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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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Department of Defense (DOD)

08590113 — Methods and apparatus for applying tension to a motion transmission element

US 08590113	Moyer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Ilan Moyer (Potomac, Maryland); Maxim Lobovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Ilan Moyer (Potomac, Maryland); Maxim Lobovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	In exemplary implementations, tension is applied to a motion transmission element with periodic features by causing that element to mesh with a device that has a pitch slightly greater than the pitch of the motion transmission element. The motion transmission element with periodic features may include, for example: a belt with teeth, or a chain. Further, the motion transmission element may comprise either an open or a closed loop. In exemplary implementations, the width of the teeth of the motion transmission element is greater than the width of the teeth in the rack. This allows room for the teeth of the rack to both fit and move within the gap between the teeth in the motion transmission element. This extra width of the element's teeth is not necessary if the element is sufficiently elastic.
FILED	Thursday, May 26, 2011
APPL NO	13/116504
ART UNIT	3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. 024/32
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08590313 — Precision counter-swirl combustor

US 08590313	Graves et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Charles B. Graves (Avon, Indiana); William G. Cummings (Indianapolis, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles B. Graves (Avon, Indiana); William G. Cummings (Indianapolis, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A precision counter-swirl combustor that includes an annular combustor having a forward end, an aft end opposite the forward end, and an interior. The aft end being proximal to a gas turbine. The combustor further includes a fuel inlet and swirler operatively connected to the forward end and at least one air inlet. The air inlet is equipped with a chute that extends into the interior of said combustor. The combustor is secured to a fixed structure proximate the forward end of the combustor.
FILED	Wednesday, July 30, 2008
APPL NO	12/182420
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/752
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08590377 — Inertial measurement unit

US 08590377	Post et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Ernest Post (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Ernest Post (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	In exemplary embodiments of this invention, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) includes a cantilevered proof mass and electrostatic drive. The electrostatic drive puts the proof mass into a controlled trajectory in which it oscillates rapidly, for example, by vibrating back and forth in a plane or traveling in a circular or elliptical orbit. The IMU detects lateral or angular acceleration of the IMU, by measuring the perturbations of the proof mass trajectory from the expected motion in a fixed, non-rotating inertial frame. In exemplary embodiments of this invention, the proof mass position and motion are measured by methods of differential potential measurement (with constant slope voltage), differential displacement current measurement, or phase-sensitive or synchronous detection of motion.
FILED	Tuesday, February 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/023537
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/504.40
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08590404 — Apparatus and methods for detecting propellant degradation in solid propellant fuel

US 08590404	Brantley et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Christina L. Brantley (Huntsville, Alabama); Eugene Edwards (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul B. Ruffin (Huntsville, Alabama); Fang Luo (State College, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Christina L. Brantley (Huntsville, Alabama); Eugene Edwards (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul B. Ruffin (Huntsville, Alabama); Fang Luo (State College, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure relates to a gas sensor, including: a gas collecting chamber including: (a) a nanoporous wall including alumina, on a portion of the gas collecting chamber in the near vicinity of the solid propellant fuel; a micro pump attached to the gas collecting chamber; and a gas analysis device connected to the gas collecting chamber. The gas analysis device measures both type and concentration of gases collected in the gas collecting chamber via the nanoporous wall, the gases measured being selected from the group consisting of CO, CO₂, NO, N₂O, NO₂and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a method of sensing propellant degradation in solid fuel and a method of using a gas collecting chamber to sense such degradation.
FILED	Monday, February 27, 2012
APPL NO	13/405469
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/863.230
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08590453 — Extending boom for stabilizing projectiles launched from an apparatus

US 08590453	Bender
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	James M. Bender (Bel Air, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	James M. Bender (Bel Air, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A projectile for launch from an apparatus is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a body; a boom having a first end extendable from the body; and an armature coupled to the first end of the boom, wherein the armature is configured to be moveable along and launchable from the apparatus and the armature is configured to be separable from the first end of the extended boom after launch from the apparatus.
FILED	Wednesday, February 15, 2012
APPL NO	13/397030
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 12/517
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08590473 — Safety catch for launch and recovery

US 08590473	Caccamo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Matthew P Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Steve A Brandis (Virginia Beach, Virginia); James V Harwell (Norfolk, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Matthew P Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Steve A Brandis (Virginia Beach, Virginia); James V Harwell (Norfolk, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	One of more safety catches attachable to water vessels for preventing rollback during launch and recovery operations. Each safety catch includes a pivotally attached catch arm for mating with a notched groove in an inclined surface to prevent the rollback.
FILED	Monday, March 28, 2011
APPL NO	13/073075
ART UNIT	3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ships 114/258
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08591166 — Axial compressor vane

US 08591166	Bryan
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	William Barry Bryan (Indianapolis, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	William Barry Bryan (Indianapolis, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A gas turbine engine axial compressor vane is disclosed having an aperture capable of flowing a relatively high pressure working fluid to change a direction of a flow vector downstream of the vane. The relatively high pressure working fluid can originate from a compressor discharge. The vane may have any number of apertures.
FILED	Thursday, December 17, 2009
APPL NO	12/641127
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1
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08591189 — Bifeed serpentine cooled blade

US 08591189	Correia et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Victor Hugo Silva Correia (Milton Mills, New Hampshire); Robert Francis Manning (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy (Boxford, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Victor Hugo Silva Correia (Milton Mills, New Hampshire); Robert Francis Manning (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy (Boxford, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A turbine blade includes forward and aft serpentine cooling circuits terminating in corresponding forward and aft impingement channels. Each serpentine circuit has two metered inlets for distributing primary inlet flow to the first passes thereof and supplemental inlet flow to the last passes thereof.
FILED	Monday, November 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/602137
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Fluid reaction surfaces 416/96.R00
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08591562 — Methods and devices for brain cooling for treatment and prevention of acquired epilepsy

US 08591562	D'Ambrosio et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Raimondo D'Ambrosio (Seattle, Washington); Matthew Smyth (Frontenac, Missouri); Steven Mark Rothman (Clayton, Missouri); John W. Miller (Bellevue, Washington); Jason Fender (Bonney Lake, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Raimondo D'Ambrosio (Seattle, Washington); Matthew Smyth (Frontenac, Missouri); Steven Mark Rothman (Clayton, Missouri); John W. Miller (Bellevue, Washington); Jason Fender (Bonney Lake, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A device for cooling the central nervous system (e.g., the brain) is disclosed that is specifically designed to provide cooling of an injured central nervous system for neuroprotective, antiepileptogenic, and/or antiepileptic treatments. In one embodiment, a portion of the cooling device is placed in a recess formed by removal of a portion of a patient's skull. An embedded heat-collecting portion of the cooling device is formed to fit in the location of the formed recess and a thermally conductive material of the heat-collecting portion is placed adjacent the dura mater to provide the desired degree of cooling. A heat-dissipating external plate is in thermal contact with the internal plate, and can be selectively sized according to a specific purpose.
FILED	Wednesday, December 02, 2009
APPL NO	12/629863
ART UNIT	3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/113
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08591669 — Method of texturing polycrystalline iron/gallium alloys and compositions thereof

US 08591669	Na et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Suok Min Na (Incheon, South Korea); Alison Behre Flatau (Potomac, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Suok Min Na (Incheon, South Korea); Alison Behre Flatau (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure is directed to a method of shaping a starting material of polycrystalline Fe—Ga alloy sheet of varying texture or crystal orientation. The method includes texturing the surface of the Fe—Ga alloy sheet to re-orient polycrystalline Fe—Ga crystals of the polycrystalline Fe—Ga alloy sheet to increase the uniformity of the crystal orientation of the Fe—Ga alloy sheet. The texturing step includes: initially deforming the Fe—Ga alloy sheet by hot rolling; subsequently deforming the previously hot rolled Fe—Ga alloy sheet by warm rolling; and annealing the previously warm rolled Fe—Ga alloy sheet. The method provides an alloy having a saturation magnetostriction potential greater than 60 ppm in applied fields of between 200-600 Oersted. During the annealing step H₂S gas is added to introduce sulfur for promoting surface-energy-induced selective growth of {110} grain. The annealing step is performed in an atmosphere of argon gas.
FILED	Wednesday, November 23, 2005
APPL NO	11/286078
ART UNIT	1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Metal treatment 148/121
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08591787 — Foam patterns

US 08591787	Chaudhry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Anil R. Chaudhry (Xenia, Ohio); Robert Dzugan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Richard M. Harrington (Cincinnati, Ohio); Faurice D. Neece (Lyndhurst, Ohio); Nipendra P. Singh (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Travis Westendorf (Dayton, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	IC Patterns, LLC (Miamisburg, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Anil R. Chaudhry (Xenia, Ohio); Robert Dzugan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Richard M. Harrington (Cincinnati, Ohio); Faurice D. Neece (Lyndhurst, Ohio); Nipendra P. Singh (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Travis Westendorf (Dayton, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A method of creating a foam pattern comprises mixing a polyol component and an isocyanate component to form a liquid mixture. The method further comprises placing a temporary core having a shape corresponding to a desired internal feature in a cavity of a mold and inserting the mixture into the cavity of the mold so that the mixture surrounds a portion of the temporary core. The method optionally further comprises using supporting pins made of foam to support the core in the mold cavity, with such pins becoming integral part of the pattern material simplifying subsequent processing. The method further comprises waiting for a predetermined time sufficient for a reaction from the mixture to form a foam pattern structure corresponding to the cavity of the mold, wherein the foam pattern structure encloses a portion of the temporary core and removing the temporary core from the pattern independent of chemical leaching.
FILED	Tuesday, June 07, 2011
APPL NO	13/154667
ART UNIT	1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/227
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08591854 — Methods for solubilizing and separating large fullerenes

US 08591854	Rai et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) U.S. State Government State of Texas
APPLICANT(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	We have discovered that size dependent solubility of large fullerenes in strong acids is dependent on acid strength. This provides a scalable method for separating large fullerenes by size. According to some embodiments, a method for processing a fullerene starting material comprises large fullerenes comprises mixing the starting material with a first concentrated sulfuric acid solution so as to obtain a first dispersion comprising a first portion of the large fullerenes solubilized in the first concentrated sulfuric acid solution.
FILED	Friday, August 08, 2008
APPL NO	12/672605
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00
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08592168 — Methods for diagnosing and treating neuroendocrine cancer

US 08592168	North
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Darmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, September 07, 2010
APPL NO	12/876312
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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08592200 — Post protein hydrolysis removal of a potent ribonuclease inhibitor and the enzymatic capture of DNA

US 08592200	Ewert
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Matt Ewert (St. Petersburg, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.
FILED	Friday, December 21, 2012
APPL NO	13/725196
ART UNIT	1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/262
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08592226 — Surface-enhanced raman nanobiosensor

US 08592226	Van Duyne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to biosensors, in particular to surface-enhanced Raman biosensors for detection of in vivo and ex vivo analytes. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the in vivo detection of analytes such as glucose.
FILED	Wednesday, September 09, 2009
APPL NO	12/556436
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525
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08592253 — Hybrid layers for use in coatings on electronic devices or other articles

US 08592253	Mandlik et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)	Prashant Mandlik (Princeton, New Jersey); Sigurd Wagner (Princeton, New Jersey); Jeffrey A. Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Ruiqing Ma (Morristown, New Jersey); Julia J. Brown (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Lin Han (Princeton, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Prashant Mandlik (Princeton, New Jersey); Sigurd Wagner (Princeton, New Jersey); Jeffrey A. Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Ruiqing Ma (Morristown, New Jersey); Julia J. Brown (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Lin Han (Princeton, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.
FILED	Tuesday, May 05, 2009
APPL NO	12/990860
ART UNIT	2811 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106
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08592255 — Method for electrically connecting dual silicon-on-insulator device layers

US 08592255	Waters
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard Waters (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard Waters (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A method includes providing a handle wafer having first and second sides. A first oxide layer covers the first side, a second oxide layer covers the second side, a first silicon layer covers the first oxide layer, and a second silicon layer covers the second oxide layer. A portion of the first silicon layer and the first oxide layer is etched to create an exposed portion of the first side. A portion of the second silicon layer and the second oxide layer is etched to create an exposed portion of the second side. A first conductive layer is deposited on the exposed portion of the first side such that it contacts the handle wafer, first oxide layer, and first silicon layer. A second conductive layer is deposited on the exposed portion of the second side such that it contacts the handle wafer, second oxide layer, and second silicon layer.
FILED	Monday, April 09, 2012
APPL NO	13/442454
ART UNIT	2823 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/107
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08592293 — Schottky barrier diodes for millimeter wave SiGe BiCMOS applications

US 08592293	Johnson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Jeffrey B. Johnson (Essex Junction, Vermont); Xuefeng Liu (South Burlington, Vermont); Bradley A. Orner (Fairfax, Vermont); Robert M. Rassel (Colchester, Vermont)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey B. Johnson (Essex Junction, Vermont); Xuefeng Liu (South Burlington, Vermont); Bradley A. Orner (Fairfax, Vermont); Robert M. Rassel (Colchester, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	A method for forming a Schottky barrier diode on a SiGe BiCMOS wafer, including forming a structure which provides a cutoff frequency (F_c) above about 1.0 THz. In embodiments, the structure which provides a cutoff frequency (F_c) above about 1.0 THz may include an anode having an anode area which provides a cutoff frequency (F_C) above about 1.0 THz, an n-epitaxial layer having a thickness which provides a cutoff frequency (F_C) above about 1.0 THz, a p-type guardring at an energy and dosage which provides a cutoff frequency (F_C) above about 1.0 THz, the p-type guardring having a dimension which provides a cutoff frequency (F_C) above about 1.0 THz, and a well tailor with an n-type dopant which provides a cutoff frequency (F_C) above about 1.0 THz.
FILED	Wednesday, February 16, 2011
APPL NO	13/028673
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/570
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08592301 — Template wafer fabrication process for small pitch flip-chip interconnect hybridization

US 08592301	Markunas et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Justin K. Markunas (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric F. Schulte (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT	A template wafer fabrication process is disclosed for high density indium bumping of microchips by using an innovative template wafer upon which the bumps are initially fabricated. Once fabricated, these bumps are transferred to the microchip, after which can be hybridized to another microchip. Such a template wafer is reusable, and thus provides an economical way to fabricate indium bumps. Reusability also eliminates nonuniformities in bump shape and size in serial processing of separate microchips, which is not the case for other indium bump fabrication processes. Such a fabrication process provides a way to form relatively tall indium bumps and accomplishes this without the standard thick photoresist liftoff process. The described process can be suitable for bump pitches under 10 microns, and is only limited by the resolution of the photolithography equipment used.
FILED	Tuesday, April 30, 2013
APPL NO	13/873501
ART UNIT	2895 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/613
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08592419 — Ceramides and apoptosis-signaling ligand

US 08592419	Bielawska et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Jian-yun Dong (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Jacek Bielawski (Charleston, South Carolina); David A. Schwartz (Summerville, South Carolina); David H. Holman (Charleston, South Carolina); Ahmed M. El-Zawahry (Charleston, South Carolina); John McKillop (Charleston, South Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Jian-yun Dong (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Jacek Bielawski (Charleston, South Carolina); David A. Schwartz (Summerville, South Carolina); David H. Holman (Charleston, South Carolina); Ahmed M. El-Zawahry (Charleston, South Carolina); John McKillop (Charleston, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides the compounds of formula (): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, A, X, Y, a, b and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating or preventing diseases associated with cell overproliferation and dysfunctional sphingolipid signal transduction. The invention also encompasses the use of the compounds in combination with an apoptosis-signaling ligand, such as Fas ligand. Preferably, the Fas ligand is administered in the form of a gene therapy agent.
FILED	Monday, October 31, 2005
APPL NO	11/666519
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/237.800
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08592465 — Compounds for treatment of cancer

US 08592465	Miller et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhao Wang (Memphis, Tennessee); Yan Lu (Bartlett, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Columbus, Ohio); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhao Wang (Memphis, Tennessee); Yan Lu (Bartlett, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Columbus, Ohio); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Compounds according to formula (I) are disclosed where Q is S, N, or O; X is optional, and can be O═, S═, ═N—NH₂, ═N—OH, or —OH; Y is optional and can be —N(H)—, O, or C₁to C₂₀hydrocarbon; and R₁and R₂are each independently substituted or unsubstituted single-, fused- or multiple-ring aryl or (hetero)cyclic ring systems. Methods of making these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use, particularly for treating or preventing cancer, are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, June 16, 2009
APPL NO	12/485881
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365
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08592612 — Water soluble carbon nanotubes

US 08592612	Haddon et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense MicroElectronics Activity (DMEA)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert C. Haddon (Riverside, California); Irina Kalinina (Riverside, California); Elena Bekyarova (Riverside, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Carbon Solutions, Inc. (Riverside, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert C. Haddon (Riverside, California); Irina Kalinina (Riverside, California); Elena Bekyarova (Riverside, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of the present disclosure present systems and methods for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized with mono-terminated, protected polyethylene glycol (PEG). As compared with bi-functional PEG, mono-terminated PEG the PEG-THFF oligomer has only one reaction site. The use of mono-terminated PEG may enhance the solubility of CNTs functionalized with mono-terminated PEG by inhibiting cross-linking between nanotubes and leads to a dramatic increase in aqueous solubility. In an example, single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with PEG having a tetrahydrofurfuryl (THFF) terminal group (SWNT-PEG-THFF) is found to disperse in water by ultrasonication and forms stable viscous dispersions at concentrations as high as about 9 g/L. This result exceeds the solubility of a previously reported SWNT-PEG graft copolymer, approximately 6 g/L, by more than 30%.
FILED	Thursday, April 14, 2011
APPL NO	13/087306
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 549/501
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08592680 — Organic photosensitive devices

US 08592680	Rand et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The present invention generally relates to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices. More specifically, it is directed to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices having a photoactive organic region containing encapsulated nanoparticles that exhibit plasmon resonances. An enhancement of the incident optical field is achieved via surface plasmon polariton resonances. This enhancement increases the absorption of incident light, leading to a more efficient device.
FILED	Wednesday, August 11, 2004
APPL NO	10/915410
ART UNIT	1755 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263
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08592756 — Systems and methods for transfer of ions for analysis

US 08592756	Ouyang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device.
FILED	Thursday, December 27, 2012
APPL NO	13/727840
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/282
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08592758 — Vapor sampling adapter for direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry

US 08592758	Nilles et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	John M. Nilles (Elkridge, Maryland); Theresa R. Connell (Bel Air, Maryland); H. Dupont Durst (Bel Air, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John M. Nilles (Elkridge, Maryland); Theresa R. Connell (Bel Air, Maryland); H. Dupont Durst (Bel Air, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A vapor sampling adapter for direct analysis in real time mass spectrometer (DART-MS) applications comprises a vapor transport line and a manifold. In the preferred embodiment the vapor transport line is heated and approximately 20 feet in length. This provides a means to utilize the highly accurate and reliable DART-MS device to detect chemical agents at sample location points up to 20 feet away from the device with the ability to easily move the sampling point to any desired point within the sampling range, thus allowing the operator to systematically scan a site in a fashion similar to that used with a handheld detector. Sample vapor flows through the vapor transport line to the manifold where it comes in proximity to the ion generator of the DART mass spectrometer before entering into the mass spectrometer for analysis. The present invention may be used to raster a surface to determine the precise location of chemical agent contamination. Additionally, the invention may be used to tune or calibrate a DART-MS.
FILED	Monday, June 06, 2011
APPL NO	13/153832
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/288
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08592767 — Tunable ferroelectric supported catalysts and method and uses thereof

US 08592767	Rappe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew M. Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alexie M. Kolpak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fairlawn, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew M. Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alexie M. Kolpak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fairlawn, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are tunable catalysts and methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst. For example, disclosed are methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst, comprising providing a catalyst, comprising a ferroelectric substrate of finite thickness comprising two opposing surfaces, the ferroelectric substrate being characterized as having a polarization; an electrode surmounting one of the surfaces of the ferroelectric substrate; and a catalytically active material surmounting the surface of the ferroelectric substrate opposing the electrode; and subjecting the ferroelectric substrate to a controllable electric field to give rise to a modulation of the polarization of the ferroelectric substrate, whereby the modulation of the polarization controllably alters the activity of one or more chemical species on the catalytically active material.
FILED	Tuesday, August 07, 2007
APPL NO	12/376492
ART UNIT	1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/338.200
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08592791 — Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof

US 08592791	Tour et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
APPLICANT(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein.
FILED	Monday, August 02, 2010
APPL NO	12/848626
ART UNIT	2814 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/3
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08592800 — Optical devices featuring nonpolar textured semiconductor layers

US 08592800	Moustakas et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adam Moldawer (Gainesville, Florida); Anirban Bhattacharyya (Boston, Massachusetts); Joshua Abell (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adam Moldawer (Gainesville, Florida); Anirban Bhattacharyya (Boston, Massachusetts); Joshua Abell (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A semiconductor emitter, or a precursor therefor, has a substrate and one or more textured semiconductor layers deposited onto the substrate in a nonpolar orientation. The textured layers enhance light extraction, and the use of nonpolar orientation greatly enhances internal quantum efficiency compared to conventional devices. Both the internal and external quantum efficiencies of emitters of the invention can be 70-80% or higher. The invention provides highly efficient light emitting diodes suitable for solid state lighting.
FILED	Monday, March 09, 2009
APPL NO	12/920391
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/13
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08592867 — Wide bandgap HEMTS with source connected field plates

US 08592867	Wu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Montecito, California); Marcia Moore (Santa Barbara, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Montecito, California); Marcia Moore (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT	A HEMT comprising a plurality of active semiconductor layers formed on a substrate. Source electrode, drain electrode, and gate are formed in electrical contact with the plurality of active layers. A spacer layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of said plurality of active layers and covering the gate. A field plate is formed on the spacer layer and electrically connected to the source electrode, wherein the field plate reduces the peak operating electric field in the HEMT.
FILED	Friday, March 25, 2011
APPL NO	13/072449
ART UNIT	2818 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/194
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08592868 — Normally-off semiconductor devices

US 08592868	Heikman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	Sten Heikman (Goleta, California); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Sten Heikman (Goleta, California); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California)
ABSTRACT	Normally-off semiconductor devices are provided. A Group III-nitride buffer layer is provided. A Group III-nitride barrier layer is provided on the Group III-nitride buffer layer. A non-conducting spacer layer is provided on the Group III-nitride barrier layer. The Group III-nitride barrier layer and the spacer layer are etched to form a trench. The trench extends through the barrier layer and exposes a portion of the buffer layer. A dielectric layer is formed on the spacer layer and in the trench and a gate electrode is formed on the dielectric layer. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided herein.
FILED	Wednesday, May 30, 2012
APPL NO	13/483737
ART UNIT	2892 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/194
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08592877 — Embedded MEMS sensors and related methods

US 08592877	Lakamraju et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) U.S. State Government State of Arizona
APPLICANT(S)	Narendra V. Lakamraju (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Narendra V. Lakamraju (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
FILED	Thursday, June 14, 2012
APPL NO	13/523755
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/254
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08592932 — Apparatus and methods for constructing semiconductor chip packages with silicon space transformer carriers

US 08592932	Andry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	Apparatus and methods are provided for high density packaging of semiconductor chips using silicon space transformer chip level package structures, which allow high density chip interconnection and/or integration of multiple chips or chip stacks high I/O interconnection and heterogeneous chip or function integration.
FILED	Monday, March 26, 2012
APPL NO	13/430195
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/434
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08593065 — Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving the visibility and identification of satellites using light emitting diodes

US 08593065	Tarsitano et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Christopher George Tarsitano (Huntsville, Alabama); Renny Arthur Fields (El Segundo, California); David Arthur Hinkley (El Segundo, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher George Tarsitano (Huntsville, Alabama); Renny Arthur Fields (El Segundo, California); David Arthur Hinkley (El Segundo, California)
ABSTRACT	Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for improving the visibility and identification of satellites using light emitting diodes. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for improving the visibility of satellites. The method can include attaching one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) to a satellite, supplying one or more signals to the one or more LEDs, and producing light emission having a unique identifier from the one or more LEDs based at least in part on the one or more signals.
FILED	Monday, June 28, 2010
APPL NO	12/824354
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/149
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08593180 — Circuit including a negative differential resistance (NDR) device having a graphene channel, and method of operating the circuit

US 08593180	Han et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Yu-Ming Lin (West Harrison, New York); Yanqing Wu (Ossining, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Yu-Ming Lin (West Harrison, New York); Yanqing Wu (Ossining, New York)
ABSTRACT	A circuit includes a negative differential resistance (NDR) device which includes a gate and a graphene channel, and a gate voltage source which modulates a gate voltage on the gate such that an electric current through the graphene channel exhibits negative differential resistance.
FILED	Monday, March 12, 2012
APPL NO	13/418066
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/135
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08593355 — Reconfigurable buoyant cable antenna with improved gain

US 08593355	Tonn
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island)
ABSTRACT	An antenna element with a single-conductor antenna is provided within a removable core. The removable core is mounted within a hollow liner by sliding the core into the hollow liner. A pull cable may be attached to an end of the removable core to pull the core through the outboard end of the hollow liner. Due to reduced strain on the core as compared to the liner, the single-conductor antenna may be formed in segments interconnected with capacitors for adjusting the antenna gain to a maximum in the vicinity of a desired operating frequency or frequencies.
FILED	Thursday, June 24, 2010
APPL NO	12/822523
ART UNIT	2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709
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08593638 — Split frequency sensing methods and systems

US 08593638	Lu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Tao Lu (Victoria, Canada); Tsu-Te Judith Su (Boca Raton, Florida); Kerry J. Vahala (Pasadena, California); Scott E. Fraser (La Canada, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Tao Lu (Victoria, Canada); Tsu-Te Judith Su (Boca Raton, Florida); Kerry J. Vahala (Pasadena, California); Scott E. Fraser (La Canada, California)
ABSTRACT	Resonant sensors and molecule detection methods utilizing split frequency. Optical energy is introduced into a microcavity, such as a toroid-shaped or spherical microcavity. A portion of the optical energy is backscattered and interacts with the introduced optical energy to form first and second modes of optical energy at respective first and second frequencies, also referred to as split frequency or mode doublets. One or more molecules bind to an outer surface of the microcavity and interact with an evanescent field of optical energy resonating within the microcavity. Binding of one or more molecules to the outer surface is detected based at least in part upon a change of the split frequency relative to a baseline split frequency.
FILED	Friday, October 02, 2009
APPL NO	12/573009
ART UNIT	2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/480
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08593644 — White light optical profilometer for measuring complex surfaces

US 08593644	Necsoiu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC)
APPLICANT(S)	Dorel Marius Necsoiu (San Antonio, Texas); Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Jason O. Burkholder (Ruckersville, Virginia); William T. Gressick (Greenwood, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Dorel Marius Necsoiu (San Antonio, Texas); Joseph N. Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas); Jason O. Burkholder (Ruckersville, Virginia); William T. Gressick (Greenwood, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A white light optical profilometer having a measurement head that is separated from the base unit by means of a fiber optic bundle. The measurement head contains a Michelson objective, whose reference path is folded so that the measurement head may be compact. The measurement head also contains a tilting mirror, which directs light from the surface of interest to the objective, and may be adjusted to allow the measurement head to scan complex surfaces. The base unit contains the other elements of the profilometer, such as an image detector and illuminator.
FILED	Monday, December 13, 2010
APPL NO	12/966877
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/601
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08593716 — Methods and apparatus for photonic arbitrary waveform generation over wide-bandwidth and extended time apertures

US 08593716	Thiel et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Charles W. Thiel (Bozeman, Montana); Peter B. Sellin (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles W. Thiel (Bozeman, Montana); Peter B. Sellin (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for producing an arbitrary broadband waveform includes generating a first narrowband waveform and generating a frequency-shifted replica by frequency shifting the first narrowband waveform by a frequency shift. A second narrowband waveform is also generated. A broadband waveform is generated by combining the frequency-shifted replica and the second narrowband waveform.
FILED	Monday, June 06, 2011
APPL NO	13/154416
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/278
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08593729 — Multi-field of view annular folded optics

US 08593729	Vizgaitis
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Jay N. Vizgaitis (Alexandria, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jay N. Vizgaitis (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	An all-reflective afocal lens is comprised of eight-reflective mirrors which can fold the light path into a very compact and thin configuration while maintaining diffraction limited performance. Such an afocal arrangement is usable with a traditional optical imager of an appropriate aperture dimension and FOV range, or with an annular aperture optical system with the appropriately scaled aperture and acceptable FOV angles. When combined the resulting FOV is scaled by the magnification produced by the afocal. The afocal arrangement can be used in either a magnification mode or a demagnification mode. Such an afocal arrangement can be used as either a focal length extender or as a FOV switch enabling a very short length two FOV multi-spectral system with a length that can be an order of magnitude shorter than a known optical system.
FILED	Friday, June 25, 2010
APPL NO	12/823215
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/365
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08593790 — Multiple discharge device cascading switch and fuse design

US 08593790	Appleton et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	Randall J. Appleton (West St. Paul, Minnesota); Timothy J. Doering (Anoka, Minnesota); Aaron Ephraim Bard (Columbia, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Randall J. Appleton (West St. Paul, Minnesota); Timothy J. Doering (Anoka, Minnesota); Aaron Ephraim Bard (Columbia, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A device and method of use of a multiple discharge panel for a multiple-discharge, high energy electric device. The device generally uses a panel for a multiple-discharge, high energy electric device that includes a plurality of fuse assemblies constructed in a cascading arrangement in a common panel. Each fuse assembly provides protection from a single high energy discharge pulse and includes a structure defining a cavity. The fuse assembly further contains a resistor made of components that explode when subjected to a large pulse of power to temporarily interrupt and dissipate the large pulse of power. The structure defining the cavity is shaped to deform in response to explosion of the resistor such that a new connection to a remaining one of the plurality of fuse assemblies is established.
FILED	Wednesday, August 31, 2011
APPL NO	13/222405
ART UNIT	2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/626
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08594107 — System and method for establishing network connection

US 08594107	Short et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Joel E. Short (Los Angeles, California); Leonard Kleinrock (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Nomadix, Inc. (Agoura Hills, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joel E. Short (Los Angeles, California); Leonard Kleinrock (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods of enabling a user host device to communicate on a network. In an embodiment, a system receives a request packet from a user host device. The request packet, such as an ARP request packet, may include a target IP address that corresponds to a static IP address that is different from any IP address associated with the system. In response to receiving the request packet, the system may send a response packet, such as an ARP response packet, with a sender address that corresponds to the static IP address, and with a sender hardware address that corresponds to a hardware address of the system.
FILED	Friday, September 02, 2011
APPL NO	13/225059
ART UNIT	2464 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/401
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08594147 — Monolithic diode pumped solid-state laser for high shock environments

US 08594147	Burke et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Gregory Burke (Hanover, New Hampshire); Luke Helsel (Rockaway, New Jersey); Thomas DeVoe (Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey); Jacqueline Quinn Baeder (Dover, New Jersey); David Bound (Denville, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Gregory Burke (Hanover, New Hampshire); Luke Helsel (Rockaway, New Jersey); Thomas DeVoe (Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey); Jacqueline Quinn Baeder (Dover, New Jersey); David Bound (Denville, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A diode pumped solid-state laser for high shock, high vibration environments such as those found in laser ignition systems for artillery systems which internally integrate into the breech of an artillery system such as a 155 mm howitzer. The diode pumped solid-state laser employs a unique gain medium mounting which permits its use in such high shock/high vibration environments. Contributing further to robustness is a monolithic design based on diode arrays mounted in a linear configuration along with an advanced polycrystalline gain medium laser rod. Advantageously, and in sharp contrast to laser ignition systems incorporating flash lamps, the diode pumped solid-state laser of the present invention permits a seamless integration into a howitzer artillery weapons system without other complex mounting provisions or shock isolation system(s). Of further advantage, the diode pumped solid-state laser of the present invention facilitates integration into existing breech hardware with relatively only minor modification. This simplifies design of allied such breech and laser assemblies, their integration requirements, and further results in a reduced total system weight.
FILED	Wednesday, August 24, 2011
APPL NO	13/216611
ART UNIT	2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Coherent light generators 372/75
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08594447 — Method of estimating blur kernel from edge profiles in a blurry image

US 08594447	Smith
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Leslie N Smith (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Leslie N Smith (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method of deblurring a two-dimensional, blurred image. An edge within the blurred image is detected, and an edge profile of the blurred image is extracted. A length of the edge profile is determined, and a blur kernel size is estimated based thereon. A quantile function is applied to the edge profile, thereby generating quantile function output. A linearity test is performed on the quantile function output, thereby obtaining a preliminary linearity metric. Another quantile function is selected and the applying a quantile function to the edge profile, thereby generating quantile function output, and the performing a linearity test on the quantile function output, thereby obtaining a preliminary linearity metric, is iteratively repeated until a best linearity metric, a best quantile function, and a best quantile function output are determined. A slope of the best quantile function output is determined, and a blurring parameter is determined based thereon. A blur kernel is estimated based on the blurring parameter and the blur kernel size. A sharp image is resolved using the blur kernel.
FILED	Friday, December 23, 2011
APPL NO	13/336030
ART UNIT	2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/255
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08594455 — System and method for image enhancement and improvement

US 08594455	Meyers et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)	U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ronald E. Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S. Deacon (Columbia, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method and system for improving picture quality of images by providing a series of frames of a given region of interest. One embodiment for a method includes: determining the value of each pixel at each location within each frame to form a first array of pixel values for each frame; determining the overall intensity of each frame; determining the product of the overall intensity and the array of pixel values for each frame; determining the sum of the products by adding together the products of the overall frame intensity and first array of pixel values for each frame; determining the average of the sum of products by dividing the sum of products by the number of frames in the series of frames; determining the average value of each pixel at each pixel location for the series of frames to form a second array of average pixel values; determining the average overall frame intensity for the series of frames; determining a second product of the second array of average pixel values and the average overall frame intensity; subtracting the second product from the first product to provide an improved image of the region of interest. Other improvement embodiments are also disclosed.
FILED	Friday, March 15, 2013
APPL NO	13/838249
ART UNIT	2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/274
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08594457 — Correlation image detection

US 08594457	Richard
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Rikoski Richard (Alameda, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Rikoski Richard (Alameda, California)
ABSTRACT	A correlation image detection method is provided that co-registers sonar images by finding peaks in correlation images. To obtain the peaks, the mean of the absolute values of the correlation coefficients in the correlation image is found and the Rayleigh parameter is determined from the mean. Based on the Rayleigh parameter, an appropriate threshold can be determined using a desired probability of false detection. The threshold can be chosen such that the probability of a single false detection over the expected life of the mission for which correlation detection is being performed is extremely low. The peak value in the image is determined and a correlation is considered detected when the peak value is greater than the product of the threshold and the Rayleigh parameter. If a detection occurs, the correlation image detector returns the transformation that co-registers the two images.
FILED	Thursday, June 07, 2012
APPL NO	13/490580
ART UNIT	2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/278
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08594511 — Method and apparatus for maintaining a coherent combined beam during arbitrary steering

US 08594511	Smith et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)	Irl W. Smith (Concord, Massachusetts); Kirk L. Fisher (Groton, Massachusetts); Evelyn W. Kapusta (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Irl W. Smith (Concord, Massachusetts); Kirk L. Fisher (Groton, Massachusetts); Evelyn W. Kapusta (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for accounting for phase differences in a transmit path of an optical system is provided. A transmit control system nullifies phase errors in signals propagating from a coherent source to phase samplers and back to a transmitter sensor. A small time-dependent length modulation is applied to a feed fiber of each aperture and this modulation enables a hill-climbing servo loop to increase, or in some cases even maximize, a detected intensity. This results in a particular relationship between the phases at all the phase-sampling points. The optical system is then calibrated so that this relationship corresponds to in-phase beams when the optical system is aimed at boresight.
FILED	Sunday, November 30, 2008
APPL NO	12/325241
ART UNIT	2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Optical communications 398/182
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08594572 — Wireless electric power transmission through wall

US 08594572	Ortiz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); John M. Roach (Herriman, Utah); Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); John M. Roach (Herriman, Utah); Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting electric currents walls. The walls may be bulkhead compartment walls of a fixed structure or a vehicle or the like. The apparatus includes a wireless electric power transmission arrangement that includes an electronic device on one side of a wall, which is powered by a power source on another side of the wall. The electronic device may be a sensor arrangement having one or more sensors, a battery charging device, a through-the-bulkhead repeater device or other electronic device requiring power.
FILED	Thursday, June 16, 2011
APPL NO	13/161652
ART UNIT	2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Telecommunications 455/41.200
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08594600 — Apparatus for the self healing of the gain of broadband receivers

US 08594600	Bardin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Joseph C Bardin (Northampton, Massachusetts); Ali Hajimiri Seyed (La Canada, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joseph C Bardin (Northampton, Massachusetts); Ali Hajimiri Seyed (La Canada, California)
ABSTRACT	An integrated RF device includes at least one RF amplifier configured to be electrically coupled alternatively to a selected one of a RF signal input and a RF test source. A first mixer stage includes a first local oscillator and is electrically coupled to the at least one RF amplifier. At least one second mixer stage includes a second local oscillator and is electrically is coupled to the first mixer. The at least one baseband amplifier is electrically coupled to the second mixer. At least a selected one of the RF amplifier and the baseband amplifier has at least one actuator and at least one actuator terminal configured to provide an actuator setting. A method to self-heal an integrated RF receiver device is also described.
FILED	Thursday, November 18, 2010
APPL NO	12/949719
ART UNIT	2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Telecommunications 455/226.100
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08594609 — Drain-pumped sub-harmonic mixer for millimeter wave applications

US 08594609	Garcia et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Alberto Valdes Garcia (White Plains, New York); Chinmaya Mishra (College Station, Texas); Scott Kevin Reynolds (Amawalk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Alberto Valdes Garcia (White Plains, New York); Chinmaya Mishra (College Station, Texas); Scott Kevin Reynolds (Amawalk, New York)
ABSTRACT	A sub-harmonic mixer includes a first transistor having a source and a drain and a second transistor having a source connected to the source of the first transistor and a drain connected to the drain of the first transistor. A mixing transistor is configured to be biased in a linear operating region. The mixing transistor includes a drain coupled to the sources of the first transistor and the second transistor. The mixing transistor has its drain driven by a signal at twice a local oscillator (LO) frequency and its gate driven by a radio frequency (RF) signal while the mixing transistor is biased in the linear region such that a process of frequency doubling and mixing are performed simultaneously.
FILED	Friday, March 11, 2011
APPL NO	13/046377
ART UNIT	2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Demodulation or Transference of Modulation From One Carrier to Another H03D 7/1441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 1/30 (20130101)
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08594783 — Systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in tissue

US 08594783	Wagner
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Timothy Andrew Wagner (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Highland Instruments, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Timothy Andrew Wagner (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for stimulating cellular function within tissue that involves providing a first type of energy to a region of tissue, in which the first type is provided in an amount that inhibits cellular function within the region of tissue, and providing a second type of energy to the region of tissue, in which the second type is provided in an amount that facilitates cellular function within the region of tissue, wherein the combined effect stimulates cellular function within the tissue.
FILED	Wednesday, August 24, 2011
APPL NO	13/216313
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/3
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08594864 — Torque based power limit cueing system and method

US 08594864	Greenfield et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Aaron L. Greenfield (Shelton, Connecticut); Alex Faynberg (Cheshire, Connecticut); Vineet Sahasrabudhe (Cheshire, Connecticut); John Rucci (East Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Glen Knaust (Palm City, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Aaron L. Greenfield (Shelton, Connecticut); Alex Faynberg (Cheshire, Connecticut); Vineet Sahasrabudhe (Cheshire, Connecticut); John Rucci (East Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Glen Knaust (Palm City, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A torque based power limit cueing system is provided and includes an engine computer to compile data relating to torque and additional information of each of one or more engines, an active stick by which tactile cueing are provided to a pilot and by which the pilot inputs control commands, a multi-function display (MFD) by which visible cues are provided to the pilot and a flight control computer (FCC) operably coupled to the engine computer, the active stick and the multi-function display, the FCC being configured to receive the data from the engine computer and to output tactile cue commands and visible commands in accordance with the torque and the additional information of each of the one or more engines to the active stick and the MFD, respectively.
FILED	Wednesday, August 24, 2011
APPL NO	13/216867
ART UNIT	3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/14
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08594961 — Remote interrogation of a passive wireless antenna sensor

US 08594961	Huang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Haiying Huang (Arlington, Texas); Srikar Deshmukh (Chandler, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Haiying Huang (Arlington, Texas); Srikar Deshmukh (Chandler, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	The condition of a structure using remote interrogation of a multi-state passive wireless antenna sensor that has a known resonant frequency when mounted on the structure. The passive wireless antenna sensor is connected to a remotely operated switching circuit that includes a photocell. An interrogation system transmits a series of radio frequency signals with sweeping frequencies around the known resonant frequency to the passive wireless antenna sensor, while simultaneously pulsing a laser to switch the passive wireless antenna sensor between a first state and a second state in which it is exposed to open-circuit or short-circuit conditions. A signal is reflected from the passive wireless antenna sensor in each of the first and second states, and a resonant frequency of the passive wireless antenna sensor is determined by normalizing the received signals to isolate the antenna mode.
FILED	Thursday, September 09, 2010
APPL NO	12/878953
ART UNIT	2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75
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08595222 — Methods and systems for representing, using and displaying time-varying information on the semantic web

US 08595222	Dean
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael Anthony Dean (Liberty Lake, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Anthony Dean (Liberty Lake, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems for providing start and stop properties to Semantic Web structured resources and statements are disclosed. The start and stop properties can specify a lifetime during which a resource or statement can be valid. A call or query to one or more resources can return statement data including the start and stop properties for the resources and/or statements. Dates can be specified with the call or query such that the returned resources and statements have lifetimes including the specified dates. Screen images of the data can display subject and object nodes and predicate arcs for the selected dates. A sequence of screen images can display a timeline of nodes and arcs by adding or hiding nodes and arcs to correspond with the start and stop properties of the statements. Tools are provided for the user to navigate through the sequence.
FILED	Monday, September 29, 2008
APPL NO	12/240605
ART UNIT	2165 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/725
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08595443 — Varying a data prefetch size based upon data usage

US 08595443	Arimilli et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Gheorghe C. Cascaval (Carmel, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); William E. Speight (Austin, Texas); Lixin Zhang (Austin, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Gheorghe C. Cascaval (Carmel, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); William E. Speight (Austin, Texas); Lixin Zhang (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A method of data processing in a processor includes maintaining a usage history indicating demand usage of prefetched data retrieved into cache memory. An amount of data to prefetch by a data prefetch request is selected based upon the usage history. The data prefetch request is transmitted to a memory hierarchy to prefetch the selected amount of data into cache memory.
FILED	Friday, February 01, 2008
APPL NO	12/024163
ART UNIT	2188 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/137
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08595732 — Reducing the response time of flexible highly data parallel task by assigning task sets using dynamic combined longest processing time scheme

US 08595732	Hildrum et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York)
ABSTRACT	A method for scheduling a data processing job includes receiving the data processing job formed of a plurality of computing units, combining the plurality of computing units into a plurality of sets of tasks, each set including tasks of about equal estimated size, and different sets having different sized tasks, and assigning the tasks to a plurality of processors using a dynamic longest processing time (DLPT) scheme.
FILED	Monday, November 15, 2010
APPL NO	12/946475
ART UNIT	2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102
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08595818 — Systems and methods for decoy routing and covert channel bonding

US 08595818	Karlin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Josh Forrest Karlin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephen Lauer (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Craig Partridge (East Lansing, Michigan); David Patrick Mankins (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William Timothy Strayer (West Newton, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Josh Forrest Karlin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephen Lauer (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Craig Partridge (East Lansing, Michigan); David Patrick Mankins (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William Timothy Strayer (West Newton, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Systems, methods, and devices for decoy routing and covert channel bonding are described. The decoy routing system includes a client computing device, a decoy router, and a decoy proxy such that packets addressed to a decoy destination are re-routed by the decoy router to a covert destination via the decoy proxy. The decoy routing method may be applied to a covert channel bonding process, in which a plurality of packet data streams are sent to one or more decoy destinations, re-routed appropriately via one or more decoy routers and/or decoy proxies, and assembled together into a single packet data stream at either a decoy proxy, or a final covert destination.
FILED	Wednesday, June 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/150724
ART UNIT	2431 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Information security 726/12
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

08591032 — Opthalmic apparatuses, systems and methods

US 08591032	Thibos et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Larry N. Thibos (Bloomington, Indiana); Xin Wei (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Larry N. Thibos (Bloomington, Indiana); Xin Wei (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	Ophthalmic apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment is an ophthalmic scanning apparatus including a laser operable to emit a laser beam, a scanning mirror operable to scan the laser beam over at least a +/−15 degree scan, and a lens system operable to receive the laser beam from the scanning mirror and direct the laser beam to a spot on an image plane. The spot has a root mean square radius of less than about 3.8 microns over the +/−15 degree scan. Further embodiments include methods of modeling and determining corrective prescriptions for patient's eyes. Additional embodiments are described herein.
FILED	Monday, January 10, 2011
APPL NO	12/987504
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221
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08591562 — Methods and devices for brain cooling for treatment and prevention of acquired epilepsy

US 08591562	D'Ambrosio et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Raimondo D'Ambrosio (Seattle, Washington); Matthew Smyth (Frontenac, Missouri); Steven Mark Rothman (Clayton, Missouri); John W. Miller (Bellevue, Washington); Jason Fender (Bonney Lake, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Raimondo D'Ambrosio (Seattle, Washington); Matthew Smyth (Frontenac, Missouri); Steven Mark Rothman (Clayton, Missouri); John W. Miller (Bellevue, Washington); Jason Fender (Bonney Lake, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A device for cooling the central nervous system (e.g., the brain) is disclosed that is specifically designed to provide cooling of an injured central nervous system for neuroprotective, antiepileptogenic, and/or antiepileptic treatments. In one embodiment, a portion of the cooling device is placed in a recess formed by removal of a portion of a patient's skull. An embedded heat-collecting portion of the cooling device is formed to fit in the location of the formed recess and a thermally conductive material of the heat-collecting portion is placed adjacent the dura mater to provide the desired degree of cooling. A heat-dissipating external plate is in thermal contact with the internal plate, and can be selectively sized according to a specific purpose.
FILED	Wednesday, December 02, 2009
APPL NO	12/629863
ART UNIT	3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/113
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08591597 — Biomimetic vascular network and devices using the same

US 08591597	Hoganson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S)	David M. Hoganson (Boston, Massachusetts); Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Howard I. Pryor (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	David M. Hoganson (Boston, Massachusetts); Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Howard I. Pryor (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides method of fabricating a scaffold comprising a fluidic network, including the steps of: (a) generating an initial vascular layer for enclosing the chamber and providing fluid to the cells, the initial vascular layer having a network of channels for fluid; (b) translating the initial vascular layer into a model for fluid dynamics analysis; (c) analyzing the initial vascular layer based on desired parameters selected from the group consisting of a characteristic of a specific fluid, an input pressure, an output pressure, an overall flow rate and combinations thereof to determine sheer stress and velocity within the network of channels; (d) measuring the sheer stress and the velocity and comparing the obtained values to predetermined values; (e) determining if either of the shear stress or the velocity are greater than or less than the predetermined values, and (f) optionally modifying the initial vascular layer and repeating steps (b)-(e). The invention also provides compositions comprising a vascular layer for use in tissue lamina as well as a medical devices having a vascular layer and kits.
FILED	Monday, March 22, 2010
APPL NO	12/728557
ART UNIT	3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Prosthesis 623/23.640
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08591830 — Bead manipulations on a droplet actuator

US 08591830	Sudarsan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Arjun Sudarsan (Cary, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Prasanna Thwar (Sunnyvale, California); Dwayne Allen (Durham, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Arjun Sudarsan (Cary, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Prasanna Thwar (Sunnyvale, California); Dwayne Allen (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	A droplet actuator comprising: (a) a base substrate comprising electrodes configured for conducting droplet operations on a droplet operations surface thereof; (b) a droplet comprising one or more beads situated on the droplet operations surface; (c) a barrier arranged in relation to the droplet and the electrodes such that a droplet may be transported away from the beads using one or more droplet operations mediated by one or more of the electrodes while transport of the beads is restrained by a barrier. Related methods and kits are also provided.
FILED	Monday, August 25, 2008
APPL NO	12/673893
ART UNIT	1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/502
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08591881 — Chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and uses thereof

US 08591881	Palese et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Dmitriy Zamarin (New York, New York); Yuman Fong (New York, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Dmitriy Zamarin (New York, New York); Yuman Fong (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	Described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses engineered to express a heterologous interferon antagonist and compositions comprising such viruses. The chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and compositions are useful in the treatment of cancer.
FILED	Friday, February 05, 2010
APPL NO	13/147842
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.300
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08591889 — Human monoclonal antibodies specific for CD22

US 08591889	Dimitrov et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Xiaodong Xiao (Frederick, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, 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)	Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Xiaodong Xiao (Frederick, Maryland); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are isolated human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind human CD22 with a dissociation constant (K_d) of 25 nM or less. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. The antibodies can be used to detect human CD22 in a sample. In some cases, CD22 is soluble CD22. Methods of diagnosing a B-cell malignancy, or confirming a B-cell malignancy diagnosis, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies. Methods of treating a subject with a B-cell malignancy are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, April 01, 2009
APPL NO	12/934214
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100
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08591905 — Nicotine immunonanotherapeutics

US 08591905	von Andrian et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or in B cells. The invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface having a plurality of nicotine moieties. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. For example, the present invention nanocarriers capable of eliciting an immune response and the production of anti-nicotine antibodies.
FILED	Wednesday, April 22, 2009
APPL NO	12/428388
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100
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08591918 — Mycobacterial mutants inducing IL-12

US 08591918	Jacobs, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	William R. Jacobs, Jr. (Pelham, New York); Kari Sweeney (Stamford, Connecticut); Dee Dao (Bronx, New York); Steven A. Porcelli (Bronx, New York); John Chan (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York); Tsungda Hsu (New York, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	William R. Jacobs, Jr. (Pelham, New York); Kari Sweeney (Stamford, Connecticut); Dee Dao (Bronx, New York); Steven A. Porcelli (Bronx, New York); John Chan (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York); Tsungda Hsu (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	Provided are mycobacteria deleted in at least a portion of a region 3 ESAT-6-like gene cluster. Also provided are mycobacteria comprising a mutation in an roc-1 gene. Additionally, vaccines comprising these mycobacteria are provided. Further provided are methods of making a recombinant mycobacterium, methods of inducing an immune response in a mammal, methods of inhibiting IL-12 production in a mammal, and methods of stimulating IL-12 production in a mammal. Vaccine adjuvants are also provided, as are methods of inducing immunity to a target antigen in a mammal.
FILED	Monday, March 10, 2008
APPL NO	12/450193
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100
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08591933 — Temporal release of growth factors from 3D micro rod scaffolds for tissue regeneration

US 08591933	Russell et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Brenda Russell (Evanston, Illinois); Tejal A. Desai (San Francisco, California); Paul Goldspink (Northfield, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Brenda Russell (Evanston, Illinois); Tejal A. Desai (San Francisco, California); Paul Goldspink (Northfield, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the use of three-dimensional microrod scaffolds for the temporal release of growth factors useful in tissue regeneration, engineering and treatment of disorders.
FILED	Tuesday, January 19, 2010
APPL NO	12/689906
ART UNIT	1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/423
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08592146 — Real-time PCR point mutation assays for detecting HIV-1 resistance to antiviral drugs

US 08592146	Johnson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
APPLICANT(S)	Jeffrey A. Johnson (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid M. Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey A. Johnson (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid M. Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are compositions including primers and probes, which are capable of interacting with the disclosed nucleic acids, such as the nucleic acids encoding the reverse transcriptase or protease of HIV as disclosed herein. Thus, provided is an oligonucleotide comprising any one of the nucleotide sequences set for in SEQ ID NOS:1-89, and 96-104. Also provided are the oligonucleotides consisting of the nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NOS:1-89, and 96-104. Each of the disclosed oligonucleotides is a probe or a primer. Also provided are mixtures of primers and probes and for use in RT-PCR and primary PCR reactions disclosed herein. Provided are methods for the specific detection of several mutations in HIV. Mutations in both the reverse transcriptase and the protease of HIV can be detected using the methods described herein.
FILED	Tuesday, September 04, 2012
APPL NO	13/602366
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
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08592148 — Field-switch sequencing

US 08592148	Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	John G. K. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jon P. Anderson (Lincoln, Nebraska)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Pacific Biosciences of California (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	John G. K. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Jon P. Anderson (Lincoln, Nebraska)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides novel compositions, methods and apparatus for DNA sequencing that can be performed, e.g., in a two-electrode chamber. The present invention also provides a method for sequencing a nucleic acid comprising immobilizing a plurality of complexes comprising a target nucleic acid, a primer nucleic acid, and a polymerase onto a surface, contacting the surface with a plurality of charged particles comprising a nucleotide phosphate by applying an electric field, reversing the electric field to transport unbound charged particles away from the surface, and detecting the incorporation of a nucleotide phosphate into a single molecule of the primer nucleic acid.
FILED	Friday, October 31, 2008
APPL NO	12/263397
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
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08592162 — Compositions, methods and kits for repressing virulence in gram positive bacteria

US 08592162	Sonenshein
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Abraham L. Sonenshein (Brookline, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Abraham L. Sonenshein (Brookline, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Bacterial virulence is repressed by compositions and methods for activating permanently a repressor of virulence factors. Compositions provided contain at least one non-metabolizable analog of guanine, guanosine, isoleucine and valine.
FILED	Friday, May 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/469584
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.130
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08592168 — Methods for diagnosing and treating neuroendocrine cancer

US 08592168	North
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Darmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, September 07, 2010
APPL NO	12/876312
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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08592173 — Cancer diagnosis by measuring polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase activity

US 08592173	Lamango
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Nazarius Saah Lamango (Tallahassee, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Nazarius Saah Lamango (Tallahassee, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Methods for cancer diagnosis, making decisions on appropriate cancer treatment, awareness of a predisposition to cancer and potential cancer prevention, and monitoring of cancer therapy by measuring the activity of PMPMEase.
FILED	Monday, November 07, 2011
APPL NO	13/290363
ART UNIT	1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/19
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08592185 — Methods for detection of methyl-CpG dinucleotides

US 08592185	Dunn
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) at Upton, NY Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides methods for enriching methyl-CpG sequences from a DNA sample. The method makes use of conversion of cytosine residues to uracil under conditions in which methyl-cytosine residues are preserved. Additional methods of the invention enable to preservation of the context of me-CpG dinucleotides. The invention also provides a recombinant, full length and substantially pure McrA protein (rMcrA) for binding and isolation of DNA fragments containing the sequence 5′-C^MeCpGG-3′. Methods for making and using the rMcrA protein, and derivatives thereof are provided.
FILED	Friday, August 03, 2012
APPL NO	13/565954
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 435/91.200
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08592193 — High activity mutants of butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis

US 08592193	Zhan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
APPLICANT(S)	Chang-Guo Zhan (Lexington, Kentucky); Fang Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Wenchao Yang (Wuhan, China PRC); Liu Xue (Lexington, Kentucky); Shurong Hou (Lexington, Kentucky)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky)
INVENTOR(S)	Chang-Guo Zhan (Lexington, Kentucky); Fang Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Wenchao Yang (Wuhan, China PRC); Liu Xue (Lexington, Kentucky); Shurong Hou (Lexington, Kentucky)
ABSTRACT	Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine, as compared to wild-type BChE. Pharmaceutical compositions of the presently-disclosed subject matter include a BChE polypeptide variant having an enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine. A method of the presently-disclosed subject matter for treating a cocaine-induced condition includes administering to an individual an effective amount of a BChE polypeptide variant, as disclosed herein, to lower blood cocaine concentration.
FILED	Friday, February 17, 2012
APPL NO	13/399406
ART UNIT	1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/196
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08592202 — Biosensors for detecting macromolecules and other analytes

US 08592202	Heyduk et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Tomasz Heyduk (St. Louis, Missouri); Ewa Heyduk (St. Louis, Missouri); Eric Knoll (St. Louis, Missouri)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Tomasz Heyduk (St. Louis, Missouri); Ewa Heyduk (St. Louis, Missouri); Eric Knoll (St. Louis, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally provides molecular biosensors. In particular, the invention provides molecular biosensors having one or more aptamers. The molecular biosensors are useful in several methods including in the identification and quantification of target molecules.
FILED	Monday, December 06, 2010
APPL NO	12/961135
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 435/287.200
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08592206 — Culture based screening assay and methods of use thereof to identify agents which modulate tumor development, invasion and differentiation

US 08592206	Rustgi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S)	Anil K. Rustgi (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Carmen Z. Michaylira (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Douglas B. Stairs (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Anil K. Rustgi (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Carmen Z. Michaylira (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Douglas B. Stairs (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A 3D organotypic culture which phenocopies aggressive, invasive cancer and methods of use thereof are provided.
FILED	Friday, April 30, 2010
APPL NO	12/771683
ART UNIT	1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325
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08592209 — Methods of preparing and characterizing mesenchymal stem cell aggregates and uses thereof

US 08592209	Khurgel et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Moshe Khurgel (Charlottesville, Virginia); Adam J. Katz (Charlottesville, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Moshe Khurgel (Charlottesville, Virginia); Adam J. Katz (Charlottesville, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides compositions and methods for preparing and characterizing multipotential mesenchymal stem cell aggregates. The invention further provides methods for using stem cell aggregates of the invention.
FILED	Tuesday, January 30, 2007
APPL NO	12/162523
ART UNIT	1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395
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08592216 — Labeling peptides with tertiary amines and other basic functional groups for improved mass spectrometric analysis

US 08592216	Frey et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); April L. Jue (Madison, Wisconsin); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); April L. Jue (Madison, Wisconsin); Casey J. Krusemark (Woodside, California); Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Joshua J. Coon (Middleton, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides methods for enhancing the fragmentation of peptides for mass spectrometry by modifying the peptides with a tagging reagent containing a functional group, such as a tertiary amine, having a greater gas-phase basicity than the amide backbone of the peptide. These high gas-phase basicity functional groups are attached to a peptide by reacting the tagging reagent to one or more available carboxylic acid groups of the peptide. Linking these high gas-phase functional groups to the peptides leads to higher charge state ions from electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), which fragment more extensively during fragmentation techniques, particularly non-ergodic fragmentation techniques such as electron capture dissociation (ECD) and electron transfer dissociation (ETD).
FILED	Wednesday, April 14, 2010
APPL NO	12/759950
ART UNIT	1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/56
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08592217 — Method of conducting an assay

US 08592217	Eckhardt
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
APPLICANT(S)	Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The invention is directed to droplet actuator devices and assay methods. The invention includes assay methods of conducting an assay comprising combining a sample with an umbelliferyl derivative, wherein the sample potentially comprises an enzyme capable of cleaving the umbelliferyl derivative and where the umbelliferyl derivative comprises an umbelliferyl core modified with one or more modifying moieties.
FILED	Thursday, January 10, 2013
APPL NO	13/738259
ART UNIT	1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86
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08592221 — Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems

US 08592221	Fraden et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Seth Fraden (Newton, Massachusetts); Hakim Boukellal (Paris, France); Yanwei Jia (Medford, Massachusetts); Seila Selimovic (Bronx, New York); Amy Rowat (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeremy Agresti (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brandeis University (, None); President and Fellows of Harvard College (, None)
INVENTOR(S)	Seth Fraden (Newton, Massachusetts); Hakim Boukellal (Paris, France); Yanwei Jia (Medford, Massachusetts); Seila Selimovic (Bronx, New York); Amy Rowat (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeremy Agresti (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Microfluidic structures and methods for manipulating fluids, fluid components, and reactions are provided. In one aspect, such structures and methods can allow production of droplets of a precise volume, which can be stored/maintained at precise regions of the device. In another aspect, microfluidic structures and methods described herein are designed for containing and positioning components in an arrangement such that the components can be manipulated and then tracked even after manipulation. For example, cells may be constrained in an arrangement in microfluidic structures described herein to facilitate tracking during their growth and/or after they multiply.
FILED	Friday, April 18, 2008
APPL NO	12/595107
ART UNIT	1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180
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08592225 — Array-based bioactivated nanopore devices

US 08592225	Ronaghi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Mostafa Ronaghi (Los Altos Hills, California); Amir Ali Haj Hossein Talasaz (Los Altos, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mostafa Ronaghi (Los Altos Hills, California); Amir Ali Haj Hossein Talasaz (Los Altos, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	A nanopore device capable of single molecule detection is described. The nanopores are formed in thin, rigid membranes and modified by a sputtered metal that forms an overhang during application. The overhang causes the pore to be narrower in a certain region, allowing passage of only a single molecule through the pore at a time, or binding to a biomolecule on the pore to be detected by a change in ionic current flow through the nanopore. Embodiments include a silicon nitride membrane formed on a silicon substrate and having a nanopore drilled with a focused ion beam system, followed by gold sputtering onto the membrane. Devices are formed with one or more nanopores and chambers having electrodes on either side of the nanopore.
FILED	Thursday, September 27, 2007
APPL NO	11/904345
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525
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08592226 — Surface-enhanced raman nanobiosensor

US 08592226	Van Duyne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to biosensors, in particular to surface-enhanced Raman biosensors for detection of in vivo and ex vivo analytes. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the in vivo detection of analytes such as glucose.
FILED	Wednesday, September 09, 2009
APPL NO	12/556436
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525
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08592227 — Hybrid quantum dot/protein nanostructure, methods of making, and methods of use thereof

US 08592227	Ma et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Nan Ma (Mountain View, California); Jianghong Rao (Sunnyvalle, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Nan Ma (Mountain View, California); Jianghong Rao (Sunnyvalle, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of the present disclosure include hybrid quantum dot/protein nanostructure, hybrid quantum dot/protein nanostructure systems, methods of using hybrid quantum dot/protein nanostructures, and the like.
FILED	Wednesday, May 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/068174
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/1
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08592363 — ψεrack peptide composition and method for protection against tissue damage due to ischemia

US 08592363	Mochly-Rosen
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of reducing damage to cells and tissue caused by an ischemic or hypoxic event is disclosed. The method includes administering to the cell or tissue, either in vivo or ex vivo, ψεRACK peptide. The peptide can be administered before, during or after the ischemic or hypoxic event.
FILED	Monday, July 25, 2011
APPL NO	13/190356
ART UNIT	1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1
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08592373 — Methods for prevention and treatment of acute renal injury

US 08592373	Szeto et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Hazel H. Szeto (New York, New York); Diane Felsen (Brooklyn, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Hazel H. Szeto (New York, New York); Diane Felsen (Brooklyn, New York)
ABSTRACT	The disclosure relates to a method for protecting a kidney from renal injury. For example, acute renal injury may be associated with decreased or blocked blood flow in the subject's kidney or exposure to a nephrotoxic agent, such as a radiocontrast dye. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof.
FILED	Wednesday, February 22, 2012
APPL NO	13/402620
ART UNIT	1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15.400
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08592419 — Ceramides and apoptosis-signaling ligand

US 08592419	Bielawska et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Jian-yun Dong (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Jacek Bielawski (Charleston, South Carolina); David A. Schwartz (Summerville, South Carolina); David H. Holman (Charleston, South Carolina); Ahmed M. El-Zawahry (Charleston, South Carolina); John McKillop (Charleston, South Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Jian-yun Dong (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Jacek Bielawski (Charleston, South Carolina); David A. Schwartz (Summerville, South Carolina); David H. Holman (Charleston, South Carolina); Ahmed M. El-Zawahry (Charleston, South Carolina); John McKillop (Charleston, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides the compounds of formula (): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, A, X, Y, a, b and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating or preventing diseases associated with cell overproliferation and dysfunctional sphingolipid signal transduction. The invention also encompasses the use of the compounds in combination with an apoptosis-signaling ligand, such as Fas ligand. Preferably, the Fas ligand is administered in the form of a gene therapy agent.
FILED	Monday, October 31, 2005
APPL NO	11/666519
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/237.800
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08592422 — Bicyclic triazole and pyrazole lactams as allosteric modulators of mGluR5 receptors

US 08592422	Conn et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James MacDonald (Beerse, Belgium); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca (Toledo, Spain); José Ignacio Andrés-Gil (Toledo, Spain); Chrysa Malosh (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James MacDonald (Beerse, Belgium); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca (Toledo, Spain); José Ignacio Andrés-Gil (Toledo, Spain); Chrysa Malosh (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic triazole and pyrazole lactams, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
FILED	Friday, December 16, 2011
APPL NO	13/329025
ART UNIT	1627 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249
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08592458 — Alpha7 nicotinic receptor selective ligands

US 08592458	Kem et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	William Reade Kem (Gainesville, Florida); Ferenc Soti (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	William Reade Kem (Gainesville, Florida); Ferenc Soti (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to the design and synthesis of 3-arylidene-anabaseine compounds that exhibit enhanced selectivity toward alpha7 nicotinic receptors. The compounds are expected to be useful in treating a wide variety of conditions, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, neurodevelopmental diseases such as schizophrenia, and certain peripherally located inflammations mediated by macrophage infiltration.
FILED	Friday, December 16, 2011
APPL NO	13/328841
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/333
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08592465 — Compounds for treatment of cancer

US 08592465	Miller et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhao Wang (Memphis, Tennessee); Yan Lu (Bartlett, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Columbus, Ohio); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhao Wang (Memphis, Tennessee); Yan Lu (Bartlett, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Columbus, Ohio); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Compounds according to formula (I) are disclosed where Q is S, N, or O; X is optional, and can be O═, S═, ═N—NH₂, ═N—OH, or —OH; Y is optional and can be —N(H)—, O, or C₁to C₂₀hydrocarbon; and R₁and R₂are each independently substituted or unsubstituted single-, fused- or multiple-ring aryl or (hetero)cyclic ring systems. Methods of making these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use, particularly for treating or preventing cancer, are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, June 16, 2009
APPL NO	12/485881
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365
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08592466 — Methods for treating conditions caused by higher-than-normal dopaminergic activity in basal ganglia

US 08592466	Elkashef
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
APPLICANT(S)	Ahmed Elkashef (Dunn Loring, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Neuropill, Inc. (Dunn Loring, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ahmed Elkashef (Dunn Loring, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Treatment of humans suffering from conditions caused by higher-than-normal dopaminergic activity in basal ganglia includes administering the compound (2S)-2-{3-[3-({[(2R,4R)-4-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-2-(2-fluorophenyl)]-3-thiazolidinyl}carbonylmethyl)ureido]phenyl}propionic acid and its physiological acceptable salts.
FILED	Wednesday, July 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/552182
ART UNIT	1629 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365
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08592570 — Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of an RNA from West Nile virus

US 08592570	Sah et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Dinah Wen-Yee Sah (Boston, Massachusetts); Qingmin Chen (Lincoln, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Dinah Wen-Yee Sah (Boston, Massachusetts); Qingmin Chen (Lincoln, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	This invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), and its use in mediating RNA interference to inhibit the expression of an RNA from the West Nile virus (WNV), and the use of the dsRNA to treat pathological processes mediated by WNV infection, such as viral encephalitis.
FILED	Tuesday, October 06, 2009
APPL NO	13/122659
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
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08593142 — Automated fiber tracking of human brain white matter using diffusion tensor imaging

US 08593142	Mori et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jiangyang Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Kegang Hua (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jiangyang Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Kegang Hua (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a MRI scanner; a signal processing system in communication with the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive magnetic resonance (MR) signals for forming magnetic resonance images of a subject under observations; a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit contains database data corresponding to a soft tissue region of the subject under observation. The database data includes information identifying at least one soft tissue substructure encompassed by the soft tissue region of the subject under observation. The signal processing system is adapted to process MR signals received from the MRI scanner to automatically identify at least one soft tissue substructure encompassed by the soft tissue region of the subject under observation.
FILED	Monday, January 05, 2009
APPL NO	12/743169
ART UNIT	2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309
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08593630 — Discrete frequency spectroscopy and instrumentation

US 08593630	Bhargava et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Described herein are spectrometers comprising one or more wavelength-selective filters, such as guided mode resonance filters. Some of the spectrometers described herein are configured for obtaining absorbance spectra in a discrete fashion by measuring absorbances of a sample at multiple discrete wavelengths or wavelength bands. In another aspect, methods are also provided for obtaining spectra, images and chemical maps of samples in a discrete fashion.
FILED	Thursday, October 07, 2010
APPL NO	12/900172
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/302
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08594401 — Automated characterization of time-dependent tissue change

US 08594401	Mori et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A non-invasive medical imaging system includes: an imaging scanner capable of generating an imaging signal from a subject under observation inside the imaging scanner; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner, and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit is suitable for storing a first image corresponding to a tissue region of the subject, wherein the signal processing system is capable of generating a second image encoding the tissue region of the subject by performing a reconstruction based on the imaging signal, the imaging signal acquired at a later time than the first image; wherein the signal processing system is constructed to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner and the first image from the data storage unit respectively, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to provide a registered first image by registering the first image to the second image via a transformation in a space of diffeomorphism, wherein the signal processing system is further adapted to compute a difference image between the second image and the registered first image; and wherein the signal processing system is further adapted to output the difference image.
FILED	Wednesday, March 30, 2011
APPL NO	13/075408
ART UNIT	2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/128
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08594777 — System and method for reconstructing cardiac activation information

US 08594777	Briggs et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California); Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Reagents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California); Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California)
ABSTRACT	An example system and method of reconstructing biological activation information are disclosed. A first biological signal and a second biological signal associated with an organ are processed via a computing device to determine whether there is a point of change in a derivative of the first biological signal with respect to a derivative of the second biological signal above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned in the first biological signal at the point of change to define biological activation associated with the organ in the first biological signal if it is determined that the point of change is above the threshold.
FILED	Tuesday, April 03, 2012
APPL NO	13/438534
ART UNIT	3766 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/515
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08594783 — Systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in tissue

US 08594783	Wagner
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Timothy Andrew Wagner (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Highland Instruments, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Timothy Andrew Wagner (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for stimulating cellular function within tissue that involves providing a first type of energy to a region of tissue, in which the first type is provided in an amount that inhibits cellular function within the region of tissue, and providing a second type of energy to the region of tissue, in which the second type is provided in an amount that facilitates cellular function within the region of tissue, wherein the combined effect stimulates cellular function within the tissue.
FILED	Wednesday, August 24, 2011
APPL NO	13/216313
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/3
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08594800 — System and method to define target volume for stimulation of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves

US 08594800	Butson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes storing a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients. Patient data is received for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition. The VTA data structure is evaluated relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient.
FILED	Tuesday, September 14, 2010
APPL NO	12/881903
ART UNIT	3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/59
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08595672 — Method and apparatus for configurable systems

US 08595672	Herbst
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
APPLICANT(S)	Ewa Herbst (Edgewater, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Innovations Holdings, L.L.C. (Edgewater, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Ewa Herbst (Edgewater, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to methods and devices to define and control the design of a configurable chip module, instrument or systems, for example, for measurement, control and communication systems or any portion thereof. The module may include one or more chip elements. This can be achieved using, for example, a Graphical User interface (GUI), that transforms selections made by the user to a hardware and/or software configuration for the system in a process transparent to the user. This enables implementation of a plurality of devices and larger subsystems on a chip or chip module without specific semiconductor design knowledge from the user. This transformation process is thus accomplished transparently to the user, who operates the GUI to define the measurement or action which needs to be performed thereby resulting in an automatic combination of hardware and/or software elements available to create a specific configuration.
FILED	Thursday, June 02, 2011
APPL NO	13/152242
ART UNIT	2825 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/116
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Department of Energy (DOE)

08590385 — High pressure fiber optic sensor system

US 08590385	Guida et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Renato Guida (Wynantskill, New York); Hua Xia (Altamont, New York); Boon K. Lee (Clifton Park, New York); Sachin N. Dekate (Niskayuna, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuana, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Renato Guida (Wynantskill, New York); Hua Xia (Altamont, New York); Boon K. Lee (Clifton Park, New York); Sachin N. Dekate (Niskayuna, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present application provides a fiber optic sensor system. The fiber optic sensor system may include a small diameter bellows, a large diameter bellows, and a fiber optic pressure sensor attached to the small diameter bellows. Contraction of the large diameter bellows under an applied pressure may cause the small diameter bellows to expand such that the fiber optic pressure sensor may measure the applied pressure.
FILED	Monday, December 12, 2011
APPL NO	13/316842
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/705
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08590419 — Reactor coolant pump flywheel

US 08590419	Finegan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	John Raymond Finegan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Francis Joseph Kreke (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); John Joseph Casamassa (Wexford, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp. (Cheswick, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	John Raymond Finegan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Francis Joseph Kreke (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); John Joseph Casamassa (Wexford, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A flywheel for a pump, and in particular a flywheel having a number of high density segments for use in a nuclear reactor coolant pump. The flywheel includes an inner member and an outer member. A number of high density segments are provided between the inner and outer members. The high density segments may be formed from a tungsten based alloy. A preselected gap is provided between each of the number of high density segments. The gap accommodates thermal expansion of each of the number of segments and resists the hoop stress effect/keystoning of the segments.
FILED	Thursday, May 21, 2009
APPL NO	12/470320
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Machine element or mechanism 074/572.210
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08590487 — Enclosure for small animals during awake animal imaging

US 08590487	Goddard, Jr.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	James S. Goddard, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	An enclosure or burrow restrains an awake animal during an imaging procedure. A tubular body, made from a radiolucent material that does not attenuate x-rays or gamma rays, accepts an awake animal. A proximal end of the body includes an attachment surface that corresponds to an attachment surface of an optically transparent and optically uniform window. An anti-reflective coating may be applied to an inner surface, an outer surface, or both surfaces of the window. Since the window is a separate element of the enclosure and it is not integrally formed as part of the body, it can be made with optically uniform thickness properties for improved motion tracking of markers on the animal with a camera during the imaging procedure. The motion tracking information is then used to compensate for animal movement in the image.
FILED	Wednesday, November 14, 2012
APPL NO	13/676460
ART UNIT	3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Animal husbandry 119/417
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08590802 — Water heater control module

US 08590802	Hammerstrom
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	An advanced electric water heater control system that interfaces with a high temperature cut-off thermostat and an upper regulating thermostat. The system includes a control module that is electrically connected to the high-temperature cut-off thermostat and the upper regulating thermostat. The control module includes a switch to open or close the high-temperature cut-off thermostat and the upper regulating thermostat. The control module further includes circuitry configured to control said switch in response to a signal selected from the group of an autonomous signal, a communicated signal, and combinations thereof.
FILED	Thursday, December 17, 2009
APPL NO	12/641206
ART UNIT	3784 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising
CURRENT CPC	Automatic temperature and humidity regulation 236/51
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08591481 — Microfabricated instruments and methods to treat recurrent corneal erosion

US 08591481	Britton et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	Charles L. Britton (Alcoa, Tennessee); Brian R. D'Urso (Clinton, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); M. Nance Ericson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert J. Warmack (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles L. Britton (Alcoa, Tennessee); Brian R. D'Urso (Clinton, Tennessee); Edward Chaum (Memphis, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); M. Nance Ericson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert J. Warmack (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device and method for treating recurrent corneal erosion. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of contacting an epithelium layer of a cornea with an array of glass micro-rods including a plurality of sharp features having a length that penetrates a Bowman's layer of the eye, wherein the plurality of sharp features of the array of glass micro-rods produces a plurality of punctures in the Bowman's layer of the eye that are of micro-scale or less. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method and device for drug delivery. In one embodiment, the device includes an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods, wherein the sharp feature includes a treated surface for delivering a chemical compound to the eye.
FILED	Friday, March 21, 2008
APPL NO	12/052971
ART UNIT	3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 64/272
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08591649 — Methods for manufacturing geometric multi-crystalline cast materials

US 08591649	Stoddard
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)	Nathan G. Stoddard (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Metallurgical Group Idealcast Solar Corp. (Wayne, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Nathan G. Stoddard (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Methods are provided for casting one or more of a semi-conductor, an oxide, and an intermetallic material. With such methods, a cast body of a geometrically ordered multi-crystalline form of the one or more of a semiconductor, an oxide, and an intermetallic material may be formed that is free or substantially free of radially-distributed impurities and defects and having at least two dimensions that are each at least about 10 cm.
FILED	Wednesday, July 23, 2008
APPL NO	12/670236
ART UNIT	1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/82
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08591774 — Methods for preparing materials for lithium ion batteries

US 08591774	Koenig, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	Gary M. Koenig, Jr. (Darien, Illinois); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Gary M. Koenig, Jr. (Darien, Illinois); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	A process for preparing transition metal particles with a gradient in composition from the core of the particle to the outer layers. In particular, the process involves contacting a first transition metal solution with a second transition metal solution to form a transition metal source solution under specific process conditions. The transition metal particles with desired composition gradients are precipitated from the transition metal source solution. The transition metal particles may be combined with metals such as lithium to form cathode active metal oxides.
FILED	Thursday, September 30, 2010
APPL NO	12/895349
ART UNIT	1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/519.100
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08591787 — Foam patterns

US 08591787	Chaudhry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Anil R. Chaudhry (Xenia, Ohio); Robert Dzugan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Richard M. Harrington (Cincinnati, Ohio); Faurice D. Neece (Lyndhurst, Ohio); Nipendra P. Singh (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Travis Westendorf (Dayton, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	IC Patterns, LLC (Miamisburg, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Anil R. Chaudhry (Xenia, Ohio); Robert Dzugan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Richard M. Harrington (Cincinnati, Ohio); Faurice D. Neece (Lyndhurst, Ohio); Nipendra P. Singh (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Travis Westendorf (Dayton, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A method of creating a foam pattern comprises mixing a polyol component and an isocyanate component to form a liquid mixture. The method further comprises placing a temporary core having a shape corresponding to a desired internal feature in a cavity of a mold and inserting the mixture into the cavity of the mold so that the mixture surrounds a portion of the temporary core. The method optionally further comprises using supporting pins made of foam to support the core in the mold cavity, with such pins becoming integral part of the pattern material simplifying subsequent processing. The method further comprises waiting for a predetermined time sufficient for a reaction from the mixture to form a foam pattern structure corresponding to the cavity of the mold, wherein the foam pattern structure encloses a portion of the temporary core and removing the temporary core from the pattern independent of chemical leaching.
FILED	Tuesday, June 07, 2011
APPL NO	13/154667
ART UNIT	1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/227
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08591821 — Combustion flame-plasma hybrid reactor systems, and chemical reactant sources

US 08591821	Kong
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	Combustion flame-plasma hybrid reactor systems, chemical reactant sources, and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a combustion flame-plasma hybrid reactor system comprising a reaction chamber, a combustion torch positioned to direct a flame into the reaction chamber, and one or more reactant feed assemblies configured to electrically energize at least one electrically conductive solid reactant structure to form a plasma and feed each electrically conductive solid reactant structure into the plasma to form at least one product is disclosed. In an additional embodiment, a chemical reactant source for a combustion flame-plasma hybrid reactor comprising an elongated electrically conductive reactant structure consisting essentially of at least one chemical reactant is disclosed. In further embodiments, methods of forming a chemical reactant source and methods of chemically converting at least one reactant into at least one product are disclosed.
FILED	Thursday, April 23, 2009
APPL NO	12/428604
ART UNIT	1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186
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08591988 — Method of fabrication of anchored nanostructure materials

US 08591988	Seals et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Texas); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Texas); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Methods for fabricating anchored nanostructure materials are described. The methods include heating a nano-catalyst under a protective atmosphere to a temperature ranging from about 450° C. to about 1500° C. and contacting the heated nano-catalysts with an organic vapor to affix carbon nanostructures to the nano-catalysts and form the anchored nanostructure material.
FILED	Tuesday, October 16, 2012
APPL NO	13/652936
ART UNIT	1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/249.100
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08592075 — Unique battery with a multi-functional, physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte-electrode monolith and a method making the same

US 08592075	Gerald, II et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Katarina J. Ruscic (Chicago, Illinois); Devin N. Sears (Spruce Grove, Canada); Luis J. Smith (Natick, Massachusetts); Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Katarina J. Ruscic (Chicago, Illinois); Devin N. Sears (Spruce Grove, Canada); Luis J. Smith (Natick, Massachusetts); Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to a unique battery having a physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte-electrode monolith and method of making the same. The Applicant's invented battery employs a physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte-electrode that acts as a separator, electrolyte, and electrode, within the same monolithic structure. The chemical composition, physical arrangement of molecules, and physical geometry of the pores play a role in the sequestration and conduction of ions. In one preferred embodiment, ions are transported via the ion-hoping mechanism where the oxygens of the Al₂O₃wall are available for positive ion coordination (i.e. Li⁺). This active membrane-electrode composite can be adjusted to a desired level of ion conductivity by manipulating the chemical composition and structure of the pore wall to either increase or decrease ion conduction.
FILED	Tuesday, July 24, 2012
APPL NO	13/556288
ART UNIT	1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/145
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08592155 — Method of detecting genetic deletions identified with chromosomal abnormalities

US 08592155	Gray et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Joe W. Gray (Livermore, California); Daniel Pinkel (Walnut Creek, California); Douglas Tkachuk (Livermore, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joe W. Gray (Livermore, California); Daniel Pinkel (Walnut Creek, California); Douglas Tkachuk (Livermore, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods and compositions for staining based upon nucleic acid sequence that employ nucleic acid probes are provided. Said methods produce staining patterns that can be tailored for specific cytogenetic analyzes. Said probes are appropriate for in situ hybridization and stain both interphase and metaphase chromosomal material with reliable signals. The nucleic acid probes are typically of a complexity greater than 50 kb, the complexity depending upon the cytogenetic application. Methods and reagents are provided for the detection of genetic rearrangements. Probes and test kits are provided for use in detecting genetic rearrangements, particularly for use in tumor cytogenetics, in the detection of disease related loci, specifically cancer, such as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and for biological dosimetry. Methods and reagents are described for cytogenetic research, for the differentiation of cytogenetically similar but genetically different diseases, and for many prognostic and diagnostic applications.
FILED	Monday, June 30, 2003
APPL NO	10/608092
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	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110
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08592185 — Methods for detection of methyl-CpG dinucleotides

US 08592185	Dunn
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) at Upton, NY Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides methods for enriching methyl-CpG sequences from a DNA sample. The method makes use of conversion of cytosine residues to uracil under conditions in which methyl-cytosine residues are preserved. Additional methods of the invention enable to preservation of the context of me-CpG dinucleotides. The invention also provides a recombinant, full length and substantially pure McrA protein (rMcrA) for binding and isolation of DNA fragments containing the sequence 5′-C^MeCpGG-3′. Methods for making and using the rMcrA protein, and derivatives thereof are provided.
FILED	Friday, August 03, 2012
APPL NO	13/565954
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 435/91.200
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08592190 — Methods for sequestering carbon dioxide into alcohols via gasification fermentation

US 08592190	Gaddy et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	James L. Gaddy (Fayeteville, Arkansas); Ching-Whan Ko (Fayetteville, Arkansas); J. Randy Phillips (Springdale, Arkansas); M. Sean Slape (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Ineos Bio Limited (Lisle, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	James L. Gaddy (Fayeteville, Arkansas); Ching-Whan Ko (Fayetteville, Arkansas); J. Randy Phillips (Springdale, Arkansas); M. Sean Slape (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to improvements in gasification for use with synthesis gas fermentation. Further, the present invention is directed to improvements in gasification for the production of alcohols from a gaseous substrate containing at least one reducing gas containing at least one microorganism.
FILED	Thursday, June 11, 2009
APPL NO	12/456049
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/157
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08592249 — Photovoltaic solar cell

US 08592249	Nielson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A photovoltaic solar cell for generating electricity from sunlight is disclosed. The photovoltaic solar cell comprises a plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions formed in a semiconductor body to receive the sunlight and generate the electricity therefrom, the plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions having a first plurality of regions having a first doping type and a second plurality of regions having a second doping type. In addition, the photovoltaic solar cell comprises a first electrical contact electrically connected to each of the first plurality of regions and a second electrical contact electrically connected to each of the second plurality of regions, as well as a passivation layer covering major surfaces and sidewalls of the photovoltaic solar cell.
FILED	Friday, December 07, 2012
APPL NO	13/707875
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/98
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08592628 — Phosphazene additives

US 08592628	Harrup et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	Mason K. Harrup (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Harry W. Rollins (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Mason K. Harrup (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Harry W. Rollins (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	An additive comprising a phosphazene compound that has at least two reactive functional groups and at least one capping functional group bonded to phosphorus atoms of the phosphazene compound. One of the at least two reactive functional groups is configured to react with cellulose and the other of the at least two reactive functional groups is configured to react with a resin, such as an amine resin or a polycarboxylic acid resin. The at least one capping functional group is selected from the group consisting of a short chain ether group, an alkoxy group, and an aryloxy group. Also disclosed are an additive-resin admixture, a method of treating a wood product, and a wood product.
FILED	Friday, May 27, 2011
APPL NO	13/117579
ART UNIT	1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 564/13
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08592673 — Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator

US 08592673	Benitez et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Pablo Benitez (Madrid, Spain); Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Juan C. Minano (Madrid, Spain); Authi A. Narayanan (Thousand Oaks, California); Adam Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California); Joel A. Schwartz (Glendale, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Pablo Benitez (Madrid, Spain); Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Juan C. Minano (Madrid, Spain); Authi A. Narayanan (Thousand Oaks, California); Adam Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California); Joel A. Schwartz (Glendale, California)
ABSTRACT	A solar concentrator including a housing having a receiving wall, a reflecting wall and at least two end walls, the receiving, reflecting and end walls defining a three-dimensional volume having an inlet, wherein a vertical axis of the housing is generally perpendicular to the inlet, a receiver mounted on the receiving wall of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, at least one clip disposed on the reflecting wall, an optical element received within the three-dimensional volume, the optical element including at least one tab, the tab being engaged by the clip to align the optical element with the receiver, and a window received over the inlet to enclose the housing.
FILED	Friday, September 18, 2009
APPL NO	12/562729
ART UNIT	1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/251
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08592680 — Organic photosensitive devices

US 08592680	Rand et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The present invention generally relates to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices. More specifically, it is directed to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices having a photoactive organic region containing encapsulated nanoparticles that exhibit plasmon resonances. An enhancement of the incident optical field is achieved via surface plasmon polariton resonances. This enhancement increases the absorption of incident light, leading to a more efficient device.
FILED	Wednesday, August 11, 2004
APPL NO	10/915410
ART UNIT	1755 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263
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08592791 — Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof

US 08592791	Tour et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
APPLICANT(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein.
FILED	Monday, August 02, 2010
APPL NO	12/848626
ART UNIT	2814 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/3
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08592800 — Optical devices featuring nonpolar textured semiconductor layers

US 08592800	Moustakas et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adam Moldawer (Gainesville, Florida); Anirban Bhattacharyya (Boston, Massachusetts); Joshua Abell (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adam Moldawer (Gainesville, Florida); Anirban Bhattacharyya (Boston, Massachusetts); Joshua Abell (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A semiconductor emitter, or a precursor therefor, has a substrate and one or more textured semiconductor layers deposited onto the substrate in a nonpolar orientation. The textured layers enhance light extraction, and the use of nonpolar orientation greatly enhances internal quantum efficiency compared to conventional devices. Both the internal and external quantum efficiencies of emitters of the invention can be 70-80% or higher. The invention provides highly efficient light emitting diodes suitable for solid state lighting.
FILED	Monday, March 09, 2009
APPL NO	12/920391
ART UNIT	2898 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/13
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08593062 — Color stable phosphors for LED lamps and methods for preparing them

US 08593062	Murphy et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	James Edward Murphy (Niskayuna, New York); Anant Achyut Setlur (Niskayuna, New York); Samuel Joseph Camardello (Albany, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	James Edward Murphy (Niskayuna, New York); Anant Achyut Setlur (Niskayuna, New York); Samuel Joseph Camardello (Albany, New York)
ABSTRACT	An LED lamp includes a light source configured to emit radiation with a peak intensity at a wavelength between about 250 nm and about 550 nm; and a phosphor composition configured to be radiationally coupled to the light source. The phosphor composition includes particles of a phosphor of formula I, said particles having a coating composition disposed on surfaces thereof; ((Sr_1-zM_z)_1-(x+w)A_wCe_x)₃(Al_1-ySi_y)O_4+y+3(x−w)F_1-y-3(x−w) I wherein the coating composition comprises a material selected from aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, barium oxide, strontium oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, strontium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, magnesium phosphate, calcium phosphate, barium phosphate, strontium phosphate, and combinations thereof; and A is Li, Na, K, or Rb, or a combination thereof; M is Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn, or a combination thereof; and 0<x≦0.10, 0≦y≦0.5, 0≦z≦0.5, 0≦x≦x.
FILED	Tuesday, April 05, 2011
APPL NO	13/080099
ART UNIT	2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/512
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08593237 — Localized temperature stability of low temperature cofired ceramics

US 08593237	Dai
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Steven Xunhu Dai (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven Xunhu Dai (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to low temperature cofired ceramic modules having localized temperature stability by incorporating temperature coefficient of resonant frequency compensating materials locally into a multilayer LTCC module. Chemical interactions can be minimized and physical compatibility between the compensating materials and the host LTCC dielectrics can be achieved. The invention enables embedded resonators with nearly temperature-independent resonance frequency.
FILED	Monday, September 26, 2011
APPL NO	13/245535
ART UNIT	2817 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Wave transmission lines and networks 333/234
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08593782 — Clad fiber capacitor and method of making same

US 08593782	Tuncer
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Enis Tuncer (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Enis Tuncer (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A clad capacitor and method of manufacture includes assembling a preform comprising a ductile, electrically conductive fiber; a ductile, electrically insulating cladding positioned on the fiber; and a ductile, electrically conductive sleeve positioned over the cladding. One or more preforms are then bundled, heated and drawn along a longitudinal axis to decrease the diameter of the ductile components of the preform and fuse the preform into a unitized strand.
FILED	Tuesday, December 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/711226
ART UNIT	2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/301.400
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08594813 — Dream controller

US 08594813	Cheng et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California); Andrew J. Chow (Rancho Cordova, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Cybernation Group, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California)
INVENTOR(S)	George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California); Andrew J. Chow (Rancho Cordova, California)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for intelligently controlling continuous process variables. A Dream Controller comprises an Intelligent Engine mechanism and a number of Model-Free Adaptive (MFA) controllers, each of which is suitable to control a process with specific behaviors. The Intelligent Engine can automatically select the appropriate MFA controller and its parameters so that the Dream Controller can be easily used by people with limited control experience and those who do not have the time to commission, tune, and maintain automatic controllers.
FILED	Tuesday, August 10, 2010
APPL NO	12/853832
ART UNIT	2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28
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08594985 — Techniques for determining physical zones of influence

US 08594985	Hamann et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Vanessa Lopez-Marrero (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Vanessa Lopez-Marrero (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ABSTRACT	Techniques for analyzing flow of a quantity in a given domain are provided. In one aspect, a method for modeling regions in a domain affected by a flow of a quantity is provided which includes the following steps. A physical representation of the domain is provided. A grid that contains a plurality of grid-points in the domain is created. Sources are identified in the domain. Given a vector field that defines a direction of flow of the quantity within the domain, a boundary value problem is defined for each of one or more of the sources identified in the domain. Each of the boundary value problems is solved numerically to obtain a solution for the boundary value problems at each of the grid-points. The boundary value problem solutions are post-processed to model the regions affected by the flow of the quantity on the physical representation of the domain.
FILED	Tuesday, February 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/023120
ART UNIT	2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9
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08595122 — System for measuring electricity and method of providing and using the same

US 08595122	Kamer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Doanld B. Kamer (Phoenix, Arizona); Robert Page (Phoenix, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (Phoenix, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Doanld B. Kamer (Phoenix, Arizona); Robert Page (Phoenix, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	Some embodiments include a system for measuring electricity. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
FILED	Monday, April 09, 2012
APPL NO	13/442675
ART UNIT	3692 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/37
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08595389 — Distributed performance counters

US 08595389	Davis et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Kristan D. Davis (Rochester, Minnesota); Kahn C. Evans (Rochester, Minnesota); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kristan D. Davis (Rochester, Minnesota); Kahn C. Evans (Rochester, Minnesota); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); David L. Satterfield (Tewksbury, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A plurality of first performance counter modules is coupled to a plurality of processing cores. The plurality of first performance counter modules is operable to collect performance data associated with the plurality of processing cores respectively. A plurality of second performance counter modules are coupled to a plurality of L2 cache units, and the plurality of second performance counter modules are operable to collect performance data associated with the plurality of L2 cache units respectively. A central performance counter module may be operable to coordinate counter data from the plurality of first performance counter modules and the plurality of second performance modules, the a central performance counter module, the plurality of first performance counter modules, and the plurality of second performance counter modules connected by a daisy chain connection.
FILED	Friday, January 08, 2010
APPL NO	12/684738
ART UNIT	2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/18
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08595554 — Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system

US 08595554	Bellofatto et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Ralph A. Bellofatto (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Dong Chen (Croton On Hudson, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Gerard V. Kopcsay (Yorktown Heigths, New York); Thomas A. Liebsch (Arlington, South Dakota); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Don D. Reed (Rochester, Minnesota); Robert M. Senger (Tarrytown, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany); Yutaka Sugawara (White Plains, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ralph A. Bellofatto (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Dong Chen (Croton On Hudson, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Gerard V. Kopcsay (Yorktown Heigths, New York); Thomas A. Liebsch (Arlington, South Dakota); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Don D. Reed (Rochester, Minnesota); Robert M. Senger (Tarrytown, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany); Yutaka Sugawara (White Plains, New York)
ABSTRACT	Fixing a problem is usually greatly aided if the problem is reproducible. To ensure reproducibility of a multiprocessor system, the following aspects are proposed: a deterministic system start state, a single system clock, phase alignment of clocks in the system, system-wide synchronization events, reproducible execution of system components, deterministic chip interfaces, zero-impact communication with the system, precise stop of the system and a scan of the system state.
FILED	Wednesday, May 05, 2010
APPL NO	12/774475
ART UNIT	2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/27
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

08590296 — Systems and methods for reducing dead volume in compressed-gas energy storage systems

US 08590296	McBride et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
APPLICANT(S)	Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); John McCormick (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); John McCormick (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	In various embodiments, dead space and associated coupling losses are reduced in energy storage and recovery systems employing compressed air.
FILED	Wednesday, May 02, 2012
APPL NO	13/462107
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/418
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08592215 — Microfabricated crossflow devices and methods

US 08592215	Quake et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Physics (PHY)
APPLICANT(S)	Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Todd Thorsen (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Todd Thorsen (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides microfabricated devices and methods for detecting, analyzing and sorting biological materials and particles. Droplets containing the particles are provided in an extrusion fluid, passed through a detection region, and then directed into a branch channel according to predetermined characteristics. For example, cells or viral particles contained in droplets of aqueous solvent are flowed past a detector in the nonpolar extrusion fluid decane, and routed into a selected branch channel for subsequent analysis or use.
FILED	Thursday, September 29, 2011
APPL NO	13/249212
ART UNIT	1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/53
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08592226 — Surface-enhanced raman nanobiosensor

US 08592226	Van Duyne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois); Mathew R. Glucksberg (Evanston, Illinois); Karen E. Peltier (Lawrence, Kansas); Christy L. Haynes (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Joseph T. Walsh (Evanston, Illinois); Chanda Ranjit Yonzon (Springfield, New Jersey); Nilam C. Shah (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Lyandres (Chicago, Illinois); Douglas A. Stuart (Downer's Grove, Illinois); Jonathan M. Yuen (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to biosensors, in particular to surface-enhanced Raman biosensors for detection of in vivo and ex vivo analytes. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the in vivo detection of analytes such as glucose.
FILED	Wednesday, September 09, 2009
APPL NO	12/556436
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525
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08592291 — Fabrication of large-area hexagonal boron nitride thin films

US 08592291	Shi et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Yumeng Shi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jing Kong (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christoph Hamsen (Hamm, Germany); Lain-Jong Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Yumeng Shi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jing Kong (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christoph Hamsen (Hamm, Germany); Lain-Jong Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
ABSTRACT	A hexagonal boron nitride thin film is grown on a metal surface of a growth substrate and then annealed. The hexagonal boron nitride thin film is coated with a protective support layer and released from the metal surface. The boron nitride thin film together with the protective support layer can then be transferred to any of a variety of arbitrary substrates.
FILED	Thursday, April 07, 2011
APPL NO	13/081762
ART UNIT	2891 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/492
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08592339 — Catalytic platinum-copper alloy nanoparticles

US 08592339	Fang et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Jiye Fang (Vestal, New York); Dan Xu (Zhejiang, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Jiye Fang (Vestal, New York); Dan Xu (Zhejiang, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	High-quality bimetallic Pt_xCu_100-x(x=54-80 at. %) nanocubes can be prepared from a hot organic solution. Synthetic conditions, such as the ratio of oleylamine/tetraoctylammonium bromide as well as the doses of 1-dodecanethiol and 1,2-tetradecanediol have been optimized to ensure a formation of Pt—Cu nanocubes. Electrochemical evaluation shows that the catalytic activity of Pt₆₀Cu₄₀nanocubes for methanol oxidation is superior, in comparison with those of spherical Pt₆₀Cu₄₀nanocubes and Pt nanocubes with similar sizes, implying that the {100}-terminated Pt₆₀Cu₄₀nanocubes offer a higher activity for methanol oxidation reaction than those with mixed crystallographic facets do. As another example, it was identified that Pt₈₀Cu₂₀nanocubes is the best electrocatalyst on the basis of the maintainable electrocatalytic activity (which is even slightly superior to that of pure Pt nanocubes) and remarkable long-term stability (˜300 hours vs 3 hours for Pt nanocubes) when being performed towards formic acid oxidation reaction.
FILED	Tuesday, November 23, 2010
APPL NO	12/953422
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/331
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08592511 — Synthesis, capping and dispersion of nanocrystals

US 08592511	Gonen Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
FILED	Monday, April 25, 2011
APPL NO	13/064905
ART UNIT	1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/432
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08592767 — Tunable ferroelectric supported catalysts and method and uses thereof

US 08592767	Rappe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew M. Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alexie M. Kolpak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fairlawn, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew M. Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Alexie M. Kolpak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilya Grinberg (Fairlawn, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are tunable catalysts and methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst. For example, disclosed are methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst, comprising providing a catalyst, comprising a ferroelectric substrate of finite thickness comprising two opposing surfaces, the ferroelectric substrate being characterized as having a polarization; an electrode surmounting one of the surfaces of the ferroelectric substrate; and a catalytically active material surmounting the surface of the ferroelectric substrate opposing the electrode; and subjecting the ferroelectric substrate to a controllable electric field to give rise to a modulation of the polarization of the ferroelectric substrate, whereby the modulation of the polarization controllably alters the activity of one or more chemical species on the catalytically active material.
FILED	Tuesday, August 07, 2007
APPL NO	12/376492
ART UNIT	1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/338.200
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08592791 — Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof

US 08592791	Tour et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
APPLICANT(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein.
FILED	Monday, August 02, 2010
APPL NO	12/848626
ART UNIT	2814 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/3
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08592859 — Methods and apparatus for antimonide-based backward diode millimeter-wave detectors

US 08592859	Fay et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)	Patrick Fay (Granger, Indiana); Ning Su (Fishkill, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Patrick Fay (Granger, Indiana); Ning Su (Fishkill, New York)
ABSTRACT	Example methods and apparatus for Antimonide-based backward diode millimeter-wave detectors are disclosed. A disclosed example backward diode includes a cathode layer adjacent to a first side of a non-uniform doping profile, and an Antimonide tunnel barrier layer adjacent to a second side of the spacer layer.
FILED	Wednesday, May 27, 2009
APPL NO	12/993974
ART UNIT	2823 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/106
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08593630 — Discrete frequency spectroscopy and instrumentation

US 08593630	Bhargava et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Described herein are spectrometers comprising one or more wavelength-selective filters, such as guided mode resonance filters. Some of the spectrometers described herein are configured for obtaining absorbance spectra in a discrete fashion by measuring absorbances of a sample at multiple discrete wavelengths or wavelength bands. In another aspect, methods are also provided for obtaining spectra, images and chemical maps of samples in a discrete fashion.
FILED	Thursday, October 07, 2010
APPL NO	12/900172
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/302
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08594028 — Cognitive channel assignment in wireless networks

US 08594028	Mark
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
APPLICANT(S)	Brian L. Mark (Fairfax, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian L. Mark (Fairfax, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus and method for assigning subchannel(s) for communication between frequency agile mobile station(s) and a frequency agile base station. A received power level may be identified for each subcarrier in a set of subcarriers available for data transmission. A minimum power level needed to establish communications may be allocated. A detection threshold set to avoid interference with other devices currently transmitting on the set of subcarriers may be determined using the minimum uplink power level. A subset of subcarriers not already assigned may be selected where each subcarrier in the subset of subcarriers has a received power level that is less than the detection threshold. A subchannel that satisfies a bandwidth requirement may be formed where the subchannel consists of selected subcarriers in the set of subcarriers available for data transmission between the frequency agile mobile station(s) and the frequency agile base station.
FILED	Monday, June 01, 2009
APPL NO	12/475966
ART UNIT	2472 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/329
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08595671 — Low-power FPGA circuits and methods

US 08595671	He
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Lei He (Irvine, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Lei He (Irvine, California)
ABSTRACT	Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) are described which utilize multiple power supply voltages to reduce both dynamic power and leakage power without sacrificing speed or substantially increasing device area. Power reduction mechanisms are described for numerous portions of the FPGA, including logic blocks, routing circuits, connection blocks, switch blocks, configuration memory cells, and so forth. Embodiments describe circuits and methods for implementing multiple supplies as sources of V_dd, multiple voltage thresholding V_t, signal level translators, and power gating of circuitry to deactivate portions of the circuit which are inactive. The supply voltage levels can be fixed, or programmable. Methods are described for performing circuit CAD in the routing and assignment process on FPGAs, in particular for optimizing FPGA use having the power reduction circuits taught. Routing methods describe utilizing slack timing, power sensitivity, trace-based simulations, and other techniques to optimize circuit utilization on a multi V_ddFPGA.
FILED	Tuesday, May 04, 2010
APPL NO	12/773686
ART UNIT	2825 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/116
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

08590301 — Free-piston stirling machine for extreme temperatures

US 08590301	Wood
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GLENN)
APPLICANT(S)	James Gary Wood (Albany, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sunpower, Inc. (Athens, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	James Gary Wood (Albany, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A free piston Stirling machine including a thermal buffer tube extending from the machine's expansion space and surrounded by its heat rejector and its regenerator, a displacer cylinder extending from the thermal buffer tube to the compression space and surrounded by the heat rejecting heat exchanger, and a displacer that reciprocates within an excursion limit that extends into the regenerator by no more than 20% of the length of the regenerator during normal operation and preferably within excursion limits that are substantially the length of the heat rejector.
FILED	Monday, December 05, 2011
APPL NO	13/310827
ART UNIT	3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/520
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08591758 — Mechanochemical synthesis and thermoelectric properties of magnesium silicide and related alloys

US 08591758	Fleurial et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method of making a substantially phase pure compound including a cation and an anion. The compound is made by mixing in a ball-milling device a first amount of the anion with a first amount of the cation that is less than the stoichiometric amount of the cation, so that substantially all of the first amount of the cation is consumed. The compound is further made by mixing in a ball-milling device a second amount of the cation that is less than the stoichiometric amount of the cation with the mixture remaining in the device. The mixing is continued until substantially all of the second amount of the cation and any unreacted portion of anion X are consumed to afford the substantially phase pure compound.
FILED	Wednesday, June 08, 2011
APPL NO	13/156033
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/62.3T0
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08591818 — Gas permeable chemochromic compositions for hydrogen sensing

US 08591818	Bokerman et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Gary Bokerman (Rapid City, Michigan); Nahid Mohajeri (Rockledge, Florida); Nazim Muradov (Melbourne, Florida); Ali Tabatabaie-Raissi (Melbourne, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Gary Bokerman (Rapid City, Michigan); Nahid Mohajeri (Rockledge, Florida); Nazim Muradov (Melbourne, Florida); Ali Tabatabaie-Raissi (Melbourne, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A (H₂) sensor composition includes a gas permeable matrix material intermixed and encapsulating at least one chemochromic pigment. The chemochromic pigment produces a detectable change in color of the overall sensor composition in the presence of H₂gas. The matrix material provides high H₂permeability, which permits fast permeation of H₂gas. In one embodiment, the chemochromic pigment comprises PdO/TiO₂. The sensor can be embodied as a two layer structure with the gas permeable matrix material intermixed with the chemochromic pigment in one layer and a second layer which provides a support or overcoat layer.
FILED	Monday, May 01, 2006
APPL NO	11/414900
ART UNIT	1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/94
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08593024 — Implementation of a non-metallic barrier in an electric motor

US 08593024	M'Sadoques et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	George A. M'Sadoques (Granby, Massachusetts); Michael R. Carra (Enfield, Connecticut); Durwood M. Beringer (Suffield, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	George A. M'Sadoques (Granby, Massachusetts); Michael R. Carra (Enfield, Connecticut); Durwood M. Beringer (Suffield, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A motor for use in a volatile environment includes a rotor exposed to the volatile environment, electronics for rotating the rotor, an impervious ceramic barrier separating the electronics and the rotor, and a flexible seal for preventing the volatile environment from contacting the electronics and for minimizing vibratory and twisting loads upon the barrier to minimize damage to the barrier.
FILED	Monday, April 12, 2010
APPL NO	12/758353
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/86
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08593153 — Method of fault detection and rerouting

US 08593153	Medelius et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Mark E. Lewis (Merritt Island, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Mark E. Lewis (Merritt Island, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for detecting damage in an electrical wire, including delivering at least one test electrical signal to an outer electrically conductive material in a continuous or non-continuous layer covering an electrically insulative material layer that covers an electrically conductive wire core. Detecting the test electrical signals in the outer conductive material layer to obtain data that is processed to identify damage in the outer electrically conductive material layer.
FILED	Monday, July 26, 2010
APPL NO	12/843382
ART UNIT	2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/543
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Department of Commerce (DOC)

08591854 — Methods for solubilizing and separating large fullerenes

US 08591854	Rai et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) U.S. State Government State of Texas
APPLICANT(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	We have discovered that size dependent solubility of large fullerenes in strong acids is dependent on acid strength. This provides a scalable method for separating large fullerenes by size. According to some embodiments, a method for processing a fullerene starting material comprises large fullerenes comprises mixing the starting material with a first concentrated sulfuric acid solution so as to obtain a first dispersion comprising a first portion of the large fullerenes solubilized in the first concentrated sulfuric acid solution.
FILED	Friday, August 08, 2008
APPL NO	12/672605
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00
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08592511 — Synthesis, capping and dispersion of nanocrystals

US 08592511	Gonen Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films.
FILED	Monday, April 25, 2011
APPL NO	13/064905
ART UNIT	1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/432
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08594942 — Computational method and system for identifying network patterns in complex biological systems data

US 08594942	Allen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Keith D. Allen (Cary, North Carolina); Marie Coffin (Cary, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Metabolon, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Keith D. Allen (Cary, North Carolina); Marie Coffin (Cary, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is a data query and analysis tool useful for identifying patterns in experimental data. The methods and systems of the current invention provide context for biological data, including metabolic, gene expression and proteomic data, by applying the data to a network representation of biological processes. In doing so, Nodewalker moves beyond the traditional linear pathway view of biology to a network view, and uses the network as a data integration tool to seamlessly merge disparate data streams.
FILED	Friday, July 29, 2005
APPL NO	11/192804
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

National Security Agency (NSA)

08592932 — Apparatus and methods for constructing semiconductor chip packages with silicon space transformer carriers

US 08592932	Andry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	Apparatus and methods are provided for high density packaging of semiconductor chips using silicon space transformer chip level package structures, which allow high density chip interconnection and/or integration of multiple chips or chip stacks high I/O interconnection and heterogeneous chip or function integration.
FILED	Monday, March 26, 2012
APPL NO	13/430195
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/434
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08595732 — Reducing the response time of flexible highly data parallel task by assigning task sets using dynamic combined longest processing time scheme

US 08595732	Hildrum et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York)
ABSTRACT	A method for scheduling a data processing job includes receiving the data processing job formed of a plurality of computing units, combining the plurality of computing units into a plurality of sets of tasks, each set including tasks of about equal estimated size, and different sets having different sized tasks, and assigning the tasks to a plurality of processors using a dynamic longest processing time (DLPT) scheme.
FILED	Monday, November 15, 2010
APPL NO	12/946475
ART UNIT	2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102
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U.S. State Government

08591854 — Methods for solubilizing and separating large fullerenes

US 08591854	Rai et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) U.S. State Government State of Texas
APPLICANT(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Pradeep K. Rai (Houston, Texas); A. Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Bordeaux, France); Haiqing Peng (Sugar Land, Texas); Robert Hauge (Houston, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	We have discovered that size dependent solubility of large fullerenes in strong acids is dependent on acid strength. This provides a scalable method for separating large fullerenes by size. According to some embodiments, a method for processing a fullerene starting material comprises large fullerenes comprises mixing the starting material with a first concentrated sulfuric acid solution so as to obtain a first dispersion comprising a first portion of the large fullerenes solubilized in the first concentrated sulfuric acid solution.
FILED	Friday, August 08, 2008
APPL NO	12/672605
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00
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08592877 — Embedded MEMS sensors and related methods

US 08592877	Lakamraju et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) U.S. State Government State of Arizona
APPLICANT(S)	Narendra V. Lakamraju (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Narendra V. Lakamraju (Hillsboro, Oregon); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
FILED	Thursday, June 14, 2012
APPL NO	13/523755
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/254
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

08592447 — Acridone compounds

US 08592447	Riscoe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Rolf Winter (Portland, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Lake Oswego, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Rolf Winter (Portland, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Lake Oswego, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia.
FILED	Tuesday, November 13, 2007
APPL NO	12/312503
ART UNIT	1627 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/297
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Federal Reserve Bank (FED)

08595096 — Prioritizing checks for electronic check processing

US 08595096	Breeden, Jr.
FUNDED BY	Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
APPLICANT(S)	Benjamin T. Breeden, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Benjamin T. Breeden, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Prioritizing checks for electronic check processing based on check characteristics, such as check values, receiving institutions associated with the checks, and/or delivery methods associated with the checks. A prioritization module of a check processing system receives information regarding multiple checks in a check processing queue. The prioritization module assigns at least one priority indicator to one or more of the checks. Each priority indicator includes information regarding a characteristic of the check to which the indicator is assigned. For example, the characteristic can be the value of the check, the receiving institution associated with the check, and/or the delivery method associated with the check. Upon determining that at least one of the checks cannot be timely processed if the checks are processed on a first in, first out basis, the prioritization module re-orders the checks for processing based on the assigned priority indicators.
FILED	Tuesday, November 06, 2007
APPL NO	11/983033
ART UNIT	3692 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/35
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

08594813 — Dream controller

US 08594813	Cheng et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California); Andrew J. Chow (Rancho Cordova, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Cybernation Group, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California)
INVENTOR(S)	George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California); Andrew J. Chow (Rancho Cordova, California)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for intelligently controlling continuous process variables. A Dream Controller comprises an Intelligent Engine mechanism and a number of Model-Free Adaptive (MFA) controllers, each of which is suitable to control a process with specific behaviors. The Intelligent Engine can automatically select the appropriate MFA controller and its parameters so that the Dream Controller can be easily used by people with limited control experience and those who do not have the time to commission, tune, and maintain automatic controllers.
FILED	Tuesday, August 10, 2010
APPL NO	12/853832
ART UNIT	2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28
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United States Postal Service (USPS)

08594386 — Methods and systems for analyzing the quality of digital signature confirmation images

US 08594386	Zimmerman
FUNDED BY	United States Postal Service (USPS)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert S. Zimmerman (South Riding, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert S. Zimmerman (South Riding, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device. A method of evaluating an imager includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color. The generated image may be analyzed to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image. Each particle comprises contiguous pixels of the same color, and the determined particle information comprises information on the size and count of the particles of the first and second color. The method may further include determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information.
FILED	Thursday, April 12, 2012
APPL NO	13/445245
ART UNIT	2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/112
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Government Rights Acknowledged

08591887 — EPHA2 as a therapeutic target for cancer

US 08591887	Kinch et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Michael S. Kinch (Laytonsville, Maryland); Nicole D. Zantek (Edina, Minnesota); Patrick W. Hein (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, India)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael S. Kinch (Laytonsville, Maryland); Nicole D. Zantek (Edina, Minnesota); Patrick W. Hein (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of metastatic disease. The compounds of this invention have specificity for EphA2, an epithelial cell tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in metastatic tumor cells. The compounds used in accordance with this invention may be provided in a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of metastatic disease.
FILED	Thursday, January 07, 2010
APPL NO	12/655782
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100
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08592345 — Methods of inhibiting ethylene responses in plants using dicyclopropene compounds

US 08592345	Sisler et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Edward C. Sisler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Varvara Grichko (Raleigh, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward C. Sisler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Varvara Grichko (Raleigh, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Methods of applying dicyclopropene compounds and compositions thereof to block ethylene receptors in plants are disclosed. Methods include applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a dicyclopropene compound or composition thereof. Dicyclopropene compounds, enantiomers, stereoisomers or salts thereof are also provided.
FILED	Friday, June 13, 2008
APPL NO	12/138500
ART UNIT	1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/357
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

08593339 — Mobile satellite communications

US 08593339	Morana
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Sebastian Morana (Aldie, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation (Germantown, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Sebastian Morana (Aldie, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Provided is a mobile satellite transceiver system for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite. In on implementation, the mobile satellite transceiver system includes a GPS receiver configured to receive communications from the GPS satellite, a satellite modem configured to transmit and receive communications from the communications satellite, and an operating system. In some implementations, the operating system of the mobile satellite transceiver system is configured to send and receive text messages to/from the communications satellite via the satellite modem. In some implementations the mobile satellite transceiver system also includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interrogator for communicating with RFID tags.
FILED	Tuesday, September 01, 2009
APPL NO	12/585056
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 342/353
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

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