosing, treating and/or preventing infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae using the compositions provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339866 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/150.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586051 | Tsuji et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York); David D. Ho (New York, New York); Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Douglass Wu (San Diego, California); Masakazu Fujio (San Diego, California); Xiangming Li (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York); David D. Ho (New York, New York); Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Douglass Wu (San Diego, California); Masakazu Fujio (San Diego, California); Xiangming Li (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to immunogenic compounds which serve as ligands for NKT (natural killer T) cells and to methods of use thereof in modulating immune responses. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420738 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586052 | Zurawski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); Eynav Klechevsky (Haifa, Israel); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Anne-Laure Flamar (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); Eynav Klechevsky (Haifa, Israel); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Anne-Laure Flamar (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods for increasing the effectiveness of antigen presentation using a DCIR-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an antigen is attached that forms an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the antigen is processed and presented by a dendritic cell that has been contacted with the antibody-antigen complex. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454404 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 08586055 | Felber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides DNA vaccines for the treatment of patients undergoing anti-retroviral therapy. The vaccines are surprisingly effective at controlling viremia. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/522775 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586081 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Weiping Yang (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Weiping Yang (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the isolation of polypeptides derived from the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin and the use thereof as immunogens for the production of vaccines and antitoxins, as well as research and drug development applications. Clostridium botulinum is responsible for food bone botulism, a severe and often deadly disease. Botulinum neurotoxin binds to neural cells and are translocated into the cytosol. The toxin then prevents neurotransmitter release by cleaving a SNARE protein. A double mutant E224A/E262 full length botulinum neurotoxin Type A holo form was successfully cloned and purified, which lacks the endopeptidase activity involved in the toxic action of the BoNT, and thus leading to its detoxification (DR BoNT/A). This new molecule can be used as an antidote against botulism, and also as a vaccine candidate for botulism. Due to the poor availability and extreme toxicity of native holo-toxin, a nontoxic form of the holo-toxin is highly desired for research and vaccine development. The full length DR BoNT/A protein has been expressed in E. coli as a soluble form. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233799 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586090 | Dadachova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ekaterina Dadachova (Mahopac, New York); Arturo Casadevall (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ekaterina Dadachova (Mahopac, New York); Arturo Casadevall (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides melanin nanoshells and their use for protection against radiation, particularly ionizing radiation, and electronic pulses, and methods of making materials comprising melanin nanoshells. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732130 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586096 | Katti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kattesh K. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Raghuraman Kannan (Columbia, Missouri); Kavita K. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Nripen Chanda (Columbia, Missouri); Ravi Shukla (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kattesh K. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Raghuraman Kannan (Columbia, Missouri); Kavita K. Katti (Columbia, Missouri); Nripen Chanda (Columbia, Missouri); Ravi Shukla (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides stabilized, biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with material from soy or lentil plant material or a reactive extract thereof of the plant material. The gold nanoparticles of the invention can be fabricated with an environmentally friendly method for making biocompatible stabilized gold nanoparticles. In methods of the invention, an aqueous solution containing gold salts is mixed with soy or lentil plant material or a reactive extract thereof. In preferred embodiment methods of making, an aqueous solution containing gold salts is provided. The aqueous solution is mixed with soy or lentil plant material or a reactive extract thereof. The gold salts react to form biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with a robust coating derived of the soy or lentil plant material or a reactive extract thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241904 |
| 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 424/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586100 | Balazs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alejandro Balazs (Berkeley, California); Richard Mulligan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alejandro Balazs (Berkeley, California); Richard Mulligan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for purifying hematopoietic stem cells. Also described herein are methods for purifying EPCR+ cells. The invention also provides substantially pure isolated hematopoietic stems cells, including EPCR+ hematopoietic stem cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/298724 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/577 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586291 | Sawyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bcr-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/381448 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586294 | Blau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Thomas S. Wehrman (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen M. Blau (Menlo Park, California); Thomas S. Wehrman (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for detecting molecular translocations, particularly protein translocations within and between subcellular copartments, using at least two components that exhibit a localization-dependent difference in complementation activity. In particular, alpha-complementing β-galactosidase fragments are provided. These β-galactosidase reporter fragments display significantly enhanced enzymatic activity when one fragment is localized in a membrane. Methods for carrying out no-wash ELISA assays based on the reporter component system are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/132764 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586295 | Arts |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Arts (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Euclid, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Arts (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This present invention provides a method for monitoring ARV resistance, to determine viral fitness, and to forecast possible drug failure. The method provides improved personalized HIV/AIDS care to the patient-physician over existing assays at a reduced cost. This set of assays will utilize the same PCR amplicon of the patient HIV genome, which encompasses all of the drug targeted HIV-1 genes (polPR-RT-IN-envgp120-gp41) and not just PR-RT as with the prior systems. The greatest advantage of this method over previous is the rapid cloning of this amplicon into an HIV-1 genome vector through yeast recombination/gap repair. The vectors can be directly passed from yeast to mammalian cell line which has been specifically engineered to produce replication competent HIV-1 particles and to test susceptibility to all ARVs, i.e. PRIs, NRTIs, NNRTIs, T20, as well as entry and integrase inhibitors in development/clinical trials. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/279039 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586297 | Pagano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michele Pagano (New York, New York); Florian Bassermann (Munich, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michele Pagano (New York, New York); Florian Bassermann (Munich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to modulating Cdc14B levels (cell division cycle 14 homolog B) and/or Cdh1 (Fzr1 protein, CDC20-like 1b, or fizzy-related protein) levels to sensitize cells to DNA damage by increasing the abundance of Plk1 (polo-like kinase 1) in a target cell. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to modulating Plk1 levels, and in particular to increasing Plk1 levels, to sensitize target cells such as cancer cells to cell death or apoptosis. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors of Cdc14B and Cdh1 that sensitize tumor cells to chemotherapy or radiation induced cell death or apoptosis. In addition to applications relating to cancer therapies and diagnostics, the Plk1 modulators and assays will be employed for identifying novel drugs or drug candidates useful for various proliferative and/or differentiative disorders such as major opportunistic infections, immune disorders, cardiovascular diseases and inflammatory disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/489967 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586300 | Zeisel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven H. Zeisel (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Amy Johnson (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven H. Zeisel (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Amy Johnson (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of screening for a cause of low sperm motility and/or for mitochondrial impairment in subjects are provided, comprising determining a genotype of the subject with respect to at least one choline metabolism gene and comparing the genotype of the subject with at least one reference choline metabolism genotype associated with low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function, wherein a similarity between the subject and reference genotypes indicates a cause of low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function in the subject. In another aspect, methods for treating subjects having low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function are provided, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a choline metabolism supplement composition to at least partially ameliorate the low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/934236 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586308 | Brennan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark David Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana); Timothy Lynn Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SureGene, LLC (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark David Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana); Timothy Lynn Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to genetic markers of mental illness, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/523262 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
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| US 08586309 | Kopan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raphael Kopan (St. Louis, Missouri); Zhenyi Liu (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raphael Kopan (St. Louis, Missouri); Zhenyi Liu (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of determining in a sample, the molar ratio of a query locus to a reference locus, comprising: 1) forming one or more mixtures, each mixture comprising: a) a reference-query coupled probe comprising a nucleobase polymer comprising i) a probe reference locus comprising a probe reference allele, and ii) a probe query locus comprising a probe query allele, and b) a sample comprising i) a sample reference locus comprising a sample reference allele and ii) 0 or greater copies of a sample query locus comprising a sample query allele; 2) for each mixture, determining a) the amount of probe reference allele as a fraction of total reference allele and b) the amount of probe query allele as a fraction of total query allele; and 3) calculating the molar ratio of the sample query allele to the sample reference allele. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127006 |
| 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 |
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| US 08586310 | Mitra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robi M. Mitra (St. Louis, Missouri); Katherine E. Varley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robi M. Mitra (St. Louis, Missouri); Katherine E. Varley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses a method for amplifying at least two different nucleic acid sequences. In particular, the method encompasses a multiplexed nucleic acid patch polymerase chain reaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555627 |
| 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 |
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| US 08586312 | Gentalen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik Gentalen (Redwood City, California); Mark Chee (Del Mar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Gentalen (Redwood City, California); Mark Chee (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides arrays of polynucleotide probes having at least one pooled position. A typical array comprises a support having at least three discrete regions. A first region bears a pool of polynucleotide probes comprising first and second probes. A second region bears the first probe without the second probe and a third region bears the second probe without the first probe. A target nucleic acid having segments complementary to both the first and second probes shows stronger normalized binding to the first region than to the aggregate of binding to the second and third regions due to cooperative binding of pooled probes in the first region. The invention provides methods of using such arrays for e.g., linkage analysis, sequence analysis, and expression monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/858237 |
| 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 08586313 | Laird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Martin Widschwendter (London, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); University College London (, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Martin Widschwendter (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | In particular aspects, stem-cell polycomb group (PcG) targets are more likely to have cancer-specific promoter DNA methylation than non-targets, indicating a stem-cell origin of cancer, where reversible gene repression is replaced by permanent silencing, locking the cell into a perpetual state of self-renewal and predisposition to subsequent malignant transformation. Exemplary aspects provide methods for identifying preferred DNA methylation markers for a cellular proliferative disorder and/or cancer and markers for developmental lineages and/or stages, based on identifying PcG protein or PcG repressive complex genomic target loci within a precursor cell (e.g., stem or progenitor cell) population, and determining, in cells of the proliferative disorder and/or cancer or cell of the particular developmental lineages and/or stages, a characteristic methylation status of the PcG target loci. Additional aspects provide methods for validating and/or monitoring a precursor cell (e.g., stem cell) population. Diagnostic and prognostic methods for ovarian and breast cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/520841 |
| 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 435/6.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586317 | Econs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Econs (Indianapolis, Indiana); Kenneth E. White (Carmel, Indiana); Tim Matthias Strom (Munich, Germany); Thomas Meitinger (Munich, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Research and Technology Institute (Indianapolis, Indiana); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen Abeteilung Mediziniche Genetik (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Econs (Indianapolis, Indiana); Kenneth E. White (Carmel, Indiana); Tim Matthias Strom (Munich, Germany); Thomas Meitinger (Munich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing hypophosphatemic disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084203 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586318 | Hage et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Hage (Hickman, Nebraska); Chunling Wa (Elmhurst, New York); Abby Jackson (Lincoln, Nebraska); Hai Xuan (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Hage (Hickman, Nebraska); Chunling Wa (Elmhurst, New York); Abby Jackson (Lincoln, Nebraska); Hai Xuan (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to restricted access media (RAM), methods for preparing restricted access media, and kits for preparing restricted access media that contain protected ligand binding agents or protected enzymes. Certain RAM provided contain a plurality of protected regions of the support that contain ligand binding agents that are protected by blocking agents. Certain RAM provided contain a plurality of protected regions of the support that contain unbound ligand binding agents or enzymes that are retained in the protected regions by a capping agent. Methods of making the RAM of the invention and associated kits are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584963 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586321 | Dertinger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Dertinger (Webster, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Litron Laboratories, Ltd. (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Dertinger (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the enumeration of micronucleated erythrocyte populations while distinguishing platelet and platelet-associated aggregates involves the use of a first fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for reticulocytes, a second fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for platelets, and a nucleic acid staining dye that stains DNA (micronuclei) in erythrocyte populations. Because the fluorescent emission spectra of the first and second fluorescent labeled antibodies do not substantially overlap with one another or with the emission spectra of the nucleic acid staining dye, upon excitation of the labels and dye it is possible to detect the fluorescent emission and light scatter produced by the erythrocyte populations and platelets, and count the number of cells from one or more erythrocyte populations in said sample. In particular, the use of the second antibody prevents interference by platelet-associated aggregates in the scoring procedures. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289764 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586340 | Tsao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (San Diego, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (San Diego, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to posttranslational modification of phage-displayed polypeptides. These displayed polypeptides comprise at least one unnatural amino acid, e.g., an aryl-azide amino acid such as p-azido-L-phenylalanine, or an alkynyl-amino acid such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine, which are incorporated into the phage-displayed fusion polypeptide at a selected position by using an in vivo orthogonal translation system comprising a suitable orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and a suitable orthogonal tRNA species. These unnatural amino acids advantageously provide targets for posttranslational modifications such as azide-alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition reactions and Staudinger modifications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580223 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586347 | Lochhead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Lochhead (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Ives (Arvada, Colorado); Kathryn Todorof (Boulder, Colorado); Charles Greef (Louisville, Colorado); Marie J. Delaney (Boulder, Colorado); Kevin D. Moll (Boulder, Colorado); Kurt R. Vogel (Boulder, Colorado); Keagan B. Rowley (Boulder, Colorado); Evelyn S. Woodruff (Longmont, Colorado); John S. Dunn (Arvada, Colorado); Christopher J. Myatt (Boulder, Colorado); Daniel T. Nieuwlandt (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MBio Diagnostics, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Lochhead (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Ives (Arvada, Colorado); Kathryn Todorof (Boulder, Colorado); Charles Greef (Louisville, Colorado); Marie J. Delaney (Boulder, Colorado); Kevin D. Moll (Boulder, Colorado); Kurt R. Vogel (Boulder, Colorado); Keagan B. Rowley (Boulder, Colorado); Evelyn S. Woodruff (Longmont, Colorado); John S. Dunn (Arvada, Colorado); Christopher J. Myatt (Boulder, Colorado); Daniel T. Nieuwlandt (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid diagnostic system that delivers a panel of serologic assay results using a small amount of blood, serum, or plasma is described. The system includes a disposable cartridge and a reader instrument, based on planar waveguide imaging technology. The cartridge incorporates a microarray of recombinant antigens and antibody controls in a fluidic channel, providing multiple parallel fluorescence assay results for a single sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/233794 |
| 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 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586348 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Wang (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Wang (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a microfluidic device and related method for controlling flow of different fluid components of a fluid. The microfluidic device comprises an input channel, focusing channel and an assaying channel. The microfluidic device is adapted to separate a fluid into at least two fluid components, and is further adapted to detect a target material comprised within one of the fluid components. The method comprises providing a channel, the channel having a dimension which is a function of a dimension of one of the fluid components and deliver the fluid through the channel at a set flow rate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/240347 |
| 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 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586358 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Russell (Seattle, Washington); Roli K. Hirata (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Russell (Seattle, Washington); Roli K. Hirata (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of generating a mammalian cell that is homozygous at a locus of interest, as well as cells made by the method. The present invention further provides methods of using the cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/333010 |
| 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 435/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586362 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Cox (Oregon, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Cox (Oregon, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro are disclosed. Applications of the disclosed method in multiple areas are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796258 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586368 | Superfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for testing properties of a biofluid specimen includes placing the specimen onto a micropost array having a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array to actuate the microposts, thereby compelling at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes measuring the motion of at least one of the microposts in response to the actuation force and determining a property of the specimen based on the measured motion of the at least one micropost. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/380564 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586369 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry Yang (La Jolla, California); Steven Blake (La Jolla, California); Michael Mayer (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Yang (La Jolla, California); Steven Blake (La Jolla, California); Michael Mayer (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains generally to novel compositions and methods for constructing chemically sensitive ion channels. The compositions and methods include, for example, novel gramicidin A derivatives and their use in constructing novel ion channels for use as biosensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/668178 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586524 | Sullenger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher P Rusconi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher P Rusconi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The biological activity of nucleic acid ligand is regulated (i.e. enhanced or inhibited) in vivo to produce a desired biological effect. This is accomplished through the administration of a modulator, or regulator, that changes the binding of the nucleic acid ligand for its target or that degrades or otherwise cleaves, metabolizes or breaks down the nucleic acid ligand while the ligand is still exerting its effect. Modulators of the present invention can be administered in real time as needed based on various factors, including the progress of the patient, as well as the physician's discretion in how to achieve optimal therapy. Thus, this invention provides for the first time a regulatable therapeutic regime in the course of nucleic acid ligand therapy. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789992 |
| 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 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586534 | Sibinga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas E. S. Sibinga (Chappaqua, New York); Rong Hou (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas E. S. Sibinga (Chappaqua, New York); Rong Hou (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is an extracellular domain of a mammalian Fat1 (Fat1EC). Also provided is an intracellular domain of a mammalian Fat1 (Fat1IC). Additionally provided is a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the Fat1EC. A vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the Fat1IC is further provided. Also, a vascular stent coated with the Fat1EC is provided. Further provided is a vascular stent coated with a Fat1 ligand that activates Fat1. A method of treating a patient at risk for restenosis of a blood vessel is additionally provided. Further, methods of treating an injured blood vessel in a patient is provided. A method of treating a patient at risk for restenosis of a blood vessel or having an injured blood vessel is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150176 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586553 | Awasthi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjay Awasthi (Arlington, Texas); Sharad S. Singhal (Arlington, Texas); Sushma Yadav (Arlington, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjay Awasthi (Arlington, Texas); Sharad S. Singhal (Arlington, Texas); Sushma Yadav (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a composition identified as a region of ralA binding protein 1, wherein the region neighbors a membrane-associated portion of the ralA binding protein 1, reduces transport activity and membrane association of the ralA binding protein 1 and kills cells undergoing uncontrolled cell growth in a subject that has cells undergoing uncontrolled cell growth. The region is used to generate medicines that kill malignant cells and tumorigenic cells. Medicines may be in the form of antibodies, si-RNA and small molecules that recognize the region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/055138 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586558 | Isacson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ole Isacson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Chee Yeun Chung (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The McLean Hospital Corporation (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ole Isacson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Chee Yeun Chung (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of Parkinson's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990630 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586559 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra N. Singh (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Natalia N. Singh (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Nirmal K. Singh (Temple, Texas); Elliot J. Androphy (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra N. Singh (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Natalia N. Singh (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Nirmal K. Singh (Temple, Texas); Elliot J. Androphy (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions capable of blocking the inhibitory effect of a newly-identified intronic inhibitory sequence element, named ISS-N1 (for “intronic splicing silencer”), located in the SMN2 gene. The compositions and methods of the instant invention include oligonucleotide reagents (e.g., oligoribonucleotides) that effectively target the SMN2 ISS-N1 site in the SMN2 pre-mRNA, thereby modulating the splicing of SMN2 pre-mRNA to include exon 7 in the processed transcript. The ISS-N1 blocking agents of the invention cause elevated expression of SMN protein, thus compensating for the loss of SMN protein expression commonly observed in subjects with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329926 |
| 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 08586570 | Imperiali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara Imperiali (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elvedin Lukovic (Brooklyn, New York); Dora Carrico-Moniz (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Imperiali (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elvedin Lukovic (Brooklyn, New York); Dora Carrico-Moniz (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptidyl sensors comprise a metal-binding peptide and one or two kinase recognition sequences with a hydroxyamino acid that can be phosphorylated in the presence of a kinase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/095298 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586626 | Powis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Garth Powis (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, Acting on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garth Powis (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel metabolites of wortmannin and wortmannin analogs and their use in inhibiting PI-3 kinase activity in mammals and the treatment and prevention of cancer or tumor formation in a subject are described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158260 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586627 | Arbiser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Arbiser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are honokiol analogs. The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers. Representative honokiol analogs include diepoxide honokiol analogues. The compounds are believed to function, at least, by inhibiting angiogenesis and/or inducing apoptosis. Thus, the compounds are novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598719 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/475 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586632 | Peyrot Des Gachons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey B. Sperry (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Bruce Bryant (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Paul A. S. Breslin (Highland Park, New Jersey); Amos B. Smith, III (Merion, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Beauchamp (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Monell Chemical Senses Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey B. Sperry (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Bruce Bryant (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Paul A. S. Breslin (Highland Park, New Jersey); Amos B. Smith, III (Merion, Pennsylvania); Gary K. Beauchamp (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/597053 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586634 | Booth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond G. Booth (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond G. Booth (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to protein binding interacting/binding compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating 5-HT2C disorders, including diseases and disorders mediated by GPCRs. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/452100 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/647 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586636 | Ayene et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iraimoudi S. Ayene (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania); George C. Prendergast (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iraimoudi S. Ayene (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania); George C. Prendergast (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743682 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/707 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586708 | Ting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alice Y. Ting (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark R. Howarth (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alice Y. Ting (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark R. Howarth (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates, in part, to monovalent streptavidin compositions. The invention also relates to methods of preparing and using monovalent streptavidin compositions. In some aspects of the invention, the compositions are monovalent streptavidin with a single femtomolar biotin-binding site. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/262325 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586725 | Cummins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jordan Cummins (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Cummins (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that have important regulatory roles in multicellular organisms. The public miRNA database contains 321 human miRNA sequences, 234 of which have been experimentally verified. To explore the possibility that additional miRNAs are present in the human genome, we have developed an experimental approach called miRNA serial analysis of gene expression (miRAGE) and used it to perform the largest experimental analysis of human miRNAs to date. Sequence analysis of 273,966 small RNA tags from human colorectal cells allowed us to identify 200 known mature miRNAs, 133 novel miRNA candidates, and 112 previously uncharacterized miRNA* forms. To aid in the evaluation of candidate miRNAs, we disrupted the Dicer locus in three human colorectal cancer cell lines and examined known and novel miRNAs in these cells. The miRNAs are useful to diagnose and treat cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/521695 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586726 | Califano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrea Califano (New York, New York); Riccardo Dalla-Favera (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Califano (New York, New York); Riccardo Dalla-Favera (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for isolated nucleic acid sequences of newly discovered micro RNAs that have been identified to exist in normal Human B cells and/or in tumor-related Human B cells, using an integrated bioinformatics method and pipeline described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688680 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586749 | Turkson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Patrick Gunning (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); Governing Council of the University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Patrick Gunning (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds S3I-201.1066 (Formula 1) and S3I-201.2096 (Formula 2) as selective Stat3 binding agents that block Stat3 association with cognate receptor pTyr motifs, Stat3 phosphorylation and nuclear translocation, Stat3 transcriptional function, and consequently induced Stat3-specific antitumor cell effects in vitro and antitumor response in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263336 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586768 | Kanthasamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anumantha G. Kanthasamy (Ames, Iowa); George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa); Vellareddy Anantharam (Gilbert, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anumantha G. Kanthasamy (Ames, Iowa); George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa); Vellareddy Anantharam (Gilbert, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing rottlerin analogs is described. The synthesis methods described are the first known method of synthesizing rottlerin analogs from commercially-available materials to produce cost effective analogs. Rottlerin analog structures made by the synthesis methods and methods of use for treating a neurological or inflammatory response mediated by protein kinase C (PKC) are further described. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945180 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586775 | Gribble et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gordon W. Gribble (Norwich, Vermont); Tadashi Honda (Hanover, New Hampshire); Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Nanjoo Suh (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon W. Gribble (Norwich, Vermont); Tadashi Honda (Hanover, New Hampshire); Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Nanjoo Suh (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods useful for chemopreventative treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/217127 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587311 | Nnewihe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anderson Nnewihe (Palo Alto, California); Brian Hargreaves (Menlo Park, California); Bruce L. Daniel (Stanford, California); Thomas Grafendorfer (Stanford, California); Paul David Calderon (Castro Valley, California); Fraser John Laing Robb (Aurora, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anderson Nnewihe (Palo Alto, California); Brian Hargreaves (Menlo Park, California); Bruce L. Daniel (Stanford, California); Thomas Grafendorfer (Stanford, California); Paul David Calderon (Castro Valley, California); Fraser John Laing Robb (Aurora, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for breast imaging is disclosed. The system is constructed as a modular RF coil system for an MR imaging apparatus and includes a fitted coil former constructed to have a shape and size so as to substantially conform to a breast of a patient to be imaged and a receiver coil array positioned on the fitted coil former and having a plurality of receiver coils arranged to form a coil array. At least one of a size of each of the plurality of receiver coils and a number of the plurality of receiver coils is based on a size of the fitted coil former. Based on its coil arrangement and its proximity to the breasts of the patient to be imaged, the receiver coil array of the modular RF coil system is capable of receiving MR data for parallel imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752448 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588881 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishklo (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Michael V. Pishklo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A small diameter flexible electrode designed for subcutaneous in vivo amperometric monitoring of glucose is described. The electrode is designed to allow “one-point” in vivo calibration, i.e., to have zero output current at zero glucose concentration, even in the presence of other electroreactive species of serum or blood. The electrode is preferably three or four-layered, with the layers serially deposited within a recess upon the tip of a polyamide insulated gold wire. A first glucose concentration-to-current transducing layer is overcoated with an electrically insulating and glucose flux limiting layer (second layer) on which, optionally, an immobilized interference-eliminating horseradish peroxidase based film is deposited (third layer). An outer (fourth) layer is biocompatible. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/681713 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588919 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheng Li (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Li (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided such that electrical stimulation can be delivered to a patient's skeletal muscles in response to certain respiratory signals, such as when voluntary breathing is detected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/545234 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588937 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode array attached to neural tissue, such as the retina, necessarily has graded pressure exerted on the tissue, with higher pressure near the attachment point. Greater pressure improves contact between the electrodes and neural tissue while too much pressure may damage neural tissue. Hence it is advantageous to obtain equal pressure across the array field. In the present invention a central attachment point in the electrode field applies the most even pressure. Further, multiple and selective attachment points may be additionally provided on an electrode array allowing a surgeon to select the attachment points providing the best electrode tissue contact. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360491 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589083 | Prabhakarpandian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic microfluidic microvasculature network and associated methods mimic the structure, fluid flow characteristics, and physiological behavior of physiological microvasculature networks. Computational methods for simulating flow and particle adherence in synthetic and physiological microvascular systems and methods for determining parameters influencing particle adhesion and drug delivery are described with applications in the optimization of drug delivery and microvascular treatments and in describing disease mechanisms that affect the microvasculature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332400 |
| 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 08589174 | Nelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle S. Nelson (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Brian J. Bischoff (Red Wing, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adventium Enterprises (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle S. Nelson (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Brian J. Bischoff (Red Wing, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, devices, and systems to monitor activity. One method to monitor activity includes monitoring a sensor activated by an individual. The method also includes recording activation of the sensor, determining a behavior routine of the individual based on recorded activations of the sensor, and analyzing the recorded sensor activations to determine a behavior routine. The method also includes identifying a change in the behavior routine based on the analysis of the recorded sensor activations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/737076 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589316 | Lujan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Luis Lujan (Cleveland, Ohio); Ashu Chaturvedi (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Luis Lujan (Cleveland, Ohio); Ashu Chaturvedi (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for determining the volume of activation of neural tissue. In one embodiment, the method uses one or more parametric equations that define a volume of activation, wherein the parameters for the one or more parametric equations are given as a function of an input vector that includes stimulation parameters. After receiving input data that includes values for the stimulation parameters and defining the input vector using the input data, the input vector is applied to the function to obtain the parameters for the one or more parametric equations. The parametric equation is solved to obtain a calculated volume of activation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869159 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08584293 | Arnal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Arnal (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Timothy T. Broderick (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Arnal (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Timothy T. Broderick (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for removing metallic and other contaminant particles accumulated on footwear, comprises in one embodiment, a housing and a grid of cleaning rods supported by the housing. The grid of cleaning rods typically includes rotating rods and non-rotating rods which vibrate. Some of the rotating rods are provided with brushing elements and some of the rotating rods are provided with magnetic elements or are magnetic. The rotating rods with the magnetic elements or which are magnetic, remove the metallic contaminant particles from the footwear. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173364 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning 015/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584342 | Dunmire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher F. Dunmire (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Trung N. Tran (Torrance, California); Christopher L. Scott (Los Alamitos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher F. Dunmire (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Trung N. Tran (Torrance, California); Christopher L. Scott (Los Alamitos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for retaining lubrication in a splined joint comprises the steps of forming a seal between an inward surface of a grease seal cup and a first component, forming another seal between an outward surface of the grease seal cup and a sealing member extending from a second component, and engaging an end portion of the grease seal cup with an end portion of the first component, so that the end portion of the grease seal cup resists axial displacement of the grease seal cup during engagement of the first component with the second component. The grease seal cup of the method has a cylindrical portion integral with the end portion. The cylindrical portion has a tapered annular wall with the inward and outward surfaces. The end portion of the grease seal cup extends radially and inwardly from the cylindrical portion, so that the tapered annular wall is squeezed between the first component and the sealing member. The pre-fabricated light weight grease seal cup can be used in existing splined joints without adversely affecting the weight balance. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/031427 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/521 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584456 | McKnight |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey P McKnight (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey P McKnight (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallelogram mechanism is combined with shape memory alloy actuators to produce a bistable mechanism that remains in one of two positions until sufficient energy is added to overcome a threshold. The parallelogram mechanisms may be stacked to form a mechanism with a stroke greater than that of an individual mechanism. The shape memory actuators are connected to the parallelograms to operate antagonistically in that when one is activated the other is passive. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/784809 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584480 | Butkus |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Butkus (Washingtonville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Butkus (Washingtonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A water harvesting apparatus includes a condenser system and an absorption refrigerator connected to the condenser system. The condenser system has a condenser for condensing water from ambient air. The absorption refrigerator cools the condenser, and derives its heat from waste heat. A method of harvesting water from the air includes the steps of introducing ambient air to a condenser system which has a condenser for condensing water from air, supplying waste heat to an absorption refrigerator to cool a refrigerant, transferring the cooled refrigerant to the condenser to the cool the condenser, and condensing water from ambient air. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/380749 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584569 | Whitney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Ryan Whitney (King George, Virginia); Paul G. Atkinson, III (King George, Virginia); Perry J. Fridley, Jr. (King George, Virginia); Keith M. DeLoach (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Luis C. Gominho (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Michael J. Morrison (King George, Virginia); Doyle B. Green (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Douglas L. Wynings (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Ryan Whitney (King George, Virginia); Paul G. Atkinson, III (King George, Virginia); Perry J. Fridley, Jr. (King George, Virginia); Keith M. DeLoach (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Luis C. Gominho (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Michael J. Morrison (King George, Virginia); Doyle B. Green (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Douglas L. Wynings (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for directing a flow of gas, including a launching mechanism, a plenum, a layer of meltable material, and an open-ended uptake component. The launching mechanism is adapted to expel rocket exhaust gas. The plenum includes an upper portion having at least one fire resistant breachable plug. The upper portion is adjacent to the launching mechanism. The layer of meltable material is disposed on the upper portion. The heat generated by the gas melts the layer of meltable material. The open-ended uptake component operatively connects to the plenum. The plug moves onto a lower portion of the plenum due to force generated by the gas onto the plug, and the gas flows through the plenum and the uptake component to vent said gas in a controlled manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374637 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584572 | Tunis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George C. Tunis (Berlin, Maryland); Scott Kendall (Berlin, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hardwire, LLC (Pocomoke City, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George C. Tunis (Berlin, Maryland); Scott Kendall (Berlin, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle includes one or more structural vent channels for blast energy and gas and debris dissipation. The structural enclosure of a vehicle includes a hull floor and encloses or defines a compartment for crew, cargo, or crew and cargo. The channel provides a passage through, around, or through and around the vehicle, by which blast energy and debris can be dissipated from explosions beneath the vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807818 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584573 | Prado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Prado (Lake Forest, California); Larry Lopez (Lake Forest, California); Eric Beazer (Lake Forest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Prado (Lake Forest, California); Larry Lopez (Lake Forest, California); Eric Beazer (Lake Forest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A weapon/recon mount device, comprising: a base ring fixable to a vehicle; a slewing ring concentric with and rotatable relative to the base ring; a pivot mount attached to the slewing ring and having a stowed state and a deployed state; and a back rest attached to the slewing ring and having a stowed state and a deployed state. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/931600 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584585 | Bohnet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Bohnet (Herndon, Virginia); Yeshayahu S. Goldstein (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Mark H. Machina (Leesburg, Virginia); Kristopher P. Mount (Falls Church, Virginia); Kenneth W. Mitchell (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial delay mechanism for use in an explosive projectile is provided. The delay mechanism consists of an inertial delay fuse that is precise, doesn't require sensitive primary explosives and doesn't utilize electronic circuitry. The inertial delay fuse includes a free sliding charge element that strikes an anvil located opposite to the sliding charge element. A delay gap is provided between the sliding charge element and the anvil. Upon impact, the sliding charge element slides forward and impacts the anvil, thereby inducing a shock wave in an initiator charge that subsequently results in detonation of main charges. The design is mechanically simple and robust enough to withstand severe g-loading forces that occur during firing and penetration of a projectile. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854508 |
| 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 12/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584586 | Pugsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Pugsley (Silver Spring, Maryland); John J. Holmes (Columbia, Maryland); Robert W. Schuler (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Pugsley (Silver Spring, Maryland); John J. Holmes (Columbia, Maryland); Robert W. Schuler (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides three different algorithms, namely, the “divide and conquer” algorithm, the “Hiddensee compensation” algorithm, and the “impulse response” algorithm. Any one of these three inventive algorithms may be made a part of an overall degaussing algorithm for a marine vessel. Each corrective algorithm, by itself, compensates for deviation of the vessel's induced signature from direct, linear proportionality to the ambient magnetic field. This deviation is associated with the dependency of a marine vessel's magnetic signature on the frequency at which the vessel rolls in the water. Practice of inventive compensation tends to be increasingly called for with increasing magnetic character of the vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/100059 |
| 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 12/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584608 | Hennings et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elsa Johnson Hennings (Ridgecrest, California); Annie Rebecca Hohmann (Ridgecrest, California); Michael Lee Petersen (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elsa Johnson Hennings (Ridgecrest, California); Annie Rebecca Hohmann (Ridgecrest, California); Michael Lee Petersen (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolling textile protective system for textile structural members includes n number of concentric sleeves having void spaces therebetween. The n number of concentric sleeves are concentrically positioned about a common axis. N number of concentric sleeves includes an inner sleeve, a middle sleeve, and an outer sleeve. The outer sleeve is a polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer. A first fiberglass cloth layer is adjacent to the polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer. A polybenzimidazole cloth layer is adjacent to the fiberglass cloth layer. A para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer is adjacent to the polybenzimidazole cloth layer. A second fiberglass cloth layer is adjacent to the para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer. The polytetrafluoroethylene cloth layer, the first fiberglass cloth layer, the polybenzimidazole cloth layer, the para-aramid synthetic fibrous cloth layer, and the second fiberglass cloth layer are stitched together. The n number of concentric sleeves are stitched together and to a textile structural member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215545 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Sewing 112/475.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584732 | Trexler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew D. Trexler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor K. Champagne (Dudley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Trexler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor K. Champagne (Dudley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making parts in conjunction with a mold having a negative shape of the part. The mold is coated with a release agent and thereafter the part material is deposited on the release agent in the mold by gas dynamic cold spray. Thereafter, the release agent is separated from both the mold and the part either thermally, chemically, or mechanically. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624984 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585283 | Doyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek Doyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Derek Hengeveld (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek Doyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Derek Hengeveld (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) techniques for determining whether changes in thermal conductivity have occurred to a particular interface between two joined structural members is described, which is particularly useful in satellites or other structures ordinarily subjected to vacuum pressure. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437799 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585675 | Salinas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galverston, Texas); Leopoldo C. Cancio (San Antonio, Texas); Kevin Chung (San Antonio, Texas); Elizabeth Mann (San Antonio, Texas); Steven E. Wolf (San Antonio, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galverston, Texas); Leopoldo C. Cancio (San Antonio, Texas); Kevin Chung (San Antonio, Texas); Elizabeth Mann (San Antonio, Texas); Steven E. Wolf (San Antonio, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing decision-assist to medical staff resuscitating a burn patient includes receiving patient information, calculating an infusion rate, outputting the infusion rate, obtaining a urinary output, calculating a new infusion rate using infusion rate model based constants, and outputting the new infusion rate. In some embodiments, the method includes notifying medical staff when problems arise, displaying information regarding the resuscitation, and setting limits regarding the infusion rates. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/016985 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585839 | Higa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelvin T. Higa (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelvin T. Higa (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A large-scale synthetic method that enables the preparation of nanoenergetic composites in kilogram scales which forms superior materials as compared to the ultra-sonicated nanoenergetic composites and at a lower cost for use in explosive, pyrotechnic, agent defeat, ammunition primers, and propellant applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534805 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585982 | Quintana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California); Martin W. Krauss (Fort Myers, Florida); Alvin L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California); Martin W. Krauss (Fort Myers, Florida); Alvin L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A field colorimetric test device includes a housing having at least one interior compartment. A sampling device is configured to be associated with a distal end of the housing. A selection device is attached to a proximal end of the housing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/494869 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586081 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Weiping Yang (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Weiping Yang (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the isolation of polypeptides derived from the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin and the use thereof as immunogens for the production of vaccines and antitoxins, as well as research and drug development applications. Clostridium botulinum is responsible for food bone botulism, a severe and often deadly disease. Botulinum neurotoxin binds to neural cells and are translocated into the cytosol. The toxin then prevents neurotransmitter release by cleaving a SNARE protein. A double mutant E224A/E262 full length botulinum neurotoxin Type A holo form was successfully cloned and purified, which lacks the endopeptidase activity involved in the toxic action of the BoNT, and thus leading to its detoxification (DR BoNT/A). This new molecule can be used as an antidote against botulism, and also as a vaccine candidate for botulism. Due to the poor availability and extreme toxicity of native holo-toxin, a nontoxic form of the holo-toxin is highly desired for research and vaccine development. The full length DR BoNT/A protein has been expressed in E. coli as a soluble form. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233799 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586131 | Lieber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Guihua Yu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anyuan Cao (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Guihua Yu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anyuan Cao (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to liquid films containing nanostructured materials, and, optionally, the use of this arrangement to organize nanostructures and to transfer the nanostructures to a surface. Liquid films containing nanostructures, such as nanoscale wires, can be formed in a gas such as air. By choosing an appropriate liquid, a liquid film can be expanded, for example to form a “bubble” having a diameter of at least about 5 cm or 10 cm. The size of the bubble can be controlled, in some cases, by controlling the viscosity of the liquid film. In some embodiments, the viscosity can be controlled to be between about 15 Pa s and about 25 Pa s, or controlled using a mixture of an aqueous liquid and an epoxy. In some cases, the film of liquid may be contacted with a surface, which can be used to transfer at least some of the nanostructures to the surface. In some cases, the nanostructures may be transferred as an orderly or aligned array. Once on the surface, the nanostructures may be reacted, etched, layered, etc., e.g., for use in an electric circuit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311667 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/96.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586176 | Taya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minoro Taya (Mercer Island, Washington); Yuanchang Liang (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minoro Taya (Mercer Island, Washington); Yuanchang Liang (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of reversible active composite materials are disclosed, including composites based on a shape memory alloy member (SMA) and a shape memory polymer member (SMP), as well as composites based on two different SMP members. Each different member (SMA or SMP) will be trained to remember a specific shape at a specific temperature. Where two different SMP members are employed, the members exhibit different glass transition temperatures. Such composite materials can be implemented in many form factors, including two generally planar members, a single generally planar SMP member with SMA fibers distributed throughout the SMP, and a SMA fiber/wire coated with a SMP coating. In particular, the SMA fiber/wire coated with a SMP layer can be used to form helical coils that can be used in paired hinges to achieve reversible bending of a structure into which such paired hinges are incorporated. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/264178 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586303 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Albert Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Zunyi Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Albert Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Zunyi Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention enables processes for extracting from a mixture of oligonucleotide molecules individuals that bind to a preselected target (aptamers) or catalyze a preselected reaction (xNAzymes) that contain one or more non-standard nucleotides. These pair with their complements in a Watson-Crick geometry with a pattern of hydrogen bonds different from that pairing adenine and thymine, and guanine and cytosine. The processes comprise (a) obtaining this mixture containing non-standard nucleotides within preselected regions, (b) contacting the mixture with a preselected target or one or more reactants for the reaction whose catalysis is desired, (c) separating oligonucleotides having a greater affinity to the target or catalytic effectiveness from the remainder that have less affinity or catalytic effectiveness, and (d) amplifying the separated oligonucleotides. The process exploits PCR conditions that amplify oligonucleotides with less than 5% loss of the non-standard nucleotide per cycle, and processes to determine the sequences of the amplified oligonucleotides. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493172 |
| 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 08586702 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Martin (Lincoln University, Pennsylvania); Kathleen E. Feldman (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Martin (Lincoln University, Pennsylvania); Kathleen E. Feldman (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Substituted 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene monomers may be prepared by reacting 3-allyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine or 3,3-diallyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine with a thiol having a hydrocarbyl moiety optionally containing one or more heteroatom-containing functional groups under radical addition conditions under radical addition conditions. Such monomers may be used in homo- or copolymerization processes to obtain thiophene-type polymers containing substituents (which may bear functional groups such as silane, thiol, hydroxyl, carboxylic acid, amine, sugar groups, polyoxyalkylene, and the like). Crosslinkers useful for introducing crosslinking into thiophene-type polymers may be prepared by reacting 3-allyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine with a compound having two or more thiol groups under radical addition conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215321 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586775 | Gribble et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gordon W. Gribble (Norwich, Vermont); Tadashi Honda (Hanover, New Hampshire); Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Nanjoo Suh (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon W. Gribble (Norwich, Vermont); Tadashi Honda (Hanover, New Hampshire); Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Nanjoo Suh (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods useful for chemopreventative treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/217127 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586859 | Varghese |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tansen Varghese (Regensburg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tansen Varghese (Regensburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a plurality of discrete, interconnected solar cells mounted on a carrier by providing a first semiconductor substrate; depositing on the first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell structure; forming a metal back contact layer over the solar cell structure; mounting a carrier on top of the metal back contact; removing the first substrate; and lithographically patterning and etching the solar cell structure to form a plurality of discrete solar cells mounted on the carrier. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560663 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586967 | Xue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Piscataway, New Jersey); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Piscataway, New Jersey); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first organic layer comprising a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and a second organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein: the second organic layer comprises an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, and the second organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. Preferably, the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths. Preferably, the second organic layer has a thickness of not less than about 0.2 optical absorption lengths. Embodiments of the invention can be capable of power efficiencies of 2% or greater, and preferably 5% or greater. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/910371 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587028 | Simin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grigory Simin (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigory Simin (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A switch includes an input contact and an output contact to a conducting channel. At least one of the input and output contacts is capacitively coupled to the conducting channel. A control contact is located outside of a region between the input and output contacts, and can be used to adjust the switch between on and off operating states. The switch can be implemented as a radio frequency switch in a circuit. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/651470 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587031 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tomas Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tomas Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-gate normally-off nitride transistor that includes a first gate structure formed between a source electrode and a drain electrode for controlling a normally-off channel region of the dual-gate normally-off nitride transistor. A second gate structure is formed between the first gate structure and the drain electrode for modulating a normally-on channel region underneath the second gate structure. The magnitude of the threshold voltage of the second gate structure is smaller than the drain breakdown of the first gate structure for proper operation of the dual-gate normally-off nitride transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557414 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587065 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhihong Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Aaron D. Franklin (Croton on Hudson, New York); James B. Hannon (Mahopac, New York); George S. Tulevski (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhihong Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Aaron D. Franklin (Croton on Hudson, New York); James B. Hannon (Mahopac, New York); George S. Tulevski (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Transistor devices having nanoscale material-based channels and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a transistor device includes a substrate; an insulator on the substrate; a gate embedded in the insulator with a top surface of the gate being substantially coplanar with a surface of the insulator; a dielectric layer over the gate and insulator; a channel comprising a carbon nanostructure material formed on the dielectric layer over the gate, wherein the dielectric layer over the gate and the insulator provides a flat surface on which the channel is formed; and source and drain contacts connected by the channel. A method of fabricating a transistor device is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364273 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587106 | Bozler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl O. Bozler (Waltham, Massachusetts); Jeremy Muldavin (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Peter W. Wyatt (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Craig L. Keast (Groton, Massachusetts); Steven Rabe (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl O. Bozler (Waltham, Massachusetts); Jeremy Muldavin (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Peter W. Wyatt (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Craig L. Keast (Groton, Massachusetts); Steven Rabe (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a device wafer having a circuit component formed thereon and having vias formed therein and a cap wafer bonded to the device wafer. The cap wafer has a cavity therein. The cavity has a post formed therein, and the post is positioned to mechanically support the vias formed in the device wafer. The cavity has a volume, the volume substantially enclosing the circuit component formed on the device wafer. The cavity has a width and height such that an impedance of a transmission line is dependent upon the width and height of the cavity, or the impedance of a transmission line is dependent upon the width of a center conductor within the cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761108 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587152 | Martinelli |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Matthew Martinelli (Murrieta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Matthew Martinelli (Murrieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sequential shunt regulator switch system and method is disclosed. A power switch is controlled to switch a first current from a power source to an electrical bus. Further, a current controllable switch provides a controlled current from the power source to the electrical bus. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/072769 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587188 | Ingram et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Ingram (Moscow, Idaho); Augustus W. Fountain, III (Bel Air, Maryland); Thomas M. Spudich (Lake Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Ingram (Moscow, Idaho); Augustus W. Fountain, III (Bel Air, Maryland); Thomas M. Spudich (Lake Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An infrared radiation emitting element is provided. A carbonized conducting filament is formed from an insulating substrate material. Passing current through the filament produces radiation in the infrared band. The radiation emitted is tuned by altering the physical or chemical characteristics of the filament. A substrate is optionally doped prior to filament formation. Alternatively, or in addition, a post-filament formation doping process is used. The light-emitting element is a durable, low power IR emitter that is operable as a marker. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407301 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587261 | Sassen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Mark Sassen (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel); Grover Leland Nall, Jr. (Southside, Alabama); Ronen Badichi (Elazar, Israel); Jeffrey Nelson Jubin (Jamesburg, New Jersey); Anatoly Rivin (Beer Sheva, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Electric Fuel Battery Corporation (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Mark Sassen (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel); Grover Leland Nall, Jr. (Southside, Alabama); Ronen Badichi (Elazar, Israel); Jeffrey Nelson Jubin (Jamesburg, New Jersey); Anatoly Rivin (Beer Sheva, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for charging multiple rechargeable devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hub or multiple T-connectors connected between a power source, preferably a Zinc-air battery, and several chargers, the hub/T-connectors configured to provide electrical and mechanical connectivity between the power source and the chargers. The apparatus includes housings configured to encase the chargers and to conformally receive each of the corresponding devices containing rechargeable batteries. The apparatus further includes pouches configured to removably receive chargers, devices, and the power source. When the power source voltage falls below a certain threshold, then a charger associated with a device having the smallest difference between its rated voltage and its measured voltage discontinues charging before other chargers. The apparatus is wearable by a user. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151850 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587467 | Zemany |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Zemany (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Zemany (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining locations of a moving emitter is disclosed. Initially, a set of emitter pulses is collected when a collector platform moves over a collection baseline. In addition, the time and location of the collection platform are recorded each time an emitter pulse is collected. A set of time-tagged pulse time-of-arrival (TOA) values is then generated by associating a recorded collection time value to each of the collected emitter pulses. Next, a set of time-tagged and position-tagged pulse TOA values is generated by associating a recorded collection location value to each of the time-tagged pulse TOA values. Finally, a set of location values and velocity values of a moving emitter is estimated based on the time-tagged and position-tagged pulse TOA values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891878 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587787 | Reyes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Reyes (Boston, Massachusetts); E. Robert Schildkraut (Waltham, Massachusetts); Jinhong Kim (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Block Engineering, LLC (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Reyes (Boston, Massachusetts); E. Robert Schildkraut (Waltham, Massachusetts); Jinhong Kim (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) interferometer is implemented in a Fourier transform spectrometer, which includes a common housing containing the interferometer and a gas cell, possibly including a preconcentrator. The interferometer system includes an optical bench and at least two mirror structures, being patterned from one or more layers on the optical bench and erected to extend substantially perpendicularly to the bench to define two interferometer arms to provide a MEMS interferometer. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/966594 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587975 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) scheme for controlling the DAB converter are disclosed. In general, the DAB converter includes a transformer, a first H-bridge that is connected to a primary winding of the transformer and controlled via first control signals, and a second H-bridge that is connected to a secondary winding of the transformer and controlled via second control signals. A controller provides the first and second control signals based on an input-to-output voltage ratio and load of the DAB converter such that, in addition to phase shift control, PWM control is simultaneously applied to both the first H-bridge and the second H-bridge when the DAB converter operates at low power and PWM control is applied to only one of the first H-bridge and the second H-bridge when the DAB converter operates above low power. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078367 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588263 | Honea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Honea (Seattle, Washington); Jason D. Henrie (Snowhomish, Washington); Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs (Woodinville, Washington); Lawrence A. Borschowa (Woodinville, Washington); Anping Liu (Big Flats, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Honea (Seattle, Washington); Jason D. Henrie (Snowhomish, Washington); Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs (Woodinville, Washington); Lawrence A. Borschowa (Woodinville, Washington); Anping Liu (Big Flats, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for generating controlled-linewidth laser-seed-signals for high-powered fiber-laser amplifier systems. In some embodiments, the natural chirp (frequency change of laser light over a short start-up time) of a DBR laser diode when driven by pulsed current is used to broaden the linewidth of the laser output, while adjusting the peak current and/or the pulse duration to obtain the desired linewidth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/597142 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588317 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for carrier frequency offset (CFO) and channel estimation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-selective fading channels. A wireless transmitter forms blocks of symbols by inserting training symbols within two or more blocks of information-bearing symbols. The transmitter applies a hopping code to each of the blocks of symbols to insert a null subcarrier at a different position within each of the blocks of symbols, and a modulator outputs a wireless signal in accordance with the blocks of symbols. A receiver receives the wireless signal and estimates the CFO, and outputs a stream of estimated symbols based on the estimated CFO. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301482 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588555 | Felch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew C. Felch (Hanover, New Hampshire); Richard H. Granger (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognitive Electronics, Inc. (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew C. Felch (Hanover, New Hampshire); Richard H. Granger (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a computer processor architecture optimized for power-efficient computation of certain sensory recognition (e.g. vision) algorithms on a single computer chip. Illustratively, the architecture is optimized to carry out low-level routines and a special class of high-level sensory recognition routines derived from research into human brain perception processes. In an illustrative embodiment, the processor includes a plurality of processing nodes, arranged in a hierarchy of layers, and the processor resolves features from sensory information input and provides the feature information as input to a lowest hierarchy layer thereof. The hierarchy simultaneously, recognizes multiple components of the features, which are transferred between the layers so as to build likely recognition candidates. Each node can further include memory constructed and arranged to refresh and retain features determined to be likely recognition candidates by a thresholding process. These are provided to an overseer that directs a function to occur. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814369 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588557 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holger Schmidt (Capitola, California); Aaron Roe Hawkins (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical waveguide is provided comprising a non-solid core layer surrounded by a solid-state material, wherein light can be transmitted with low loss through the non-solid core layer. A vapor reservoir is in communication with the optical waveguide. One implementation of the invention employs a monolithically integrated vapor cell, e.g., an alkali vapor cell, using anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguides, or ARROW waveguides, on a substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/754173 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588957 | Patry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Patry (Hamden, Connecticut); Vincent P. Infante (Hamden, Connecticut); Douglas J. Ventimiglia (Beacon Falls, Connecticut); Kenneth W. Catino (Milford, Connecticut); Shikshit N. Parikh (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Patry (Hamden, Connecticut); Vincent P. Infante (Hamden, Connecticut); Douglas J. Ventimiglia (Beacon Falls, Connecticut); Kenneth W. Catino (Milford, Connecticut); Shikshit N. Parikh (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a machining system includes comparing one or more features of a cutting tool to information stored on a data chip secured to a tool holder of the cutting tool. The cutting tool is loaded into the machining system, and the information stored on the data chip is compared to cutting tool requirements of a machining program for instructing operation of the machine. When a result of one or more of the comparisons is outside of a predetermined threshold, operation of the machining system is stopped. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/279753 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588985 | Stanczak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Stanley Stanczak (Sterling Heights, Michigan); Louis Stephen Smutek (Livonia, Michigan); Alan Wayne Brown (Canton, Michigan); David Allen Backus (Milford, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Global Embedded Technologies, Inc. (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stanley Stanczak (Sterling Heights, Michigan); Louis Stephen Smutek (Livonia, Michigan); Alan Wayne Brown (Canton, Michigan); David Allen Backus (Milford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374377 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589133 | Dalessandro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, New Jersey); Kevin J. Brown (Waldwick, New Jersey); Michael G. Zink (Marlton, New Jersey); Frank T. Ferrese (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, New Jersey); Kevin J. Brown (Waldwick, New Jersey); Michael G. Zink (Marlton, New Jersey); Frank T. Ferrese (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Interdependencies between pairs/groups of individual systems are evaluated in determining the composition of a universal system of interdependent systems. Data tables reflecting the interdependencies are contained in a central database resident in a server's memory. Plural/multiple computers are connected to the server, each computer having running thereon at least one simulation program, each simulation program being associated with at least one individual system and being characterized by individual time steps. In each individual time step, the simulation program updates (reads data from and writes data to) the central database, and displays updated information. In each universal time step (characterizing the simulation of the universal system), all simulation programs are temporally coordinated so that each simulation program's individual time step takes place once; no universal time step is perfected until every individual time step has completed its updating of pertinent data in the central database. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462059 |
| 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 08589320 | Breitwisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew J. Breitwisch (Yorktown Heights, New York); Chung Hon Lam (Peekskill, New York); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Bipin Rajendran (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Breitwisch (Yorktown Heights, New York); Chung Hon Lam (Peekskill, New York); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Bipin Rajendran (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A neuromorphic system includes a plurality of synapse blocks electrically connected to a plurality of neuron circuit blocks. The plurality of synapse blocks includes a plurality of neuromorphic circuits. Each neuromorphic circuit includes a field effect transistor in a diode configuration electrically connected to variable resistance material, where the variable resistance material provides a programmable resistance value. Each neuromorphic circuit also includes a first junction electrically connected to the variable resistance material and an output of one or more of the neuron circuit blocks, and a second junction electrically connected to the field effect transistor and an input of one or more of the neuron circuit blocks. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548532 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589389 | Bisdikian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Georgios Tychogiorgos (Karditsa, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Georgios Tychogiorgos (Karditsa, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for selecting data providers to provide input data to an application are provided. A desired region and desired quality of information (QoI) function for the desired region are defined. The desired region is a region for which a condition is to be analyzed by the application. One or more provider regions and one or more QoI functions associated with the one or more provider regions are retrieved. A relevancy level between the one or more provider regions and the desired region is calculated based on the desired QoI function for the desired region and the QoI functions associated with the one or more provider regions. One or more data providers for providing input data to the application are selected based on the calculated relevancy level. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/029156 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/728 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589858 | Watson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Watson (Levittown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Watson (Levittown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for displaying relationships between data of one of a UML or a SysML application includes a machine readable storage medium and a processor. The machine readable storage medium is configured to store a plurality of data for a project designed using one of the UML or the SysML applications. The processor is in signal communication with the machine readable storage medium. The processor is configured to search the computer readable storage medium for a first model element, identify a requirement relationship between the first model element and a second model element, and display the first model element and the second model element on a monitor such that the requirement relationship between the first model element and the second model element is identifiable to a user. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/559050 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08590005 | Payne, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles N. Payne, Jr. (Stillwater, Minnesota); Jason D. Sonnek (Lino Lakes, Minnesota); Steven A. Harp (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); Richard C. O'Brien (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Johnathan A. Gohde (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adventium Enterprises, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Payne, Jr. (Stillwater, Minnesota); Jason D. Sonnek (Lino Lakes, Minnesota); Steven A. Harp (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); Richard C. O'Brien (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Johnathan A. Gohde (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes methods and systems for multi-domain information sharing. One or more embodiments can include a computing device with a VMM hosting a first information domain VM, a second information domain VM, and a cross-domain solution VM that controls information transfer between the first information domain VM and the second information domain VM. One or more embodiments can also include a hypervisor to enforce an isolation policy within the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155446 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
D0693897 — Small arms transmitter mounting bracket for a multiple integrated laser engagement system
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Javorsky (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Javorsky (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania) |
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| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 29/425779 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment D22/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08584406 | Wexler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Wexler (Oakland, California); Jonathan Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Matthew Culligan (Berkeley, California); Adam Detrick (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Wexler (Oakland, California); Jonathan Botkin (El Cerrito, California); Matthew Culligan (Berkeley, California); Adam Detrick (Petaluma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mounting support for a photovoltaic module is described. The mounting support includes a pedestal having a surface adaptable to receive a flat side of a photovoltaic module laminate. A hole is disposed in the pedestal, the hole adaptable to receive a bolt or a pin used to couple the pedestal to the flat side of the photovoltaic module laminate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/784392 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584407 | Keenihan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); Claude Brown, Jr. (Saginaw, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Michael Hus (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); Claude Brown, Jr. (Saginaw, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Michael Hus (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic assembly system for securing and/or aligning at least a plurality of vertically adjacent photovoltaic device assemblies to one another. The securing function being accomplished by a clip member that may be a separate component or integral to one or more of the photovoltaic device assemblies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907530 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08584506 | Candy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James V. Candy (Danville, California); David S. Clague (Livermore, California); Christopher L. Lee (Oakland, California); Robert E. Rudd (Livermore, California); Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California); Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James V. Candy (Danville, California); David S. Clague (Livermore, California); Christopher L. Lee (Oakland, California); Robert E. Rudd (Livermore, California); Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California); Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using physics-based signal processing algorithms for micromachined cantilever arrays. The methods utilize deflection of a micromachined cantilever that represents the chemical, biological, or physical element being detected. One embodiment of the method comprises the steps of modeling the deflection of the micromachined cantilever producing a deflection model, sensing the deflection of the micromachined cantilever and producing a signal representing the deflection, and comparing the signal representing the deflection with the deflection model. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/435495 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585259 | Bazydola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts); Robert Harrison (North Andover, Massachusetts); Anil Jeswani (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. (Danvers, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Bazydola (Belmont, Massachusetts); Camil-Daniel Ghiu (Danvers, Massachusetts); Robert Harrison (North Andover, Massachusetts); Anil Jeswani (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A luminaire with a thermal pathway to reduce the junction temperature of the luminaire's light source, and methods for so doing, are disclosed. The luminaire includes a can, a light engine, and a trim, that define a substantially continuous thermal pathway from the light engine to a surrounding environment. The can defines a can cavity and includes a can end region. The light engine is within the can cavity and includes a light source and a heat sink, including a heat sink end region, coupled thereto. The trim is at least partially disposed within the can cavity and includes a first trim end region coupled to the heat sink end region and a second trim end region coupled to the can end region. Thermal interface material may be located between: the heat sink and the trim, the trim and the can, and/or the heat sink and the light source. |
| FILED | Monday, February 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769740 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585413 | Koplow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of rotary electrical connectors include a first pair and a second pair of opposing sheaves coupled together by intersecting first shaft connecting the first pair of opposing sheaves and a second shaft connecting the second pair of opposing sheaves, and at least partially electrically conductive belt disposed about respective perimeters of the first pair and second pair of opposing sheaves and adapted to remain in contact with at least a portion of the respective perimeters of the sheaves during motion of said sheaves. In example devices, one of the plurality of sheaves may remain stationary during operation of the device while the remaining sheaves rotate and/or orbit around a center axis of the stationary sheave, the device being configured to couple current between a stationary power source and a rotating member through the electrically conductive belt. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475831 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585776 | Lind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall F. Lind (Loudon, Tennessee); John F. Jansen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall F. Lind (Loudon, Tennessee); John F. Jansen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesofluidic powered robotic and/or prosthetic finger joint includes a first finger section having at least one mesofluidic actuator in fluid communication with a first actuator, a second mesofluidic actuator in fluid communication with a second actuator and a second prosthetic finger section pivotally connected to the first finger section by a joint pivot, wherein the first actuator pivotally cooperates with the second finger to provide a first mechanical advantage relative to the joint point and wherein the second actuator pivotally cooperates with the second finger section to provide a second mechanical advantage relative to the joint point. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/020610 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585801 | Bryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John R. Torczynski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michail Gallis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlton F. Brooks (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for separating a gas mixture comprising providing a slot in a gas separation channel (conceptualized as a laterally elongated Clusius-Dickel column), having a length through which a net cross-flow of the gas mixture may be established; applying a higher temperature to one side of the channel and a lower temperature on an opposite side of the channel thereby causing thermal-diffusion and buoyant-convection flow to occur in the slot; and establishing a net cross-flow of a gas mixture comprising at least one higher density gas component and at least one lower density gas component along the length of the slot, wherein the cross-flow causes, in combination with the convection flow, a spiraling flow in the slot; and wherein the spiral flow causes an increasing amount of separation of the higher density gas from the lower density gas along the length of the channel. The process may use one or more slots and/or channels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972187 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585807 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tae H. Lee (Naperville, Illinois); Chan Young Park (Naperville, Illinois); Yunxiang Lu (Tonawanda, New York); Stephen E. Dorris (La Grange Park, Illinois); Uthamalingham Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tae H. Lee (Naperville, Illinois); Chan Young Park (Naperville, Illinois); Yunxiang Lu (Tonawanda, New York); Stephen E. Dorris (La Grange Park, Illinois); Uthamalingham Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for forming a palladium or palladium alloy membrane on a ceramic surface by forming a pre-colloid mixture comprising a powder palladium source, carrier fluid, dispersant and a pore former and a binder. Ultrasonically agitating the precolloid mixture and applying to a substrate with an ultrasonic nozzle and heat curing the coating form a palladium-based membrane. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250980 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585880 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sayandev Chatterjee (Richland, Washington); Samuel A. Bryan (Richland, Washington); Cynthia A. Schroll (Kettering, Ohio); William R. Heineman (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sayandev Chatterjee (Richland, Washington); Samuel A. Bryan (Richland, Washington); Cynthia A. Schroll (Kettering, Ohio); William R. Heineman (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method of simultaneous spectroelectrochemical analysis is disclosed. A transparent surface is provided. An analyte solution on the transparent surface is contacted with a working electrode and at least one other electrode. Light from a light source is focused on either a surface of the working electrode or the analyte solution. The light reflected from either the surface of the working electrode or the analyte solution is detected. The potential of the working electrode is adjusted, and spectroscopic changes of the analyte solution that occur with changes in thermodynamic potentials are monitored. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246090 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/412 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585886 | Qu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Qu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Qu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method for producing titanium dioxide nanotubes, the method comprising anodizing titanium metal in contact with an electrolytic medium containing an ionic liquid. The invention is also directed to the resulting titanium dioxide nanotubes, as well as devices incorporating the nanotubes, such as photovoltaic devices, hydrogen generation devices, and hydrogen detection devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425540 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585916 | Perroud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Perroud (San Jose, California); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Robert J. Meagher (Mountain House, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Perroud (San Jose, California); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Robert J. Meagher (Mountain House, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of making micropores of a desired height and/or width between two isotropic wet etched features in a substrate which comprises single-level isotropic wet etching the two features using an etchant and a mask distance that is less than 2× a set etch depth. Also disclosed herein are methods using the micropores and microfluidic devices comprising the micropores. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812986 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585928 | Nyman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | May D. Nyman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lauren E. S. Rohwer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | May D. Nyman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lauren E. S. Rohwer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of rare-earth Group 5 oxides, where the Group 5 oxide is a niobate or tantalate. The rare-earth Group 5 oxides can be doped with suitable emitter ions to form nanophosphors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882342 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585986 | Renzi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnecting device for connecting a plurality of first fluid-bearing conduits to a corresponding plurality of second fluid-bearing conduits thereby providing fluid communication between the first fluid-bearing conduits and the second fluid-bearing conduits. The device includes a manifold and one or two ferrule plates that are held by compressive axial forces. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/983440 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/545 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586227 | Farmer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery that will operate at ambient temperature or lower includes an enclosure, a current collector within the enclosure, an anode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower within the enclosure, a cathode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower within the enclosure, and a separator and electrolyte within the enclosure between the anode and the cathode. The anode is a sodium eutectic anode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower and is made of a material that is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or lower. The cathode is a low melting ion liquid cathode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower and is made of a material that is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or lower. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042732 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586238 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); William Douglas Moorehead (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); William Douglas Moorehead (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionicaily conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472351 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586252 | Fernandes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Edward Fernandes (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael S. Brown (Somerville, Massachusetts); Praveen Cheekatamarla (Norwood, Massachusetts); Thomas Deng (Needham, Massachusetts); James Dimitrakopoulos (Peabody, Massachusetts); Anthony F. Litka (Hanover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Acumentrics Corporation (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Edward Fernandes (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael S. Brown (Somerville, Massachusetts); Praveen Cheekatamarla (Norwood, Massachusetts); Thomas Deng (Needham, Massachusetts); James Dimitrakopoulos (Peabody, Massachusetts); Anthony F. Litka (Hanover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactor system is integrated internally within an anode-side cavity of a fuel cell. The reactor system is configured to convert higher hydrocarbons to smaller species while mitigating the lower production of solid carbon. The reactor system may incorporate one or more of a pre-reforming section, an anode exhaust gas recirculation device, and a reforming section. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949248 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586340 | Tsao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (San Diego, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng-Lin Tsao (San Diego, California); Feng Tian (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to posttranslational modification of phage-displayed polypeptides. These displayed polypeptides comprise at least one unnatural amino acid, e.g., an aryl-azide amino acid such as p-azido-L-phenylalanine, or an alkynyl-amino acid such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine, which are incorporated into the phage-displayed fusion polypeptide at a selected position by using an in vivo orthogonal translation system comprising a suitable orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and a suitable orthogonal tRNA species. These unnatural amino acids advantageously provide targets for posttranslational modifications such as azide-alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition reactions and Staudinger modifications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580223 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586346 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Wenping Wu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Wenping Wu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596879 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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 435/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586397 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kahn C. Wu (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Kraft (Albany, California); Paul Loscutoff (Castro Valley, California); Steven Edward Molesa (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kahn C. Wu (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Kraft (Albany, California); Paul Loscutoff (Castro Valley, California); Steven Edward Molesa (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an etch-resistant dopant material on a silicon substrate, the etch-resistant dopant material comprising a dopant source, forming a cross-linked matrix in the etch-resistant dopant material using a non-thermal cure of the etch-resistant dopant material, and heating the silicon substrate and the etch-resistant dopant material to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant source to diffuse into the silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250594 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586403 | Harley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel Harley (Mountain View, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California); Tim Dennis (Canton, Texas); Ann Waldhauer (La Honda, California); Taeseok Kim (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Harley (Mountain View, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California); Tim Dennis (Canton, Texas); Ann Waldhauer (La Honda, California); Taeseok Kim (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Contact holes of solar cells are formed by laser ablation to accommodate various solar cell designs. Use of a laser to form the contact holes is facilitated by replacing films formed on the diffusion regions with a film that has substantially uniform thickness. Contact holes may be formed to deep diffusion regions to increase the laser ablation process margins. The laser configuration may be tailored to form contact holes through dielectric films of varying thicknesses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/028059 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586506 | Bhattacharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado); Sovannary Phok (Lakewood, Colorado); Priscila Spagnol (Boulder, Colorado); Tapas Chaudhuri (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado); Sovannary Phok (Lakewood, Colorado); Priscila Spagnol (Boulder, Colorado); Tapas Chaudhuri (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing one or more biaxially textured layer on a substrate, and articles produced by the methods, are disclosed. An exemplary method may comprise electrodepositing on the substrate a precursor material selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinide, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. An exemplary article (150) may comprise a biaxially textured base material (130), and at least one biaxially textured layer (110) selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinides, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. The at least one biaxially textured layer (110) is formed by electrodeposition on the biaxially textured base material (130). |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/817452 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586759 | Gryshuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy L. Gryshuk (Livermore, California); Julie Perkins (Sunnyvale, California); John V. LaTour (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy L. Gryshuk (Livermore, California); Julie Perkins (Sunnyvale, California); John V. LaTour (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems to generate 6-amino-6-deoxy- |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037106 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586814 | Fisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Fisher (Petaluma, California); Susan Jessica Schofer (San Francisco, California); David B. Kanne (Corte Madera, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Fisher (Petaluma, California); Susan Jessica Schofer (San Francisco, California); David B. Kanne (Corte Madera, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods comprising catalytic dimerization of β-farnesene to obtain squalane and/or isosqualane. Compositions comprising squalane and/or isosqualane are provided. In certain embodiments, squalane and isosqualane prepared by the methods provided herein can be useful for applications in cosmetic industry and/or in the lubricants industry. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112991 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586827 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lan Tang (Haidian District, China PRC); Ye Liu (Haidian District, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Shangdi Zone, China PRC); Wenping Wu (Shangdi District, China PRC); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lan Tang (Haidian District, China PRC); Ye Liu (Haidian District, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Shangdi Zone, China PRC); Wenping Wu (Shangdi District, China PRC); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894655 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586829 | Duan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Kirk Matthew Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Wenping Wu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Kirk Matthew Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Wenping Wu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/498841 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08586924 — Enhancement of the visibility of objects located below the surface of a scattering medium
| US 08586924 | Demos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stavros Demos (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stavros Demos (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for enhancing the visibility of objects located below the surface of a scattering medium such as tissue, water and smoke. Examples of such an object include a vein located below the skin, a mine located below the surface of the sea and a human in a location covered by smoke. The enhancement of the image contrast of a subsurface structure is based on the utilization of structured illumination. In the specific application of this invention to image the veins in the arm or other part of the body, the issue of how to control the intensity of the image of a metal object (such as a needle) that must be inserted into the vein is also addressed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/880376 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586936 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ge Yang (Moriches, New York); Aleksey E. Bolotnikov (South Setauket, New York); Giuseppe Camarda (Farmingville, New York); Yonggang Cui (Miller Place, New York); Anwar Hossain (Middle Island, New York); Ki Hyun Kim (Middle Island, New York); Ralph B. James (Ridge, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ge Yang (Moriches, New York); Aleksey E. Bolotnikov (South Setauket, New York); Giuseppe Camarda (Farmingville, New York); Yonggang Cui (Miller Place, New York); Anwar Hossain (Middle Island, New York); Ki Hyun Kim (Middle Island, New York); Ralph B. James (Ridge, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a novel hybrid anode configuration for a radiation detector that effectively reduces the edge effect of surface defects on the internal electric field in compound semiconductor detectors by focusing the internal electric field of the detector and redirecting drifting carriers away from the side surfaces of the semiconductor toward the collection electrode(s). |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099001 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586939 | Bingham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Bingham (Knoxville, Tennessee); Paul A. Hausladen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Seth M. McConchie (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Mihalczo (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James A. Mullens (Farragut, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Bingham (Knoxville, Tennessee); Paul A. Hausladen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Seth M. McConchie (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Mihalczo (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James A. Mullens (Farragut, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing neutron radiography. For example, in one exemplary method, an object is interrogated with a plurality of neutrons. The plurality of neutrons includes a first portion of neutrons generated from a first neutron source and a second portion of neutrons generated from a second neutron source. Further, at least some of the first portion and the second portion are generated during a same time period. In the exemplary method, one or more neutrons from the first portion and one or more neutrons from the second portion are detected, and an image of the object is generated based at least in part on the detected neutrons from the first portion and the detected neutrons from the second portion. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/804549 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586963 | Tansu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson Tansu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); James F. Gilchrist (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Yik-Khoon Ee (Mountain View, California); Pisist Kumnorkaew (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Tansu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); James F. Gilchrist (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Yik-Khoon Ee (Mountain View, California); Pisist Kumnorkaew (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A conventional semiconductor LED is modified to include a microlens layer over its light-emitting surface. The LED may have an active layer including at least one quantum well layer of InGaN and GaN. The microlens layer includes a plurality of concave microstructures that cause light rays emanating from the LED to diffuse outwardly, leading to an increase in the light extraction efficiency of the LED. The concave microstructures may be arranged in a substantially uniform array, such as a close-packed hexagonal array. The microlens layer is preferably constructed of curable material, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and is formed by soft-lithography imprinting by contacting fluid material of the microlens layer with a template bearing a monolayer of homogeneous microsphere crystals, to cause concave impressions, and then curing the material to fix the concave microstructures in the microlens layer and provide relatively uniform surface roughness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963098 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586967 | Xue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Piscataway, New Jersey); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Piscataway, New Jersey); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first organic layer comprising a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and a second organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein: the second organic layer comprises an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, and the second organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. Preferably, the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths. Preferably, the second organic layer has a thickness of not less than about 0.2 optical absorption lengths. Embodiments of the invention can be capable of power efficiencies of 2% or greater, and preferably 5% or greater. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/910371 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587304 | Budker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California); James Higbie (Berkeley, California); Eric P. Corsini (Santa Maria, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California); James Higbie (Berkeley, California); Eric P. Corsini (Santa Maria, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical atomic magnetometers is provided operating on the principles of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation. An atomic vapor is optically pumped using linearly polarized modulated light. The vapor is then probed using a non-modulated linearly polarized light beam. The resulting modulation in polarization angle of the probe light is detected and used in a feedback loop to induce self-oscillation at the resonant frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/675685 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587472 | Haugen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California); Gregory E. Dallum (Livermore, California); Patrick A. Welsh (Manteca, California); Carlos E. Romero (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Haugen (Livermore, California); Gregory E. Dallum (Livermore, California); Patrick A. Welsh (Manteca, California); Carlos E. Romero (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A homodyne motion sensor or detector based on ultra-wideband radar utilizes the entire received waveform through implementation of a voltage boosting receiver. The receiver includes a receiver input and a receiver output. A first diode is connected to the receiver output. A first charge storage capacitor is connected from between the first diode and the receiver output to ground. A second charge storage capacitor is connected between the receiver input and the first diode. A second diode is connected from between the second charge storage capacitor and the first diode to ground. The dual diode receiver performs voltage boosting of a RF signal received at the receiver input, thereby enhancing receiver sensitivity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075876 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587962 | Perisic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California); Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California); Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for delivering energy from an input interface to an output interface. An electrical system includes an input interface, an output interface, an energy conversion module between the input interface and the output interface, an inductive element between the input interface and the energy conversion module, and a control module. The control module determines a compensated duty cycle control value for operating the energy conversion module to produce a desired voltage at the output interface and operates the energy conversion module to deliver energy to the output interface with a duty cycle that is influenced by the compensated duty cycle control value. The compensated duty cycle control value is influenced by the current through the inductive element and accounts for voltage across the switching elements of the energy conversion module. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/941521 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588261 | Caird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Caird (San Francisco, California); Andrew J. Bayramian (Manteca, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Pleasanton, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Caird (San Francisco, California); Andrew J. Bayramian (Manteca, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter is provided having the general chemical formula K(H,D)2P(16Ox,18Oy)4, where x<0.998 or y>0.002, and x+y≈1. Additionally, a method of fabricating an optical material by growth from solution is provided. The method includes providing a solution including a predetermined percentage of (H,D)216O and a predetermined percentage of (H,D)218O, providing a seed crystal, and supporting the seed crystal on a platform. The method also includes immersing the seed crystal in the solution and forming the optical material. The optical material has the general chemical formula K(H,D)2P(16Ox,18Oy)4, where x<0.998 or y>0.002, and x+y≈1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048628 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588875 | Llambes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan Carlos H. Llambes (Schenectady, New York); Xuming Xiong (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Superpower, Inc. (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Carlos H. Llambes (Schenectady, New York); Xuming Xiong (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting fault current-limiter is provided, including a superconducting element configured to resistively or inductively limit a fault current, and one or more variable-impedance shunts electrically coupled in parallel with the superconducting element. The variable-impedance shunt(s) is configured to present a first impedance during a superconducting state of the superconducting element and a second impedance during a normal resistive state of the superconducting element. The superconducting element transitions from the superconducting state to the normal resistive state responsive to the fault current, and responsive thereto, the variable-impedance shunt(s) transitions from the first to the second impedance. The second impedance of the variable-impedance shunt(s) is a lower impedance than the first impedance, which facilitates current flow through the variable-impedance shunt(s) during a recovery transition of the superconducting element from the normal resistive state to the superconducting state, and thus, facilitates recovery of the superconducting element under load. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/691325 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588891 | Lehman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean K Lehman (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wave-based tomographic imaging method and apparatus based upon one or more rotating radially outward oriented transmitting and receiving elements have been developed for non-destructive evaluation. At successive angular locations at a fixed radius, a predetermined transmitting element can launch a primary field and one or more predetermined receiving elements can collect the backscattered field in a “pitch/catch” operation. A Hilbert space inverse wave (HSIW) algorithm can construct images of the received scattered energy waves using operating modes chosen for a particular application. Applications include, improved intravascular imaging, bore hole tomography, and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of parts having existing access holes. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/685667 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588956 | Suratwala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tayyab Ishaq Suratwala (Pleasanton, California); Michael Dennis Feit (Livermore, California); William Augustus Steele (Tracy, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tayyab Ishaq Suratwala (Pleasanton, California); Michael Dennis Feit (Livermore, California); William Augustus Steele (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A polishing system configured to polish a lap includes a lap configured to contact a workpiece for polishing the workpiece; and a septum configured to contact the lap. The septum has an aperture formed therein. The radius of the aperture and radius the workpiece are substantially the same. The aperture and the workpiece have centers disposed at substantially the same radial distance from a center of the lap. The aperture is disposed along a first radial direction from the center of the lap, and the workpiece is disposed along a second radial direction from the center of the lap. The first and second radial directions may be opposite directions. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695986 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589821 | Bouchard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ann M. Bouchard (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gordon C. Osbourn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann M. Bouchard (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gordon C. Osbourn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for end-user programming includes populating a template with graphically illustrated actions and then invoking a command to generate a screen element based on the template. The screen element is rendered within a computing environment and provides a mechanism for triggering execution of a sequence of user actions. The sequence of user actions is based at least in part on the graphically illustrated actions populated into the template. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845297 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/838 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08585207 | Bass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bass (Indian River Shores, Florida); Dennis G. Deppe (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bass (Indian River Shores, Florida); Dennis G. Deppe (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for an up conversion lighting system for use with displays. The system includes an up converter-semiconductor light source for emitting an up conversion emission and a spectrally selective optical element in the path of the emission for selectively passing selected wavelengths. The optical element has a coating selected to pass selected wavelengths. The up converter-semiconductor light source includes an up converter for emitting the up conversion emission, a semiconductor light source coupled with the up converter to excite an up conversion material within the up converter to emit an up conversion emission and a spatial light modulator for modulating the up conversion emission. For a full color display, the up converter includes a red, green and blue up converter and a separate a light source coupled with the red, green and blue up converters. The spectrally selectively optical element can be a spectrally selectively beam splitter having a film coating that is selected to transmit selected wavelengths. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365971 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Image projectors 353/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585630 | Meng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Pasadena, California); Po-Jui Chen (Pasadena, California); Damien Rodger (Los Angeles, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Pasadena, California); Po-Jui Chen (Pasadena, California); Damien Rodger (Los Angeles, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implanted parylene tube shunt relieves intra-ocular pressure. The device is implanted with an open end in the anterior chamber of the eye, allowing excess fluid to be drained through the tube out of the eye. In one embodiment, only a first end of the tube implanted into the anterior chamber of the eye is open. Intra-ocular pressure (IOP) is then monitored, for example utilizing an implanted sensor. When IOP exceeds a critical valve, a practitioner intervenes, puncturing with a laser a thinned region of the tube lying outside the eye, thereby initiating drainage of fluid and relieving pressure. In accordance with alternative embodiments, the both ends of the tube are open, and the tube includes a one-way valve configured to permit drainage where IOP exceeds the critical value. The tube may include projecting barbs to anchor the tube in the eye without the need for sutures. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/555329 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08585888 | Mayer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Mayer (Kenmore, Washington); Shoshanna M. Barnett (Seattle, Washington); Karen I. Goldberg (Seattle, Washington); Bobby J. Portis, II (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Mayer (Kenmore, Washington); Shoshanna M. Barnett (Seattle, Washington); Karen I. Goldberg (Seattle, Washington); Bobby J. Portis, II (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for electrolysis of water to oxygen gas are provided. The method utilizes dimeric copper cations in water at a basic pH. The cations are provided in the water by adding a complex in solid form with an appropriate anion, or through a “self-assembly” method whereby a copper salt and appropriate ligands are added to water adjusted to a basic pH. The cations decrease the overpotential of water electrolysis, thereby providing for efficient generations of oxygen gas using a catalyst formed from an abundant material (copper). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281292 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586018 | Schlenoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida); Zhijie Sui (Tucson, Arizona); David S. Salloum (Blue Ash, Ohio); Hassan Rmaile (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A medium for isolating or releasing an electrostatically charged component from or into an aqueous composition. The medium has a polyelectrolyte film on at least one surface of an article wherein the polyelectrolyte film is characterized by an interpenetrating network of a predominantly positively charged polymer and a predominantly negatively charged polymer. The predominantly positively charged polymer, the predominantly negatively charged polymer or both contain (i) a pH sensitive imidazole repeat unit having a pKa between 3 and 9, or (ii) a redox sensitive repeat unit selected from the group consisting of quaternized bipyridine repeat units, coordinated metal repeat units, pyrrole repeat units, aniline repeat units, thiophene repeat units and combinations thereof having a redox potential between +1.2 volts and −1.2 volts versus a standard hydrogen electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931311 |
| 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 424/78.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586148 | Bisht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gobind S. Bisht (Irvine, California); Giulia Canton (Irvine, California); Marc Madou (Irvine, California); Alireza Mirsepassi (Irvine, California); Derek Dunn-Rankin (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gobind S. Bisht (Irvine, California); Giulia Canton (Irvine, California); Marc Madou (Irvine, California); Alireza Mirsepassi (Irvine, California); Derek Dunn-Rankin (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrospinning method includes providing a nozzle fluidically coupled to a source of polymer ink and providing a substrate adjacent to the nozzle. A first voltage is applied to the nozzle to initiate electrospinning of the polymer ink onto the substrate, wherein the first voltage is within the range of about 400V to about 1000V. The voltage is then reduced to a second, lower voltage wherein the voltage is within the range of about 600V to about 150V. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/415758 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586194 | Mullner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Mullner (Boise, Idaho); Markus Chmielus (Boise, Idaho); Cassie Witherspoon (Boise, Idaho); David C. Dunand (Evanston, Illinois); Xuexi Zhang (Evanston, Illinois); Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Mullner (Boise, Idaho); Markus Chmielus (Boise, Idaho); Cassie Witherspoon (Boise, Idaho); David C. Dunand (Evanston, Illinois); Xuexi Zhang (Evanston, Illinois); Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic materials and methods exhibit large magnetic-field-induced deformation/strain (MFIS) through the magnetic-field-induced motion of crystallographic interfaces. The preferred materials are porous, polycrystalline composite structures of nodes connected by struts wherein the struts may be monocrystalline or polycrystalline. The materials are preferably made from magnetic shape memory alloy, including polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga, formed into an open-pore foam, for example, by space-holder technique. Removal of constraints that interfere with MFIS has been accomplished by introducing pores with sizes similar to grains, resulting in MFIS values of 0.12% in polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga foams, close to the best commercial magnetostrictive materials. Further removal of constraints has been accomplished by introducing pores smaller than the grain size, dramatically increasing MFIS to 2.0-8.7%. These strains, which remain stable over >200,000 cycles, are much larger than those of any polycrystalline, active material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840203 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586363 | Voytas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel F. Voytas (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Adam Bogdanove (Ames, Iowa); Feng Zhang (Plymouth, Minnesota); Michelle Christian (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Tomas Cermak (St. Paul, Minnesota); Clarice Lauer Schmidt (Des Moines, Iowa); Erin Doyle (Ames, Iowa); Li Wang (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Voytas (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Adam Bogdanove (Ames, Iowa); Feng Zhang (Plymouth, Minnesota); Michelle Christian (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Tomas Cermak (St. Paul, Minnesota); Clarice Lauer Schmidt (Des Moines, Iowa); Erin Doyle (Ames, Iowa); Li Wang (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and Methods related to gene targeting (e.g., gene targeting with transcription activator-like effector nucleases; “TALENS”) are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965590 |
| 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 435/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586368 | Superfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Chasen Spero (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam Richard Shields (Springfield, Virginia); Benjamin Aaron Evans (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Briana Lee Fiser (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for testing properties of a biofluid specimen includes placing the specimen onto a micropost array having a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array to actuate the microposts, thereby compelling at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes measuring the motion of at least one of the microposts in response to the actuation force and determining a property of the specimen based on the measured motion of the at least one micropost. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/380564 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586410 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Patrick Arnold (Gainesville, Florida); Sheetal Bhalchandra Shetye (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Patrick Arnold (Gainesville, Florida); Sheetal Bhalchandra Shetye (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for magnetic self-assembly (MSA) of one or more parts to another part. Assembly occurs when the parts having magnet patterns bond to one another. Such bonding can result in energy minima. The magnetic forces and torques—controlled by the size, shape, material, and magnetization direction of the magnetic patterns cause the components to rotate and align. Specific embodiments of MSA can offer self-assembly features such as angular orientation, where assembly is restricted to one physical orientation; inter-part bonding allowing assembly of free-floating components to one another; assembly of free-floating components to a substrate; and bonding specificity, where assembly is restricted to one type of component when multiple components may be present. |
| FILED | Monday, January 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/693337 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586963 | Tansu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson Tansu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); James F. Gilchrist (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Yik-Khoon Ee (Mountain View, California); Pisist Kumnorkaew (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Tansu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); James F. Gilchrist (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Yik-Khoon Ee (Mountain View, California); Pisist Kumnorkaew (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A conventional semiconductor LED is modified to include a microlens layer over its light-emitting surface. The LED may have an active layer including at least one quantum well layer of InGaN and GaN. The microlens layer includes a plurality of concave microstructures that cause light rays emanating from the LED to diffuse outwardly, leading to an increase in the light extraction efficiency of the LED. The concave microstructures may be arranged in a substantially uniform array, such as a close-packed hexagonal array. The microlens layer is preferably constructed of curable material, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and is formed by soft-lithography imprinting by contacting fluid material of the microlens layer with a template bearing a monolayer of homogeneous microsphere crystals, to cause concave impressions, and then curing the material to fix the concave microstructures in the microlens layer and provide relatively uniform surface roughness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963098 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587307 | Ying et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lei Ying (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Dong Liang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Ying (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Dong Liang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of accelerating the acquisition and reconstruction of magnetic resonance images. Magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) data is acquired from a plurality of coils using parallel MRI (“pMRI”). The MRI data represents a reduced field-of-view (“FOV”) image for each of a plurality of coils. The MRI data is further undersampled by sequentially applying a compressed sensing (“CS”) technique, such as SparseMRI. The undersampled, reduced FOV images are then reconstructed into a final magnetic resonance image using a pMRI reconstruction technique, such as SENSitivity encoding (“SENSE”). This combination of MR image acquisition, sampling, and reconstruction is referred to as CS-SENSE. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/833355 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587330 | Patterson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald A. Patterson (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Patterson (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductivity counter and method of determining conductivity of a fluid sample are disclosed. The counter is suitable for high-speed, accurate counting of discrete events or items, such as cancer cells, passing through a fluid sample cell. A variable frequency current source is used to supply an excitation current to a sample cell connected in parallel with an inductance or the electrical equivalence of an inductance. This configuration can be accurately modeled as a parallel RLC circuit when the system is operated at a stable frequency. The current source frequency is tuned to the resonance frequency of the equivalent RLC circuit, which effectively eliminates the capacitive and inductive components of the impedance, leaving only purely resistive components. The output signal is due to perturbations in the fluid sample, such as passing cancer cells. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774124 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588286 | Al-Dhahir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Naofal M. Al-Dhahir (Plano, Texas); Oren E. Eliezer (Plano, Texas); Jaiminkumar A. Mehta (Richardson, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas); Aaron M. Lancour (Amarillo, Texas); Aditya Awasthi (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XW, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naofal M. Al-Dhahir (Plano, Texas); Oren E. Eliezer (Plano, Texas); Jaiminkumar A. Mehta (Richardson, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas); Aaron M. Lancour (Amarillo, Texas); Aditya Awasthi (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of cancelling alien noise in coordinated DSL lines, a method of smoothing an alien noise covariance estimate, and a processor and modem for cancelling alien noise in coordinated DSL lines. In one embodiment, the method of cancelling alien noise includes: (1) estimating alien noise vectors for at least some training symbols, (2) arranging the alien noise vectors in a matrix dimensioned for a number of coordinated DSL lines, (3) orthonormally transforming the matrix into a lower-triangular matrix and (4) computing alien noise prediction filters from the lower-triangular matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086517 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588317 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Xiaoli Ma (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for carrier frequency offset (CFO) and channel estimation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-selective fading channels. A wireless transmitter forms blocks of symbols by inserting training symbols within two or more blocks of information-bearing symbols. The transmitter applies a hopping code to each of the blocks of symbols to insert a null subcarrier at a different position within each of the blocks of symbols, and a modulator outputs a wireless signal in accordance with the blocks of symbols. A receiver receives the wireless signal and estimates the CFO, and outputs a stream of estimated symbols based on the estimated CFO. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301482 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588557 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holger Schmidt (Capitola, California); Aaron Roe Hawkins (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical waveguide is provided comprising a non-solid core layer surrounded by a solid-state material, wherein light can be transmitted with low loss through the non-solid core layer. A vapor reservoir is in communication with the optical waveguide. One implementation of the invention employs a monolithically integrated vapor cell, e.g., an alkali vapor cell, using anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguides, or ARROW waveguides, on a substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/754173 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588876 | Trociewitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulf Peter Trociewitz (Crawfordville, Florida); David K. Hilton (Tallahassee, Florida); Youri Viouchkov (Tallahassee, Florida); Matthieu Dalban-Canassy (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulf Peter Trociewitz (Crawfordville, Florida); David K. Hilton (Tallahassee, Florida); Youri Viouchkov (Tallahassee, Florida); Matthieu Dalban-Canassy (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric joint design to be used in electromagnetic coils made with high-temperature superconducting tape, aspected wire, or cable. A terminal member contains an engraved twist-bend contour, which receives the coil and changes the direction of the coil by about 90 degrees without any hard-bends. A current lead is aligned with terminal section of the coil establishing an electric joint whose length is not limited by the coil geometry. Resistance is distributed along the length of the electric joint to reduce heat generation. The electric joint is placed away from the area where the magnetic forces are high to eliminate the problem of helium gas becoming trapped. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417920 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08588977 | Engeberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik Daniel Engeberg (Akron, Ohio); Sanford G. Meek (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Daniel Engeberg (Akron, Ohio); Sanford G. Meek (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus in an example comprises a manipulator, a force sensor, a signal modulator, and a visual indicator. The manipulator is employed by a user. The force sensor determines a force signal from a force applied by the manipulator on a part of an environment of the user. The signal modulator is adjustable by the user to select a switch point for the visual indicator based on relative fragility of the part of the environment. The signal modulator employs the force signal and the switch point to control the visual indicator for the user. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622697 |
| 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 7/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589364 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method and computer program product comprising optimal, systematic q-ary codes for correcting all asymmetric and symmetric errors of limited magnitude are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155808 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589709 | Harchol-Balter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anshul Gandhi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anshul Gandhi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Processor-management techniques that purposely alternate a processor between an operating state and a non-operating state while the processor is executing the workload. The techniques leverage the “ultra-low-power” non-operating states of many processors to provide predictable power and/or frequency control of the processor. These techniques can provide better performance than known clock-throttling and dynamic voltage and frequency scaling schemes for controlling processors. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841636 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08590061 | Zou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingze Zou (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Zhonghua Xu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingze Zou (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Zhonghua Xu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An optimal input design method and apparatus to achieve rapid broadband nanomechanical measurements of soft materials using the indentation-based method for the investigation of fast evolving phenomenon, such as the crystallization process of polymers, the nanomechanical measurement of live cell during cell movement, and force volume mapping of nonhomogeneous materials, are presented. The indentation-based nanomechanical measurement provides unique quantification of material properties at specified locations. Particularly, an input force profile with discrete spectrum is optimized to maximize the Fisher information matrix of the linear compliance model of the soft material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425456 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08586059 | Rosenbusch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ricardo Rosenbusch (Ames, Iowa); Nakhyung Lee (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo Rosenbusch (Ames, Iowa); Nakhyung Lee (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides live non-pathogenic M. bovis bacteria and compositions containing live non-pathogenic M. bovis bacteria. This document also provides methods of using live non-pathogenic M. bovis bacteria to immunize cattle against infectious diseases (e.g., diseases caused by M. bovis bacteria). In addition, methods and materials that can be used to generate live non-pathogenic M. bovis bacteria are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/000954 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/264.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586831 | Hildebrand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Hildebrand (Lexington, Kentucky); Watchareewan Jamboonsri (Bangkok, Thailand); Timothy Phillips (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Hildebrand (Lexington, Kentucky); Watchareewan Jamboonsri (Bangkok, Thailand); Timothy Phillips (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to early flowering Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) strains that are suitable for culturing in a temperate area for seed production. Mutations are introduced to wild type chia seeds. Desired mutant progeny having normal appearance and an altered flora organ development is subsequently identified. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/609946 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08584738 | Hurlbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathryn M. Hurlbert (Seabrook, Texas); Warren Ruemmele (Houston, Texas); Hai D. Nguyen (League City, Texas); Kambiz K. Andish (Houston, Texas); Sean M. McCalley (Allen, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Grand Prairie, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn M. Hurlbert (Seabrook, Texas); Warren Ruemmele (Houston, Texas); Hai D. Nguyen (League City, Texas); Kambiz K. Andish (Houston, Texas); Sean M. McCalley (Allen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A cold plate includes a face sheet comprising a composite material and having a lower surface and at least one cooling tube attached to the lower surface and being capable of transmitting a cooling fluid therethrough. A heat extraction system includes a cold plate comprising a face sheet comprising a composite material and having a lower surface and at least one cooling tube attached to the lower surface and being capable of transmitting a cooling fluid therethrough. The heat extraction system further includes a pump in fluid communication with the cold plate and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the pump and the cold plate. A method for fabricating a cold plate includes providing a face sheet comprising a composite material and attaching at least one cooling tube to a lower surface of the face sheet. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/172662 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/80.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587664 | McKeown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald M. McKeown (Warsaw, New York); Michael J. Richardson (Spencerport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald M. McKeown (Warsaw, New York); Michael J. Richardson (Spencerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of identifying and locating one or more targets includes capturing one or more frames and recording position data for each of the frames. Each of the frames comprises a plurality of at least three different types of infrared image data. Each of the targets is identified and a location is provided based on the three different types of captured infrared image data in each of the frames and the recorded position data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/048605 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08588286 | Al-Dhahir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Naofal M. Al-Dhahir (Plano, Texas); Oren E. Eliezer (Plano, Texas); Jaiminkumar A. Mehta (Richardson, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas); Aaron M. Lancour (Amarillo, Texas); Aditya Awasthi (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XW, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naofal M. Al-Dhahir (Plano, Texas); Oren E. Eliezer (Plano, Texas); Jaiminkumar A. Mehta (Richardson, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas); Aaron M. Lancour (Amarillo, Texas); Aditya Awasthi (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of cancelling alien noise in coordinated DSL lines, a method of smoothing an alien noise covariance estimate, and a processor and modem for cancelling alien noise in coordinated DSL lines. In one embodiment, the method of cancelling alien noise includes: (1) estimating alien noise vectors for at least some training symbols, (2) arranging the alien noise vectors in a matrix dimensioned for a number of coordinated DSL lines, (3) orthonormally transforming the matrix into a lower-triangular matrix and (4) computing alien noise prediction filters from the lower-triangular matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086517 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589083 | Prabhakarpandian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic microfluidic microvasculature network and associated methods mimic the structure, fluid flow characteristics, and physiological behavior of physiological microvasculature networks. Computational methods for simulating flow and particle adherence in synthetic and physiological microvascular systems and methods for determining parameters influencing particle adhesion and drug delivery are described with applications in the optimization of drug delivery and microvascular treatments and in describing disease mechanisms that affect the microvasculature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332400 |
| 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 |
U.S. State Government
| US 08588360 | Reyes, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); John T. Groome (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); John T. Groome (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a containment vessel configured to prohibit a release of a coolant, and a reactor vessel mounted inside the containment vessel. An outer surface of the reactor vessel is exposed to below atmospheric pressure, wherein substantially all gases are evacuated from within the containment vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397481 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/293 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589364 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method and computer program product comprising optimal, systematic q-ary codes for correcting all asymmetric and symmetric errors of limited magnitude are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155808 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08586362 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Cox (Oregon, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Cox (Oregon, Wisconsin); John R. Battista (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Audrey J. Klingele (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph R. Piechura (Hartford, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro are disclosed. Applications of the disclosed method in multiple areas are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796258 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08586307 | Skinner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Skinner (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Skinner (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for detecting epigenetic, multigenerational DNA alterations caused by toxicants such as endocrine disruptor agents in a subject. The practice of the present invention can be used to diagnose and/or treat a subject having the identified DNA alterations by developing therapeutics, to prevent or delay the onset of associated diseases and/or dysfunctions. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/438752 |
| 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 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08589864 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Judah M. Diament (Bergenfield, New Jersey); Andrew L. Frenkiel (Irvington, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Martin J. Hirzel (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Judah M. Diament (Bergenfield, New Jersey); Andrew L. Frenkiel (Irvington, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Martin J. Hirzel (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An application provisioning model is automatically created. The model is created from a high-level application and specifies dependencies of the application. It is used to provision the application on one or more nodes or other actions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/693675 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08586407 | Lieu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Lieu (Irvine, California); W. Eric Boyd (La Mesa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISC8 Inc. (Costa Mesa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Lieu (Irvine, California); W. Eric Boyd (La Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing a known good integrated circuit die having enhanced planarity from a prepackaged integrated circuit die having a surface warpage such as in a ball grid array (BGA) package is provided. A partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is affixed to a substrate with a spacer element there between such that the active surface of the die within the partially depackaged integrated circuit die is “bowed” slightly upwardly to define a convex surface. The exposed encapsulant on the now-convex surface of the mounted, partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is then lapped or ground away to a predetermined depth so that an integrated circuit die is provided having an enhanced planarity and surface uniformity. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230369 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586901 | Kesselring |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert L. Kesselring (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Kesselring (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a guidance section that compensates for boresight error (BSE) caused by effects of a composite radome. The guidance section includes a BSE compensation element to add high-pass filtered noise to compensated BSE data. The guidance section also includes and a Kalman filter to generate line-of-sight rate (LOSR) BSE noise from the compensated BSE data and the added high-pass filtered noise. In some embodiments, a method for generating a revised BSE correction matrix is provided. The revised BSE correction matrix may compensate for BSE caused by effects in the composite radome and may correct for relative target velocity error. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869496 |
| 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 244/3.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08586959 | Pickett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew D. Pickett (San Francisco, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Dmitri Strukov (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Pickett (San Francisco, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Dmitri Strukov (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memristive switch device can comprise a switch formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, where the switch includes a memristive layer and a select layer directly adjacent the memristive layer. The select layer blocks current to the memristive layer over a symmetric bipolar range of subthreshold voltages applied between the first and second electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/769557 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08587985 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); John Paul Strachan (Millbrae, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Janice H. Nickel (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); John Paul Strachan (Millbrae, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Janice H. Nickel (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory array with graded resistance lines includes a first set of lines intersecting a second set of lines. A line from one of the sets of lines includes a graded resistance along a length of the line. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896641 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08589072 | Morgan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Steven Morgan (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Steven Morgan (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A navigation system comprises at least one processor, a satellite navigation receiver operatively coupled to the processor and configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals from one or more navigation satellites, and an inertial measurement unit operatively coupled to the processor and configured to generate inertial measurement data. An extended Kalman filter is configured to receive the plurality of navigation signals and the inertial measurement data. A processor readable storage medium includes instructions executable by the processor to combine the plurality of satellite signals with the inertial measurement data in the extended Kalman filter to generate a navigation solution. The plurality of navigation signals includes L1 pseudorange measurements, L2 pseudorange measurements, L1 accumulated carrier phase measurements, and L2 accumulated carrier phase measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446093 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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