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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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| US 08607634 | Bailey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Joel Teichman (West Vancouver, Canada); Mathew Sorensen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Joel Teichman (West Vancouver, Canada); Mathew Sorensen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A transducer is used to send an ultrasound pulse toward a stone and to receive ultrasound reflections from the stone. The recorded time between a pulse that is reflected from the proximal surface and a pulse that is reflected either from the distal surface of the stone or from a surface supporting the stone is used to calculate the stone size. The size of the stone is a function of the time between the two pulses and the speed of sound through the stone (or through the surrounding fluid if the second pulse was reflected by the surface supporting the stone). This technique is equally applicable to measure the size of other in vivo objects, including soft tissue masses, cysts, uterine fibroids, tumors, and polyps. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469086 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608634 | Zangen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham Zangen (Jerusalem, Israel); Roy A. Wise (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark Hallett (Bethesda, Maryland); Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda (Lisbon, Portugal); Yiftach Roth (Ramat-Gan, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham Zangen (Jerusalem, Israel); Roy A. Wise (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark Hallett (Bethesda, Maryland); Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda (Lisbon, Portugal); Yiftach Roth (Ramat-Gan, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic stimulator, which may be used as a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, and a method for its use are disclosed. The stimulator comprises a frame and an electrically conductive coil having a partially toroidal or ovate base and an outwardly projecting extension portion. The frame may be a flexible or malleable material and may be nonconductive. The electrically conductive coil may comprise one or more windings of electrically conductive material (such as a wire) coupled to the frame. The coil is electrically connected to a power supply. The device may be placed adjacent to or in contact with the body of a subject, such as on the head of a subject. The device may be used on humans for treating certain physiological conditions, such as cardiovascular or neurophysiological conditions, or for studying the physiology of the body. This device is useful in studying or treating neurophysiological conditions associated with the deep regions of the brain, such as drug addiction and depression. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077829 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608801 | Hung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clark T. Hung (Ardsley, New York); Gerard A. Ateshian (New York, New York); Eric G. Lima (Patterson, New York); James L. Cook (Columbia, Missouri); Li Ming Bian (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York); The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark T. Hung (Ardsley, New York); Gerard A. Ateshian (New York, New York); Eric G. Lima (Patterson, New York); James L. Cook (Columbia, Missouri); Li Ming Bian (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Implants for resurfacing or repairing one or more articular cartilage bearing surfaces of a biological organism include an engineered tissue and a biocompatible porous substrate secured to the engineered tissue for attaching the implant to a native bone of the biological organism. The engineered tissue includes a scaffold containing a biocompatible material, and a plurality of living chondrocytes supported by the scaffold. Methods for culturing chondrocytes for incorporation into a biocompatible implant are provided. A bioreactor for producing functional cartilaginous tissue from a cell-seeded scaffold and a system for producing functional cartilaginous tissue are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498358 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/14.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609067 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristen Adams (Houston, Texas); Ruchi Sharma (Houston, Texas); John C. Rasmussen (Spring, Texas); Eva M. Sevick-Muraca (Montgomery, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristen Adams (Houston, Texas); Ruchi Sharma (Houston, Texas); John C. Rasmussen (Spring, Texas); Eva M. Sevick-Muraca (Montgomery, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and imaging agents for functional imaging of lymph structures are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the methods utilize highly sensitive optical imaging and fluorescent spectroscopy techniques to track or monitor packets of organic dye flowing in one or more lymphatic structures. The packets of organic dye may be tracked to provide quantitative information regarding lymph propulsion and function. In particular, lymph flow velocity and pulse frequency may be determined using the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/189333 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609087 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald K. Taylor (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Christian F. LaPointe (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald K. Taylor (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Christian F. LaPointe (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods for designing and identifying compounds which inhibit TFPP-like aspartyl protease enzymes by targeting the aspartic acid residues of the active site or mimicking peptides corresponding to the region surrounding the substrate's cleavage site are provided. Agents identified as inhibitors of TFPP-like aspartyl proteases such as type 4 prepilin peptidases are expected to be useful as anti-bacterial agents and in inhibiting development of drug resistant strains of bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071972 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609109 | Donnelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Donnelly (Moraga, California); Susan W. Barnett (San Francisco, California); Derek O'Hagan (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Donnelly (Moraga, California); Susan W. Barnett (San Francisco, California); Derek O'Hagan (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are HIV vaccines comprising HIV polypeptide-encoding DNA adsorbed to PLG and/or HIV proteins. Also provided are methods of using these vaccines to generate immune responses in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/334739 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609110 | Shanks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert M. Q. Shanks (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel E. Kadouri (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Q. Shanks (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel E. Kadouri (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for treating planktonic bacteria or a biofilm. The methods include contacting the planktonic bacteria or biofilm with an effective amount of an isolated Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide has an antibacterial activity against the planktonic bacteria or the biofilm. Methods are also provided herein for treating a subject that has a bacterial infection, for example caused by a biofilm. The methods can be used to treat a biofilm on a living or non-living surface. Also provided herein are Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptides that have an antibacterial activity against planktonic bacteria or surface attached bacteria, and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. Medical devices comprising a surface having an antimicrobial effective amount of a Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptide, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/528633 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609114 | Reed |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infectious Diesease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599695 |
| 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 08609334 | Buser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zorica Buser (San Francisco, California); Jeffrey Charles Lotz (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zorica Buser (San Francisco, California); Jeffrey Charles Lotz (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods of diagnosing painful intervertebral discs. The present disclosure also provides methods of treating a painful intervertebral disc. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994281 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609335 | Drmanac et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Los Altos Hills, California); Matthew J. Callow (Redwood City, California); Brian K. Hauser (Campbell, California); George Yeung (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Los Altos Hills, California); Matthew J. Callow (Redwood City, California); Brian K. Hauser (Campbell, California); George Yeung (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of making and using self-assembled arrays of single polynucleotide molecules for carrying out a variety of large-scale genetic measurements, such as gene expression analysis, gene copy number assessment, and the like. Random arrays used in the invention are “self-assembled” in the sense that they are formed by deposition of polynucleotide molecules onto a surface where they become fixed at random locations. The polynucleotide molecules fixed on the surface are then identified by direct sequence determination of component nucleic acids, such as incorporated probe sequences, or by other decoding schemes. Such identification converts a random array of determinable polynucleotides, and their respective probes into an addressable array of probe sequences. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/098965 |
| 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 08609343 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Woonbok Chung (Haverford, Pennsylvania); Bogdan A. Czerniak (Houston, Texas); Jean-Pierre Issa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woonbok Chung (Haverford, Pennsylvania); Bogdan A. Czerniak (Houston, Texas); Jean-Pierre Issa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for detecting bladder cancer in a subject. In some aspects, methylation of one or more of MYO3A, CA10, NKX6-2, SOX11, DBC1, NPTX2, and/or A2BP1 in DNA sediment from a urine sample may be evaluated to detect the presence or absence of a bladder cancer in a human patient. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417642 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609344 | Labaer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua Labaer (Medfield, Massachusetts); Albert Y. Lau (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Labaer (Medfield, Massachusetts); Albert Y. Lau (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrays of polypeptides are generated by translation of nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides at a plurality of addresses on the array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/910718 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609347 | Pereira et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lenore Pereira (San Francisco, California); Ekaterina Maidji (San Francisco, California); Takako Tabata (South San Francisco, California); Susan Jane McDonagh (Inverness, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lenore Pereira (San Francisco, California); Ekaterina Maidji (San Francisco, California); Takako Tabata (South San Francisco, California); Susan Jane McDonagh (Inverness, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods useful for early detection of congenital CMV infection, predicting the likelihood and severity of congenital CMV disease, and monitoring the efficacy of therapeutic approaches. Compositions of the present invention include biomarkers that are differentially expressed in CMV-infected mothers and fetuses compared to uninfected individuals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739400 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609374 | Edelmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Winfried Edelmann (Bronx, New York); Yongwei Zhang (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winfried Edelmann (Bronx, New York); Yongwei Zhang (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for assembling a plurality of double-stranded DNA fragments into DNA molecules in a single in vitro recombination reaction comprising contacting the plurality of double-stranded DNA fragments with a bacterial extract derived from a RecA deficient bacterial strain so as to assemble the plurality of DNA fragments into DNA molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526930 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609383 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of making carrier polypeptide that include incorporating a first unnatural amino acid into a carrier polypeptide variant, incorporating a second unnatural amino acid into a target polypeptide variant, and reacting the first and second unnatural amino acids to produce the conjugate. Conjugates produced using the provided methods are also provided. In addition, orthogonal translation systems in methylotrophic yeast and methods of using these systems to produce carrier and target polypeptide variants comprising unnatural amino acids are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133629 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609395 | Schlom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Elene Barzaga (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Sam Zaremba (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Elene Barzaga (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Sam Zaremba (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a polypeptide comprising an agonist of a MHC Class I binding native sequence having amino acid substitution(s) and enhanced immunogenicity compared to the native sequence. The invention provides DNA encoding the polypeptide, as well as vectors and cells comprising the DNA and methods comprising the administration of the polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/399471 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609409 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a synthetic cell culture platform, comprising: a two dimensional and/or three dimensional surface comprising peptides conjugated to said surface and methods of using the platform for increasing cell adhesion, stable attachment and/or proliferation of cells grown on the platform and for promoting differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598343 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609411 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ChengCheng Zhang (Irving, Texas); Harvey Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | ChengCheng Zhang (Irving, Texas); Harvey Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for expanding the number of hematopoietic stem cells are provided. The methods comprise incubating cells in medium comprising isolated IGFBP-2 and an angiopoietin-like protein (Angptl). Expanded HSCs are provided as well as culture media and kits for the expansion of human HSCs in a defined medium. Methods of administering expanded human HSCs to and individual are provided as well as methods of treating an individual by administering certain growth factors and cytokines. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598770 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609412 | Panoskaltsis-Mortari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari (Woodbury, Minnesota); Bruce Blazar (Golden Valley, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari (Woodbury, Minnesota); Bruce Blazar (Golden Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of improving function in lung tissue by administering a population of multipotent adult progenitor cells (“MAPCs”) or differentiated progeny thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587511 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609437 | Yeung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony T. Yeung (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Tokar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Institue for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony T. Yeung (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Tokar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for use in methods and kits for the detection of an increased risk of pancreatic cancer are provided. Cyst fluid samples isolated from patients that are positive for at least three of the following markers, mucin 1, mucin 2, mucin 5AC, mucin 5B, mucin 6, CEA CAM 1, CEACAM 5, CEACAM 6, CEACAM 7, CEACAM 8, S100-A6, S100-A8, S100-A9 and S100-A11 indicate that such patients are at greater risk for the development of pancreatic cancer when compared to cyst fluid samples isolated from patients lacking these markers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812394 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609607 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Akihiro Wada (Nagasaki, Japan); Toshiya Hirayama (Nagasaki, Japan); Gregorino Paone (Rome, Italy) |
| 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) | Joel Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Akihiro Wada (Nagasaki, Japan); Toshiya Hirayama (Nagasaki, Japan); Gregorino Paone (Rome, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides modified antimicrobial agents, for example modified defensin polypeptides. Compositions including a modified arginine residue, such as an ADP-ribosylated and/or ribosylated alpha defensin polypeptide, are provided. Also provided are methods of modulating an immune response using the modified defensin polypeptides. Methods are provided for modulating an antimicrobial activity and for inhibiting a cytotoxic activity. Also disclosed are methods for treating diseases in a subject that are associated with an immune response, such as inflammatory and pulmonary diseases, using the disclosed modified defensin polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344509 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609608 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian He (Los Angeles, California); Randal H. Eckert (Ellensburg, Washington); Fengxia Qi (Laguna Niguel, California); Maxwell H. Anderson (Sequim, Washington); Wenyuan Shi (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | C3 Jian, Inc. (Sequim, Washington); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian He (Los Angeles, California); Randal H. Eckert (Ellensburg, Washington); Fengxia Qi (Laguna Niguel, California); Maxwell H. Anderson (Sequim, Washington); Wenyuan Shi (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel antimicrobial peptides that are effective to inhibit growth and/or proliferation of various gram positive bacteria. In particular, the peptides are effective against Streptococcus mutans a common oral pathogen and the causative agent of dental caries. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730939 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609609 | Agris |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul F. Agris (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Agris (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Host RNA/viral protein interaction as a target of intervention in the replication of viruses, e.g., the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are described. The target being upstream of the final replication product, and being crucial to the viral replication, is less likely to be genetically altered to drug resistance. Peptides that intervene in this RNA/viral protein interaction are also described, as well as compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812802 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/3.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609610 | Kisselev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Leiden University (, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Kisselev (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Dmitry V. Filippov (Leiden, Netherlands); Herman Overkleeft (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an inhibitor of the trypsin-like β2/β2i sites of the proteasome. The inhibitor is characterized as being a peptide-based epoxyketone or vinyl sulfone that contains an arginine or 4-aminomethylene-L-phenylalanine at the C-terminus (i.e., at the P1 position). Methods for using the inhibitor to inhibit the activity of the β2/β2i site of a proteasome and treat a proteasome-mediated disease or condition are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/723979 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/4.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609617 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Goldberg (Miami, Florida); Vance P. Lemmon (Miami, Florida); John Bixby (Miami, Florida); Darcie Moore (Zurich, Switzerland); Murray Blackmore (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Goldberg (Miami, Florida); Vance P. Lemmon (Miami, Florida); John Bixby (Miami, Florida); Darcie Moore (Zurich, Switzerland); Murray Blackmore (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates, to a method for promoting CNS axon regeneration, comprising (1) inhibiting the expression or activity in a neuron of one or more of the members of the Krüppel-like transcription factor (KLF) family that suppress axon growth (e.g., KLF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9,12, 13, 14, 15 and/or 16), and/or (2) stimulating the expression or activity in a neuron of one or more of the members of the KLF family that promote axon growth (e.g., KLF 6 and/or 7). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394068 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609624 | Nevalainen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, comprising inhibiting the activity of Stat5 in prostate cancer cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477923 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609638 | Oldfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Oldfield (Champaign, Illinois); Ke Wang (Urbana, Illinois); Weixue Wang (Urbana, Israel); Yonghui Zhang (Urbana, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Oldfield (Champaign, Illinois); Ke Wang (Urbana, Illinois); Weixue Wang (Urbana, Israel); Yonghui Zhang (Urbana, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for studying the Rohmer pathway and for treating bacterial infections or parasitic infections. The parasitic infection can be a protozoan infection, such as malaria. The compounds and compositions can also be used as antibiotics, for example, to kill bacteria or parasites, or to inhibit bacterial or parasite growth. The invention further provides inhibitors of isoprenoid biosynthesis enzymes, and methods of inhibiting the activity of isoprenoid biosynthesis enzymes. The compounds can be, for example, alkynes or allenes that bind to a unique Fe of an Fe4S4 cluster of an isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/500845 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609639 | Turkson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Said Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Richard Jove (Glendora, California); Andrew D. Hamilton (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Orlando, Florida); Said Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Richard Jove (Glendora, California); Andrew D. Hamilton (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A small-molecule Stat3 dimerization inhibitor, S3I-M2001, is described and the dynamics of intracellular processing of activated Stat3 within the context of the biochemical and biological effects of the Stat3 chemical probe inhibitor are elucidated. S3I-M2001 is a newly-identified oxazole-based peptidomimetic of the Stat3 Src Homology (SH) 2 domain-binding phosphotyrosine peptide that selectively disrupts active Stat3:Stat3 dimers. Stat3-dependent malignant transformation, survival, and migration and invasion of mouse and human cancer cells harboring persistently-activated Stat3 were inhibited by S3I-M2001. S3I-M2001 inhibited Stat3-dependent transcriptional regulation of tumor survival genes, such as Bcl-xL. The disclosed compound is useful as a new potential treatment for certain cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/517453 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609661 | Verkman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California); Lukmanee Tradtrantip (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California); Lukmanee Tradtrantip (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are pyrimido-pyrrolo-quinoxalinedione (PPQ) compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds, that inhibit cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mediated ion transport and that are useful for treating diseases and disorders associated with aberrantly increased CFTR chloride channel activity. The compounds, and compositions comprising the compounds, described herein are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and sequelae of diseases, disorders, and conditions that are associated with aberrantly increased CFTR activity, for example, polycystic kidney disease. The compounds may be used for inhibiting expansion or preventing formation of cysts in persons who have polycystic kidney disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389898 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609663 | Finberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Finberg (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shenghua Zhou (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Finberg (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shenghua Zhou (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods, kits, and uses of inhibitors of LCMV mediated NF-κB activation to treat viral infections and inflammatory conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/948556 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/254.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609682 | Portoghese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip S. Portoghese (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ajay S. Yekkirala (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of The University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip S. Portoghese (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ajay S. Yekkirala (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, as well as compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds and compositions are useful as analgesics. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003691 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609716 | Boyd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Boyd (Mobile, Alabama); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising a substantially purified compound of the formula: in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, and methods of preventing or treating cancer and a condition treatable by the inhibition of vacuolar-type (H+)-ATPase. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/632293 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609721 | Kozikowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); Jarda T. Wroblewski (Kensington, Maryland); Fajun Nan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); Jarda T. Wroblewski (Kensington, Maryland); Fajun Nan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds and formulations thereof which compounds are ligands, e.g., agonists or antagonists, for a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating the activity of a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, e.g., in a subject in need thereof, using a compound or formulation of the present invention. The present invention also relates to methods of treating a subject suffering from a chronic or acute disease, malady or condition due at least in part to an abnormality in the activity of an endogenous metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, using a compound or formulation of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029367 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/533 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609733 | Kohane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel S. Kohane (Newton, Massachusetts); Itay Sagie (Haifa, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S. Kohane (Newton, Massachusetts); Itay Sagie (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Combinations of charged local anesthetics with chemical permeation enhancers have been developed to give long duration block which is selective for sensory block over motor block. The duration of block is greatly prolonged by combining the local anesthetic with a permeation enhancer. The selectivity of sensory over motor block is provided by selecting the concentration of the local anesthetic and the permeation enhancer to provide selective permeability of the sensory and motor neurons to the enhancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993622 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/626 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609734 | McKearn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John McKearn (Saint Louis, Missouri); Jeremy Blitzer (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pathdogica, LLC (Burglingame, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John McKearn (Saint Louis, Missouri); Jeremy Blitzer (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are new oral pharmaceutical compositions of MGBG and related polyamine analogs, polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors, polyamine inhibitors of AMD-I and regulators of osteopontin, and their application for the treatment of disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556948 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609831 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shi-Lung Lin (Alhambra, California); Shao-Yao Ying (San Marino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shi-Lung Lin (Alhambra, California); Shao-Yao Ying (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated RNA comprising an intron RNA that is released in a cell, thereby modulating the function of a target gene. Also disclosed are a composition comprising a chemokine and an isolated RNA of the invention or a DNA template for the isolated RNA, a composition comprising one or more agents that induce RNA-mediated modulation of the functions of two or more target genes in a cell, and methods of using these compositions for modulating the functions of genes in a cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663875 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609832 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chang-Zheng Chen (Palo Alto, California); David P. Bartel (Brookline, Massachusetts); Harvey Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Zheng Chen (Palo Alto, California); David P. Bartel (Brookline, Massachusetts); Harvey Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to microRNAs, methods of producing microRNAs and methods for using microRNAs. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326506 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609835 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Bruce Panilaitis (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Michael Mercaldi (Bethesda, Maryland); Hanna Dams-Kozlowska (Poznan, Poland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees Of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Bruce Panilaitis (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Michael Mercaldi (Bethesda, Maryland); Hanna Dams-Kozlowska (Poznan, Poland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to purification and use of a novel emulsion stabilizing polysaccharide. In particular, a polyelectrolyte exopolysaccharide with high molecular weight comprising a high molecular weight polymer with a tri-saccharide repeating unit is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, methods are directed to isolating and purifying a high molecular weight exopolysaccharide (EPS) from a cell supernatant. In another aspect, methods are disclosed for isolating a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and a high molecular weight Acinetobacter polyelectrolyte exopolysaccharide (APE) from Acinetobacter bacteria. Compositions are also directed to lipid nanoparticles comprising a therapeutic agent encapsulated by a high molecular weight polysaccharide and nanoparticles comprising a therapeutic agent bound to a cationic polysaccharide cross-linked with a polyanion. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993711 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/123.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609837 | Pandey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (E. Amherst, New York); Heinz Baumann (Buffalo, New York); Yihui Chen (Amherst, New York); Penny Joshi (Amherst, New York); Nayan Patel (Buffalo, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (E. Amherst, New York); Heinz Baumann (Buffalo, New York); Yihui Chen (Amherst, New York); Penny Joshi (Amherst, New York); Nayan Patel (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound in the form of a metallized tetrpyrollic photosensizer linked to a fluorescent dye where the photosensitizer (PS), is linked by a structure that does not have detrimental radiation emmitance or absorbing characteristics, to a fluorophore, usually a cyanine dye (CD). The photosensitizer in accordance the invention is a metallized analog of porphyrins, chlorins, purpurinimides, bacterio pupurinimides, phthalocyanines, expanded porphyrins, benzoporphyrin derivatives and purpurins. The fluorophore is usually a cyanine dye with variable substituents. And, A method for determining effectiveness of PDT by comparing proportion of STAT-3 monomer with crosslinked STAT-3 dimer after PDT where the relative proportion of STAT-3 monomer to crosslinked STAT-3 directly correlates to efficacy of the PDT. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/168421 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609849 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Garry Robert Smith (Royersford, Pennsylvania); Douglas E. Brenneman (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Allen B. Reitz (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Yan Zhang (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania); Yanming Du (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center, Inc. (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Advanced Neural Dynamics, Inc. (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry Robert Smith (Royersford, Pennsylvania); Douglas E. Brenneman (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Allen B. Reitz (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Yan Zhang (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania); Yanming Du (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include hydroxylated sulfamide derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with excitotoxicity and accompanying oxidative stress that include epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and any neurodegenerative disease involving glutamate toxicity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306103 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609850 | Wipf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620029 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609866 | Sinha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sukanto Sinha (San Francisco, California); Tamie Jo Chilcote (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sukanto Sinha (San Francisco, California); Tamie Jo Chilcote (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides prodrugs of compounds that inhibit the activity of plasma kallikrein (PK) and methods of preventing and treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, for example, diabetic macular edema, with the prodrugs having the formula: |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/972368 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/374.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609870 | Ye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keqiang Ye (Liburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keqiang Ye (Liburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds and methods for activating the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering in vivo or in vitro a therapeutically effective amount of a compound containing four six-membered rings and a substituted or unsubstituted C5 or C6 heteroaryl or heterocycloalkyl ring and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and derivatives thereof. Specifically, methods and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and metabolic disorders are provided. For example, a method is provided of treating or reducing the risk of depression, anxiety, or obesity in a subject, which includes selecting a subject with or at risk of developing depression, anxiety, or obesity, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds. A further method of promoting neuroprotection in a subject is provided, which includes selecting a subject in need of neuroprotection, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479653 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609927 | Stan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radu V. Stan (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radu V. Stan (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention embraces a transgenic mouse whose genome harbors a nucleic acid molecule encoding caveolin-1 fused in-frame with a reporter. To control expression of the Cav1-reporter, the nucleic acid molecule further includes a selectable marker expression cassette flanked by recombinase target sites in such a manner that, upon exposure to recombinase, said selectable marker expression cassette is excised from said nucleic acid molecule. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/319543 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611066 | Kulkarni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pramod Kulkarni (Mason, Ohio); Chaolong Qi (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pramod Kulkarni (Mason, Ohio); Chaolong Qi (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A bipolar charger includes a housing with a main chamber and positive and negative electrode chambers facing each other. The electrode chambers each have a ground electrode and a high voltage electrode that cooperate to create a cloud of ions. An aerosol flowing from an inlet passage through the main chamber and out an outlet passage mixes with the clouds of ions, thereby providing an aerosol with a steady-state electric charge distribution. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/315344 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611189 | Vaezy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Thuc Nghi Nguyen (Olympia, Washington); Vesna Zderic (Seattle, Washington); Jessica Foley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Thuc Nghi Nguyen (Olympia, Washington); Vesna Zderic (Seattle, Washington); Jessica Foley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A water pillow for coupling acoustic energy into tissue. The pillow is configured to conform to a transducer to facilitate coupling of ultrasound energy. The pillow includes a pouch that accommodates the transducer to enable a snug fit between the pillow and the transducer. The pillow includes a liquid inlet and outlet to facilitate liquid circulation for cooling, is biocompatible, has a low attenuation, is conformal to the shape of the transducer, facilitates use of an adjustable pressure to achieve various standoffs, includes an integral pouch to facilitate an interference fit to the transducer, facilitates water circulation for cooling, is sterilizable, and is disposable. Either the surface of the pillow adapted to conform to a tissue interface, or the surface of the pillow adapted to conform to the transducer, or both, can include pores configured to weep liquid to facilitate acoustic coupling of the pillow with the transducer and/or tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229005 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/546 (20130101) A61B 8/4281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611490 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tiezhi Zhang (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiezhi Zhang (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of imaging an object that includes directing a plurality of x-ray beams in a fan-shaped form towards an object, detecting x-rays that pass through the object due to the directing a plurality of x-ray beams and generating a plurality of imaging data regarding the object from the detected x-rays. The method further includes forming either a three-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography, digital tomosynthesis or Megavoltage image from the plurality of imaging data and displaying the image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/803480 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611624 | Poonawalla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aziz Hatim Poonawalla (Verona, Wisconsin); Scott Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aziz Hatim Poonawalla (Verona, Wisconsin); Scott Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for calculating a quantitative metric of adipose tissue using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. The MRI system is used to acquire k-space data by sampling echo signals that are formed at a plurality of different echo times. From the acquired k-space data, a fat-concentration map, such as a fat-fraction map is produced. A maximum fat-concentration value is estimated from the fat-concentration map, and is used to threshold the fat-concentration map to produce an adipose mask. From the adipose mask, a quantitative metric of adipose tissue can be calculated. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423800 |
| 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 08612160 | Fraenkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ernest Fraenkel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shao-Shan Carol Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David R. Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura Riva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Esti Yeger-Lotem (Misgav, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest Fraenkel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shao-Shan Carol Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David R. Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura Riva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Esti Yeger-Lotem (Misgav, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a mechanism associated with a cellular response includes identifying molecules participating in the cellular response; accessing a database containing information characterizing molecular interactions; determining pathways connecting the identified molecules participating in the cellular response; and solving an optimization problem that includes determining a subset of the molecules and interactions having a minimum aggregate cost. The pathways include, nodes, each representing a molecule, and edges, each connecting a respective pair of nodes and representing an interaction between a respective pair of molecules represented by the respective pair of nodes. Nodes from a subset of nodes represent molecules identified as participating in the cellular response. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/618915 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE44644 | Mugler, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John P. Mugler, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); James R. Brookeman (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Mugler, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); James R. Brookeman (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging “MRI” method and apparatus for lengthening the usable echo-train duration and reducing the power deposition for imaging is provided. The method explicitly considers the t1 and t2 relaxation times for the tissues of interest, and permits the desired image contrast to be incorporated into the tissue signal evolutions corresponding to the long echo train. The method provides a means to shorten image acquisition times and/or increase spatial resolution for widely-used spin-echo train magnetic resonance techniques, and enables high-field imaging within the safety guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration for power deposition in human MRI. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354471 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08607574 | Moon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut); Claude I. Barnett, Jr. (Lebanon, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Jacques (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut); Claude I. Barnett, Jr. (Lebanon, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Jacques (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust nozzle flap for a turbine engine may include an exhaust nozzle flap linkage, an exhaust nozzle flap panel and a mounting pin. The linkage may include a first linkage segment that extends longitudinally from a linkage end to a second linkage segment, and a mounting aperture that extends transversely through the second linkage segment. The panel may include a first panel segment that extends longitudinally from a panel end to a second panel segment. The first panel segment may be pivotally engaged with the first linkage segment. The mounting pin may extend through and move transversely within the mounting aperture, and may be connected to the second panel segment. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493664 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607577 | Ruberte Sanchez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez (Jupiter, Florida); Mitchell Aaron Riccione (Middletown, Connecticut); Jocelyn Charis Glispin (Plainville, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez (Jupiter, Florida); Mitchell Aaron Riccione (Middletown, Connecticut); Jocelyn Charis Glispin (Plainville, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for use in a gas turbine engine has an underlying metal sheet, and at least one ceramic matrix composite tile attached to the underlying metal sheet with at least one fastener assembly. The panel fastener assembly includes a fastener having a threaded portion extending rearwardly from a head, which has a frustoconical surface facing the threaded portion. The frustoconical surface is received in a frustoconical bore in the ceramic matrix composite panel. A bushing is positioned on an opposed side of the metal sheet from the ceramic matrix composite panel. The bushing has a flange extending away from the metal sheet. A sleeve is received about the threaded portion of the fastener, and extends away from the panel, beyond the metal sheet. The sleeve has a lip extending radially outwardly toward the flange on the bushing, such that the flange on the bushing extends beyond a space defined between the lip and a seating surface on the bushing. A wave spring is received within the cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/624523 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/796 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607683 | Burgermeister |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Burgermeister (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Burgermeister (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ammunition magazine for feeding linked ammunition to a weapon system having a power take off (PTO) may include a housing with a storage cavity for the linked ammunition. A drive shaft may be rotatably fixed to the housing and may include a driver on one end for selectively engaging the PTO. A drive sprocket may be mounted on the drive shaft for engaging and moving the linked ammunition in a feed direction. The drive sprocket may include first and second sprocket wheels that engage a cartridge portion of the linked ammunition. A pick-off round opening may be formed in the housing for presenting a pick-off round to the weapon system. A link chute may be disposed below the opening and including an exit for ammunition links. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/413187 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/33.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607702 | Donadio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Donadio (West Milford, New Jersey); Harry L. Moore, Jr. (Newton, New Jersey); Hardev Singh (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Matthew Sussmann (Sussex, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Donadio (West Milford, New Jersey); Harry L. Moore, Jr. (Newton, New Jersey); Hardev Singh (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Matthew Sussmann (Sussex, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A primary ignition system for large caliber ammunition which ignition system is less sensitive to unwanted ignition by conventional temperatures or conventional electrical signals or by stray electrostatic voltage electrical signals, or stray RF frequency signals. This ignition primer device begins the ignition sequence with applying a high voltage electrical pulse to a non-energetic element, specially coated with nano sized aluminum particles, to release and ionized discharge that generate a plasma in order to ignite an environmentally friendly ignition composition mix. The ignition composition is also comprised of aluminum water based nano material combined with oxidizer and binder. In the device's primer head assembly is a brass ignition pin pressed into a (non-electrically conductive) Torlon® material cup. The non-conductive Torlon® material acts as an insulator for the entire system. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/981682 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607703 | Marino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven H. Marino (Gap, Pennsylvania); Marathurai S. Jayakumar (Lexington, Massachusetts); Christopher E. Kohl (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven H. Marino (Gap, Pennsylvania); Marathurai S. Jayakumar (Lexington, Massachusetts); Christopher E. Kohl (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for a piston actuator comprising a configuration with lead styphnate charge material and Nichrome® bridgewire, wherein the device configuration provides very high reliability, including piston actuator applications; resistance of the bridgewire is carefully controlled to optimize power transfer from the firing circuit to the bridgewire and charge material. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082635 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607705 | Golden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J. Golden (Seattle, Washington); Jonathan D. Beaudoin (Bothell, Washington); Randel L. Hoskins (Woodinville, Washington); Keith Krasnowski (Lynnwood, Washington); Anthony G. Desimone (Everett, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Systima Technologies Inc. (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Golden (Seattle, Washington); Jonathan D. Beaudoin (Bothell, Washington); Randel L. Hoskins (Woodinville, Washington); Keith Krasnowski (Lynnwood, Washington); Anthony G. Desimone (Everett, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates a high strength, low weight, and low shock rocket body separating joint for the purpose of joining rocket bodies, and method of assembly thereof. The solution combines a radax joint, joined by fasteners, with a flattened bladder and inflation system coupled thereto. Upon activation of the inflation system, the bladder is pressurized and exerts a separating force between the members of the radax joint, overcoming the load carrying capability of the fasteners and breaking apart the radax joint. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/961323 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607708 | McClenahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles H. McClenahan (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); William B. Walter (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); Chad G. Rumchick (Crestview, Florida); Mitcheal A. Cooksey, Jr. (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles H. McClenahan (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); William B. Walter (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); Chad G. Rumchick (Crestview, Florida); Mitcheal A. Cooksey, Jr. (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved apparatus and method for fitting a normally non-explosive containing projectile with a spotting charge. A spotting charge capsule is inserted into an opening in the front of a projectile. The opening may be made by removing part of the nose of the projectile and making a shaped opening for inserting the spotting charge capsule. The spotting charge capsule includes an opening at its front and a bore behind the opening leading to a cavity for holding an explosive mixture, usually one or more pressed incendiary pellets. The opening and bore together form a venturi, or venturi-like, tube. The tube ends short of the cavity leaving only a thin wall between the bore and the explosive. On impact on soft media, such as dirt, sand or mud, the soft media will enter the tube and shear the thin wall, creating a high speed flier plate that ignites the explosive mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118839 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607764 | Judge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard A. Judge (Gillingham, United Kingdom); Kenneth L. Smith (Rainham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Judge (Gillingham, United Kingdom); Kenneth L. Smith (Rainham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid accumulator arrangement suitable for use with a compression ignition internal-combustion engine comprising a first storage volume, a second storage volume, and valve means fluidly connected between the first storage volume and the second storage volume. In one embodiment, the valve means is a three-way control valve wherein, in a first position, the first storage volume communicates with the second storage volume, in a second position the first storage volume is isolated from the second storage volume and, in a third position, one of the first or second storage volumes communicates with a low pressure drain. The arrangement may also include control means to operate the valve means in accordance with predetermined control strategies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124190 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608310 | Otis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Otis (Seattle, Washington); Yu-Te Liao (Taichung, Taiwan); Babak Amirparviz (Mountain View, California); Huanfen Yao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Otis (Seattle, Washington); Yu-Te Liao (Taichung, Taiwan); Babak Amirparviz (Mountain View, California); Huanfen Yao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A contact lens having an integrated glucose sensor is provided. The contact lens includes an electrochemical sensor configured to measure the level of glucose in the tear fluid of the eye of the user wearing the contact lens. The electrochemical sensor is powered by radiation off-lens, through an RF antenna or a photovoltaic device mounted on the periphery of the contact lens. The power provided to the contact lens also enables transmission of data from the electrochemical sensor, for example by backscatter communications or optically by an LED mounted to the lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401569 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/159.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608461 | Cooke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump for pumping a fluid comprises an inlet, an outlet, an internal volume disposed between the inlet and the outlet, a first pumping arrangement operable to pump a first volume of fluid from the inlet into the internal volume, and a second pumping arrangement operable to pump a second volume of fluid from the internal volume into the outlet. In a first mode of operation of the pump, the first volume of fluid is greater than the second volume of fluid such that, in use, the pressure of the fluid within the internal volume is elevated to a level above the pressure of the fluid at the inlet. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612712 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608879 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse J. Sabatini (Denville, New Jersey); Gary Chen (Succasunna, New Jersey); Amita Nagori (Rockaway, New Jersey); Reddy Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse J. Sabatini (Denville, New Jersey); Gary Chen (Succasunna, New Jersey); Amita Nagori (Rockaway, New Jersey); Reddy Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a flare illuminant composition, useful in hand-held signals, which composition is environmentally friendly and economical, containing a commercially available, aromatic, high energy, amine-based organic compound, 5-aminotetrazole, in place of the conventional and toxic KClO4, or, for the known alternative to KClO4, expensive, strontium bis-(1-methyl-5-nitriminotetrazolate)monohydrate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329413 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608992 | Chasiotis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Evanston, Illinois); Salman N. Arshad (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Evanston, Illinois); Salman N. Arshad (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing one or more nanofibers includes providing (a) a solution comprising a polymer and a solvent, (b) a nozzle for ejecting the solution, and (c) a stationary collector disposed a distance d apart from the nozzle. A voltage is applied between the nozzle and the stationary collector, and a jet of the solution is ejected from the nozzle toward the stationary collector. An electric field intensity of between about 0.5 and about 2.0 kV/cm is maintained, where the electric field intensity is defined as a ratio of the voltage to the distance d. At least a portion of the solvent from the stream is evaporated, and one or more polymer nanofibers are deposited on the stationary collector as the stream impinges thereupon. Each polymer nanofiber has an average diameter of about 500 nm or less and may serve as a precursor for carbon fiber production. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243302 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/29.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609041 | Mitragotri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samir Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Sumit Paliwal (Goleta, California); Makoto Ogura (Ryugasaki, Japan); Russell M. Lebovitz (San Diego, California); MyPhuong Lam (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Samir Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Sumit Paliwal (Goleta, California); Makoto Ogura (Ryugasaki, Japan); Russell M. Lebovitz (San Diego, California); MyPhuong Lam (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue solubilizing apparatuses are provided. The apparatuses may be useful to solubilize tissue, including skin, mucosal membrane, and other tissue. The apparatuses may be further useful to preserve and recover analytes contained within the solubilized skin, mucosal membrane, and other tissue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/095771 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/536 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609409 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a synthetic cell culture platform, comprising: a two dimensional and/or three dimensional surface comprising peptides conjugated to said surface and methods of using the platform for increasing cell adhesion, stable attachment and/or proliferation of cells grown on the platform and for promoting differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598343 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609461 | Balakrishnan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ganesh Balakrishnan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerome V. Moloney (Tucson, Arizona); Victor Hasson (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganesh Balakrishnan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerome V. Moloney (Tucson, Arizona); Victor Hasson (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide methods for forming a diamond heat spreader and integrating the diamond heat spreader with a heat source without generating voids at the interface. In one embodiment, a semiconductor layer can be epitaxially formed on a diamond substrate having a desirably low surface root mean square (RMS) roughness. The semiconductor epi-layer can be used as an interface layer for bonding the diamond substrate to the heat source to provide efficient heat spreading. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777907 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609558 | Riehl |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Riehl (Hebron, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Riehl (Hebron, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A tackifier composition includes a carrier solvent, a resin material, and an inorganic filler. The tackifier composition may be deposited onto at least a portion of a woven fiber structure and then dried to remove the carrier solvent. The dried woven fiber structure may then be formed into a preform. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/625936 |
| ART UNIT | 1789 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609624 | Nevalainen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marja T. Nevalainen (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, comprising inhibiting the activity of Stat5 in prostate cancer cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477923 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609721 | Kozikowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); Jarda T. Wroblewski (Kensington, Maryland); Fajun Nan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); Jarda T. Wroblewski (Kensington, Maryland); Fajun Nan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds and formulations thereof which compounds are ligands, e.g., agonists or antagonists, for a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating the activity of a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, e.g., in a subject in need thereof, using a compound or formulation of the present invention. The present invention also relates to methods of treating a subject suffering from a chronic or acute disease, malady or condition due at least in part to an abnormality in the activity of an endogenous metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, using a compound or formulation of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029367 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/533 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609799 | Schulz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas L. Schulz (Moorhead, Minnesota); Xuliang Dai (Fargo, North Dakota); Kendric J. Nelson (La Crosse, Wisconsin); Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. Schulz (Moorhead, Minnesota); Xuliang Dai (Fargo, North Dakota); Kendric J. Nelson (La Crosse, Wisconsin); Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Heteroatom doped silane compounds, e.g., phosphorus-containing silane compounds, are provided. The application also provides methods of producing the heteroatom doped silane compounds from halogen substituted silanes via reaction with a heteroatom-containing nucleophile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993239 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609850 | Wipf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marie Celine Frantz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620029 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610042 | Sankovic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Sankovic (Chesterland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. (Vergennes, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Sankovic (Chesterland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A fin retention and deployment mechanism includes a detent in each of a plurality of fins, a mechanism that engages the detent, and at least one spring clip that maintains each of the fins in a non-deployed position. The mechanism also includes a gas generator, a manifold, coupled to the gas generator and having a plurality of cylinders in fluid communication with gas from the gas generator, and a plurality of pistons disposed in the cylinders. A bottom of each of the pistons is coupled to each of the fins to provide deployment thereof when a corresponding top of each of the pistons is acted upon by gas from the gas generator. In response to the gas generator expelling gas, the pistons may move the fins to a deployed position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/927275 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610058 | Verbeck, IV et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV (Plano, Texas); Stephen Davila (Odessa, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Texas (Denton, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV (Plano, Texas); Stephen Davila (Odessa, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Silver nanoparticles as a sample matrix for Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) along with a novel method for nanoparticle development is described herein. The silver nanoparticles were generated from silver ions on the surface of a MALDI plate utilizing a Soft Landing Ion Mobility (SLIM) instrument. Upon interaction with the surface the incident silver ions were labile and aggregated into the nanoparticle structures in a time dependent fashion. Post landing analysis were completed by Time of Flight mass spectrometry (TOF), and of particular interest in the spectra were the elimination of low mass interference peaks that generally plague organic based matrices. The approach of the present invention significantly decreases sample preparation time and may lead to a preparation free MALDI source by soft landing a matrix directly on the sample surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287499 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610103 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinod M. Menon (Princeton, New Jersey); Nikesh V. Valappil (Kerala, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod M. Menon (Princeton, New Jersey); Nikesh V. Valappil (Kerala, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanically flexible array of optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, fabricated using spin coating. The array uses InGaP colloidal quantum dots as an active medium and alternating polymer layers of different refractive indices as Bragg mirrors. Enhanced spontaneous emission is produced. The flexible array can be peeled off a substrate, producing a flexible structure that can conform to a wide variety of shapes, and having an emission spectrum that can be mechanically tuned. The flexible array can be used to create a flexible infrared light bandage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144152 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610223 | Lakamraju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen M. Phillips (Gilbert, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narendra V. Lakamraju (Tempe, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (Chandler, Arizona); Stephen M. Phillips (Gilbert, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/192261 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610290 | Autumn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kellar Autumn (Portland, Oregon); Ronald S. Fearing (El Cerrito, California); Steven D. Jones (Lafayette, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kellar Autumn (Portland, Oregon); Ronald S. Fearing (El Cerrito, California); Steven D. Jones (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit chip has one or more electrically conductive nano-fibers formed on one or more contact pads of the integrated circuit chip. The one or more electrically conductive nano-fibers are configured to provide an adhesive force by intermolecular forces and establish an electrical connection with one or more contact pads disposed on the surface of a chip package. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352552 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/783 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610356 | Szabo, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Szabo, Jr. (Bedford, Massachusetts); Bruce Pote (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); Surjeet Paintal (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michael Robin (Lincoln, Rhode Island); Vladimir Hruby (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Busek Co., Inc. (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Szabo, Jr. (Bedford, Massachusetts); Bruce Pote (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); Surjeet Paintal (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michael Robin (Lincoln, Rhode Island); Vladimir Hruby (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An iodine fueled plasma generator system includes a plasma generator. At least one storage vessel is configured to store condensed phase iodine therein. A heating device proximate to the storage vessel is configured to create iodine vapor from the condensed phase iodine. A propellant management subsystem is configured to deliver the iodine vapor to the plasma generator. A feedback control subsystem is responsive to one or more of plasma generator discharge current, the pressure of the iodine vapor, and/or the temperature of the iodine vapor configured to regulate the flow rate of the iodine vapor to the plasma generator. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/559894 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610637 | Steinbrecher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A propagating mode transition system provides a transition from a free-space-propagating electromagnetic energy field, which is partitioned by an array of elongate elements, to a transverse electromagnetic-mode propagating energy field in a transmission line. Electrically-conductive pads are disposed on a substrate with the pads being arranged in spaced-apart fashion. Each pad is substantially covered by and electrically coupled to one of the elongate elements at a base thereof such that portions of each pad not covered by the base are exposed. Each of a plurality of transmission line baluns extends through the substrate with one end thereof disposed between the exposed portions of two adjacent pads. Each balun includes two identical-width electrical conductors with each conductor being electrically coupled to one of the exposed portions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134957 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/859 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610789 | Nayar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York); Tomoo Mitsunaga (Kawasaki, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York); Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York); Tomoo Mitsunaga (Kawasaki, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The application provides techniques for obtaining a relatively high dynamic range image of a scene using a relatively low dynamic range image sensor exposed to incident light from the scene for capturing an image. The image sensor has a multiplicity of light-sensing elements in an array and each light sensing element has a particular one of a plurality of sensitivity levels to incident light in accordance with a predetermined sensitivity pattern for the array of light-sensing elements and has a response function. Each light sensing element is responsive to incident light from the scene for producing a captured image brightness value at a corresponding one of a multiplicity of pixel positions of a pixel position array. Each one of the multiplicity of pixel positions corresponds to a particular one of the plurality of sensitivity levels of the light sensing elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/104606 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611068 | Baer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); James S. Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia); Mason A. Wolak (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); James S. Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia); Mason A. Wolak (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer polymer dielectric film includes a coextruded first dielectric layer and second dielectric layer. The first dielectric includes a first polymer material and the second dielectric layer includes a second polymer material. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer defining an interface between the layers that delocalizes charges in the layers. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580816 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611134 | Carter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Carter (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Carter (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed systems and methods for reading the resistance states of crossbar junctions of a crossbar array. In one aspect, a system includes one or more sense amplifiers connected to column wires of the crossbar array, a reference row wire connected to each sense amp, and a wire driver connected to the reference row wire and configured to drive the reference row wire. The sense amplifiers are configured so that when a selected row wire of the crossbar array is driven by a sense voltage, the column wires are held at approximately zero volts and pass currents through the column wires and sense amplifiers to the reference row wire so that resistive voltage losses along the reference row wire substantially mirror the resistive voltage losses along the selected row wire, allowing the sense amplifiers to determine the crossbar junction resistance states. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/383622 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611189 | Vaezy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Thuc Nghi Nguyen (Olympia, Washington); Vesna Zderic (Seattle, Washington); Jessica Foley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Thuc Nghi Nguyen (Olympia, Washington); Vesna Zderic (Seattle, Washington); Jessica Foley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A water pillow for coupling acoustic energy into tissue. The pillow is configured to conform to a transducer to facilitate coupling of ultrasound energy. The pillow includes a pouch that accommodates the transducer to enable a snug fit between the pillow and the transducer. The pillow includes a liquid inlet and outlet to facilitate liquid circulation for cooling, is biocompatible, has a low attenuation, is conformal to the shape of the transducer, facilitates use of an adjustable pressure to achieve various standoffs, includes an integral pouch to facilitate an interference fit to the transducer, facilitates water circulation for cooling, is sterilizable, and is disposable. Either the surface of the pillow adapted to conform to a tissue interface, or the surface of the pillow adapted to conform to the transducer, or both, can include pores configured to weep liquid to facilitate acoustic coupling of the pillow with the transducer and/or tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229005 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/546 (20130101) A61B 8/4281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611190 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derke R. Hughes (Warwick, Rhode Island); Richard A. Katz (East Lyme, Connecticut); Albert H. Nuttall (Old Lyme, Connecticut); John R. Cooley (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derke R. Hughes (Warwick, Rhode Island); Richard A. Katz (East Lyme, Connecticut); Albert H. Nuttall (Old Lyme, Connecticut); John R. Cooley (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is taught for a signal processing breakthrough that significantly alleviates the “Curse of Dimensionality” (COD) in the characterization of nonlinear physical systems; namely, the reduction in the number of coefficients used to describe the higher order (i.e., nonlinear) kernels in the Volterra series expansion. The latter technique provides the means to evaluate simultaneously from a wide band excitation, all the inter-modulation products up to a specified order by greatly reducing the number of coefficients in the higher order kernel estimation to a manageable set that can be easily manipulated by current personal computers used to enhance a finite element (FE) model that generates a bio-inspired acoustic transducer model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246951 |
| 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 367/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611439 | Karabulut et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gunes Karabulut (Ottawa, Canada); John Fanson (Ottawa, Canada); Yu Wang (Kanata, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edgewater Computer Systems, Inc. (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gunes Karabulut (Ottawa, Canada); John Fanson (Ottawa, Canada); Yu Wang (Kanata, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for allocating transmitter power to subcarriers of a multicarrier signal is provided. First, the subcarriers are transmitted with an initial set of power levels and an initial set of constellation assignments. Next, quantized SNR metric values are measured at the receiver for each subcarrier. The measured subcarrier quantized SNR metric is compared with the respective allocated constellation quantized SNR metric, for determining the excess SNR per subcarrier. The transmitter power of the subcarriers whose excess SNR is above a predetermined threshold is adjusted, while keeping the total transmitter power constant. The transmitter power may be adjusted for increasing throughput or robustness of the system. For increased accuracy, several training frames may be used. Advantageously, only constellations equally spaced, such as square or cross constellations, are used. According to a preferred embodiment, OFDM/DMT multicarrier system use IFFT prescalers in the transmitter power adjustment. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/770461 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611565 | Currano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Danny Gee (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Danny Gee (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for creating a MEMS directional sensor system capable of determining direction from at least two microphones to a sound source over a wide range of frequencies is disclosed. By utilizing a stiff beam stand-off architecture that relies on a unique manufacturing technique in a MEMS device, such as described herein, a very small set of microphones, on the order of a few micrometers, can be designed with unsurpassed ability to detect a sound source location. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087095 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611591 | Coffman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thayne R. Coffman (Austin, Texas); Ronald C. Larcom (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21 CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thayne R. Coffman (Austin, Texas); Ronald C. Larcom (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are tracking algorithm modifications to handle occlusions when processing a video stream including multiple image frames. Specifically, system and methods for handling both partial and full occlusions while tracking moving and non-moving targets are described. The occlusion handling embodiments described herein may be appropriate for a visual tracking system with supplementary range information. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/809443 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611603 | Rosario |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dalton S. Rosario (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dalton S. Rosario (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for tracking a small sample size user-identified object comprising extracting a plurality of blocks of pixels from a first frame of a plurality of frames of a scene detected by a hyperspectral (HS) sensor, comparing a reference sample of the object with the plurality of blocks to generate a first attribute set corresponding to contrasting HS response values of the reference sample and HS response values of each block of the plurality of blocks, comparing a test sample of a portion of the first frame to each block of the plurality of blocks to generate a second attribute set corresponding to contrasting HS response values of the test samples and HS response values of each block of the plurality of blocks and determining if the object exists in two or more of the frames by comparing the first HS attribute set with the second HS attribute set. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372772 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611670 | Plagemann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian Plagemann (Menlo Park, California); Hariraam Varun Ganapathi (Palo Alto, California); Sebastian Thrun (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Plagemann (Menlo Park, California); Hariraam Varun Ganapathi (Palo Alto, California); Sebastian Thrun (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for use with motion capture. One such method is implemented for identifying salient points from three-dimensional image data. The method involves the execution of instructions on a computer system to generate a three-dimensional surface mesh from the three-dimensional image data. Lengths of possible paths from a plurality of points on the three-dimensional surface mesh to a common reference point are categorized. The categorized lengths of possible paths are used to identify a subset of the plurality of points as salient points. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/712914 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611691 | Vorontsov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mikhail A. Vorontsov (Laurel, Maryland); Gary W. Carhart (Elkton, Maryland); Mathieu Aubailly (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail A. Vorontsov (Laurel, Maryland); Gary W. Carhart (Elkton, Maryland); Mathieu Aubailly (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for mitigating image distortions induced by optical wave propagation through a random media (e.g., atmospheric turbulence or volume of water) from a stream of video data provided by a single shortexposure image sensor is described. The method is based on the two following sequential steps: (1) enhancement of the raw video stream and (2) fusion of the enhanced stream using the lucky region fusion (LRF) technique. The first step enhances features of the raw image stream the LRF method success is based on and especially mitigates the effect of low light level, aerosol pollution, dust, haze, and other deteriorating factors. The second step, fusion of the enhanced stream, is realized by sequentially merging image regions with highest quality within a temporal buffer into a single image before sliding the temporal window forward. The process is continuously repeated in order to generate a stream of fused images. The resulting fused stream hence has an image quality superior to that of any image within the buffer and demonstrates improved contrast as well as increased detail visualization. In addition, the disclosed invention offers a method for automated extraction of random media (atmospheric turbulence for example) characteristics needed for optimizing the LRF method performance. Based solely on analysis of the enhanced video stream, this has the advantage to eliminate the need for turbulence strength characterization devices (e.g., scintillometer) and it allows the invention to provide an optimal fused stream even when operating within an evolving environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836988 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611708 | Engelberth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon W. Engelberth (Denville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LGS Innovations LLC (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon W. Engelberth (Denville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical assembly is provided that can mitigate thermal damage that could otherwise occur in the region near where the optical fiber emerges from a high-power optical device package. The optical assembly includes an optical medium to guide stray light, along the fiber axis but substantially outside of the fiber core, from the interior to the exterior of a housing. The assembly further includes a transition region external to the housing, where at least one optical mode guided by the optical medium transitions to at least one optical mode confined by a polymer coating as a guided mode of the cladding. In embodiments, the optical medium is provided by the fiber cladding together with overlying materials of relatively low refractive index that help to confine the stray light within the cladding. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949091 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611709 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William S. C. Chang (San Diego, California); Paul K. L. Yu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. C. Chang (San Diego, California); Paul K. L. Yu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention provides a coupled waveguide photo detector device. Optically, the device includes an input waveguide. An output waveguide is coupled to the input waveguide with a nonuniform coupling coefficient in a coupling section. An absorber is included in the coupling section to convert an absorbed portion of optical radiation into photo current. The location of absorber and the optical radiation intensity pattern in the coupling section are set to control the maximum intensity of output power absorbed by the output waveguide to be within a predetermined limit that avoids saturation. The absorber is also part of a transmission line collector which has a phase and group velocity to match those of the optical wave in the coupling section such that currents collected by the transmission line collector add in phase as the optical wave propagates in the output waveguide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/991505 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611759 | Kvavle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua M. Kvavle (San Diego, California); James R Adleman (San Diego, California); Christopher K. Huynh (Rosemead, California); Camille-Sophie Bres (Lausanne, Switzerland); Sanja Zlatanovic (San Diego, California); Andreas Olof Johan Wiberg (La Jolla, California); Ping Piu Kuo (San Diego, California); Evgeny Myslivets (San Diego, California); Everett William Jacobs (San Diego, California); Stojan Radic (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Kvavle (San Diego, California); James R Adleman (San Diego, California); Christopher K. Huynh (Rosemead, California); Camille-Sophie Bres (Lausanne, Switzerland); Sanja Zlatanovic (San Diego, California); Andreas Olof Johan Wiberg (La Jolla, California); Ping Piu Kuo (San Diego, California); Evgeny Myslivets (San Diego, California); Everett William Jacobs (San Diego, California); Stojan Radic (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical domain spectrum analyzer/channelizer employs multicasting of an analog signal onto a wavelength division multiplexing grid, followed by spectral slicing using a periodic optical domain filter. This technique allows for a large number of high resolution channels. Wideband, 100% duty cycle, spectrum analysis or channelization is made possible permitting continuous time wideband spectral monitoring. The instantaneous bandwidth of the spectrum analyzer/channelizer is equal to the full radio frequency bandwidth of the analyzer/channelizer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368041 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612068 | Patera |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell P Patera (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell P Patera (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method is provided for propagating the attitude of a vehicle. A slew rate is computed based on angular rotation increments associated with a time interval. An incremental update is computed for the associated time interval based on an angular rate and the slew rate. An attitude of the vehicle is propagated based on the computed attitude increment and an initial attitude at the start of propagation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198598 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612169 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Yung Lin (Scarsdale, New York); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Yung Lin (Scarsdale, New York); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting anomalies from a bipartite graph includes analyzing the graph to determine a row-cluster membership, a column-cluster membership and a non-negative residual matrix, and in a processor, detecting the anomalies from the non-negative residual matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094724 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612197 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey D. Johnson (Sachse, Texas); Alan D. Amis (Plano, Texas); George A. Deprez (Parker, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Johnson (Sachse, Texas); Alan D. Amis (Plano, Texas); George A. Deprez (Parker, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for providing a network simulation is disclosed. The system may comprise a plurality of simulation platforms, each particular simulation platform of the plurality of simulation platforms representing a simulated entity in the network simulation, each particular simulation platform may include: a simulated node configured for executing a set of networking software for representing the simulated entity; a communication handler configured for handling communications between the particular simulation platform and another simulation platform of the plurality of simulation platforms; and a proxy node configured for emulating a data transmission from an outside node to the simulated node, the outside node being a simulated node of the other simulation platform. The system may further comprise a simulation control module for controlling at least one of: a start and an end of the network simulation, mobility of each of the plurality of simulation platforms, and traffic flows in the network simulation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960876 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612491 | Sample et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for storing a dataset of image tiles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544599 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/805 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612720 | Sim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alvin Sim (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edgewater Computer Systems, Inc. (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin Sim (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for implementation of MMU assisted data breakpoints for any number of data structures within a program application are provided. For each data structure for which a data breakpoint is desired, two distinct MMU entries are created. One MMU entry has access attributes. The other entry has an interrupt triggering sub-entry. According to the preferred embodiment, access to the second MMU entry causes a page fault. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673436 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612977 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake-and-go mechanism is provided for a data processing system. When a thread is waiting for an event, rather than performing a series of get-and-compare sequences, the thread updates a wake-and-go array with a target address associated with the event. Software may save the state of the thread. The thread is then put to sleep. When the wake-and-go array snoops a kill at a given target address, logic associated with wake-and-go array may generate an exception, which may result in a switch to kernel mode, wherein the operating system performs some action before returning control to the originating process. In this case, the trap results in other software, such as the operating system or background sleeper thread, for example, to reload thread from thread state storage and to continue processing of the active threads on the processor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024797 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612984 | Bell, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Bell, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Luigi Brochard (Paris, France); Donald R. DeSota (Liberty Hill, Texas); Rajendra D. Panda (Austin, Texas); Francois Thomas (Alencon, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Bell, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Luigi Brochard (Paris, France); Donald R. DeSota (Liberty Hill, Texas); Rajendra D. Panda (Austin, Texas); Francois Thomas (Alencon, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A job scheduler can select a processor core operating frequency for a node in a cluster to perform a job based on energy usage and performance data. After a job request is received, an energy aware job scheduler accesses data that specifies energy usage and job performance metrics that correspond to the requested job and a plurality of processor core operating frequencies. A first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies is selected that satisfies an energy usage criterion for performing the job based, at least in part, on the data that specifies energy usage and job performance metrics that correspond to the job. The job is assigned to be performed by a node in the cluster at the selected first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/917421 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D695871 | Donahue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brent Donahue (Newton, New Jersey); Hau T. Do (Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey); Peter Chiu (New York, New York); Kevin Russell (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent Donahue (Newton, New Jersey); Hau T. Do (Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey); Peter Chiu (New York, New York); Kevin Russell (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 29/427432 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment D22/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08607562 | Browne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan L. Browne (Grosse Pointe, Michigan); Nancy L. Johnson (Northville, Michigan); Andrew C. Keefe (Encino, California); Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Peter Maxwell Sarosi (Royal Oak, Michigan); Guillermo A. Herrera (Winnetka, California); James Ryan Yates (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); Dynalloy, Inc. (Tustin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan L. Browne (Grosse Pointe, Michigan); Nancy L. Johnson (Northville, Michigan); Andrew C. Keefe (Encino, California); Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Peter Maxwell Sarosi (Royal Oak, Michigan); Guillermo A. Herrera (Winnetka, California); James Ryan Yates (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley and a second rotatable pulley spaced from the first rotatable pulley. A shape memory alloy (SMA) element is disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at an SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element includes first spring coil and a first fiber core within the first spring coil. A timing cable is disposed about disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at a timing pulley ratio, which is different than the SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element converts a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region into mechanical energy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/340955 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607568 | Zuo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Abdul Khan (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Abdul Khan (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustion system includes a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber. The second combustion chamber is positioned downstream of the first combustion chamber. The combustion system also includes a pre-mixed, direct-injection secondary fuel nozzle. The pre-mixed, direct-injection secondary fuel nozzle extends through the first combustion chamber into the second combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465805 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607569 | Helmick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Andrew Helmick (Fountain Inn, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Andrew Helmick (Fountain Inn, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assembling a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling a combustor in flow communication with a compressor such that the combustor receives at least some of the air discharged by the compressor. A fuel nozzle assembly is coupled to the combustor and includes at least one fuel nozzle that includes a plurality of interior surfaces, wherein a thermal barrier coating is applied across at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces to facilitate shielding the interior surfaces from combustion gases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/495918 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08607803 | Lamartine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Carvell Lamartine (Los Alamos, New Mexico); E. Bruce Orler (Blacksburg, Virginia); Richard Matthew Charles Sutton (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shuangqi Song (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Procter and Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Carvell Lamartine (Los Alamos, New Mexico); E. Bruce Orler (Blacksburg, Virginia); Richard Matthew Charles Sutton (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shuangqi Song (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Hair was coated with polymer-containing fluid and then hot pressed to form a composite of hair and a polymer film imprinted with a nanopattern. Polychromatic light incident on the nanopattern is diffracted into dispersed colored light. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248746 |
| ART UNIT | 3776 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Toilet 132/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608375 | Rhodes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Rhodes (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Rhodes (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of measuring a temperature of a noble gas in a chamber includes providing the noble gas in the chamber. The noble gas is characterized by a pressure and a temperature. The method also includes directing a first laser beam into the chamber and directing a second laser beam into the chamber. The first laser beam is characterized by a first frequency and the second laser beam is characterized by a second frequency. The method further includes converting at least a portion of the first laser beam and the second laser beam into a coherent anti-Stokes beam, measuring a Doppler broadening of the coherent anti-Stokes beam, and computing the temperature using the Doppler broadening. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905958 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608829 | Do{hacek over (g)}an et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ömer N. Do{hacek over (g)}an (Corvallis, Oregon); Michael C. Gao (Albany, Oregon); Rongxiang Hu Young (Independence, Oregon); De Nyago Tafen (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ömer N. Do{hacek over (g)}an (Corvallis, Oregon); Michael C. Gao (Albany, Oregon); Rongxiang Hu Young (Independence, Oregon); De Nyago Tafen (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides an H2 separation membrane comprised of an alloy having the composition Cu(100-x-y)PdxMy, where x is from about 35 to about 50 atomic percent and where y is from greater than 0 to about 20 atomic percent, and where M consists of magnesium, yttrium, aluminum, titanium, lanthanum, or combinations thereof. The M elements act as strong stabilizers for the B2 phase of the alloy, and extend the critical temperature of the alloy for a given hydrogen concentration and pressure. Due to the phase stabilization and the greater temperature range over which a B2 phase can be maintained, the alloy is well suited for service as a H2 separation membrane, particularly when applicable conditions are established or cycled above about 600° C. over the course of expected operations. In certain embodiments, the B2 phase comprises at least 60 estimated volume percent of the alloy at a steady-state temperature of 400° C. The B2 phase stability is experimentally validated through HT-XRD. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/208403 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608848 | Alivisatos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California); Erik C. Scher (Menlo Park, California); Liberato Manna (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California); Erik C. Scher (Menlo Park, California); Liberato Manna (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Shaped nanocrystal particles and methods for making shaped nanocrystal particles are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method for forming a branched, nanocrystal particle. It includes (a) forming a core having a first crystal structure in a solution, (b) forming a first arm extending from the core having a second crystal structure in the solution, and (c) forming a second arm extending from the core having the second crystal structure in the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/267170 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608970 | Waite et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darrell M. Waite (Bangor, Maine); Richard Arnold (Milford, Maine); James St. Pierre (Milford, Maine); Hemant P. Pendse (Orono, Maine); William H. Ceckler (Hancock, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Red Shield Acquisition, LLC (Old Town, Maine); University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell M. Waite (Bangor, Maine); Richard Arnold (Milford, Maine); James St. Pierre (Milford, Maine); Hemant P. Pendse (Orono, Maine); William H. Ceckler (Hancock, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for hardwood pulp liquid hydrolysate conditioning includes a first evaporator receives a hardwood mix extract and outputting a quantity of vapor and extract. A hydrolysis unit receives the extract, hydrolyzes and outputs to a lignin separation device, which separates and recovers a quantity of lignin. A neutralization device receives extract from the lignin separation device and a neutralizing agent, producing a mixture of solid precipitate and a fifth extract. The solid precipitate is removed from the fifth extract. A second evaporator removes a quantity of acid from the fifth extract in a vapor form. This vapor may be recycled to improve total acid recovery or discarded. A desalination device receives the diluted extract, separates out some of the acid and salt and outputs a desalinated solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/187818 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/806 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608981 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas C. Elliott (Richland, Washington); James Oyler (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); Genifuel Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Elliott (Richland, Washington); James Oyler (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Processing of wet biomass feedstock by liquid-phase catalytic hydrothermal gasification must address catalyst fouling and poisoning. One solution can involve heating the wet biomass with a heating unit to a pre-treatment temperature sufficient for organic constituents in the feedstock to decompose, for precipitates of inorganic wastes to form, for preheating the wet feedstock in preparation for subsequent removal of soluble sulfate contaminants, or combinations thereof. Processing further includes reacting the soluble sulfate contaminants with cations present in the feedstock material to yield a sulfate-containing precipitate and separating the inorganic precipitates and/or the sulfate-containing precipitates out of the wet feedstock. Having removed much of the inorganic wastes and the sulfate contaminants that can cause poisoning and fouling, the wet biomass feedstock can be exposed to the heterogeneous catalyst for gasification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/541003 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609025 | Johnson, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical field effect sensors comprising nanotube field effect devices having biopolymers such as single stranded DNA or RNA functionally adsorbed to the nanotubes are provided. Also included are arrays comprising the sensors and methods of using the devices to detect volatile compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/373654 |
| 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 | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609060 | Perry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Lee Perry (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); John C. Weigle (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Lee Perry (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); John C. Weigle (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles comprising entraining particles in an aerosol gas, providing a carbon-containing gas, providing a plasma gas, mixing the aerosol gas, the carbon-containing gas, and the plasma gas proximate a torch, bombarding the mixed gases with microwaves, and collecting resulting carbon-coated nano- or micron-scale particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/464600 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609187 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce S. Kang (Morgantown, West Virginia); Minking K. Chyu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mary Anne Alvin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Gleeson (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce S. Kang (Morgantown, West Virginia); Minking K. Chyu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mary Anne Alvin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Gleeson (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method for the production of composite particles utilizing a mechano chemical bonding process following by high energy ball milling on a powder mixture comprised of coating particles, first host particles, and second host particles. The composite particles formed have a grain size of less than one micron with grains generally characterized by a uniformly dispersed coating material and a mix of first material and second material intermetallics. The method disclosed is particularly useful for the fabrication of oxide dispersion strengthened coatings, for example using a powder mixture comprised of Y2O3, Cr, Ni, and Al. This particular powder mixture may be subjected to the MCB process for a period generally less than one hour following by high energy ball milling for a period as short as 2 hours. After application by cold spraying, the composite particles may be heat treated to generate an oxide-dispersion strengthened coating. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/337589 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609270 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guan-Guang Xia (Pasco, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Soowhan Kim (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guan-Guang Xia (Pasco, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Soowhan Kim (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Iron-sulfide redox flow battery (RFB) systems can be advantageous for energy storage, particularly when the electrolytes have pH values greater than 6. Such systems can exhibit excellent energy conversion efficiency and stability and can utilize low-cost materials that are relatively safer and more environmentally friendly. One example of an iron-sulfide RFB is characterized by a positive electrolyte that comprises Fe(III) and/or Fe(II) in a positive electrolyte supporting solution, a negative electrolyte that comprises S2− and/or S in a negative electrolyte supporting solution, and a membrane, or a separator, that separates the positive electrolyte and electrode from the negative electrolyte and electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071688 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609287 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Lu Zhang (Lisle, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Lu Zhang (Lisle, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds may have general Formula I, II, or III: where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, a polyether group; or R1 and R2, or R3 and R4, or R2 and R3 (in the case of Formula II) may join together to form a fused ring on the benzene ring; and X and Z are independently a group of Formula A: where R5 and R6 and R7 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, or a polyether group; R7 is H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, or a polyether group; n is an integer from 1 to 8; and m is an integer from 1 to 13. Such compounds may be used as redox shuttles in electrolytes for use in electrochemical cells, batteries and electronic devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114452 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609383 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of making carrier polypeptide that include incorporating a first unnatural amino acid into a carrier polypeptide variant, incorporating a second unnatural amino acid into a target polypeptide variant, and reacting the first and second unnatural amino acids to produce the conjugate. Conjugates produced using the provided methods are also provided. In addition, orthogonal translation systems in methylotrophic yeast and methods of using these systems to produce carrier and target polypeptide variants comprising unnatural amino acids are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133629 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609573 | Nwoga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tochi Tudor Nwoga (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kazuo Kawahara (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Wen Li (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Craig John Medforth (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Yukiyoshi Ueno (Toyota, Japan); Tetsuo Kawamura (Toyota, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota, Japan); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tochi Tudor Nwoga (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kazuo Kawahara (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Wen Li (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Craig John Medforth (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Yukiyoshi Ueno (Toyota, Japan); Tetsuo Kawamura (Toyota, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods of preparing metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/166957 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609752 | Bowen, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Inventive composite materials are provided. The composite is preferably a nano-composite, and comprises an asphaltene, or a mixture of asphaltenes, blended with a polymer. The polymer can be any polymer in need of altered properties, including those selected from the group consisting of epoxies, acrylics, urethanes, silicones, cyanoacrylates, vulcanized rubber, phenol-formaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde, imides, esters, cyanate esters, allyl resins. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422792 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609880 | Chavez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Chavez (Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico); Darren L. Naud (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael A. Hiskey (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Chavez (Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico); Darren L. Naud (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael A. Hiskey (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the preparation of an energetic nitrate ester compound and related intermediates is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/602419 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609910 | Nicholas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christpher P. Nicholas (Evanston, Illinois); Edwin P. Boldingh (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A new family of coherently grown composites of TUN and IMF zeotypes has been synthesized and shown to be effective catalysts for catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmn+RrQqAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents zinc or a metal or metals from Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, R is an A,Ω-dihalosubstituted paraffin such as 1,4-dibromobutane, Q is a neutral amine containing 5 or fewer carbon atoms such as 1-methylpyrrolidine and E is a framework element such as gallium. The process involves contacting a carbonaceous biomass feedstock with UZM-39 at pyrolysis conditions to produce pyrolysis gases comprising hydrocarbons. The catalyst catalyzes a deoxygenation reaction converting oxygenated hydrocarbons into hydrocarbons and removing the oxygen as carbon oxides and water. A portion of the pyrolysis gases is condensed to produce low oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/743715 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609911 | Nicholas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. Nicholas (Evanston, Illinois); Edwin P. Boldingh (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A new family of aluminosilicate zeolites designated UZM-44 has been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents a metal or metals from zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. The process involves contacting a carbonaceous biomass feedstock with UZM-44 at pyrolysis conditions to produce pyrolysis gases comprising hydrocarbons. The catalyst catalyzes a deoxygenation reaction converting oxygenated hydrocarbons into hydrocarbons and removing the oxygen as carbon oxides and water. A portion of the pyrolysis gases is condensed to produce low oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792879 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609931 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly Brown (Elk Grove, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Brown (Elk Grove, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886244 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609994 | Simpson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lin Jay Simpson (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin Jay Simpson (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film stack (100, 200) is provided for use in electronic devices such as photovoltaic devices. The stack (100, 200) may be integrated with a substrate (110) such as a light transmitting/transmissive layer. An electrical conductor layer (120, 220) is formed on a surface of the substrate (110) or device layer such as a transparent conducting (TC) material layer (120, 220) with pin holes or defects (224) caused by manufacturing. The stack (100) includes a thin film (130, 230) of metal that acts as a barrier for environmental contaminants (226, 228). The metal thin film (130, 230) is deposited on the conductor layer (120, 220) and formed from a self-healing metal such as a metal that forms self-terminating oxides. A permeation plug or block (236) is formed in or adjacent to the thin film (130, 230) of metal at or proximate to the pin holes (224) to block further permeation of contaminants through the pin holes (224). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/119522 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610032 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Board of Regents, The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Ian Kennedy (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of heating a sample on a microchip includes the steps of providing a microchannel flow channel in the microchip; positioning the sample within the microchannel flow channel, providing a laser that directs a laser beam onto the sample for heating the sample; providing the microchannel flow channel with a wall section that receives the laser beam and enables the laser beam to pass through wall section of the microchannel flow channel without being appreciably heated by the laser beam; and providing a carrier fluid in the microchannel flow channel that moves the sample in the microchannel flow channel wherein the carrier fluid is not appreciably heated by the laser beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/732949 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610379 | Grisham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry R. Grisham (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry R. Grisham (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for the magnetic insulation of accelerator electrodes in electrostatic accelerators. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present invention improve the practically obtainable performance of these electrostatic accelerators by addressing, among other things, voltage holding problems and conditioning issues. These problems and issues are addressed by flowing electric currents along these accelerator electrodes to produce magnetic fields that envelope the accelerator electrodes and their support structures, so as to prevent very low energy electrons from leaving the surfaces of the accelerator electrodes and subsequently picking up energy from the surrounding electric field. In various applications, this magnetic insulation must only produce modest gains in voltage holding capability to represent a significant achievement. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/640058 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/505 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610393 | Barkman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William E. Barkman (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Edwin F. Babelay, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Barkman (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Edwin F. Babelay, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are various systems and methods for assessing and improving the capability of a machine tool. The disclosure applies to machine tools having at least one slide configured to move along a motion axis. Various patterns of dynamic excitation commands are employed to drive the one or more slides, typically involving repetitive short distance displacements. A quantification of a measurable merit of machine tool response to the one or more patterns of dynamic excitation commands is typically derived for the machine tool. Examples of measurable merits of machine tool performance include dynamic one axis positional accuracy of the machine tool, dynamic cross-axis stability of the machine tool, and dynamic multi-axis positional accuracy of the machine tool. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760115 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/561 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610994 | Lentine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rohan D. Kekatpure (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher DeRose (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rohan D. Kekatpure (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher DeRose (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices, phased array systems and methods of phase-shifting an input signal are provided. An optical device includes a microresonator and a waveguide for receiving an input optical signal. The waveguide includes a segment coupled to the microresonator with a coupling coefficient such that the waveguide is overcoupled to the microresonator. The microresonator receives the input optical signal via the waveguide and phase-shifts the input optical signal to form an output optical signal. The output optical signal is coupled into the waveguide via the microresonator and transmitted by the waveguide. At an operating point of the optical device, the coupling coefficient is selected to reduce a change in an amplitude of the output optical signal and to increase a change in a phase of the output optical signal, relative to the input optical signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368141 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611502 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernhard W. Adams (Naperville, Illinois); Matthieu C. Chollet (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhard W. Adams (Naperville, Illinois); Matthieu C. Chollet (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A material preferably in crystal form having a low atomic number such as beryllium (Z=4) provides for the focusing of x-rays in a continuously variable manner. The material is provided with plural spaced curvilinear, optically matched slots and/or recesses through which an x-ray beam is directed. The focal length of the material may be decreased or increased by increasing or decreasing, respectively, the number of slots (or recesses) through which the x-ray beam is directed, while fine tuning of the focal length is accomplished by rotation of the material so as to change the path length of the x-ray beam through the aligned cylindrical slots. X-ray analysis of a fixed point in a solid material may be performed by scanning the energy of the x-ray beam while rotating the material to maintain the beam's focal point at a fixed point in the specimen undergoing analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910013 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611706 | Thorson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin J. Thorson (Eagan, Minnesota); Rick C. Stevens (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Charles J. Kryzak (Liverpool, New York); Brian S. Leininger (Arlington, Virginia); William P. Kornrumpf (Schenectady, New York); Glenn A. Forman (Niskayura, New York); Joseph A. Iannotti (Glenville, New York); Olga B. Spahn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William D. Cowan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daryl J. Dagel (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Thorson (Eagan, Minnesota); Rick C. Stevens (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Charles J. Kryzak (Liverpool, New York); Brian S. Leininger (Arlington, Virginia); William P. Kornrumpf (Schenectady, New York); Glenn A. Forman (Niskayura, New York); Joseph A. Iannotti (Glenville, New York); Olga B. Spahn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William D. Cowan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daryl J. Dagel (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes apparatus, system, and method embodiments that provide micro electro mechanical system optical switching and methods of manufacturing switches. For example, one optical switch embodiment includes at least one micro electro mechanical system type pivot mirror structure disposed along a path of an optical signal, the structure having a mirror and an actuator, and the mirror having a pivot axis along a first edge and having a second edge rotatable with respect to the pivot axis, the mirror being capable of and arranged to be actuated to pivot between a position parallel to a plane of an optical signal and a position substantially normal to the plane of the optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291428 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08607615 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sung Jin Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Katsuo Kurabayashi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kensall D. Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Edward T. Zellers (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bruce P. Block (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung Jin Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Katsuo Kurabayashi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kensall D. Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Edward T. Zellers (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bruce P. Block (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-dimensional gas chromatography system having first and second separation columns, a thermal modulator disposed between the first and second columns and having a plurality of stage channels, and a micro heater monolithically integrated in the thermal modulator. The thermal modulator is operable to trap and focus gas/vapor species within the plurality of stage channels upon cooling and release the gas/vapor species to the second column upon heating by the micro heater. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906357 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608310 | Otis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Otis (Seattle, Washington); Yu-Te Liao (Taichung, Taiwan); Babak Amirparviz (Mountain View, California); Huanfen Yao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Otis (Seattle, Washington); Yu-Te Liao (Taichung, Taiwan); Babak Amirparviz (Mountain View, California); Huanfen Yao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A contact lens having an integrated glucose sensor is provided. The contact lens includes an electrochemical sensor configured to measure the level of glucose in the tear fluid of the eye of the user wearing the contact lens. The electrochemical sensor is powered by radiation off-lens, through an RF antenna or a photovoltaic device mounted on the periphery of the contact lens. The power provided to the contact lens also enables transmission of data from the electrochemical sensor, for example by backscatter communications or optically by an LED mounted to the lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401569 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/159.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608992 | Chasiotis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Evanston, Illinois); Salman N. Arshad (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ioannis Chasiotis (Savoy, Illinois); Mohammad Naraghi (Evanston, Illinois); Salman N. Arshad (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing one or more nanofibers includes providing (a) a solution comprising a polymer and a solvent, (b) a nozzle for ejecting the solution, and (c) a stationary collector disposed a distance d apart from the nozzle. A voltage is applied between the nozzle and the stationary collector, and a jet of the solution is ejected from the nozzle toward the stationary collector. An electric field intensity of between about 0.5 and about 2.0 kV/cm is maintained, where the electric field intensity is defined as a ratio of the voltage to the distance d. At least a portion of the solvent from the stream is evaporated, and one or more polymer nanofibers are deposited on the stationary collector as the stream impinges thereupon. Each polymer nanofiber has an average diameter of about 500 nm or less and may serve as a precursor for carbon fiber production. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243302 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/29.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609025 | Johnson, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical field effect sensors comprising nanotube field effect devices having biopolymers such as single stranded DNA or RNA functionally adsorbed to the nanotubes are provided. Also included are arrays comprising the sensors and methods of using the devices to detect volatile compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/373654 |
| 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 | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609133 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Zhensheng Li (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Zhensheng Li (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides porous structures that each comprise chitosan, alginate and divalent metal cations, wherein: (a) the chitosan is ionically linked to the alginate; and (b) the structure is porous and has a compressive yield strength of at least 0.35 MPa. The present invention also provides methods for making the porous structures, and methods for using the porous structures as substrates to grow living cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816156 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/448 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609323 | Therrien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel M. Therrien (Westford, Massachusetts); Daniel F. Schmidt (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Therrien (Westford, Massachusetts); Daniel F. Schmidt (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming ceramic pattern structures of silicon carbide film includes depositing an electron-beam resist or a photo-resist onto a substrate. A portion of the resist is selectively removed from the substrate to form a resist pattern on the substrate. A film of pre-ceramic polymer that includes silicon and carbon is deposited onto the substrate and resist pattern and the pre-ceramic polymer film is cured. A portion of the cured pre-ceramic polymer film on the resist pattern is removed, thereby forming a pre-ceramic polymer pattern on the substrate. The pre-ceramic polymer pattern is then converted to a ceramic pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483889 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609409 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Li (Charleston, South Carolina); Ning Zhang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Xuejun Wen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a synthetic cell culture platform, comprising: a two dimensional and/or three dimensional surface comprising peptides conjugated to said surface and methods of using the platform for increasing cell adhesion, stable attachment and/or proliferation of cells grown on the platform and for promoting differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598343 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609565 | Munir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zuhair A. Munir (Davis, California); Sangtae Kim (Davis, California); Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini (Davis, California); Manfred Martin (Wuerselen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zuhair A. Munir (Davis, California); Sangtae Kim (Davis, California); Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini (Davis, California); Manfred Martin (Wuerselen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a proton conducting thin film having a dense nanometric ceramic material with a relative density of at least about 90% and a grain size of less than about 30 nm, wherein the proton conducting thin film is capable of operating at temperatures of less than about 100° C. in the presence of water vapor. The present invention also provides an electrochemical device using the proton conducting thin film, and a method of making the proton conducting thin film. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052671 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609799 | Schulz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas L. Schulz (Moorhead, Minnesota); Xuliang Dai (Fargo, North Dakota); Kendric J. Nelson (La Crosse, Wisconsin); Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. Schulz (Moorhead, Minnesota); Xuliang Dai (Fargo, North Dakota); Kendric J. Nelson (La Crosse, Wisconsin); Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Heteroatom doped silane compounds, e.g., phosphorus-containing silane compounds, are provided. The application also provides methods of producing the heteroatom doped silane compounds from halogen substituted silanes via reaction with a heteroatom-containing nucleophile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993239 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609902 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanson, Illinois); Charles J. Weiss (Richland, Washington); Stephen D. Wobser (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanson, Illinois); Charles J. Weiss (Richland, Washington); Stephen D. Wobser (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient and highly Markovnikov selective organoactinide-, organolanthanide-, and organozirconium-catalyzed addition of aryl, benzyl, and aliphatic thiols to terminal alkynes is described. The corresponding vinyl sulfides are produced with little or no side-products. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/856154 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08610712 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Cohen (Sunnyvale, California); Brian L. Price (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Cohen (Sunnyvale, California); Brian L. Price (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed. Input data indicates a location within a region of a digital image of a stereo image pair. A boundary of the region and a corresponding boundary of a corresponding region of another digital image are defined based on the input data, content of the digital image, and content of the another digital image. The boundary and the corresponding boundary represent boundaries of a visual feature in the digital image and the other digital image. The defining further includes constructing a probability distribution for the digital image and another probability distribution for the other digital image. The probability distribution for the digital image represents a probability that each pixel of a set of pixels of the digital image is within the region. The other probability distribution represents a probability that each pixel of another set of pixels of the another digital image is within the corresponding region. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/193303 |
| ART UNIT | 2677 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611068 | Baer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); James S. Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia); Mason A. Wolak (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); James S. Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia); Mason A. Wolak (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer polymer dielectric film includes a coextruded first dielectric layer and second dielectric layer. The first dielectric includes a first polymer material and the second dielectric layer includes a second polymer material. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer defining an interface between the layers that delocalizes charges in the layers. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580816 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611631 | Katsevich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); iTomography Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); iTomography Corporation (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Katsevich (Oviedo, Florida); Michael Frenkel (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, processes and systems of image reconstruction using variable filter length local tomography, for reconstructing internal body images in medical applications, and the like. Algorithm uses less radiation, less computer power than prior art, and without using iteration algorithms so that all target sizes from large to small can be reconstructed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722383 |
| 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 08611839 | Principe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose C. Principe (Gainesville, Florida); Weifeng Liu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose C. Principe (Gainesville, Florida); Weifeng Liu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (200) for detecting a periodic signal (141) in a noisy signal (101) is provided. The method can include applying (210) correntropy to the noisy signal to generate a non-linear mapping, and applying (220) a sub-space projection to the non-linear mapping to produce principal components. A correntropy kernel can be applied to the noisy signal to generate a Gram matrix that is used in a Temporal Principal Component Analysis (TPCA). The correntropy kernel projects nonlinearly the input data to a reproducing kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) preserving the input time structure and attenuating impulsive noise. The correntropy kernel is data dependent, and the RKHS correlation matrix has the same dimension as the input data correlation matrix. A principal component having a majority of signal energy can be chosen (230) to detect the periodic signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/597561 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612160 | Fraenkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ernest Fraenkel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shao-Shan Carol Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David R. Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura Riva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Esti Yeger-Lotem (Misgav, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest Fraenkel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shao-Shan Carol Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David R. Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laura Riva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Esti Yeger-Lotem (Misgav, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a mechanism associated with a cellular response includes identifying molecules participating in the cellular response; accessing a database containing information characterizing molecular interactions; determining pathways connecting the identified molecules participating in the cellular response; and solving an optimization problem that includes determining a subset of the molecules and interactions having a minimum aggregate cost. The pathways include, nodes, each representing a molecule, and edges, each connecting a respective pair of nodes and representing an interaction between a respective pair of molecules represented by the respective pair of nodes. Nodes from a subset of nodes represent molecules identified as participating in the cellular response. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/618915 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08612955 | Oskin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark H. Oskin (Seattle, Washington); Steven J. Swanson (Seattle, Washington); Susan J. Eggers (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark H. Oskin (Seattle, Washington); Steven J. Swanson (Seattle, Washington); Susan J. Eggers (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A dataflow instruction set architecture and execution model, referred to as WaveScalar, which is designed for scalable, low-complexity/high-performance processors, while efficiently providing traditional memory semantics through a mechanism called wave-ordered memory. Wave-ordered memory enables “real-world” programs, written in any language, to be run on the WaveScalar architecture, as well as any out-of-order execution unit. Because it is software-controlled, wave-ordered memory can be disabled to obtain greater parallelism. Wavescalar also includes a software-controlled tag management system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/017480 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08607634 | Bailey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Joel Teichman (West Vancouver, Canada); Mathew Sorensen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Joel Teichman (West Vancouver, Canada); Mathew Sorensen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A transducer is used to send an ultrasound pulse toward a stone and to receive ultrasound reflections from the stone. The recorded time between a pulse that is reflected from the proximal surface and a pulse that is reflected either from the distal surface of the stone or from a surface supporting the stone is used to calculate the stone size. The size of the stone is a function of the time between the two pulses and the speed of sound through the stone (or through the surrounding fluid if the second pulse was reflected by the surface supporting the stone). This technique is equally applicable to measure the size of other in vivo objects, including soft tissue masses, cysts, uterine fibroids, tumors, and polyps. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469086 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608850 | Varshney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deepak Varshney (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Brad R. Weiner (Dorado, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deepak Varshney (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Brad R. Weiner (Dorado, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | Diamond thin films were deposited on copper substrate by the Vapor Solid (VS) deposition method using a mixture of fullerene C60 and graphite as the source material. The deposition took place only when the substrate was kept in a narrow temperature range of approximately 550-650° C. Temperatures below and above this range results in the deposition of fullerenes and other carbon compounds, respectively. |
| FILED | Monday, January 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/689224 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08608993 | Working et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis C. Working (Norfolk, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis C. Working (Norfolk, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite structure and method of fabricating same are provided. The nanocomposite structure is a polymer in an extruded shape with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) longitudinally disposed and dispersed in the extruded shape along a dimension thereof. The polymer is characteristically defined as having a viscosity of at least approximately 100,000 poise at a temperature of 200° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053633 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609750 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandi G Miller (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandi G Miller (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A clay-epoxy nanocomposite may be prepared by dispersing a layered clay in an alkoxy epoxy, such as a polypropylene oxide based epoxide before combining the mixture with an aromatic epoxy to improve the nanocomposite's thermal and mechanical properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/792380 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08611146 | Campbell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristy A Campbell (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-volatile memory devices with two stacked layers of chalcogenide materials comprising the active memory device have been investigated for their potential as phase-change memories. The devices tested included GeTe/SnTe, Ge2Se3/SnTe, and Ge2Se3/SnSe stacks. All devices exhibited resistance switching behavior. The polarity of the applied voltage with respect to the SnTe or SnSe layer was critical to the memory switching properties, due to the electric field induced movement of either Sn or Te into the Ge-chalcogenide layer. One embodiment of the invention is a device comprising a stack of chalcogenide-containing layers which exhibit phase-change switching only after a reverse polarity voltage potential is applied across the stack causing ion movement into an adjacent layer and thus “activating” the device to act as a phase-change random access memory device or a reconfigurable electronics device when the applied voltage potential is returned to the normal polarity. Another embodiment of the invention is a device that is capable of exhibiting more than two data states. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657495 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08608893 | Calvert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Calvert (Assonet, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Calvert (Assonet, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for joining fabrics by lines or arrays of dots of adhesive, the system comprising: a blue light source; a dispenser, disposed proximally with the blue light source, the dispensing system being configured to deposit at least one drop of a monomer on first and second proximate fabric surfaces; a conveyance whereby the light source and the dispensing system change position relative to the first and second fabric surfaces. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354987 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/275.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609326 | Sreenivasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method that attenuates, if not avoids, heating of a substrate undergoing imprint lithography process and the deleterious effects associated therewith. To that end, the present invention includes a method of patterning a field of a substrate with a polymeric material that solidifies in response to actinic energy in which a sub-portion of the field is exposed sufficient to cure the polymeric material is said sub-portion followed by a blanket exposure of all of the polymeric material associated with the entire field to cure/solidify the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047572 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609867 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yiliang Wu (Oakville, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Singapore, Singapore); Yu Qi (Oakville, Canada); Yuning Li (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Oakville, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Singapore, Singapore); Yu Qi (Oakville, Canada); Yuning Li (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | A substituted indolocarbazole comprising at least one optionally substituted thienyl. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/366857 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08609083 | Shapiro-Ilan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David I. Shapiro-Ilan (Macon, Georgia); Charles C. Reilly (Warner Robins, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David I. Shapiro-Ilan (Macon, Georgia); Charles C. Reilly (Warner Robins, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to using bacterial metabolites to suppress phytopathogens, more particularly this invention relates to bacterial metabolites applied to Carya illinoensis and Prunus persica as a fungicide to suppress and inhibit Glomerella cingulata, Phomopsis sp., Phytophthora cactorum, Fusicladosporium effusum, and Monilinia fructicola. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/726745 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08609382 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Hughes (Peoria, Illinois); William R. Gibbons (Brookings, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Hughes (Peoria, Illinois); William R. Gibbons (Brookings, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are novel S. stipitis strains that were obtained by UV-C irradiation of wild-type S. stipitis NRRL Y-7124 cultures, followed by 5-month anaerobic growth on xylose at 28° C. The UV-C-mutagenized strains were able to grow anaerobically on xylose or glucose medium with higher ethanol production than a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain under comparable fermentation conditions. The mutagenized strains were identified by DNA fingerprinting to be unique strains closely related to wild-type Scheffersomyces stipitis. These mutagenized strains have potential application in large-scale industrial conversion of lignocellulosic sugars to fuel ethanol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564110 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08607429 | Beutel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kurt M. Beutel (Tucson, Arizona); Jeffery Thomas Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); David C. Penny (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt M. Beutel (Tucson, Arizona); Jeffery Thomas Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); David C. Penny (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An extraction tool is provided for grasping an assembly (e.g., a circuit card assembly) having a number of openings and a number of respective connector pins extending through the openings. The tool includes one or more generally cylindrical puller structures, each having a central bore and a locking end. One or more filler rods are configured to translate coaxially within the central bore of their corresponding puller structure. The filler rod has a central bore configured to accept one of the connector pins. The puller structure is configured to extend through one of the openings such that the locking end engages the opposite side of the assembly. The filler rod is configured to translate within the puller structure, and around a connector pin extending through the selected opening, to apply outward radial pressure on the locking ends of the puller structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/703536 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/426.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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