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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 03, 2013
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| US 08595923 | Jakli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods for creating energy conversion devices based on the giant flexoelectric effect in non-calamitic liquid crystals. By preparing a substance comprising at least one type of non-calamitic liquid crystal molecules and stabilizing the substance to form a mechanically flexible material, flexible conductive electrodes may be applied to the material to create an electro-mechanical energy conversion device which relies on the giant flexoelectric effect to produce electrical and/or mechanical energy that is usable in such applications as, for example, power sources, energy dissipation, sensors/transducers, and actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727592 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/831 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596018 | Dagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Habib J. Dagher (Veazie, Maine); Eric D. Cassidy (Easton, Maine); Laurent R. Parent (Veazie, Maine); Anthony J. Dumais (Windham, Maine); Edwin N. Nagy (Orono, Maine); Robert T. O'Neil (Orono, Maine); Richard F. Nye (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Habib J. Dagher (Veazie, Maine); Eric D. Cassidy (Easton, Maine); Laurent R. Parent (Veazie, Maine); Anthony J. Dumais (Windham, Maine); Edwin N. Nagy (Orono, Maine); Robert T. O'Neil (Orono, Maine); Richard F. Nye (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A blast resistant coated wood member includes a wood member having a compression side and a tension side. A coating layer of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is adhered to the tension side of the wood member. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/244407 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/704 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596050 | Gerlach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Gerlach (Ellington, Connecticut); Duane C. McCormick (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Gerlach (Ellington, Connecticut); Duane C. McCormick (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A sound attenuating heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine includes a housing, a barrier wall and a fin. The housing includes an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet. The exhaust inlet is connected to the exhaust outlet by an exhaust flow passage. The coolant inlet is connected to the coolant outlet by a coolant flow passage. The barrier wall fluidly separates the exhaust flow passage from the coolant flow passage. The fin extends from the barrier wall into the exhaust flow passage, and includes a resonator adapted to attenuate sound waves traveling through exhaust gas within the exhaust flow passage. The barrier wall and the fins are adapted to exchange heat energy between the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust flow passage and coolant flowing through the coolant flow passage. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213938 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596131 | Carver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reed Carver (King George, Virginia); Joseph Snyder (Novelty, Ohio); Frederick J Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reed Carver (King George, Virginia); Joseph Snyder (Novelty, Ohio); Frederick J Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to pressure sensors capable of operating at high temperatures. The present invention further relates to a high temperature pressure sensor with an improved gage factor. The present invention still further provides a pressure sensor with a smaller sized diaphragm, which is capable of reading higher pressures. The present invention also provides a method and sensor for detecting strain using shape memory alloys. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362447 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/715 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596151 | Anderson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jane Anderson (Springerville, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane Anderson (Springerville, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An inner gimbal assembly is provided for use in a control moment gyroscope assembly and of the type that includes a stator housing and a spin motor disposed within the stator housing and on a shaft. The inner gimbal assembly comprises a first spin bearing mounted to the shaft, and a bearing cartridge substantially surrounding the first spin bearing, the bearing cartridge having a first end partially defining a first end cavity, a second end partially defining a first intermediary cavity, and a bearing cartridge channel providing flow communication between the first end cavity and the first intermediary cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714213 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/5.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596291 | Kotefski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stojan Kotefski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Ductri Nguyen (Parsipanny, New Jersey); Dominick DeMella (Hamburg, New Jersey); Paul Manz (Andover, New Jersey); William Morelli (Spring Lake, New Jersey); Philip J Magnotti (Westfield, New Jersey); Lidija Kotevska (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Stojan Kotefski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Ductri Nguyen (Parsipanny, New Jersey); Dominick DeMella (Hamburg, New Jersey); Paul Manz (Andover, New Jersey); William Morelli (Spring Lake, New Jersey); Philip J Magnotti (Westfield, New Jersey); Lidija Kotevska (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A venting lifting plug is provided for an unfuzed munition having a fuze cavity with internal threads, the venting lifting plug is formed of a threaded ring having both internal and external threads together with a lifting plug having a lifting ring, a neck and a round portion having external threads, external threads on the threaded ring being in threaded engagement with internal threads on the fuze cavity of the munition, internal threads on the threaded ring being in threaded engagement with external threads on the lifting plug, and a threaded joint formed between the lifting plug and threaded ring is soldered together with one or more eutectic materials having a melting point lower than a predetermined critical temperature of cook-off gases from the munition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443327 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596466 | Hauge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Ya-Qiong Xu (Houston, Texas); Sean Pheasant (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Ya-Qiong Xu (Houston, Texas); Sean Pheasant (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a nanotube grid includes placing a plurality of catalyst nanoparticles on a grid framework, contacting the catalyst nanoparticles with a gas mixture that includes hydrogen and a carbon source in a reaction chamber, forming an activated gas from the gas mixture, heating the grid framework and activated gas, and controlling a growth time to generate a single-wall carbon nanotube array radially about the grid framework. A filter membrane may be produced by this method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439865 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/500.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596838 | Fancello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angelo Fancello (Austin, Texas); Meagan Gonzalez Noble (Austin, Texas); Tizhi Huang (Plano, Texas); Mark E. Lucente (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zebra Imaging, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angelo Fancello (Austin, Texas); Meagan Gonzalez Noble (Austin, Texas); Tizhi Huang (Plano, Texas); Mark E. Lucente (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A display module having one or more outer walls configured to house an array of optical component stacks, where the one or more outer walls are configured to support a transparent support structure spanning the array of optical component stacks, and where an upper portion of the one or more outer walls in contact with the transparent support structure is tapered. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/651413 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/382 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596960 | Pelfrey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip C. Pelfrey (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip C. Pelfrey (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A tapered hydrostatic bearing assembly with a rotor shaft rotating about a stationary shaft in which two tapered hydrostatic bearings are formed to rotatably support the rotor shaft. The stationary shaft includes a bearing fluid passage to channel the bearing fluid to the two tapered hydrostatic bearings. The tapered bearings also function as axial thrust bearings for the rotor shaft. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/941338 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596972 | Moon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A duct includes first and second composite duct sections and first and second metallic support ring sections. The second metallic support ring section is adjacent to the first metallic support ring section. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327737 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/213.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597025 | Belenkii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikhail Belenkii (San Diego, California); Donald Bruns (San Diego, California); Timothy Brinkley (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trex Enterprises Corp. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Belenkii (San Diego, California); Donald Bruns (San Diego, California); Timothy Brinkley (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A celestial weapons orientation measuring system. The system includes a miniature celestial direction detection device. The device includes an inclinometer, a camera for imaging at least one celestial object and a processor programmed with a celestial catalog providing known positions at specific times of at least one celestial object and algorithms for automatically calculating target direction information based on the inclination of the system as measured by the inclinometer and the known positions of the celestial object as provided by the celestial catalog and as imaged by the camera. Similar to the training technique discussed in the background section, the pretend enemy wears a GPS detector and transmitter, and a computer system is preferably provided which determines when a trigger-pull results in a “casualty”. Preferred embodiments also include an inertial navigation sensor including a magnetic compass and a memory-based optical navigation system that permits continued operation on cloudy days and even in certain in-door environments. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586813 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597076 | Krienke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Krienke (Seattle, Washington); Kevin H. Lee (Renton, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Krienke (Seattle, Washington); Kevin H. Lee (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A containment assembly is described that includes a flexible enclosure and a panel attached to the flexible enclosure. The flexible enclosure includes a first opening that defines a periphery that is operable for attachment around a work area. The panel is attached to the enclosure about a periphery defined by a second opening in the enclosure. A sealable access port is also associated with the enclosure, operable to provide a user with access to an interior of the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/136863 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrading 451/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597273 | Salinas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galveston, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galveston, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for operating a semi-closed loop and/or a closed loop resuscitation of a burn patient in view of patient information and other physiological data gathered by the system. The system in at least one embodiment includes an urine sensor, an infusion pump and a processor that controls the operation of the infusion pump at least in part from a signal received from the urine sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/438434 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597377 | Atwater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terrill Bradford Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Paula Cristina Tavares (Tinton Falls, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrill Bradford Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Paula Cristina Tavares (Tinton Falls, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material is provided. Furthermore, a lithium or lithium ion rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided incorporating chlorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material in a positive electrode. In addition, a process for preparing a stable chlorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material is provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081774 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597397 | Kunze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Klaus Kunze (Manchester, New Mexico); Hyungrak Kim (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Allen B. Schult (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nathan E. Stott (Suwon-shi, South Korea); Andrew M. Argo (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus Kunze (Manchester, New Mexico); Hyungrak Kim (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Allen B. Schult (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nathan E. Stott (Suwon-shi, South Korea); Andrew M. Argo (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for the production of metal nanoparticles. In one aspect, the invention is to a process comprising the steps of mixing a heated first solution comprising a base and/or a reducing agent (e.g., a non-polyol reducing agent), a polyol, and a polymer of vinyl pyrrolidone with a second solution comprising a metal precursor that is capable of being reduced to a metal by the polyol. In another aspect, the invention is to a process that includes the steps of heating a powder of a polymer of vinyl pyrrolidone; forming a first solution comprising the powder and a polyol; and mixing the first solution with a second solution comprising a metal precursor capable of being reduced to a metal by the polyol. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/829934 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597444 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming-Wan Young (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Costas G. Gogos (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Niloufar Faridi (Melville, New York); Linjie Zhu (Livingston, New Jersey); Peter Bonnett (Succasunna, New Jersey); Howard Shimm (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Elbert Caravaca (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Joseph Palk, Jr. (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Dale Conti (Flanders, New Jersey); Mohamed Elalem (East Orange, New Jersey); Fei Shen (North Arlington, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming-Wan Young (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Costas G. Gogos (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Niloufar Faridi (Melville, New York); Linjie Zhu (Livingston, New Jersey); Peter Bonnett (Succasunna, New Jersey); Howard Shimm (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Elbert Caravaca (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Joseph Palk, Jr. (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Dale Conti (Flanders, New Jersey); Mohamed Elalem (East Orange, New Jersey); Fei Shen (North Arlington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | By using generally known chemically, physically, or a combination thereof, means to foam celluloid, a foamed celluloid material is invented with a density of less than about 1.25 gm/cm3, which material is relatively low cost, very fast burning, very low residue, easily moldable, and which material exhibits good mechanical strength, and provides a good water barrier. These characteristics make this foamed celluloid a preferred choice for military artillery propellant charge bags, military mortar and civilian fireworks increment charges, combustible cartridges, flare housings, igniter tubes, as well as, closure disks, combustible enclosures and components thereof, among other applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977374 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/19.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597492 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wonbong Choi (Miami, Florida); Somenath Roy (Miami, Florida); Kalai Mathee (Miami, Florida); Vishwanath Prasad (Denton, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wonbong Choi (Miami, Florida); Somenath Roy (Miami, Florida); Kalai Mathee (Miami, Florida); Vishwanath Prasad (Denton, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting a DNA strand using carbon nanotubes or nanowires. A specific single strand of template DNA serves as a probe for its complementary strand in a solution containing DNA segments to be tested. The single-stranded sequence-specific DNA probe segment, whose ends are modified with amine, is attached between two carbon nanotubes/nanowires. When complementary strands representing DNA segments under test are brought near the probe strands, a dielectrophoresis (DEP) field may enhance the probability of selective hybridization between the complimentary target DNA and probe DNA. A change in electrical conductance in the probe strand occurs upon hybridization of the complementary target DNA with the single probe strand. This conductance change may be measured using the two carbon nanotubes or nano-dimensional electrodes. By exploiting nano-dimensional electrodes and single strand probe DNA, the proposed system is capable of accurately detecting a single molecule of DNA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/518841 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/792 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597535 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Luo (State College, Pennsylvania); Wesley Hackenberger (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRS Technologies, Inc. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Luo (State College, Pennsylvania); Wesley Hackenberger (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A ternary single crystal relaxor piezoelectric of PMN-PZ-PT grown from a novel melt using the Vertical Bridgeman method. The ternary single crystals are characterized by a Curie temperature, Tc, of at least 150° C. and a rhombohedral to tetragonal phase transition temperature, Trt, of at least about 110° C. The ternary crystals further exhibit a piezoelectric coefficient, d33, in the range of at least about 1200-2000 pC/N. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/108404 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.9PZ |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08597549 — Two-photon or higher-order absorbing optical materials for generation of reactive species
| US 08597549 | Cumpston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are highly efficient multiphoton absorbing compounds and methods of their use. The compounds generally include a bridge of pi-conjugated bonds connecting electron donating groups or electron accepting groups. The bridge may be substituted with a variety of substituents as well. Solubility, lipophilicity, absorption maxima and other characteristics of the compounds may be tailored by changing the electron donating groups or electron accepting groups, the substituents attached to or the length of the pi-conjugated bridge. Numerous photophysical and photochemical methods are enabled by converting these compounds to electronically excited states upon simultaneous absorption of at least two photons of radiation. The compounds have large two-photon or higher-order absorptivities such that upon absorption, one or more Lewis acidic species, Lewis basic species, radical species or ionic species are formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768898 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597577 | Flagan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard C. Flagan (Pasadena, California); Amnon Yariv (Pasadena, California); Jason Gamba (Pasadena, California); Naresh Satyan (Pasadena, California); Jacob Sendowski (Pasadena, California); Arseny Vasilyev (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Flagan (Pasadena, California); Amnon Yariv (Pasadena, California); Jason Gamba (Pasadena, California); Naresh Satyan (Pasadena, California); Jacob Sendowski (Pasadena, California); Arseny Vasilyev (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optoelectronic swept-frequency semiconductor laser coupled to a microfabricated optical biomolecular sensor with integrated resonator and waveguide and methods related thereto are described. Biomolecular sensors with optical resonator microfabricated with integrated waveguide operation can be in a microfluidic flow cell. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031050 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597579 | Buettner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard C. Buettner (Catonsville, Maryland); Amanda L. Jenkens (Salisbury, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard C. Buettner (Catonsville, Maryland); Amanda L. Jenkens (Salisbury, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecularly imprinted polymer denuder sensor that includes a trapping solution; a delivery device transporting the trapping solution; a denuder operatively connected to the trapping solution and contacting ambient air, wherein the denuder infuses the sample into the trapping solution; a molecularly imprinted polymer sensor operatively connected to the denuder, wherein the MIP sensor captures and detects the threat material; an excitation source operatively connected to the MIP sensor and having an excitation band, wherein the excitation band excites europium (or other signal transducing lanthanide or metal ion) in the MIP when it is bound to the threat material providing unique emission band(s); and an analytical device operatively connected to the MIP sensor, wherein the analytical device senses the presence of the threat material in the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010383 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597658 | Quinnan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald Quinnan (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Quinnan (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to fusion polypeptides comprised of a trimerization domain fused to a non-membrane bound, non-cleaved gp160 polypeptide derived from the R2 HIV-1 Env glycoprotein and to compositions comprising the fusion polypeptides. This invention further relates to oligomers of the fusion polypeptides. This invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding the fusion polypeptides. This invention also relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the fusion polypeptides. Further, this invention relates to the induction of cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1, and to immunogenic compositions for the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV-1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/742272 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/188.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597821 | Cardenas-Valencia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Jay Dlutowski (Safety Harbor, Florida); Melynda C. Calves (Riverview, Florida); John Bumgarner (Clearwater, Florida); Larry Langebrake (Seminole, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Jay Dlutowski (Safety Harbor, Florida); Melynda C. Calves (Riverview, Florida); John Bumgarner (Clearwater, Florida); Larry Langebrake (Seminole, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. In the present invention, semiconductor fabrication methods are used to fabricate aluminum galvanic cells, wherein a catalytic material to be used as the cathode is deposited on a substrate and an insulating spacing material is deposited on the cathode and patterned using photolithography. The spacing material can either be used as a sacrificial layer to expose the electrodes or serve as a support for one of the electrodes. Similarly, the aluminum anode may be deposited and patterned on another substrate and bonded to the first substrate, or can be deposited directly on the insulating material prior to patterning. The cell is packaged and connected to a delivery system to provide delivery of the electrolyte when activation of the cell is desired. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896325 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597923 | Ness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon E. Ness (Redwood City, California); Jeremy Minshull (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SyntheZyme, LLC (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon E. Ness (Redwood City, California); Jeremy Minshull (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially pure Candida host cell is provided for the biotransformation of a substrate to a product wherein the host cell is characterized by a first genetic modification class that comprises one or more genetic modifications that collectively or individually disrupt at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene in the substantially pure Candida host cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/775306 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598053 | Whitten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Linnea K. Ista (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Motokatsu Ogawa (Gainesville, Florida); Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Gabriel P. Lopez (Durham, North Carolina); Ramanathan Nagarajan (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Linnea K. Ista (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Motokatsu Ogawa (Gainesville, Florida); Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Gabriel P. Lopez (Durham, North Carolina); Ramanathan Nagarajan (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes the manufacture and use of soft surfaces such as fabrics bearing surface-grafted antimicrobial polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503067 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598112 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a conjugate which contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and that specifically binds the receptor bound by peptide KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKK (SEQ ID NO: 9). Methods of directing a conjugate of the invention to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and of using a conjugate to treat cancer also are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276237 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598305 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Hui Huang (Evanston, Illinois); Zhihua Chen (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Hui Huang (Evanston, Illinois); Zhihua Chen (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are conjugated polymers having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048603 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598321 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Isin N. Geren (Redwood City, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Isin N. Geren (Redwood City, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/528601 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598324 | Rider |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487205 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598521 | Levis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levis (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania); John J. Brady (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth J. Judge (Seaville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levis (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania); John J. Brady (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth J. Judge (Seaville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for analyzing samples are disclosed. The samples are analyzed by vaporizing molecules from a sample in a sample area with a femtosecond laser beam under ambient conditions, ionizing the vaporized molecules with electrospray ionization under the ambient conditions to form ions; and analyzing and detecting the ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/390722 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598523 | Stecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois); Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois); Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process (and apparatus for performing the process) for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region in an x-y plane with a forward edge region width and a trailing edge region in the x-y plane with a trailing edge region width, under at least one first processing condition; monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step; solidifying the molten pool deposit; automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step; and repeating steps at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to the x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902520 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/305 (20130101) H01J 37/3005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598767 | Graham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl W Graham (Ballymena, United Kingdom); Sami V. Horkko (Chatham, United Kingdom); Philip J Butler (Sittingbourne, United Kingdom); Manfred Kolkman (Messancy, Belgium) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl W Graham (Ballymena, United Kingdom); Sami V. Horkko (Chatham, United Kingdom); Philip J Butler (Sittingbourne, United Kingdom); Manfred Kolkman (Messancy, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric actuator arrangement (30) for use in a fuel injector (2), the actuator arrangement (30) comprising a stack (36) of one or more piezoelectric elements for receipt with an fluid chamber (12) of the injector (2), electrode means for generating an electric field within the stack (36), in use, and an electrical connector arrangement (42) for electrically connecting the electrode means to an external power supply, in use. The connector arrangement (42) comprises a first portion (60) in the form of a, base member, and a second portion (62) in the form of a body member, that are mutually arranged to form an articulated joint so as to provide the first portion (60) with at least one degree of freedom relative” to the second portion (62). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/085242 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598969 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anders P. Walker (Marion, Iowa); Thomas J. Journot (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Todd A. Freeman (Anamosa, Iowa); John C. Mather (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Jonathan A. Lovseth (Marion, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anders P. Walker (Marion, Iowa); Thomas J. Journot (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Todd A. Freeman (Anamosa, Iowa); John C. Mather (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Jonathan A. Lovseth (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a piezo-electrically actuated membrane (ex.—a tuner) configured for use with a tunable cavity filter. The piezo-electrically actuated tuner may be formed of printed circuit board materials and may be placed over the cavities of the tunable cavity filter. Further, the piezo-electrically actuated tuner may promote high level performance of the tunable cavity filter, while allowing the tunable cavity filter to be tunable across wide bands. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087895 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599018 | Kellen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yael Debra Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey); Arl Saul Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yael Debra Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey); Arl Saul Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An alarm system for indicating the time that has elapsed since intrusion into an enclosed space, as well as a method for installing the alarm system, are disclosed. The alarm system detects an intrusion into the enclosed space, the intrusion thereby causing an indicator light outside the enclosed space to illuminate, thereby indicating time elapsed since intrusion. At least one interior sensor is located within the enclosed space and configured to generate an intrusion time signal in response to movement therein. The indicator light is located within an outer perimeter zone of the enclosed space, and upon receiving an intrusion time signal, the indicator light emits light visible from outside the outer perimeter zone of the enclosed space. The light can indicate time elapsed via a property of the light itself, such as wavelength, intensity and/or focus, and/or via a light display producing readable output of time elapsed, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949734 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/550 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599061 | Hintz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth J Hintz (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J Hintz (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for detecting a cavity comprising a signal receiver, a signal analyzer and a threshold excedent determination processor. The signal receiver receives a reflected signal resulting from an interaction of multi-frequency irradiating signal(s) with at least one cavity. The irradiating signal may include an electromagnetic or acoustic signal above a cavity dependent cutoff frequency with a randomized spectral component. The signal analyzer computes cavity detecting statistic(s) of the reflected signal. The cavity detecting statistic(s) may include an autocorrelation function. The autocorrelation function may be a Fourier transform of the power spectral density of the reflected signal. The threshold excedent determination processor generates a notification when cavity detecting statistic(s) exceed a threshold. The threshold may include a multi-variable function. The cavity may be the bore of a weapon. The apparatus may be configured to determine the bearing from the cavity to the apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910504 |
| 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 342/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599381 | Statz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric R. Statz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Alan E. DeCew, Jr. (West Newton, Massachusetts); Jonathan B. Ashcom (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric R. Statz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Alan E. DeCew, Jr. (West Newton, Massachusetts); Jonathan B. Ashcom (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas detector includes a receiver configured to receive light from a light source through gas, the light source having a bandwidth on the order of an absorption linewidth of the gas, the receiver including at least a first etalon having a transmission bandwidth on the order of the absorption linewidth of the gas, the transmission bandwidth of the first etalon being substantially smaller than the bandwidth of the light source. The gas detector further includes a first detector for detecting light transmitted through the first etalon, a second detector for detecting light reflected from the first etalon, and a processor that determines the quantity of gas based on the detected transmitted and reflected light. The gas detector can further include a second etalon with a transmission bandwidth approximately equal and adjacent to the transmission bandwidth of the first etalon. Alternatively, the gas detector can include a beam separator that separates the light from the light source into a first beam and a second beam, with a small deflection angle between the first beam and the second beam, thereby modifying the effective thickness of a single optical element for each beam and forming the first and second etalon in the optical element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226809 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599468 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frankie Y. Liu (Palo Alto, California); Dinesh D. Patil (Fremont, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frankie Y. Liu (Palo Alto, California); Dinesh D. Patil (Fremont, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device that includes a wavelength-sensitive optical component, which has an associated thermal time constant, is described. Note that an operating wavelength of the wavelength-sensitive optical component is a function of several physical parameters including temperature. Moreover, the optical device includes a heating mechanism that provides heat to the wavelength-sensitive optical component. Furthermore, the optical device includes a driver circuit that provides a pulse-width modulated signal to the heating mechanism. Note that an average pulse-width modulated heat provided by the heating mechanism, and which corresponds to the pulse-width modulated signal, thermally tunes the wavelength-sensitive optical component to a target operating wavelength. Additionally, note that the target operating wavelength corresponds to a target operating temperature of the wavelength-sensitive optical component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/205749 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599489 | Shalaev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander P. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir P. Drachev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wenshan Cai (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander P. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir P. Drachev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wenshan Cai (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable super-lens (TSL) for nanoscale optical sensing and imaging of bio-molecules and nano-manufacturing utilizes negative-index materials (NIMs) that operate in the visible or near infrared light. The NIMs can create a lens that will perform sub-wavelength imaging, enhanced resolution imaging, or flat lens imaging. This new TSL covers two different operation scales. For short distances between the object and its image, a near-field super-lens (NFSL) can create or enhance images of objects located at distances much less than the wavelength of light. For the far-zone, negative values are necessary for both the permittivity ∈ a permeability μ. While well-structured periodic meta-materials, which require delicate design and precise fabrication, can be used, metal-dielectric composites are also candidates for NIMs in the optical range. The negative-refraction in the composite films can be made by using frequency-selective photomodification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449604 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/665 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599649 | Antonelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor system is provided comprising a Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) that senses underwater sound via vibrations on an ice surface. In operation, a beam of the LDV measures a surface velocity and therefore an associated pressure signal from the ice surface due to an impinging underwater sound. The beam reflected from the surface carries the acoustic information back to the LDV. Using interferometry to derive the acoustic signal carried on the reflected beam; the LDV provides acoustic signal data in the form of a voltage signal. A computer processes the voltage signal as data that estimates a sound pressure level of the underwater source. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041661 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599901 | Tsakonas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Efthimios E. Tsakonas (Keratsinion, Greece); Nikolaos D. Sidiropoulos (Kambani, Greece); Ananthram Swami (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Efthimios E. Tsakonas (Keratsinion, Greece); Nikolaos D. Sidiropoulos (Kambani, Greece); Ananthram Swami (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency hopping signal receiving system comprising: a receiver for extracting discrete-time samples from the signal; a memory connected to the receiver for storing the extracted discrete-time samples from the signal; at least one processor operatively connected to the memory for: determining a state-space vector that captures relevant information to describe the dynamics of the signal; selecting a parameter to represent the probability of hopping associated with the signal; generating particle filters to estimate unknown parameters in the state-space vector based upon the extracted discrete-time samples by generating random particles that approximate the filtering distribution having importance weights; specifying the importance function in closed-form in a convenient mixture representation, which enables drawing particles and updating the importance weights; constructing an estimator to generate hop particles based upon observing at least one sample hop and then evaluating the estimator using a conditional expected value; using a spectrogram to generate particles in conjunction with an importance function; and estimating the hop frequency, hop time, and amplitude parameters, and a method thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753936 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599903 | Hombs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brandon P. Hombs (Merrimack, New Hampshire); John A. Tranquilli, Jr. (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Joseph A. Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Leonard E. Russo (Nashua, New Hampshire); Joshua D Niedzwiecki (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Collision Communications, Inc. (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon P. Hombs (Merrimack, New Hampshire); John A. Tranquilli, Jr. (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Joseph A. Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Leonard E. Russo (Nashua, New Hampshire); Joshua D Niedzwiecki (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A QR-RLS adaptive digital filter provides fast computation without excessive computational resources. 18-bit multipliers enhance speed, and a floating point inverse square root block adjusts dynamic range in 12-dB steps. A memory stores two P-matrix copies, one being delivered with rows shifted according to the clock speed so as to enhance pipeline processing. Embodiments reliably detect modulation schemes, demodulate strong signals by passing feedback bits between multiple stages, remove impulses due to lightening, etc, erase symbol estimates which exceed an error threshold, and add high frequency noise to avoid mathematical divergence caused by excessive S/N. A genetic method is provided for identifying asynchronous spreading codes with minimum correlations, whereby randomly selected candidates compete based on Frobenius norms of their correlations, the weakest being discarded and the process being iterated. A method is provided for selecting optimal filter sampling windows for simultaneously detected symbol streams having relative timing delays. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869875 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600201 | Thacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device implemented on a substrate (such as silicon) is described. This optical device includes a wavelength-sensitive optical component with a high thermal resistance to a surrounding external environment and a low thermal resistance to a localized thermal-tuning mechanism (such as a heater), which modifies a temperature of the wavelength-sensitive optical component, thereby specifying an operating wavelength of the wavelength-sensitive optical component. In particular, the thermal resistance associated with a thermal dissipation path from the thermal-tuning mechanism to the external environment via the substrate is increased by removing a portion of the substrate to create a gap that is proximate to the thermal-tuning mechanism and the wavelength-sensitive optical component. Furthermore, the optical device includes a binder material mechanically coupled to the substrate and proximate to the gap, thereby maintaining a mechanical strength of the optical device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032561 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600566 | Longo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); Frank T. Ferrese (Haddon Heights, Pennsylvania); John M. Roach (Herriman, Utah); Michael G. Zink (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Longo (Pittsgrove, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); Frank T. Ferrese (Haddon Heights, Pennsylvania); John M. Roach (Herriman, Utah); Michael G. Zink (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The condition of a fluid piping system is monitored by multiple intercommunicative smart valves, each executing a computer algorithm that designates smart valves as critical or non-critical, compares measurement data versus simulation data, and makes decisions based on the critical-or-noncritical designations and the measurement-versus-simulation comparisons. Initial measurement-versus-simulation comparisons are made for downstream pressure, flow rate, and temperature. If a measurement-versus-simulation discrepancy is found in either the downstream pressure or the flow rate, then the algorithm compares a measurement rupture determinant versus a simulation rupture determinant; if a measurement-versus-simulation discrepancy is found in the rupture determinant, then the smart valve is closed. If a measurement-versus-simulation discrepancy is found in the temperature, then the smart valve, if non-critical, is closed; however, if the smart valve is critical, then the nearest upstream non-critical smart valve is closed. Any measurement-versus-simulation discrepancy results, at least, in an alarm or warning. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021580 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600602 | McAndrew et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine McAndrew (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Linda J. Watson (Corrales, New Mexico); Jon Feist (Albuquerque, New Mexico); A. Christopher Moorman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Two architectures for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a method for executing a mission plan are provided. One architecture for a UAV includes a flight command and mission execution (FCME) component making strategic decisions, a flight technical control manager (FTCM) making tactical decisions and a vehicle management system (VMS) providing navigational support. The FCME and FTCM execute on one processor and the VMS executes on a separate processor. The second architecture includes redundant processors for executing the FCME and FTCM as well as redundant processors for executing the VMS. The UAV executes a mission plan, which may include flight plan(s), communication plan(s), weapons plan(s), sensor plan(s), and/or contingent flight plan(s). The UAV may control various optical sensors, training sensors, and lights as well. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932623 |
| 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 71/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600671 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hanching Grant Wang (Madison City, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanching Grant Wang (Madison City, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for generating navigation solutions. A global positioning system based navigation solution unit; an inertial navigation solution unit; a correction unit, a limiter, and an adding unit. The global positioning system based navigation solution unit is capable of generating a first navigation solution. The inertial navigation solution unit is capable of generating a second navigation solution. The correction unit is capable of generating a raw correction. The limiter is capable of selectively modifying the raw correction to fall within a selected range of corrections to form a correction. The adding unit is capable of adding the correction to the second navigation solution to form a navigation solution. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/098014 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600685 | Kalgren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick W. Kalgren (Conesus, New York); Antonio E. Ginart (Marietta, Georgia); Shashank Nanduri (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony J. Boodhansingh (Webster, New York); Carl S. Byington (Pittsford, New York); Rolf Orsagh (Rochester, New York); Brian Sipos (Rochester, New York); Douglas W. Brown (Webster, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Kalgren (Conesus, New York); Antonio E. Ginart (Marietta, Georgia); Shashank Nanduri (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony J. Boodhansingh (Webster, New York); Carl S. Byington (Pittsford, New York); Rolf Orsagh (Rochester, New York); Brian Sipos (Rochester, New York); Douglas W. Brown (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods for prognostic health management (PHM) of electronic systems. Such systems and methods present challenges traditionally viewed as either insurmountable or otherwise not worth the cost of pursuit. The systems and methods are directed to the health monitoring and failure prediction of electronic systems, including the diagnostic methods employed to assess current health state and prognostic methods for the prediction of electronic system failures and remaining useful life. The disclosed methodologies include three techniques: (1) use of existing electronic systems data (circuit as a sensor); (2) use of available external measurements as condition indicators and degradation assessor; and (3) performance assessment metrics derived from available external measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336594 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600728 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Knight (Marina Del Rey, California); Michel Galley (New York, New York); Mark Hopkins (Saarbruecken, Germany); Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California); Ignacio Thayer (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Knight (Marina Del Rey, California); Michel Galley (New York, New York); Mark Hopkins (Saarbruecken, Germany); Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California); Ignacio Thayer (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Training and translation using trees and/or subtrees as parts of the rules. A target language is word aligned with a source language, and at least one of the languages is parsed into trees. The trees are used for training, by aligning conversion steps, forming a manual set of information representing the conversion steps and then learning rules from that reduced set. The rules include subtrees as parts thereof, and are used for decoding, along with an n-gram language model and a syntax based language mode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250151 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600778 | Scarlett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John N. Scarlett (Navaree, Florida); Heather L. Gallup (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts); David A. Smith (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John N. Scarlett (Navaree, Florida); Heather L. Gallup (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts); David A. Smith (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of managing patient care and emergency response following a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Explosive (CBRNE) attack and maintaining compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The method including identifying each patient with a unique patient identifier, the identifier based upon the geospatial location of the patient, the geospatial location including at least the latitude and longitude of the patient when first treated, the unique patient identifier being part of patient data. Providing a collection point of patient data to form a patient data database where in the patient location data may be used to map the location, and severity of patient injuries. The method may include using the patient database is used to assist determining the type of attack and/or assist directing the distribution of medical resources. The patient data may be updated as treatment is administered. The treatment may include medication, decontamination, vaccination or a combination thereof. The patient data may be maintained on a hardware data card with the patient. The hardware data card patient data may be integrated with HIPPA patient data at a medical facility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551759 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600843 | Bachman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tovey C. Bachman (McLean, Virginia); Karl Kruse (Akron, Ohio); Joel Lepak (Arlington, Virginia); John Westbrook (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Logistics Management Institute (LMI) (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tovey C. Bachman (McLean, Virginia); Karl Kruse (Akron, Ohio); Joel Lepak (Arlington, Virginia); John Westbrook (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method or a machine determines minimum (s) and maximum (S) inventory control levels (s, S) for inventory items based upon a demand history of the inventory items, such as demand inter-arrival times (IA) and demand requisition sizes (RS). An expected cost is computed including two or more inventory item cost components of expected cost of ordering, expected cost of carrying inventory, or expected cost of outstanding backorders for the inventory control levels (s, S), directly from frequency statistics of different demand IA and demand RS on an inventory item basis. An optimal inventory control level (s, S) of an inventory item is searched that minimizes the cost of ordering, carrying inventory, and/or backorders, based upon the generated expected cost. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236143 |
| ART UNIT | 3687 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06 (20130101) G06Q 10/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601001 | Bremer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Bremer (Bellingham, Washington); Patrick J. Eames (Newcastle, Washington); Michael W. Donovan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Bremer (Bellingham, Washington); Patrick J. Eames (Newcastle, Washington); Michael W. Donovan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-based system for accessing content. The system includes a database in which the content is included in a plurality of content nodes. Each content node is uniquely identified by an identifier in a database table. The table is configured recursively to represent the content nodes. A browser uses one of the identifiers to format a table of contents (TOC) node referring to the corresponding content node. The browser inserts the TOC node into a TOC for accessing one or more of the content nodes. The TOC is recursively configurable in accordance with at least a portion of the table configuration. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191642 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601178 | Amini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa D. Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anshul Sehgal (New York, New York); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa D. Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anshul Sehgal (New York, New York); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a method and a computer program storage product for dynamically stabilizing a stream processing system. The method includes receiving at least one computing resource allocation target. A plurality of downstream processing elements and an upstream processing element are associated with at least one input buffer. Each of the downstream processing elements consumes data packets produced by the upstream processing element received on an output stream associated with the upstream processing element. A fastest input rate among each downstream processing element in the plurality of downstream processing elements is identified. An output rate of the upstream processing element is set to the fastest input rate that has been determined for the plurality of downstream processing elements. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/555805 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601237 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Performing a deterministic reduction operation in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes, each of which includes computer processors and a CAU (Collectives Acceleration Unit) that couples computer processors to one another for data communications, including organizing processors and a CAU into a branched tree topology in which the CAU is a root and the processors are children; receiving, from each of the processors in any order, dummy contribution data, where each processor is restricted from sending any other data to the root CAU prior to receiving an acknowledgement of receipt from the root CAU; sending, by the root CAU to the processors in the branched tree topology, in a predefined order, acknowledgements of receipt of the dummy contribution data; receiving, by the root CAU from the processors in the predefined order, the processors' contribution data to the reduction operation; and reducing, by the root CAU, the processors' contribution data. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672740 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601241 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Juan C. Rubio (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Juan C. Rubio (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A clone set of General Purpose Registers (GPRs) is created to be used by a set of helper thread binaries, which is created from a set of main thread binaries. When the set of main thread binaries enters a wait state, the set of helper thread binaries uses the clone set of GPRs to continue using unused execution units within a processor core. The set of helper threads are thus able to warm up local cache memory with data that will be needed when execution of the set of main thread binaries resumes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024198 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601414 | Andraus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zaher Andraus (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karem A. Sakallah (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Liffiton (Bloomington, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zaher Andraus (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karem A. Sakallah (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Liffiton (Bloomington, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods are provided for verifying a hardware design for an electronic circuit. The method may include: providing a hardware design description for the electronic circuit; extracting a set of design constraints from the hardware design description, where the set of design constraints represents the electronic circuit in terms of signals and logical operations performed on the signals; creating an abstraction model from the set of design constraints, where the abstraction model abstracts one or more of the logical operations in the set of design constraints by replacing the abstracted logical operations with uninterpreted functions; and property checking the abstraction model in relation to one or more design properties. When a violation in the electronic circuit is detected by the property checking step, the feasibility of the violation is then checked and, if the violation is deemed infeasible, the abstraction model is refined. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945020 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601458 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for compiling a data stream processing application are provided. The techniques include receiving, by a compiler executing on a computer system, source code for a data stream processing application, wherein the source code comprises source code for a plurality of operators, each of which performs a data processing function, determining, by the compiler, one or more characteristics of operators within the data stream processing application, grouping, by the compiler, the operators into one or more execution containers based on the one or more characteristics, and compiling, by the compiler, the source code for the data stream processing application into executable code, wherein the executable code comprises a plurality of execution units, wherein each execution unit contains one or more of the operators, wherein each operator is assigned to an execution unit based on the grouping, and wherein each execution unit is to be executed in a partition. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465757 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601595 | Gelvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Borgia/Cummins, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vehicle internetworks provide for communications among diverse electronic devices within a vehicle, and for communications among these devices and networks external to the vehicle. The vehicle internetwork comprises specific devices, software, and protocols, and provides for security for essential vehicle functions and data communications, ease of integration of new devices and services to the vehicle internetwork, and ease of addition of services linking the vehicle to external networks such as the Internet. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/308909 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601603 | Fleizach |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory K. Fleizach (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory K. Fleizach (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Architecture for secure transmission of data from a sender to a receiver can include multiple network server nodes and a processor that contains computer instructions stored therein for causing the processor to accomplish the methods for secure transmission. The methods can include the initial step of generating a nonce at a server node. A copy of the nonce can be securely transmitted to the intended recipient of the information. The nonce can then be encrypted at the server node using an encryption means that is remotely located from the server node. The actual information is then transmitted from the sender to the server node. The server node decrypts the nonce at the server node using the encryption means, and encodes the information using the decrypted nonce, which is then deleted. The receiver then accesses the server node and decodes the information using its last remaining copy of the nonce. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957505 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2286 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Lynn Lee (Athens, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Lynn Lee (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a machine for cutting a radial slice or segment of a metal casing-covered cylinder of rocket motor propellant. The machine includes: a channel cutter including a channel cutting tool in combination with a radial lathe; a kerf cutter including a kerf cutting tool in combination with the second radial lathe; a third radial lathe for positioning, tensioning and rotating an upper strand and a lower strand of diamond wire in relation to the cylinder of rocket motor propellant, the third radial lathe acting in combination with pneumatic cylinders, a pressurized air reservoir, at least two support brackets, and the upper strand and the lower strand of diamond wire; and a system support fixture for supporting and positioning the cylinder of rocket motor propellant and the first, second and third radial lathes during cutting of the circumferential channel, the kerf and the radial slice or segment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211830 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/27.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donovan B. Yeates (Escondido, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Donovan B. Yeates (Escondido, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donovan B. Yeates (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described comprising: providing a first heated volume flow of pressurized gas, a second volume flow of pre-heated dilution gas, and a third volume flow of fluid. A concentrated first aerosol is generated by exhausting at least a part of the first volume flow of pressurized gas and the third volume flow of fluid through a nozzle. A fourth volume flow of gas of opposite direction to the concentrated first aerosol is generated such that the concentrated first aerosol is arrested. Evaporation of the aerosol solvent is augmented with infrared radiation. The arrested first aerosol is then mixed with the second volume flow of dilution gas for generating a second aerosol that has been diluted. This aerosol is then concentrated with a virtual impactor. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889903 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/203.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597630 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Song (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Jianwen Xu (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Song (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Jianwen Xu (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to materials comprising polymer network containing siloxanes or organic-based core structures, preferably the materials have thermal-responsive properties. In some embodiments, the invention relates to an organic core functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, organic core-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The organic core-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In some embodiments, the invention relates to silsesquioxane groups functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, silsequioxane-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The silsequioxane-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In further embodiments, the invention relates to composite materials that contain a polymer matrix and aggregates, and in some embodiments, methods of making, and methods of using these materials. Preferably, the aggregates are calcium phosphate aggregates. Preferably, the material is resistant to fracture. In further embodiments, the materials are used in surgical procedures of bone replacement. In further embodiments, the materials contain polyhedral silsesquioxanes and/or biodegradable segments. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748301 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597646 | Dietz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry C. Dietz (Towson, Maryland); Daniel P. Judge (Baltimore, Maryland); Enid R. Neptune (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronald Cohn (Pikesville, Maryland); Jennifer Habashi (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry C. Dietz (Towson, Maryland); Daniel P. Judge (Baltimore, Maryland); Enid R. Neptune (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronald Cohn (Pikesville, Maryland); Jennifer Habashi (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of Marfan syndrome and related diseases, disorders and conditions. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits for the treatment and prevention of Marfan syndrome and related diseases, disorders and conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084098 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597660 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish C. Pant (Rockville, Maryland); Ya-li Zheng (Yinchuan, China PRC); Niranjana D. Amin (Clarksburg, Maryland); Philip Grant (Washington, District of Columbia); Parvathi Rudrabhatla (Washington, District of Columbia); Varsha Shukla (Rockville, Maryland); Sashi Kesavapany (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish C. Pant (Rockville, Maryland); Ya-li Zheng (Yinchuan, China PRC); Niranjana D. Amin (Clarksburg, Maryland); Philip Grant (Washington, District of Columbia); Parvathi Rudrabhatla (Washington, District of Columbia); Varsha Shukla (Rockville, Maryland); Sashi Kesavapany (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are isolated peptides, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use of such for treating subjects with a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's. In an example, an isolated polypeptide includes a cyclin dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) inhibitory domain that has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the Cdk5 inhibitory domain is linked to a protein transduction domain. Methods of reducing or inhibiting one or more symptoms associated with a neurodegenerative disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including one or more disclosed peptides are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249003 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
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| US 08597661 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Masato Hatta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Masato Hatta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Attenuated, neuraminidase deficient influenza virus, and compositions and methods to prepare that virus, are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113690 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597664 | Rock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth L. Rock (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Yan Shi (Auburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Rock (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Yan Shi (Auburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of modulating the immune response using pharmaceutical compositions containing crystalline adjuvants are described. In various embodiments the crystalline adjuvants are selected from the group consisting of monosodium urate (MSU), xanthine, basic calcium phosphate (BCP), calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD), hydroxyapatite, calcium oxalate, cholesterol, lipid liquid, other crystalline lipids, lithium heparin, talc, and starch. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879471 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597715 | Emmert-Buck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland); Michael Anthony Tangrea (Odenton, Maryland); Robert F. Bonner (Washington, District of Columbia); Rodrigo Chuaqui (North Potomac, Maryland); Thomas J. Pohida (Monrovia, 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) | Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland); Michael Anthony Tangrea (Odenton, Maryland); Robert F. Bonner (Washington, District of Columbia); Rodrigo Chuaqui (North Potomac, Maryland); Thomas J. Pohida (Monrovia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of removing a target from a biological sample which involves placing a transfer surface in contact with the biological sample, and then focally altering the transfer surface to allow selective separation of the target from the biological sample. In disclosed embodiments, the target is a cell or cellular component of a tissue section and the transfer surface is a film that can be focally altered to adhere the target to the transfer surface. Subsequent separation of the film from the tissue section selectively removes the adhered target from the tissue section. The transfer surface is activated from within the target to adhere the target to the transfer surface, for example by heating the target to adhere it to a thermoplastic transfer surface. Such in situ activation can be achieved by exposing the biological sample to an immunoreagent that specifically binds to the target (or a component of the target). The immunoreagent can alter the transfer surface directly (for example with a heat generating enzyme carried by the immunoreagent), or indirectly (for example by changing a characteristic of the target). In some embodiments, the immunoreagent deposits a precipitate in the target that increases its light absorption relative to surrounding tissue, such that the biological specimen can be exposed to light to selectively heat the target. Alternatively, the immunoreagent is an immunofluorescent agent that carries a fluorophore that absorbs light and emits heat. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753566 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597876 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Erickson (Frederick, Maryland); Sergei V. Gulnik (Frederick, Maryland); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Erickson (Frederick, Maryland); Sergei V. Gulnik (Frederick, Maryland); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in an antiretroviral treatment-experienced mammal, which involves administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, or an ester thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition of the compound, the salt, the prodrug, or the ester thereof, wherein A, X, Q, W, m, and R2-R6 are as defined herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870931 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597880 | Tapscott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Tapscott (Seattle, Washington); Galina N. Filippova (Seattle, Washington); Paula D. Ladd (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Tapscott (Seattle, Washington); Galina N. Filippova (Seattle, Washington); Paula D. Ladd (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor and ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) or identifying a subject having an increased risk of developing fragile X syndrome (FXS), comprising analyzing messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts and/or translation products of the antisense gene ASFMR1. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681433 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597883 | Saligan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leorey N. Saligan (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leorey N. Saligan (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the identification of genes that are significantly up- or down-regulated in patients suffering from cancer-related fatigue (CRF), providing a means for the diagnosis and treatment of CRF. In particular, provided herein is a method of diagnosing a subject with CRF by detecting expression of at least one gene associated with CRF in a sample obtained from the subject; and comparing expression of the at least one gene to a control. Also described herein is a method of treating a patient with CRF by administering to the subject an agent that alters expression or activity of a gene associated with CRF. Further provided is array that includes a plurality of genes associated with CRF, such as TNFRSF25, SLC6A8, OGT, SNCA, APBA2, CASK, OR2W3, MYL4, IL7R, ARHGEF10 and ITGA6. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396465 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597890 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligation detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence difference. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523252 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597891 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligation detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence difference. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543365 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597892 | Shelton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Shelton (Buda, Texas); Kevin Kelnar (Kyle, Texas); Stephanie Volz (Austin, Texas); Alex Adai (Austin, Texas); David Brown (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Asuragen, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Shelton (Buda, Texas); Kevin Kelnar (Kyle, Texas); Stephanie Volz (Austin, Texas); Alex Adai (Austin, Texas); David Brown (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes miRNAs that may be used as serum or plasma biomarkers for characterizing prostate disease in a patient. These miRNA biomarkers may be used alone or in combination with other markers for the diagnosis, prognosis, or monitoring of diseases such as prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785216 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597893 | Gross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard W. Gross (Chesterfield, Missouri); Christopher M. Jenkins (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University In St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Gross (Chesterfield, Missouri); Christopher M. Jenkins (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel function phospholipase A2, referred to herein as calcium-independent phospholipase A2ε (iPLA2ε) having SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, and nucleic acid sequences (SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4) encoding and expressing iPLA2ε is disclosed. This novel enzyme has been isolated and characterized and is involved in the catalysis and hydrolysis of lipids cycling in a living cell biosystem. In an embodiment, the iPLA2ε polypeptide is encoded and expressed by an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a set of iPLA2ε polynucleotides. In one aspect, an isolated and characterized gene comprises a polynucleotide having a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715135 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597900 | D'Andrea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan D. D'Andrea (Winchester, Massachusetts); Toshiyasu Taniguchi (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D. D'Andrea (Winchester, Massachusetts); Toshiyasu Taniguchi (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present invention discloses inhibitors of the Fanconi anemia pathway and methods using same. Such inhibitors are useful in inhibiting DNA damage repair and can be useful, for example, in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/950419 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597910 | Ginsburg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Stuart H. Orkin (Newton, Massachusetts); Randal J. Kaufman (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Stuart H. Orkin (Newton, Massachusetts); Randal J. Kaufman (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Von Willebrand's Factor (VWF) is produced using an expression vector that includes: 1) a DNA sequence encoding a functional VWF protein; and 2) regulatory DNA capable of effecting expression of that DNA sequence in a host cell transformed with the vector. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's) associated with the VWF gene are identified and used in a probe for determining the source of a VWF gene in a DNA sample. The gene for VWF is localized to the short arm of human chromosome 12 (12p). |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 1990 |
| APPL NO | 07/559509 |
| 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 435/69.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597941 | Shin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hye-Won Shin (Irvine, California); Brandon J. Umber (Corona Del Mar, California); Donald R. Blake (Irvine, California); Dan M. Cooper (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hye-Won Shin (Irvine, California); Brandon J. Umber (Corona Del Mar, California); Donald R. Blake (Irvine, California); Dan M. Cooper (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor for sampling the headspace above cells includes a glass reactor vessel having an interior space and a plurality of valves operatively coupled to the interior space of the glass reactor vessel. The bioreactor includes a sample holder configured to reside in the interior space. The interior space includes a charge of air with a known composition of volatile organic gases and, in some instances, doped with carbon dioxide. The sample holder may hold cells, bacteria, or viruses. The headspace may be sampled after incubation to determine the VOC content or content of specific VOC constituents. Examples include acetaldehyde and hexanaldehyde. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875768 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/300.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597945 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Su-Chun Zhang (Middleton, Wisconsin); Xue-Jun Li (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Su-Chun Zhang (Middleton, Wisconsin); Xue-Jun Li (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of differentiating embryonic stem cells into ventral spinal progenitor cells is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises culturing a population of cells comprising a majority of cells that are characterized by an early rosette morphology and are Sox1−/Pax6+ in the presence of retinoic acid, wherein the cells express Hoxb4, but not Otx2 or Bf1. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/406206 |
| 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 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597946 | Mule et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Mule (Odessa, Florida); Shari A. Pilon-Thomas (Tampa, Florida); Norimasa Matsushita (Hachiouji, Japan); Annabelle Grolleau-Julius (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Caner Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Mule (Odessa, Florida); Shari A. Pilon-Thomas (Tampa, Florida); Norimasa Matsushita (Hachiouji, Japan); Annabelle Grolleau-Julius (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly methods of preparing a population of enhanced dendritic cells and methods of treating cancer using the enhanced dendritic cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921708 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597958 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to isolated molecules that can be used to diagnose and/or treat cardiovascular conditions including cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, stroke, arteriosclerosis, and heart failure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150749 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598018 | Afzali-Azdakani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Afzali-Azdakani (Ossining, New York); Shafaat Ahmed (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hariklia Deligianni (Tenafly, New Jersey); Dario L. Goldfarb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Stefan Harrer (New York, New York); Hongbo Peng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Putnam Valley, New York); Stephen Rossnagel (Pleasantville, New York); Xiaoyan Shao (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gustavo A. Stolovitzky (Riverdale, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Azdakani (Ossining, New York); Shafaat Ahmed (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hariklia Deligianni (Tenafly, New Jersey); Dario L. Goldfarb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Stefan Harrer (New York, New York); Hongbo Peng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stanislav Polonsky (Putnam Valley, New York); Stephen Rossnagel (Pleasantville, New York); Xiaoyan Shao (Yorktown Heights, New York); Gustavo A. Stolovitzky (Riverdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A conductive layer is deposited on a substrate. The conductive layer is partially oxidized by an oxygen plasma process to convert a portion thereof to an oxide layer thereby forming the electrode. The oxide layer is free of surface defects and the thickness of the oxide layer is from about 0.09 nm to about 10 nm and ranges therebetween, controllable with 0.2 nm precision. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/820487 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/483 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598112 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a conjugate which contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and that specifically binds the receptor bound by peptide KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKK (SEQ ID NO: 9). Methods of directing a conjugate of the invention to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and of using a conjugate to treat cancer also are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276237 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598118 | Harding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Harding (Pullman, Washington); John W. Wright (Pullman, Washington); Caroline C. Benoist (Nashville, Tennessee); Leen H. Kawas (Pullman, Washington); Gary A. Wayman (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule, peptidic hepatocyte growth factors mimics, which act as both mimetics and antagonists, have been generated. These molecules have been shown or predicted to have therapeutic potential for numerous pathologies including dementia, neurodegenerative disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, cancer, and defective wound healing. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768497 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598133 | Rothblum Watkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda May Rothblum Watkins (Boulder, Colorado); Erin Milligan (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda May Rothblum Watkins (Boulder, Colorado); Erin Milligan (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating pain by delivery of anti-inflammatory cytokines, proinflammatory cytokine antagonists, and agents that act to reduce or prevent proinflammatory cytokine actions, to the nervous system are described. These agents can be delivered using gene therapy techniques. Alternatively, the agents can be delivered in protein compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291752 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598135 | Green et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Green (Boylston, Massachusetts); Narendra Wajapeyee (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Green (Boylston, Massachusetts); Narendra Wajapeyee (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a tumor in a subject include identifying a subject having, at risk for, or suspected of having a tumor, and administering to the subject an effective amount of an IGFBP7 agent if the tumor has increased Ras-BRAF-MEK-Erk signaling, is dependent for growth and/or survival upon the Ras-BRAF-MEK-Erk signaling pathway, and/or expresses an activated or oncogenic BRAF or RAS. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269091 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598137 | Ramakrishnan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parameswaran Ramakrishnan (Pasadena, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parameswaran Ramakrishnan (Pasadena, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sam68 plays a role in TNF-dependent signaling, including NF-kB signaling and extrinsic activation of apoptosis. In some embodiments, inhibitors of Sam68 are administered to inhibit TNF-dependent signaling, for example to inhibit NF-kB signaling or apoptosis in a patient in need. In some embodiments, functional Sam68 is administered to increase TNF-dependent signaling, for example to induce apoptosis in a patient in need. In some embodiments, methods are provided determining whether the TNF-dependent or TNF-independent branch of a signaling pathway is active in a cell or cells, or for drug screening applications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284792 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598143 | Hutvagner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gyorgy Hutvagner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gyorgy Hutvagner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of a method for inhibiting RNA silencing in a target sequence-specific manner. RNA silencing requires a set of conserved cellular factors to suppress expression of gene-encoded polypeptide. The invention provides compositions for sequence-specific inactivation of the RISC component of the RNA silencing pathway, and methods of use thereof. The RISC inactivators of the present invention enable a variety of methods for identifying and characterizing miRNAs and siRNAs, RISC-associated factors, and agents capable of modulating RNA silencing. Therapeutic methods and compositions incorporating RISC inactivators and therapeutic agents identified through use of RISC inactivators are also featured. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/273673 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598148 | Myers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Mark G. Charest (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Christian D. Lerner (Binningen, Switzerland); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut); Dionicio R. Siegel (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Mark G. Charest (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Christian D. Lerner (Binningen, Switzerland); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut); Dionicio R. Siegel (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The modular synthesis of tetracyclines and tetracycline analogs described provides an efficient and enantioselective route to a variety of tetracycline analogs and polycyclines previously inaccessible via earlier tetracycline syntheses and semi-synthetic methods. These analogs may be used as anti-microbial agents or anti-proliferative agents in the treatment of diseases of humans or other animals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778797 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598165 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emily Scott (Lawrence, Kansas); Anuradha Roy (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emily Scott (Lawrence, Kansas); Anuradha Roy (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting formation of cancerous metabolites, of inhibiting cytochrome P450 2A13 from forming carcinogen metabolites, and/or inhibiting formation of cancerous lung cells in a subject can include: providing a morpholine compound that selectively interacts with cytochrome P450 2A13 over cytochrome P450 2A6; administering a therapeutically effective amount of the morpholine compound or derivative to the subject. The morpholine compound or derivative can be substantially more selective for interacting with the cytochrome P450 2A13 over the cytochrome P450 2A6. The morpholine compound or derivative can also be substantially non-interactive with other physiological components. The morpholine compound or derivative can include a structure that selectively interacts with cytochrome P450 2A13 over cytochrome P450 2A6, such as Compounds 1-34 of Formulas A-D. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/277097 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/231.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598171 | Netzer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Netzer (New York, New York); Paul Greengard (New York, New York); Huaxi Xu (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Netzer (New York, New York); Paul Greengard (New York, New York); Huaxi Xu (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating levels of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) exhibited by cells or tissues. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of screening for compounds that modulate Aβ levels. The invention also provides modulation of Aβ levels via selective modulation (e.g., inhibition) of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity. The invention also provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the symptoms of a disorder, including but not limited to an Aβ-related disorder, by administering a modulator of γ-secretase, including, but not limited to, a selective inhibitor of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity or an agent that decreases the formation of active (or optimally active) γ-secretase. The invention also provides the use of inhibitors of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity to prevent, treat or ameliorate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048459 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598186 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Tavares (Durham, North Carolina); Jay C. Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869520 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/265.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598197 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Tavares (Durham, North Carolina); Jay C. Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869576 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/293 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598230 | Turkson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Richard Jove (Duarte, California); Jay Palmer (Sun City Center, Florida); Heidi Kay (Springfield, Virginia); Hua Yu (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Richard Jove (Duarte, California); Jay Palmer (Sun City Center, Florida); Heidi Kay (Springfield, Virginia); Hua Yu (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns methods for inhibition of STAT biological functions using platinum complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837046 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/492 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598269 | Neff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allvivo Vascular, Inc. (Lake Forest, California); The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472346 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598313 | Gerwick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Gerwick (La Jolla, California); Kevin Tidgewell (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Frederick A. Valeriote (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Gerwick (La Jolla, California); Kevin Tidgewell (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Frederick A. Valeriote (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In alternative embodiments, the invention provides apratoxin F and apratoxin G compounds, which include apratoxin F and apratoxin G stereoisomers, derivatives and analogs compositions and methods. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising apratoxin F (compound 6 of FIG. 1) and apratoxin G (compound 7 of FIG. 1) and their stereoisomers, derivatives and analogs. In alternative embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the invention are administered in an amount sufficient to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a disease or condition that can be ameliorated by decreasing or inhibiting cell growth, e.g., pathological, uncontrolled or unwanted cell growth, e.g., a cancer or a metastases, or any disease or condition (e.g., allergy) or infection having a hyperproliferative cell growth component. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/581288 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598316 | Hanahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (San Francisdo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (San Francisdo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a conjugate that contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing peptide or peptidomimetic which selectively homes to vasculature of pre-malignant dysplastic skin and which includes the amino acid sequence SRPRR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a conservative variant or peptidomimetic thereof. The present invention further provides a conjugate containing a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing peptide or peptidomimetic which selectively homes to vasculature of malignant skin and which includes the amino acid sequence CGKRK (SEQ ID NO: 6) or the amino acid sequence CDTRL (SEQ ID NO: 7), or a conservative variant or peptidomimetic of one of these sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748249 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598321 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Isin N. Geren (Redwood City, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Isin N. Geren (Redwood City, California); Jianlong Lou (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/528601 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598323 | Dimitroff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Dimitroff (Hanover, Massachusetts); Filiberto Cedeno Laurent (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Steven R. Barthel (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Dimitroff (Hanover, Massachusetts); Filiberto Cedeno Laurent (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Steven R. Barthel (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are Galectin-1/Ig fusion constructs and methods of use thereof, e.g., in diagnostic and biomedical assays, and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of conditions associated with immune dysfunction, e.g., autoimmune diseases, and cancers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/378229 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/391.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598338 | Bair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Jackson Bair (Plymouth, Minnesota); Kristen Campbell Benedict (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Wendy J. Kivens (Edina, Minnesota); Robert W. Kwiatkowski, Jr. (Verona, Wisconsin); Kim Paulsen (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Daniel A. Strom (Minneapolis, Minnesota); John M. Wages (Tupelo, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QIAGEN North American Holdings, Inc. (Germantown, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Jackson Bair (Plymouth, Minnesota); Kristen Campbell Benedict (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Wendy J. Kivens (Edina, Minnesota); Robert W. Kwiatkowski, Jr. (Verona, Wisconsin); Kim Paulsen (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Daniel A. Strom (Minneapolis, Minnesota); John M. Wages (Tupelo, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for isolating substantially pure and undegraded DNA from biological material via a solid support. The methods may use a DNA lysing solution that comprises a surfactant, a DNA-complexing salt (e.g., a lithium salt), and a buffer. Alternatively, the methods may use a solid support pre-treated with the DNA lysing solution. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718713 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598342 | Kahne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzanne Walker Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jonathan G. Swoboda (Oil City, Pennsylvania); Timothy C. Meredith (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania); Kyungae Lee (Newton, Massachusetts); Jennifer Campbell (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne Walker Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jonathan G. Swoboda (Oil City, Pennsylvania); Timothy C. Meredith (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania); Kyungae Lee (Newton, Massachusetts); Jennifer Campbell (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitors such as compound 1835F03 (targocil) and related synthetic analogs. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for treating bacterial infection and the suppression of growth of bacterial cells by administering a Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitor. The invention is particularly useful for the treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The invention further provides procedures for the syntheses of Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitors. The invention also provides methods for the identification of antibacterial therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/997429 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598345 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are negative 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, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/885289 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598381 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoming Xu (Mandeville, Louisiana); Shailaja Jayaramachandran (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoming Xu (Mandeville, Louisiana); Shailaja Jayaramachandran (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chelating monomers and fluoride-releasing compositions are disclosed that may be incorporated into dental composite restorative materials, dental bonding agents or other dental materials, to produce materials with high fluoride release rates, and high fluoride recharge capability. Such dental restorative materials may help reduce the level of dental caries in patients, particularly the level of caries occurring on the margins of the restorative materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483624 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598400 | Hoveyda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon J. Meek (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Robert V. O'Brien (Brighton, Massachusetts); Josep Llaveria Cros (Tarragona, Spain); Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Hoveyda (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Simon J. Meek (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Robert V. O'Brien (Brighton, Massachusetts); Josep Llaveria Cros (Tarragona, Spain); Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to methods for performing metathesis reactions, including cross-metathesis reactions. Methods described herein exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity, relative to known methods, and are useful in the synthesis of a large assortment of biologically and therapeutically significant agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/023400 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599147 | Schaefer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip Schaefer (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vortant Technologies, LLC (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Schaefer (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for enabling a user to navigate a graphical user interface by touching pads on a touch surface. The arrangement of the pads on the touch surface is static, but the functions associated with each pad dynamically change in correspondence with functions in the graphical user interface. The functions are automatically and dynamically extracted from the software that creates the window display. Certain pads are regularly used for certain user options found in windows. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/126212 |
| ART UNIT | 2699 — Search and Capture Special Detail |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599383 | Teitell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Teitell (Tarzana, California); James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California); Jason C. Reed (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Teitell (Tarzana, California); James K. Gimzewski (Topanga, California); Jason C. Reed (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides optical systems and methods for determining a characteristic of a cell, such as cell type, cellular response to a biochemical event, biological state and the like. The methods typically involve using interferometry to observe membrane properties in a cell and then use this information to determine one or more characteristics of a cell. The methods of the invention are useful for applications such as drug screening as well as diagnostic techniques. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436702 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08600003 — Compact microbeam radiation therapy systems and methods for cancer treatment and research
| US 08600003 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sha X. Chang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sha X. Chang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present subject matter relates to compact, non-synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) systems and methods for cancer research and treatment based on a carbon nanotube distributed x-ray source array technology. The systems and methods can deliver microscopically discrete x-ray radiation at peak dose rate of 10 Gy per second or higher. The x-ray radiation can be provided by a spatially distributed x-ray source array. The technology can be used, for example and without limitation, for human cancer treatment, for intra-operative radiation therapy, and for pre-clinical cancer research on animal cancer models. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688425 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600125 | Kaufman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Wei Hong (Stony Brook, New York); Xianfeng Gu (Bethpage, New York); Feng Qiu (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Wei Hong (Stony Brook, New York); Xianfeng Gu (Bethpage, New York); Feng Qiu (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In the present methods, the automatic detection of polyps is converted into a 2D pattern recognition problem using conformal mapping and direct volume rendering. The colon surface is first segmented and extracted from the CT data set of the abdomen, which is then mapped to a 2D plane using conformal mapping. Ray casting is used to determine sub-surface density values and the flattened image is rendered using a volume rendering technique with a translucent electronic biopsy transfer function. Polyp candidates are detected by a clustering method which identifies regions of elevated sub-surface density. The potential for false positives is reduced by analyzing the volumetric shape and texture features of the polyp candidate regions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/993180 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600131 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland); Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anqi Qiu (Singapore, Singapore); Jiangyang Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Can Ceritoglu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland); Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anqi Qiu (Singapore, Singapore); Jiangyang Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Can Ceritoglu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-invasive imaging system, comprising: an imaging scanner; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive an imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit stores template data corresponding to a tissue region of a subject under observation, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to compute, using the imaging signal and the template data, refined template data corresponding to the tissue region, and wherein the refined template data incorporates subpopulation variability information associated with the tissue region such that the signal processing system provides an image of the tissue region in which a substructure is automatically identified taking into account the subpopulation variability information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/999721 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600135 | Patriarche et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julia W. Patriarche (Waipahu, Hawaii); Bradley J. Erickson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julia W. Patriarche (Waipahu, Hawaii); Bradley J. Erickson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatically generating sample points from a series of medical images and identifying a significant region are presented. An image acquisition system acquires the medical images of a region of interest (ROI) and an automated mask generator reviews the images to generate a parenchyma mask. Using the parenchyma mask, an automated sample point generator then detects portions of the medical images indicative of a material expected to be in a ROI and designates sample points therefrom. A target-tissue identification system uses the sample points to create a mathematical description of a target tissue and an enhanced target-tissue. A target-tissue change detection system then detects changes in the mathematical descriptions from those created using prior images. Finally, a significant region detector, which includes a training process to generate a quantitative definition of significance, automatically identifies a significant object in the series of medical images. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/648132 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600919 | Poon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chi-Sang Poon (Lexington, Massachusetts); Joshua Jen Choa Monzon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kuan Zhou (Scarborough, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chi-Sang Poon (Lexington, Massachusetts); Joshua Jen Choa Monzon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kuan Zhou (Scarborough, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A neuromorphic circuit performs functions representative of spiking timing dependent plasticity of a synapse. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/058754 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 08596341 | Tegrotenhuis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ward E. Tegrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Paul H. Humble (Kennewick, Washington); Curt A. Lavender (Richland, Washington); Dustin D. Caldwell (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward E. Tegrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Paul H. Humble (Kennewick, Washington); Curt A. Lavender (Richland, Washington); Dustin D. Caldwell (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of structures and designs for use in devices such as heat exchangers so as to allow for enhanced performance in heat exchangers smaller and lighter weight than other existing devices. These structures provide separate flow paths for liquid and vapor and are generally open. In some embodiments of the invention, these structures can also provide secondary heat transfer as well. In an evaporative heat exchanger, the inclusion of these structures and devices enhance the heat transfer coefficient of the evaporation phase change process with comparable or lower pressure drop. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133970 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/104.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596380 | Leonard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Leonard (Harris, Texas); Gerard Simon (Harris, Texas); Gregory Russ Goddard (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Leonard (Harris, Texas); Gerard Simon (Harris, Texas); Gregory Russ Goddard (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The level of hydrogen sulfide in drilling fluid within a well formed in the Earth is assessed in an ongoing and/or in situ manner. The well may be constructed for the removal of hydrocarbons from the Earth. The assessment of hydrogen sulfide level may be provided in an ongoing manner such that real time, or near real time, fluctuations in hydrogen sulfide levels in the drilling fluid within the well may be conveyed to users. This may provide various advantages over systems in which drilling fluid must be extracted and separately tested for hydrogen sulfide content, and/or in which assessments of hydrogen sulfide level require time for performance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958054 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596466 | Hauge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Ya-Qiong Xu (Houston, Texas); Sean Pheasant (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Ya-Qiong Xu (Houston, Texas); Sean Pheasant (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a nanotube grid includes placing a plurality of catalyst nanoparticles on a grid framework, contacting the catalyst nanoparticles with a gas mixture that includes hydrogen and a carbon source in a reaction chamber, forming an activated gas from the gas mixture, heating the grid framework and activated gas, and controlling a growth time to generate a single-wall carbon nanotube array radially about the grid framework. A filter membrane may be produced by this method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439865 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/500.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596798 | VanOsdol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. VanOsdol (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. VanOsdol (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An access probe for remote-sensing access through a viewing port, viewing volume, and access port into a vessel. The physical boundary around the viewing volume is partially formed by a porous sleeve lying between the viewing volume and a fluid conduit. In a first mode of operation, a fluid supplied to the fluid conduit encounters the porous sleeve and flows through the porous material to maintain the viewing volume free of ash or other matter. When additional fluid force is needed to clear the viewing volume, the pressure of the fluid flow is increased sufficiently to slidably translate the porous sleeve, greatly increasing flow into the viewing volume. The porous sleeve is returned to position by an actuating spring. The access probe thereby provides for alternate modes of operation based on the pressure of an actuating fluid. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/205021 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08596862 | Pfeifer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kent B. Pfeifer (Los Lunas, New Mexico); Arthur N. Rumpf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William G. Yelton (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Steven J. Limmer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent B. Pfeifer (Los Lunas, New Mexico); Arthur N. Rumpf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William G. Yelton (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Steven J. Limmer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel measurement technique is employed using surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices, passive RF, and radiation-sensitive films to provide a wireless passive radiation sensor that requires no batteries, outside wiring, or regular maintenance. The sensor is small (<1 cm2), physically robust, and will operate unattended for decades. In addition, the sensor can be insensitive to measurement position and read distance due to a novel self-referencing technique eliminating the need to measure absolute responses that are dependent on RF transmitter location and power. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540465 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597396 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Metallic nanodisks and a method of making them. The metallic nanodisks are wheel-shaped structures that that provide large surface areas for catalytic applications. The metallic nanodisks are grown within bicelles (disk-like micelles) that template the growth of the metal in the form of approximately circular dendritic sheets. The zero-valent metal forming the nanodisks is formed by reduction of a metal ion using a suitable electron donor species. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185153 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597513 | Borole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abhijeet P. Borole (Knoxville, Tennessee); Constantino Tsouris (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhijeet P. Borole (Knoxville, Tennessee); Constantino Tsouris (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method for cleansing fuel processing effluent containing carbonaceous compounds and inorganic salts, the method comprising contacting the fuel processing effluent with an anode of a microbial fuel ell, the anode containing microbes thereon which oxidatively degrade one or more of the carbonaceous compounds while producing electrical energy from the oxidative degradation, and directing the produced electrical energy to drive an electrosorption mechanism that operates to reduce the concentration of one or more inorganic salts in the fuel processing effluent, wherein the anode is in electrical communication with a cathode of the microbial fuel cell. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for practicing the method. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/366709 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597838 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Zengcai Liu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wunjun Fu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Zhan Lin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Adam J. Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Zengcai Liu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wunjun Fu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Zhan Lin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Adam J. Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of β-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of β-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of β-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463451 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597841 | Scotto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Vincent Scotto (Uniontown, Ohio); Daniel P. Birmingham (Canton, Ohio); Crispin L. DeBellis (North Canton, Ohio); Mark Anthony Perna (Alliance, Ohio); Gregory C. Rush (Canton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Vincent Scotto (Uniontown, Ohio); Daniel P. Birmingham (Canton, Ohio); Crispin L. DeBellis (North Canton, Ohio); Mark Anthony Perna (Alliance, Ohio); Gregory C. Rush (Canton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for generating a gas that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In a non-limiting embodiment, the method may include generating a nitrogen-rich stream; merging the nitrogen-rich stream with a hydrocarbon fuel stream into a feed mixture stream; and catalytically converting the feed mixture into a reducing gas. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/554039 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/429 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597930 | Lovley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek R. Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts); Zarath Morgan Summers (Amherst, Massachusetts); Shelley Annette Haveman (Lakewood, Colorado); Mounir Izallalen (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek R. Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts); Zarath Morgan Summers (Amherst, Massachusetts); Shelley Annette Haveman (Lakewood, Colorado); Mounir Izallalen (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides new isolated strains of a Geobacter species that are capable of using a carbon source that is selected from C3 to C12 organic compounds selected from pyruvate or metabolic precursors of pyruvate as an electron donor in metabolism and in subsequent energy production. In other aspects, other preferred embodiments of the present invention include methods of making such strains and methods of using such strains. In general, the wild type strain of the microorganisms has been shown to be unable to use these C3 to C12 organic compounds as electron donors in metabolic steps such as the reduction of metallic ions. The inventive strains of microorganisms are useful for improving bioremediation applications, including in situ bioremediation (including uranium bioremediation and halogenated solvent bioremediation), microbial fuel cells, power generation from small and large-scale waste facilities (e.g., biomass waste from dairy, agriculture, food processing, brewery, or vintner industries, etc.) using microbial fuel cells, and other applications of microbial fuel cells, including, but not limited to, improved electrical power supplies for environmental sensors, electronic devices, and electric vehicles. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021953 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597985 | Chanchani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajen Chanchani (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Nordquist (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tracy C. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randy J. Shul (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Catalina Ahlers (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas A. Plut (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gary A. Patrizi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajen Chanchani (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Nordquist (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tracy C. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randy J. Shul (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Catalina Ahlers (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas A. Plut (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gary A. Patrizi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | In wafer-level packaging of microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices a lid wafer is bonded to a MEMS wafer in a predetermined aligned relationship. Portions of the lid wafer are removed to separate the lid wafer into lid portions that respectively correspond in alignment with MEMS devices on the MEMS wafer, and to expose areas of the MEMS wafer that respectively contain sets of bond pads respectively coupled to the MEMS devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364166 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598051 | Mazur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicron-sized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes placing at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in contact with a fluid, and exposing that surface portion to one or more femtosecond pulses so as to modify the topography of that portion. The modification can include, e.g., generating a plurality of submicron-sized spikes in an upper layer of the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021409 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/795 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598378 | Cooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Cooney (Honolulu, Hawaii); Gregory Young (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Cooney (Honolulu, Hawaii); Gregory Young (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed for the direct transesterification and extraction of bio-lipids and bio-oils in the production of biofuel, particularly fatty acid methyl ester products. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/404176 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598473 | Williamson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Á Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Robert J. Blaskovitz (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Á Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Robert J. Blaskovitz (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A bus bar electrical feedthrough for an electrorefiner system may include a retaining plate, electrical isolator, and/or contact block. The retaining plate may include a central opening. The electrical isolator may include a top portion, a base portion, and a slot extending through the top and base portions. The top portion of the electrical isolator may be configured to extend through the central opening of the retaining plate. The contact block may include an upper section, a lower section, and a ridge separating the upper and lower sections. The upper section of the contact block may be configured to extend through the slot of the electrical isolator and the central opening of the retaining plate. Accordingly, relatively high electrical currents may be transferred into a glovebox or hot-cell facility at a relatively low cost and higher amperage capacity without sacrificing atmosphere integrity. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335139 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/659 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598520 | Reilly |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T.A. Reilly (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T.A. Reilly (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle inlet system comprises a first chamber having a limiting orifice for an incoming gas stream and a micrometer controlled expansion slit. Lateral components of the momentum of the particles are substantially cancelled due to symmetry of the configuration once the laminar flow converges at the expansion slit. The particles and flow into a second chamber, which is maintained at a lower pressure than the first chamber, and then moves into a third chamber including multipole guides for electromagnetically confining the particle. The vertical momentum of the particles descending through the center of the third chamber is minimized as an upward stream of gases reduces the downward momentum of the particles. The translational kinetic energy of the particles is near-zero irrespective of the mass of the particles at an exit opening of the third chamber, which may be advantageously employed to provide enhanced mass resolution in mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962084 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599472 | Steinhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Steinhardt (Princeton, New Jersey); Paul Michael Chaikin (New York, New York); Weining Man (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline structures. In preferred embodiments, the stopgap structure is more spherically symmetric than periodic structures facilitating the formation of stopgaps in nearly all directions because of higher rotational symmetries. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of quasicrystalline structures for optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic purposes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to manipulating, controlling, modulating and directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating in multiple directions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906792 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599577 | Kajouke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for delivering energy using an energy conversion module. An exemplary method for delivering energy from an input interface to an output interface using an energy conversion module coupled between the input interface and the output interface comprises the steps of determining an input voltage reference for the input interface based on a desired output voltage and a measured voltage at the output interface, determining a duty cycle control value based on a ratio of the input voltage reference and the measured voltage, operating one or more switching elements of the energy conversion module to deliver energy from the input interface to the output interface with a duty cycle influenced by the duty cycle control value. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/941488 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600200 | Rakich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ihab F. El-Kady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mehmet Fatih Su (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles Reinke (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ryan Camacho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zheng Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ihab F. El-Kady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mehmet Fatih Su (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles Reinke (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ryan Camacho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zheng Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A nano-optomechanical transducer provides ultrabroadband coherent optomechanical transduction based on Mach-wave emission that uses enhanced photon-phonon coupling efficiencies by low impedance effective phononic medium, both electrostriction and radiation pressure to boost and tailor optomechanical forces, and highly dispersive electromagnetic modes that amplify both electrostriction and radiation pressure. The optomechanical transducer provides a large operating bandwidth and high efficiency while simultaneously having a small size and minimal power consumption, enabling a host of transformative phonon and signal processing capabilities. These capabilities include optomechanical transduction via pulsed phonon emission and up-conversion, broadband stimulated phonon emission and amplification, picosecond pulsed phonon lasers, broadband phononic modulators, and ultrahigh bandwidth true time delay and signal processing technologies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/076228 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601116 | Baumann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A Baumann (Riverside, California); Alexandre V Beloussov (San Bernardino, California); Julide Bakir (Alta Loma, California); Deganit Armon (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Howard B Olsen (Irvine, California); Dana Salem (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A Baumann (Riverside, California); Alexandre V Beloussov (San Bernardino, California); Julide Bakir (Alta Loma, California); Deganit Armon (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Howard B Olsen (Irvine, California); Dana Salem (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tiered communications architecture for managing network traffic in a distributed system. Communication between client or control computers and a plurality of hardware devices is administered by agent and monitor devices whose activities are coordinated to reduce the number of open channels or sockets. The communications architecture also improves the transparency and scalability of the distributed system by reducing network mapping dependence. The architecture is desirably implemented in a proton beam therapy system to provide flexible security policies which improve patent safety and facilitate system maintenance and development. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/861508 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601607 | Hagmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hagmann (West Valley, Utah); Dmitry A. Yarotski (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for generating a microwave frequency comb (MFC) in the DC tunneling current of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) by fast optical rectification, caused by nonlinearity of the DC current vs. voltage curve for the tunneling junction, of regularly-spaced, short pulses of optical radiation from a focused mode-locked, ultrafast laser, directed onto the tunneling junction, is described. Application of the MFC to high resolution dopant profiling in semiconductors is simulated. Application of the MFC to other measurements is described. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625780 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08595923 | Jakli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods for creating energy conversion devices based on the giant flexoelectric effect in non-calamitic liquid crystals. By preparing a substance comprising at least one type of non-calamitic liquid crystal molecules and stabilizing the substance to form a mechanically flexible material, flexible conductive electrodes may be applied to the material to create an electro-mechanical energy conversion device which relies on the giant flexoelectric effect to produce electrical and/or mechanical energy that is usable in such applications as, for example, power sources, energy dissipation, sensors/transducers, and actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727592 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/831 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597406 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having repeat units of the formula Zn4O(fumarate)3. Also provided are compositions thereof and methods use thereof, including for gas storage, gas separation, catalysis and sensing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/066859 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597453 | Jang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Manotek Instriments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of producing a highly electrically conductive sheet molding compound (SMC) composition and a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate made from such a composition. The plate exhibits a conductivity typically greater than 100 S/cm and more typically greater than 200 S/cm. In one preferred embodiment, the method comprises: (a) providing a continuous sheet of a substrate material (bottom sheet) and a continuous sheet of flexible graphite (top sheet) from respective rollers; (b) feeding a resin mixture (comprising a thermoset resin and a conductive filler) to a space between the top sheet and the bottom sheet in such a way that the resin mixture forms a uniform core layer sandwiched between the two sheets to obtain a laminated structure; (c) compressing the laminated structure to obtain a SMC composition having two opposite outer surfaces; and (e) impressing a fluid flow channel to either or both of the outer surfaces (e.g., via embossing or matched-die molding) and curing the thermoset resin to obtain the plate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/293541 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08597549 — Two-photon or higher-order absorbing optical materials for generation of reactive species
| US 08597549 | Cumpston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are highly efficient multiphoton absorbing compounds and methods of their use. The compounds generally include a bridge of pi-conjugated bonds connecting electron donating groups or electron accepting groups. The bridge may be substituted with a variety of substituents as well. Solubility, lipophilicity, absorption maxima and other characteristics of the compounds may be tailored by changing the electron donating groups or electron accepting groups, the substituents attached to or the length of the pi-conjugated bridge. Numerous photophysical and photochemical methods are enabled by converting these compounds to electronically excited states upon simultaneous absorption of at least two photons of radiation. The compounds have large two-photon or higher-order absorptivities such that upon absorption, one or more Lewis acidic species, Lewis basic species, radical species or ionic species are formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768898 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08597557 | Torkelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Torkelson (Skokie, Illinois); Junichi Masuda (Otsu, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Torkelson (Skokie, Illinois); Junichi Masuda (Otsu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods using solid-state shear pulverization and melt mixing and related polymer-carbon nanotube composites, as can be used to affect various mechanical and/or physical material properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435978 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/211.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598051 | Mazur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicron-sized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes placing at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in contact with a fluid, and exposing that surface portion to one or more femtosecond pulses so as to modify the topography of that portion. The modification can include, e.g., generating a plurality of submicron-sized spikes in an upper layer of the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021409 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/795 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598148 | Myers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Mark G. Charest (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Christian D. Lerner (Binningen, Switzerland); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut); Dionicio R. Siegel (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Mark G. Charest (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Christian D. Lerner (Binningen, Switzerland); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut); Dionicio R. Siegel (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The modular synthesis of tetracyclines and tetracycline analogs described provides an efficient and enantioselective route to a variety of tetracycline analogs and polycyclines previously inaccessible via earlier tetracycline syntheses and semi-synthetic methods. These analogs may be used as anti-microbial agents or anti-proliferative agents in the treatment of diseases of humans or other animals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778797 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598521 | Levis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levis (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania); John J. Brady (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth J. Judge (Seaville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levis (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania); John J. Brady (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth J. Judge (Seaville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for analyzing samples are disclosed. The samples are analyzed by vaporizing molecules from a sample in a sample area with a femtosecond laser beam under ambient conditions, ionizing the vaporized molecules with electrospray ionization under the ambient conditions to form ions; and analyzing and detecting the ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/390722 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598567 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ludan Huang (Seattle, Washington); Lih Y. Lin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ludan Huang (Seattle, Washington); Lih Y. Lin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Photoconductive optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors and photovoltaics, are provided. The devices are sensitized to a particular wavelength (or range of wavelengths) of electromagnetic radiation such that the devices provide increased performance efficiency (e.g., external quantum efficiency) at the wavelength. The devices include a photoconductive semiconductor layer spanning an electrode gap between two electrodes to provide a photoconductive electrical conduit. Abutting the semiconductor layer is a plurality of plasmonic nanoparticles. The improved efficiency of the devices results from wavelength-dependent plasmonic enhancement of device photosensitivity by the plasmonic nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109816 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599388 | van Dijk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thpomas van Dijk (Urbana, Illinois); David Mayerich (Savoy, Illinois); Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and computer program products for super-resolution mapping of nanoprobes having spectrally distinguishable coherent scattering properties. A sample containing a plurality of nanoprobes is illuminated with broadband light, and coherent scattering by the nanoprobes is detected. Scattered light is spectrally associated with respective nanoprobes, allowing a position associated with each nanoprobe to be mapped. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667287 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599472 | Steinhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Steinhardt (Princeton, New Jersey); Paul Michael Chaikin (New York, New York); Weining Man (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline structures. In preferred embodiments, the stopgap structure is more spherically symmetric than periodic structures facilitating the formation of stopgaps in nearly all directions because of higher rotational symmetries. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of quasicrystalline structures for optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic purposes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to manipulating, controlling, modulating and directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating in multiple directions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906792 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600125 | Kaufman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Wei Hong (Stony Brook, New York); Xianfeng Gu (Bethpage, New York); Feng Qiu (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Wei Hong (Stony Brook, New York); Xianfeng Gu (Bethpage, New York); Feng Qiu (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In the present methods, the automatic detection of polyps is converted into a 2D pattern recognition problem using conformal mapping and direct volume rendering. The colon surface is first segmented and extracted from the CT data set of the abdomen, which is then mapped to a 2D plane using conformal mapping. Ray casting is used to determine sub-surface density values and the flattened image is rendered using a volume rendering technique with a translucent electronic biopsy transfer function. Polyp candidates are detected by a clustering method which identifies regions of elevated sub-surface density. The potential for false positives is reduced by analyzing the volumetric shape and texture features of the polyp candidate regions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/993180 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600243 | Miao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Houxun Miao (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Andrew M. Weiner (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Houxun Miao (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Andrew M. Weiner (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for correcting for the polarization mode distortion of an optical signal is described. The optical data signal to be transmitted is processed by a switch configured to place the signal into a plurality of polarization states on a periodic basis. At the receiving end of the system, a portion to the signal is coupled to a polarimeter and the wavelength-dependent state of polarization (SOP) of the received signal determined for the plurality of polarization states imposed on the transmitted signal. The data for two of the transmitted polarization states is selected to be used as the basis for correcting the SOP so as to compensate for the wavelength dependence thereof. The corrections may be applied in an optical pulse shaper. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425919 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601245 | Uht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Augustus K. Uht (Cumberland, Rhode Island); David Morano (Malden, Massachusetts); David Kaeli (Medway, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Augustus K. Uht (Cumberland, Rhode Island); David Morano (Malden, Massachusetts); David Kaeli (Medway, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable processing system includes a memory device having a plurality of executable program instructions, wherein each of the executable program instructions includes a timetag data field indicative of the nominal sequential order of the associated executable program instructions. The system also includes a plurality of processing elements, which are configured and arranged to receive executable program instructions from the memory device, wherein each of the processing elements executes executable instructions having the highest priority as indicated by the state of the timetag data field. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183662 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601414 | Andraus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zaher Andraus (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karem A. Sakallah (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Liffiton (Bloomington, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zaher Andraus (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karem A. Sakallah (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Liffiton (Bloomington, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods are provided for verifying a hardware design for an electronic circuit. The method may include: providing a hardware design description for the electronic circuit; extracting a set of design constraints from the hardware design description, where the set of design constraints represents the electronic circuit in terms of signals and logical operations performed on the signals; creating an abstraction model from the set of design constraints, where the abstraction model abstracts one or more of the logical operations in the set of design constraints by replacing the abstracted logical operations with uninterpreted functions; and property checking the abstraction model in relation to one or more design properties. When a violation in the electronic circuit is detected by the property checking step, the feasibility of the violation is then checked and, if the violation is deemed infeasible, the abstraction model is refined. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945020 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601417 | Gowda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tejaswi Gowda (Tempe, Arizona); Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tejaswi Gowda (Tempe, Arizona); Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for identifying a Boolean function as either a threshold function or a non-threshold function are disclosed. In one embodiment, in order to identify a Boolean function as either a threshold function or a non-threshold function, a determination is first made as to whether the Boolean function satisfies one or more predefined conditions for being a threshold function, where the one or more predefined conditions include a condition that both a positive cofactor and a negative cofactor of the Boolean function are threshold functions. If the one or more predefined conditions are satisfied, a determination is made as to whether weights for the positive and negative cofactors are equal. If the weights for the cofactors are equal, then the Boolean function is determined to be a threshold function. Further, in one embodiment, this threshold function identification process is utilized in a threshold circuit synthesis process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090796 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601611 | Gogotsi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Riju Singhal (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of preparing nanoprobes, including multifunctional cellular endoscope-like devices, comprising nanotubes, nanorods, and/or nanowires. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645561 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08596137 | Mathias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward C. Mathias (North Logan, Utah); John L. Shipley (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward C. Mathias (North Logan, Utah); John L. Shipley (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, and systems relating to a sensing device are disclosed. A device may comprise a structure including a first surface and a second, opposite surface, wherein the structure comprises one or more segments. Further, the device may include a plurality of sensors disposed on the structure, wherein each segment of the one or more segments comprises a first sensor of the plurality of sensors coupled to the first surface and an associated second sensor of the plurality of sensors coupled to the second surface. Moreover, each sensor of the plurality of sensors may be configured to measure a strain exhibited on an adjacent surface of the structure at an associated segment of the one or more segments. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/833894 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/849 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08597549 — Two-photon or higher-order absorbing optical materials for generation of reactive species
| US 08597549 | Cumpston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Cumpston (Sunnyvale, California); Matthew Lipson (Sunnyvale, California); Seth R. Marder (Tucson, Arizona); Joseph W. Perry (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are highly efficient multiphoton absorbing compounds and methods of their use. The compounds generally include a bridge of pi-conjugated bonds connecting electron donating groups or electron accepting groups. The bridge may be substituted with a variety of substituents as well. Solubility, lipophilicity, absorption maxima and other characteristics of the compounds may be tailored by changing the electron donating groups or electron accepting groups, the substituents attached to or the length of the pi-conjugated bridge. Numerous photophysical and photochemical methods are enabled by converting these compounds to electronically excited states upon simultaneous absorption of at least two photons of radiation. The compounds have large two-photon or higher-order absorptivities such that upon absorption, one or more Lewis acidic species, Lewis basic species, radical species or ionic species are formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768898 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598245 | Larson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert S. Larson (North Ogden, Utah); Michael E. Fuller (Ogden, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Larson (North Ogden, Utah); Michael E. Fuller (Ogden, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming an insulating material comprising combining a polysilazane, a cross-linking compound, and a gas-generating compound to form a reaction mixture, and curing the reaction mixture to form a modified polysilazane. The gas-generating compound may be water, an alcohol, an amine, or combinations thereof. The cross-linking compound may be an isocyanate, an epoxy resin, or combinations thereof. The insulating material may include a matrix comprising one of a reaction product of a polysilazane and an isocyanate and a reaction product of a polysilazane and an epoxy resin. The matrix also comprises a plurality of interconnected pores produced from one of reaction of the polysilazane and the isocyanate and from reaction of the polysilazane and the epoxy resin. A precursor formulation that comprises a polysilazane, a cross-linking compound, and a gas-generating compound is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087224 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598673 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abhay M. Joshi (New Hope, Pennsylvania); Shubhashish Datta (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Discovery Semiconductors, Inc. (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhay M. Joshi (New Hope, Pennsylvania); Shubhashish Datta (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A quad photoreceiver includes a low capacitance quad InGaAs p-i-n photodiode structure formed on an InP (100) substrate. The photodiode includes a substrate providing a buffer layer having a metal contact on its bottom portion serving as a common cathode for receiving a bias voltage, and successive layers deposited on its top portion, the first layer being drift layer, the second being an absorption layer, the third being a cap layer divided into four quarter pie shaped sections spaced apart, with metal contacts being deposited on outermost top portions of each section to provide output terminals, the top portions being active regions for detecting light. Four transimpedance amplifiers have input terminals electrically connected to individual output terminals of each p-i-n photodiode. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806868 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/448 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599064 | Bunch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Bunch (Snohomish, Washington); Roland Szeto (Seattle, Washington); Brad Miller (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Bunch (Snohomish, Washington); Roland Szeto (Seattle, Washington); Brad Miller (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar information processing system is operable to process high bandwidth radar information received from a radar system into low bandwidth radar information that may be communicated to a low bandwidth connection coupled to an electronic flight bag (EFB). An exemplary embodiment receives radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth; processes the received radar information into processed radar information, the processed radar information configured for communication over a connection operable at a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth lower than the first bandwidth; and communicates the radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/040706 |
| 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 342/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600483 | Mintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick W. Mintz (Chatsworth, California); Philip I. Moynihan (La Canada, California); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick W. Mintz (Chatsworth, California); Philip I. Moynihan (La Canada, California); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a mobile in vivo infrared brain scan and analysis system. The system includes a data collection subsystem and a data analysis subsystem. The data collection subsystem is a helmet with a plurality of infrared (IR) thermometer probes. Each of the IR thermometer probes includes an IR photodetector capable of detecting IR radiation generated by evoked potentials within a user's skull. The helmet is formed to collect brain data that is reflective of firing neurons in a mobile subject and transmit the brain data to the data analysis subsystem. The data analysis subsystem is configured to generate and display a three-dimensional image that depicts a location of the firing neurons. The data analysis subsystem is also configured to compare the brain data against a library of brain data to detect an anomaly in the brain data, and notify a user of any detected anomaly in the brain data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214553 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08597453 | Jang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Manotek Instriments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of producing a highly electrically conductive sheet molding compound (SMC) composition and a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate made from such a composition. The plate exhibits a conductivity typically greater than 100 S/cm and more typically greater than 200 S/cm. In one preferred embodiment, the method comprises: (a) providing a continuous sheet of a substrate material (bottom sheet) and a continuous sheet of flexible graphite (top sheet) from respective rollers; (b) feeding a resin mixture (comprising a thermoset resin and a conductive filler) to a space between the top sheet and the bottom sheet in such a way that the resin mixture forms a uniform core layer sandwiched between the two sheets to obtain a laminated structure; (c) compressing the laminated structure to obtain a SMC composition having two opposite outer surfaces; and (e) impressing a fluid flow channel to either or both of the outer surfaces (e.g., via embossing or matched-die molding) and curing the thermoset resin to obtain the plate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/293541 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598378 | Cooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Cooney (Honolulu, Hawaii); Gregory Young (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Cooney (Honolulu, Hawaii); Gregory Young (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed for the direct transesterification and extraction of bio-lipids and bio-oils in the production of biofuel, particularly fatty acid methyl ester products. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/404176 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598523 | Stecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois); Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois); Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process (and apparatus for performing the process) for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region in an x-y plane with a forward edge region width and a trailing edge region in the x-y plane with a trailing edge region width, under at least one first processing condition; monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step; solidifying the molten pool deposit; automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step; and repeating steps at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to the x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902520 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/305 (20130101) H01J 37/3005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599147 | Schaefer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip Schaefer (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vortant Technologies, LLC (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Schaefer (Weaverville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for enabling a user to navigate a graphical user interface by touching pads on a touch surface. The arrangement of the pads on the touch surface is static, but the functions associated with each pad dynamically change in correspondence with functions in the graphical user interface. The functions are automatically and dynamically extracted from the software that creates the window display. Certain pads are regularly used for certain user options found in windows. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/126212 |
| ART UNIT | 2699 — Search and Capture Special Detail |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599489 | Shalaev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander P. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir P. Drachev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wenshan Cai (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir M. Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander P. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir P. Drachev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wenshan Cai (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable super-lens (TSL) for nanoscale optical sensing and imaging of bio-molecules and nano-manufacturing utilizes negative-index materials (NIMs) that operate in the visible or near infrared light. The NIMs can create a lens that will perform sub-wavelength imaging, enhanced resolution imaging, or flat lens imaging. This new TSL covers two different operation scales. For short distances between the object and its image, a near-field super-lens (NFSL) can create or enhance images of objects located at distances much less than the wavelength of light. For the far-zone, negative values are necessary for both the permittivity ∈ a permeability μ. While well-structured periodic meta-materials, which require delicate design and precise fabrication, can be used, metal-dielectric composites are also candidates for NIMs in the optical range. The negative-refraction in the composite films can be made by using frequency-selective photomodification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449604 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/665 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08598482 | Bonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Jeffrey L. Freeman (Purcellville, Virginia); Michael Lyons (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Margaret Louise Choiniere (Gainesville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Himesh Patel (Centerville, Virginia); Carla Fern Sherry (Annadale, Virginia); David James Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Jeffrey L. Freeman (Purcellville, Virginia); Michael Lyons (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Margaret Louise Choiniere (Gainesville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Himesh Patel (Centerville, Virginia); Carla Fern Sherry (Annadale, Virginia); David James Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/405139 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600907 | Gullo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Gullo (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Gullo (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for generating a mailing label. In one embodiment, a method includes requesting, through a communication channel, a tracking number for the mailing label, wherein the tracking number identifies that the mailing label is printable by a user on a single-sheet medium; receiving, through the communication channel, a response to said request, such that the response includes the tracking number provided by a source of one or more tracking numbers; and enabling the user to print the mailing label with the received tracking number. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879000 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600909 | Gullo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Gullo (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne A. Wilkerson (Manassas, Virginia); Roy R. Gordon (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Dan Lord (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Gullo (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne A. Wilkerson (Manassas, Virginia); Roy R. Gordon (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Dan Lord (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of insuring payment of a proper amount of postage, comprise receiving payment for an amount of postage, affixing a postage indicia to a piece of mail, wherein the postage indicia includes the postage amount in a format readable only by machine, and adjusting the postage amount at a time subsequent to receipt of payment. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/334931 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601049 | Mendonca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pat Mendonca (Damascus, Maryland); Jonathan C. Pruett (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat Mendonca (Damascus, Maryland); Jonathan C. Pruett (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes systems, methods, and software applications for centrally maintaining information and automatically distributing relevant portions of the information to remote users. In one embodiment, a central server stores the information, which is maintained on the central server. Periodically, or each time the server information is updated, the server identifies the portion of the information that is relevant to each user and downloads the relevant portion of information to each user, for example to a mobile device such as a Blackberry™. The invention may be used to maintain and timely distribute information related to emergency response procedures, sales or servicing schedules, and delivery schedules, among other things. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953449 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08597369 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Steven A. Gard (Naperville, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois); Brian Ruhe (Chicago, Illinois); Ryan Williams (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Steven A. Gard (Naperville, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois); Brian Ruhe (Chicago, Illinois); Ryan Williams (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system for use in rehabilitation and/or physical therapy for the treatment of injury or disease. The system can enable an amputee to proceed over any surface without overbalancing. In particular the system is self-adapting to adjust the torque moment depending upon the motion, the extent of inclination, and the surface topography. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311818 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598354 | Riscoe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Rolf W. Winter (Portland, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon); Aaron Nilsen (Portland, Oregon); Jeremy Burrows (Eysins, Switzerland); Dennis Kyle (Lithia, Florida); Roman Manetsch (Tampa, Florida); Richard M. Cross (Brandon, Florida); Andrii Monastyrskyi (Tampa, Florida); David L. Flanigan (Riverview, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Medicines for Malaria Venture (Geneva, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Rolf W. Winter (Portland, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon); Aaron Nilsen (Portland, Oregon); Jeremy Burrows (Eysins, Switzerland); Dennis Kyle (Lithia, Florida); Roman Manetsch (Tampa, Florida); Richard M. Cross (Brandon, Florida); Andrii Monastyrskyi (Tampa, Florida); David L. Flanigan (Riverview, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula I: or formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formula I or formula II, wherein: R1 is H, hydroxyl, alkoxy, acyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; R2 is methyl or haloalkyl; R4 is hydroxyl, carbonyloxy, or carbonyldioxy; and R3 is aliphatic, aryl, aralkyl, or alkylaryl; and R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each individually H, halogen, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, nitro, cyano, amino, amido, acyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, or —SO2R10, wherein R10 is H, alkyl, amino or haloalkyl; provided that in formula I, R5 and R7 are not both H or R6 is not H or methoxy; and in formula II that if R4 is carbonyldioxy then R7 is not methoxy. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153350 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598815 | Glaister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Glaister (Seattle, Washington); Glenn Klute (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Glaister (Seattle, Washington); Glenn Klute (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Torsional loads can impart painful and potentially injurious shear stresses upon residual limb soft tissues in lower limb amputees. To protect the soft tissues, a controllable transverse rotation adapter (TRA) has been developed that permits rotation of the prosthetic socket relative to the prosthetic foot, relieving some of the rotational loads experienced by the residual limb, and controlling either the stiffness resisting the transverse rotational torque, or the torque. This TRA uses series elastic actuator (SEA) technology and includes a prime mover, a speed reduction device, and a torsion spring mounted in series. By measuring a displacement of the spring (e.g., using a strain gauge), motor current, and the motor shaft position, the load torque and position can be used to calculate actual stiffness or applied torque. The motor position is then adjusted relative to the load, to control the effective stiffness or torque. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/380487 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08600202 | Colgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evan G. Colgan (Armonk, New York); Sampath Purushothaman (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan G. Colgan (Armonk, New York); Sampath Purushothaman (Armonk, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhanced 3D integration structure comprises a logic microprocessor chip bonded to a collection of vertically stacked memory slices and an optional set of outer vertical slices comprising optoelectronic devices. Such a device enables both high memory content in close proximity to the logic circuits and a high bandwidth for logic to memory communication. Additionally, the provision of optoelectronic devices in the outer slices of the vertical slice stack enables high bandwidth direct communication between logic processor chips on adjacent enhanced 3D modules mounted next to each other or on adjacent packaging substrates. A method to fabricate such structures comprises using a template assembly which enables wafer format processing of vertical slice stacks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585494 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601178 | Amini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa D. Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anshul Sehgal (New York, New York); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa D. Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Anshul Sehgal (New York, New York); Jeremy I. Silber (New York, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a method and a computer program storage product for dynamically stabilizing a stream processing system. The method includes receiving at least one computing resource allocation target. A plurality of downstream processing elements and an upstream processing element are associated with at least one input buffer. Each of the downstream processing elements consumes data packets produced by the upstream processing element received on an output stream associated with the upstream processing element. A fastest input rate among each downstream processing element in the plurality of downstream processing elements is identified. An output rate of the upstream processing element is set to the fastest input rate that has been determined for the plurality of downstream processing elements. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/555805 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601458 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for compiling a data stream processing application are provided. The techniques include receiving, by a compiler executing on a computer system, source code for a data stream processing application, wherein the source code comprises source code for a plurality of operators, each of which performs a data processing function, determining, by the compiler, one or more characteristics of operators within the data stream processing application, grouping, by the compiler, the operators into one or more execution containers based on the one or more characteristics, and compiling, by the compiler, the source code for the data stream processing application into executable code, wherein the executable code comprises a plurality of execution units, wherein each execution unit contains one or more of the operators, wherein each operator is assigned to an execution unit based on the grouping, and wherein each execution unit is to be executed in a partition. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465757 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08596922 | McVay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida); David G. Bloomquist (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (, None); Florida Department of Transportation (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida); David G. Bloomquist (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for establishing and securing a foundation in a substrate. For example, in one embodiment, a pump conveys a first fluid (e.g., water) through a pile member to produce an elongate opening in a substrate, which allows the pile member to be advanced into the substrate. After the pile member has been advanced into the elongate opening in the substrate, a second fluid (e.g., fluidized concrete) is conveyed out of openings on the side (and the bottom) of the pile member to substantially secure the pile member in the elongate opening defined in the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686063 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08599045 | Khatwa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Jeff Lancaster (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Jeff Lancaster (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for improving pilot situational awareness in the airport vicinity. An example method determines if at least one of an aircraft or vehicle in a predefined vicinity of the airport is a conflict based on information about an installation aircraft, information received from the at least one aircraft or vehicle, and a predefined conflict envelope, when the installation aircraft is performing one of an approach to landing, a takeoff operation or a taxi operation at an airport. The method generates and outputs a conflict alert if the installation aircraft determines that the at least one aircraft or vehicle is a conflict. The method generates a clear-of-conflict advisory if the at least one aircraft or vehicle previously determined to be conflicting is determined to no longer be conflicting based on updated information received from the at least one aircraft or vehicle. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/568434 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/947 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08598324 | Rider |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487205 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08601001 | Bremer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Bremer (Bellingham, Washington); Patrick J. Eames (Newcastle, Washington); Michael W. Donovan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Bremer (Bellingham, Washington); Patrick J. Eames (Newcastle, Washington); Michael W. Donovan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-based system for accessing content. The system includes a database in which the content is included in a plurality of content nodes. Each content node is uniquely identified by an identifier in a database table. The table is configured recursively to represent the content nodes. A browser uses one of the identifiers to format a table of contents (TOC) node referring to the corresponding content node. The browser inserts the TOC node into a TOC for accessing one or more of the content nodes. The TOC is recursively configurable in accordance with at least a portion of the table configuration. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191642 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08596922 | McVay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida); David G. Bloomquist (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (, None); Florida Department of Transportation (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida); David G. Bloomquist (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for establishing and securing a foundation in a substrate. For example, in one embodiment, a pump conveys a first fluid (e.g., water) through a pile member to produce an elongate opening in a substrate, which allows the pile member to be advanced into the substrate. After the pile member has been advanced into the elongate opening in the substrate, a second fluid (e.g., fluidized concrete) is conveyed out of openings on the side (and the bottom) of the pile member to substantially secure the pile member in the elongate opening defined in the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686063 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08598269 | Neff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allvivo Vascular, Inc. (Lake Forest, California); The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer A. Neff (Lake Forest, California); Joseph McGuire (Corvallis, Oregon); Pranav R. Joshi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472346 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08597518 | Parnas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard S. Parnas (Ashford, Connecticut); Si-Yu Li (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Parnas (Ashford, Connecticut); Si-Yu Li (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a membrane comprises: a nonporous, hydrophobic selective layer configured to be on a feed solution side of the membrane and polyethylene layer configured to be on a permeate side of the membrane, wherein the membrane is configured to selectively separate an organic component from an aqueous solution. In some embodiments, the method for separating an organic component from an aqueous stream can comprise: contacting a nonporous, hydrophobic selective layer of a membrane with the aqueous stream comprising the organic component, creating a vacuum on the side of the membrane comprising the support layer, permeating the organic component through the membrane into an exit chamber, and removing the organic component permeate from the exit chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859364 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08601483 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ting He (Piermont, New York); Kang-won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Petros Zerfos (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ting He (Piermont, New York); Kang-won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Petros Zerfos (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for reassigning virtual machines to resources in a computing environment. Monitoring data is collected about virtual machine request history and resource usage in a form of time series for measured indicators. Forecasted time series are computed for the measured indicators over a time window by utilizing time series forecasting. A new assignment is computed by executing a snapshot based assignment algorithm on the forecasted time series. The new assignment is used for reassignment of virtual machines on the resources in the computing environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069030 |
| 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 718/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08597369 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Steven A. Gard (Naperville, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois); Brian Ruhe (Chicago, Illinois); Ryan Williams (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Steven A. Gard (Naperville, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois); Brian Ruhe (Chicago, Illinois); Ryan Williams (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system for use in rehabilitation and/or physical therapy for the treatment of injury or disease. The system can enable an amputee to proceed over any surface without overbalancing. In particular the system is self-adapting to adjust the torque moment depending upon the motion, the extent of inclination, and the surface topography. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311818 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08600123 | Abramovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gil Abramovich (Niskayuna, New York); Kevin George Harding (Niskayuna, New York); Christopher Allen Nafis (Rexford, New York); Joseph Czechowski, III (Clifton Park, New York); Vijay Krishna Paruchuru (Latham, New York); Daniel Curtis Gray (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gil Abramovich (Niskayuna, New York); Kevin George Harding (Niskayuna, New York); Christopher Allen Nafis (Rexford, New York); Joseph Czechowski, III (Clifton Park, New York); Vijay Krishna Paruchuru (Latham, New York); Daniel Curtis Gray (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for contactless multi-fingerprint collection is disclosed. The contactless multi-fingerprint collection system includes an imaging volume, a user interface configured to provide feedback to the subject regarding a proximity of a hand to a desired imaging location within the imaging volume, and at least one image capture device to capture images of each of the plurality of fingerprints at each of at least two different depths from the fingerprints. The contactless multi-fingerprint collection system also includes a processor coupled to the at least one image capture device that is programmed to generate a composite image and a contour map of each of the plurality of fingerprints from the images captured at the at least two different depths and generate a two-dimensional rolled equivalent image of each of the plurality of fingerprints from the composite image and the contour map. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889663 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08599078 | Mileski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul M. Mileski (Mystic, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Mileski (Mystic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A current probe system includes a toroid made from a magnetic material and a wire made from an electrically-conducting material that forms at least one winding about a portion of the toroid. A current is induced in the winding(s) when a time-varying magnetic field is present in the toroid. A float coupled to the toroid floats the system at a water's surface. In use, a buoyant cable antenna is fed through the toroid and the system is moved along the antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/154973 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/703 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08600147 | Iliopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athanasions Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland); John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); Nikos Andrianopoulos (Athens, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secreatary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athanasions Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland); John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); Nikos Andrianopoulos (Athens, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for measuring full field deformation characteristics of a deformable body. The method includes determining optical setup design parameters for measuring displacement and strain fields, and generating and applying a dot pattern on a planar side of a deformable body. A sequence of images of the dot pattern is acquired before and after deformation of the body. Irregular objects are eliminated from the images based on dot light intensity threshold and the object area or another geometrical cutoff criterion. The characteristic points of the dots are determined, and the characteristic points are matched between two or more of the sequential images. The displacement vector of the characteristic points is found, and mesh free or other techniques are used to estimate the full field displacement based on the displacement vector of the characteristic points. Strain tensor or other displacement-derived quantities can also be estimated using mesh-free or other analysis techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793594 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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