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| US 08622911 | Hossack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Hossack (Charlottesville, Virginia); Brian R. Wamhoff (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alexander L. Klibanov (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Hossack (Charlottesville, Virginia); Brian R. Wamhoff (Charlottesville, Virginia); Alexander L. Klibanov (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and related system for providing therapy to a treatment site, such as stenosis or other vasculature disease, at one or more locations of a subject, such as the vasculature. The method includes: advancing an ultrasound catheter to or in proximity to the subject's treatment site; infusing microbubbles into or proximal to the treatment site; and delivering ultrasonic energy from the ultrasound catheter. The ultrasonic energy may be adapted for: imaging the treatment site, translating the microbubbles into or in the vicinity of the treatment site and/or rupturing the microbubbles. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739128 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08622913 | Dentinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Mark Dentinger (Latham, New York); Kedar Anil Patwardhan (Latham, New York); Ralph Thomas Hoctor (Saratoga Springs, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Mark Dentinger (Latham, New York); Kedar Anil Patwardhan (Latham, New York); Ralph Thomas Hoctor (Saratoga Springs, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for continuous non-invasive monitoring of multiple arterial parameters of a patient is provided. The method includes continuously acquiring ultrasound data via an ultrasound transducer attached to the patient for detecting a blood vessel using color flow processing within a monitoring scan plane. Further, the method includes processing the continuously acquired ultrasound data to generate continuous quantitative waveforms based on an estimated cross-sectional area of the blood vessel and an estimated volumetric flow rate of blood through the vessel and displaying the generated continuous quantitative waveforms for monitoring the arterial parameters of the patient in real-time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892171 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08622987 | Ismagilov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Delai Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Weishan Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Wenbin Du (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Delai Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Weishan Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Wenbin Du (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for sampling and/or introducing a matter to an environment comprises introducing a first array of plugs through a first microchannel of a device into an exchange region of the device in which mass transport between the environment and the plug fluid of at least one plug in the first array of plugs occurs and a second array of plugs is formed. The exchange region is in fluid communication with the first microchannel. The method further comprises directing the second array of plugs into a second microchannel downstream of and in fluid communication with the exchange region. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/737058 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623066 | Looi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kareen Looi (Sunnyvale, California); Gary K. Owens (Earlysville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (Santa Rosa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kareen Looi (Sunnyvale, California); Gary K. Owens (Earlysville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems and methods for treating medical conditions using cell therapy via body lumens. Localized delivery is achieved with the use of a stent-like expandable body seeded with cells. The expandable body is expanded to contact at least a portion of the inner walls of the body lumen and the cells, cellular products and/or other therapeutic agents are delivered to the surrounding tissue. The therapeutic benefit provided is dependent on the type of cells used and the features of the expandable body. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/963624 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/1.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623098 | Goldfarb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Nashville, Tennessee); Kevin Ha (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Nashville, Tennessee); Kevin Ha (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for controlling a weight bearing member having at least one powered joint are provided. A system includes a velocity reference module for receiving myoelectric control signals from a user during a non-weight bearing mode for the powered joint and generating a velocity reference for the powered joint based on the myoelectric control signals. The system further includes a volitional impedance module for generating a torque control signal for actuating the powered joint based at least on the velocity reference. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150773 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623329 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Nils Hansen (Longmont, Colorado); Brooks Michael Hybertson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerophase, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Nils Hansen (Longmont, Colorado); Brooks Michael Hybertson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of inhibiting cancer growth in the lungs of a mammal through the inhalation administration of aerosol particles of an anti-cancer drug formulation. Further, the present invention provides a formulation for aerosol delivery that comprises a combination of paclitaxel, α-tocopheryl succinate; sorbitan trioleate, ethanol, and carbon dioxide. Prior studies have indicated that aerosol administration of cancer drugs holds great potential as a treatment modality, both for lung cancer and for lung metastases of other cancers. Practice of the invention has been demonstrated using a mouse model of lung cancer, in which intrapulmonary deposition of paclitaxel by aerosol inhalation reduced lung tumor size and increased body weight in tumor-bearing mice. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899736 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623347 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (Keizer, Oregon); Sean M. Amberg (Corvallis, Oregon); Travis K. Warren (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (Keizer, Oregon); Sean M. Amberg (Corvallis, Oregon); Travis K. Warren (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by the Arenavirus family is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/735392 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623371 | Otto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Otto (Washington, District of Columbia); Stanislava Kocianova (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Otto (Washington, District of Columbia); Stanislava Kocianova (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against S. epidermidis and other related staphylococci are provided. The immunogenic compositions can include immunogenic conjugates of poly-γ-glutamic acid (such as γDLPGA) polypeptides of S. epidermidis, or related staphylococci that express a γPGA polypeptide. The γPGA conjugates elicit an effective immune response against S. epidermidis, or other staphylococci, in subjects to which the conjugates are administered. A method of treating an infection caused by a Staphylococcus organism that expresses cap genes is also disclosed. The method can include selecting a subject who is at risk of or has been diagonosed with the infection by the Staphylococcus organism which expresses γPGA from the cap genes. Further, the expression of a γPGA polypeptide by the organism can then be altered. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/554245 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/165.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623377 | Moudgil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kamal Moudgil (Silver Springs, Maryland); Ying-hua Yang (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamal Moudgil (Silver Springs, Maryland); Ying-hua Yang (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides peptides that home to a joint of an animal, wherein said peptide comprises an amino acid motif selected from the group consisting of NQR and ADK. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having an arthritic joint, comprising the step of administering to said subject a pharmacologically effective dose of a composition provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/537537 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623378 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Jennifer R. Allen (Indianapolis, Indiana); Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York, New York); Philip O. Livingston (New York, New York); Lawrence Williams (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Jennifer R. Allen (Indianapolis, Indiana); Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York, New York); Philip O. Livingston (New York, New York); Lawrence Williams (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel n-alkenyl glycosides and glycoconjugates, n-alkyl glycoamino acids, and methods for the synthesis thereof. In another aspect, the present invention provides novel clustered glycopeptides and methods for the synthesis thereof. In still another aspect, the present invention provides methods for the treatment of cancer, preferably for the prevention of recurrence of cancer, and methods for inducing antibodies in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need, an effective amount of any of the inventive glycoconjugates as disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018249 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623379 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harriet L. Robinson (Atlanta, Georgia); James Smith (Decatur, Georgia); Jian Hua (Dunwoody, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harriet L. Robinson (Atlanta, Georgia); James Smith (Decatur, Georgia); Jian Hua (Dunwoody, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | We have developed DNA and viral vectors that can be used, alone or in combination, as a vaccine against one HIV clade, subtype, or recombinant form of HIV or against multiple HIV clades, subtypes, or recombinant forms. Moreover, the vectors can encode a variety of antigens, which may be obtained from one clade or from two or more different clades, and the antigens selected and/or the manner in which the vectors are formulated (e.g., mixed) can be manipulated to generate a protective immune response against a variety of clades (e.g., the clades to which a patient is most likely to be exposed; with the proportions of the components of the vaccine tailored to the extent of the patient's risk to a particular clade or clades). |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/336566 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623397 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Laurie McCauley (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Laurie McCauley (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A delivery device includes a hollow container, and a plurality of biodegradable and/or erodible polymeric layers established in the container. A layer including a predetermined substance is established between each of the plurality of polymeric layers, whereby degradation of the polymeric layer and release of the predetermined substance occur intermittently. Methods for forming the device are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/101993 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623419 | Malakhov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael P. Malakhov (San Francisco, California); Fang Fang (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ansun Biopharma, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Malakhov (San Francisco, California); Fang Fang (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microspheres are produced by contacting an aqueous solution of a protein or other macromolecule with an organic solvent and a counterion, and chilling the solution. The microspheres are useful for preparing pharmaceuticals of defined dimensions. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289644 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/499 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623594 | Siegel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald L. Siegel (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Siegel (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of isolating a multi-subunit protein which binds to an antigen-bearing moiety. The methods comprise generating a phage display library comprising a plurality of virus vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732979 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623600 | Modrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul L. Modrich (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ravi R. Iyer (Durham, North Carolina); Anna Pluciennik (Durham, North Carolina); Miaw-Sheue Tsai (Emeryville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Modrich (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ravi R. Iyer (Durham, North Carolina); Anna Pluciennik (Durham, North Carolina); Miaw-Sheue Tsai (Emeryville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and kits for screening potential inhibitors of MutSβ by screening agents for the ability to selectively inhibit interaction between MutSβ and MutLα. Also disclosed are kits for performing the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/025897 |
| 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 08623608 | Narimatsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hisashi Narimatsu (Ibaraki, Japan); Yuzuru Ikehara (Ibaraki, Japan); Atsushi Kuno (Ibaraki, Japan); Maki Sogabe (Ibaraki, Japan); Yasuhito Tanaka (Aichi, Japan); Masashi Mizokami (Chiba, Japan); Kiyoaki Ito (Chiba, Japan); Shunsuke Matsubara (Hyogo, Japan); Chikayuki Tsuruno (Hyogo, Japan); Youichi Takahama (Hyogo, Japan); Takashi Kagawa (Hyogo, Japan); Shinya Nagai (Hyogo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sysmex Corporation (Hyogo, Japan); National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Tokyo, Japan); Nagoya University (Aichi, Japan); National Center for Global Health and Medicine (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hisashi Narimatsu (Ibaraki, Japan); Yuzuru Ikehara (Ibaraki, Japan); Atsushi Kuno (Ibaraki, Japan); Maki Sogabe (Ibaraki, Japan); Yasuhito Tanaka (Aichi, Japan); Masashi Mizokami (Chiba, Japan); Kiyoaki Ito (Chiba, Japan); Shunsuke Matsubara (Hyogo, Japan); Chikayuki Tsuruno (Hyogo, Japan); Youichi Takahama (Hyogo, Japan); Takashi Kagawa (Hyogo, Japan); Shinya Nagai (Hyogo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | An object of the present invention is to provide a method for measuring a glycan-marker glycoprotein, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for examining liver disease, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Disclosed is a method for measuring at least one glycoprotein selected from alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and Mac-2-binding protein (M2BP) contained in a sample collected from a subject, comprising: measuring AGP binding to a first lectin selected from AOL and MAL, when the glycoprotein is AGP; and measuring M2BP binding to a second lectin selected from WFA, BPL, AAL, RCA120, and TJAII, when the glycoprotein is M2BP. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/374807 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623610 | Gama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cristal I. Gama (Los Angeles, California); Sarah E. Tully (Olmstead, Ohio); Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson (San Marino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristal I. Gama (Los Angeles, California); Sarah E. Tully (Olmstead, Ohio); Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Chondroitin sulfate polysaccharides with defined sulfation patterns can be synthesized. These chondroitin polysaccharides can be used to identify chondroitin sulfate binding proteins. Further, compounds that modulate the activity of chondroitin sulfate binding proteins can be identified. For example, TNF-α was found to bind specifically to CS-E and CS-E can be used to modulate the interaction of TNF-α with the TNF receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/751880 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623611 | Pierce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Michael Pierce (Athens, Georgia); Karen L. Abbott (Statham, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Michael Pierce (Athens, Georgia); Karen L. Abbott (Statham, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to glycoproteins having a cancer-specific glycoform. Cancer-specific glycoforms are useful in diagnostics and therapeutics. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814184 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623646 | Birk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Birk (Tampa, Florida); John Hassell (Tampa, Florida); Bradley Kane (Lakeland, Florida); La Tia Etheredge (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Birk (Tampa, Florida); John Hassell (Tampa, Florida); Bradley Kane (Lakeland, Florida); La Tia Etheredge (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of enhancing the formation of extracellular matrix in culture. Cells in culture secrete most of the collagen into the media as unprocessed procollagen, i.e., the cells do not convert procollagen to collagen. In contrast, normal extracellular matrix deposition involves procollagen processing to collagen, fibril assembly and deposition into the cell layer to form a collagenous extracellular matrix. The addition of certain growth factors and the addition of a thin layer of a certain volume exclusion agent on top of the cells dramatically enhances the conversion of procollagen to collagen and will increase the amount of collagen and extracellular matrix associated with the cells. This invention advances bioengineering of connective tissues for medical applications that require an extensive and functional extracellular matrix with high tensile strength such as those in the cornea stroma, skin, tendons, ligaments, articular cartilage and the intervertebral disks. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/035504 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623650 | Robins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allan J. Robins (Athens, Georgia); Thomas C. Schulz (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Viacyte, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan J. Robins (Athens, Georgia); Thomas C. Schulz (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the culture and maintenance of pluripotent stem cells. More particularly, the present invention provides for compositions and methods for culturing, maintaining, growing and stabilizing primate pluripotent stem cells in a feeder-free defined media further comprising human serum, or a soluble attachment component of the human serum, for promoting cell attachment. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/875057 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623816 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Anita Chaudhari (Clifton Park, New York); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Chang Soo Hong (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Anita Chaudhari (Clifton Park, New York); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Chang Soo Hong (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cupredoxin and cytochrome and their use, separately or together, to inhibit the spread of parasitemia in mammalian red blood cells and other tissues infected by the malaria parasite, and in particular the parasitemia of human red blood cells by P. falciparum. The invention provides isolated peptides that are variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins or cytochrome c, and compositions comprising cupredoxins and/or cytochrome c, or variants, derivatives or structural equivalents thereof, that are useful for treating or preventing malaria infection in mammals. Further, the invention provides methods to treat mammalian patients to prevent or inhibit the growth of malarial infection in mammals. The invention also provides methods to prevent the growth of malaria infection in insect vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861536 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/4.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623828 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitchell Ho (Bethesda, Maryland); Ira Pastan (Bethesda, Maryland); Osamu Kaneko (Stanford, California); Byungkook Lee (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Ho (Bethesda, Maryland); Ira Pastan (Bethesda, Maryland); Osamu Kaneko (Stanford, California); Byungkook Lee (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides mesothelin peptide fragments corresponding to the CA125 binding site of mesothelin. The peptide fragments find use in disrupting the binding interaction between mesothelin and CA 125, for example, in the treatment and prevention of cancers that require the interaction of mesothelin and CA125 for growth, progression and/or metastasis. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/133136 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623834 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to combination therapies including triciribine and related compounds and trastuzumab or a salt thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453778 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623841 | Addis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Bradley Addis (Cumberland, Wisconsin); Rongsheng Roger Ruan (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Joseph M. Keenan (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Daniela Geleva (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Bradley Addis (Cumberland, Wisconsin); Rongsheng Roger Ruan (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Joseph M. Keenan (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Daniela Geleva (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for using processed-cellulose. Preferably, the processed cellulose is a highly refined cellulose (HRC). The HRC is useful in a number of medical and nutritional applications. These medical and nutritional applications can include, but are not limited to, administering effective amounts of the HRC for lowering values of risk factor measurements for such diseases as arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Treatment of other diseases and conditions with the HRC is also possible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/216793 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623853 | French et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher French (Boston, Massachusetts); Jon Aster (Lexington, Massachusetts); Matthias Hofer (Chicago, Illinois); James Bradner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher French (Boston, Massachusetts); Jon Aster (Lexington, Massachusetts); Matthias Hofer (Chicago, Illinois); James Bradner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed, inter alia, to methods of treating NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) by administering compounds that promote increased histone acetylation. The invention also includes assay methods for determining the responsiveness of NMC to specific histone deacetylases and other compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055381 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623906 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Wu (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas James Lawrence (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Harshani Rithma Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Wu (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas James Lawrence (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Harshani Rithma Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Shp2 is a non-receptor PTP that involved in cell signaling and regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration. Shp2 mediates activation of kinases that are involved in the pathogenesis of human carcinoma. A high throughput screen identified compounds that inhibit the PTP Shp2. Several compounds were identified that selectively inhibit Shp2 over Shp1 with low to sub-micromolar activity. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting a protein tyrosine phosphatase in a cell and treating cancer through selective inhibition of Shp2. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274699 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623917 | Keith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert L. Keith (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Mark W. Geraci (Aurora, Colorado); York E. Miller (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Keith (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Mark W. Geraci (Aurora, Colorado); York E. Miller (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for preventing or reducing the risk of cancer or the progression of premalignant dysplasia in a subject having a higher risk factor by administering a therapeutically effective amount of prostacyclin analog. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/421873 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/557 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624006 | Gervay-Hague et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected α-O-glycolipid. The first step involves contacting a protected α-iodo sugar with a catalyst and a lipid comprising a hydroxy group, under conditions sufficient to prepare a protected α-O-glycolipid. The second step involves deprotecting the protected α-O-glycolipid under conditions sufficient to prepare the unprotected α-O-glycolipid, wherein the contacting and deprotecting steps are performed in a single vessel. The present invention also provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected β-O-glycolipid following the steps for the preparation of the unprotected α-O-glycolipid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595214 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624012 | Zuker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon E. Adler (San Diego, California); Nick Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel family of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666740 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624016 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Maria Kempe (Malmo, Sweden); Herman Blok (Wemeldinge, Netherlands); Monib Zirvi (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Maria Kempe (Malmo, Sweden); Herman Blok (Wemeldinge, Netherlands); Monib Zirvi (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The method includes a ligation phase, a capture phase, and a detection phase. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492999 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624032 | Kwon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ohyun Kwon (Los Angeles, California); Gabriel Fenteany (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing libraries of structurally and stereochemically diverse molecules that can be screened for biological or chemical activity. A library of 91 heterocyclic compounds composed of 16 distinct scaffolds was synthesized through a sequence of phosphine-catalyzed ring-forming reactions, Tebbe reactions, Diels-Alder reactions, and, in some cases, hydrolysis to illustrate the methods. Three compounds inhibiting migration of human breast cancer cells are identified from the library. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/673719 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624063 | Blackwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen E. Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Christine E. McInnis (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen E. Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Christine E. McInnis (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds which modulate quorum sensing in quorum sensing bacteria. Compounds of the invention inhibit quorum sensing and/or activate quorum sensing in various bacteria. Compounds that inhibit quorum sensing are particularly useful for inhibition of detrimental bacterial biofilm formation. Compounds that activate quorum sensing are particularly useful for promoting growth and biofilm formation of beneficial bacterial. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822929 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624081 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The transcription factor EIN3 is a key transcription factor mediating ethylene-regulated gene expression and morphological responses. EIN3 is degraded through a ubiquitin/proteasome pathway mediated by F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2. The link between F-box proteins and the ethylene response is a key step in modulating or regulating the response of a plant to ethylene. Described herein are transgenic plants having an altered sensitivity to ethylene, and methods for making transgenic plant having an altered sensitivity to ethylene by modulating the level of activity of F-box proteins. Methods of altering the ethylene response in a plant by modulating the activity or expression of an F-box protein are described. Also described are methods of identifying compounds that modulate the ethylene response in plants by modulating the level of F-box protein expression or activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015333 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624084 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Chile) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Chile) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific promote, wherein the miR167 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally a constitutive or inducible promoter. In some embodiments, the transgenic plant has an improved agronomic or nutritional characteristic when cultivated in nitrogen-rich conditions as compared to a wild type plant cultivated in the same conditions. Also provided herein are commercial products (e.g., pulp, paper, paper products, or lumber) derived from the transgenic plants (e.g., transgenic trees) produced using the methods provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077294 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625104 | Izatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical coherence tomography systems for imaging a whole eye are provided including a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in less than about 1.0 second. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910184 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625107 | Kusik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd P. Kusik (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Brian S. R. Armstrong (Shorewood, Wisconsin); Robert T. Barrows (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Ethan V. Munson (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd P. Kusik (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Brian S. R. Armstrong (Shorewood, Wisconsin); Robert T. Barrows (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Ethan V. Munson (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A target for use in a motion tracking system includes an optically transparent substrate with front and rear artwork. A robust landmark is comprised of portions of the front and rear artwork, and includes alternating spokes and interstitial spaces. The front and rear artwork also define orientation dependent radiation regions that occupy a portion of the interstitial spaces. The artwork also provides target identification markings and markings for providing in-plane rotation information. The surface area of the robust landmark maximized with respect to the total surface area of the target size. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111434 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/614 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626266 | Frank et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas H. Frank (Crofton, Maryland); Otis R. Blaumanis (Sparks, Maryland); Joseph A. La Rosa (Baltimore, Maryland); Yvette M. Word (Pasadena, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Perinatronics Medical Systems, Inc. (Crofton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Frank (Crofton, Maryland); Otis R. Blaumanis (Sparks, Maryland); Joseph A. La Rosa (Baltimore, Maryland); Yvette M. Word (Pasadena, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | High resistance non-metallic ECG leads are used to capture biologically generated electrical signals, and include at least one magnetic resonance noise lead to capture a noise reference signal indicative of electromagnetic noise ambient to the leads generated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The noise reference signal is canceled from the captured electrical signal using an adaptive canceling noise filter to obtain a processed electrical signal indicative of the biologically generated electrical signal that causes movement in a patient's moving body part, such as the heart. A characteristic of the processing electrical signal indicative of the biologically generated electrical signal that causes the movement is detected to obtain a trigger signal, which is then transmitted to cause the MRI system to capture at least one imagine including the moving body part. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/315234 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626303 | Towe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Towe (Mesa, Arizona); William E. Crisp (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Towe (Mesa, Arizona); William E. Crisp (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices of stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry (12), an acoustic transducer (14) and a pair of electrodes (28). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908792 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626306 | Horsager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan M. Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a visual prosthesis or other neural stimulator it is advantageous to provide non-overlapping pulses in order to provide independent control of brightness from different electrodes. Non-overlapping pulses on geographically close electrodes avoid electric-field interaction which leads to brightness summation or changes in the shape and area of percepts. It is advantageous to apply pulses to nearby electrodes in a way that the currents do not overlap in time at all. The new finding is that even a small amount of separation in time results in a significant improvement with a time separation as small as 0.225 msec. ‘Nearby’ is defined as within a few millimeters of each other. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/484109 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08621974 | Chamberlain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith Chamberlain (Indian Head, Maryland); William Transue (Indian Head, Maryland); Jude Wieczorek (Indian Head, Maryland); Robert Hutcheson, Jr. (Indian Head, Maryland); Ferrell Furr (Indian Head, Maryland); Aaron Chan (Indian Head, Maryland); William Myers (Indian Head, Maryland); Scott Walthour (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Chamberlain (Indian Head, Maryland); William Transue (Indian Head, Maryland); Jude Wieczorek (Indian Head, Maryland); Robert Hutcheson, Jr. (Indian Head, Maryland); Ferrell Furr (Indian Head, Maryland); Aaron Chan (Indian Head, Maryland); William Myers (Indian Head, Maryland); Scott Walthour (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In an exemplary embodiment, an overpressure disrupter system is described including at least one module, an explosive material contained in at least one module, and a fire retardant material contained in at least one module. At least one module includes at least one connection area, at least one outer wall; and at least one inner wall. At least one outer wall and at least one inner wall combine to form at least one outer compartments housing the fire retardant material. At least one inner wall forms at least one inner compartment housing the explosive material. At least one connection area is configured to connect at least one module with at least one of another of at least one module and at least one ancillary device. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506575 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosive-charge making 086/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08622176 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California); Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melissa A. Bell (San Diego, California); Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gearbox for use in an auxiliary power unit has a plurality of gears received within a housing. A lube pump is mounted within the housing, and delivers oil to the plurality of gears and bearings. The lube pump has an oil supply tube for supplying oil to the pump for delivery to the plurality of gears and bearings. An oil reservoir maintains a quantity of oil above a lowermost end of the inlet tube, and is shaped such that a cross-sectional area at a lower end of the inlet tube has a first cross-sectional area. Other cross-sectional areas spaced upwardly from the first cross-sectional area are greater. A ratio of the second cross-sectional area to the first cross-sectional area is less than 3. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843209 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubrication 184/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08622343 | Fisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, California); John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, California); David R. Thompson (Simi Valley, California); Marc L. Schmalzel (Simi Valley, California); Karl R. Klingebiel (Simi Valley, California); Tyson R. Jensen (Simi Valley, California); Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, California); Eric James Aagaard (Simi Valley, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, California); John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, California); David R. Thompson (Simi Valley, California); Marc L. Schmalzel (Simi Valley, California); Karl R. Klingebiel (Simi Valley, California); Tyson R. Jensen (Simi Valley, California); Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, California); Eric James Aagaard (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478560 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/110.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623156 | Haines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Haines (Union, New Jersey); Deepak Kapoor (Rockaway, New Jersey); Jan Puszynski (Rapid City, South Dakota); Rajesh Shende (Rapid City, South Dakota); Zac Doorenbos (Rapid City, South Dakota); Lori Groven (Clarks Hill, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); South Dakota Board of Regents (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Haines (Union, New Jersey); Deepak Kapoor (Rockaway, New Jersey); Jan Puszynski (Rapid City, South Dakota); Rajesh Shende (Rapid City, South Dakota); Zac Doorenbos (Rapid City, South Dakota); Lori Groven (Clarks Hill, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method for the production of pyrophoric materials which does not employ hot NaOH and produces pyrophoric materials on various types of ceramic, metal, nanomaterial substrates. The method impregnates the substrate materials with pyrophoric iron or other materials resulting in materials that are “tunable” with respect to its pyrophoric output as determined by its temperature, rise time sustenance etc through selective variation of particle size, morphology, and diluents or reactive materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091385 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623196 | Kohli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neeraj Kohli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Devesh Srivastava (East Lansing, Michigan); Rudy J. Richardson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Sun (Hockessin, Delaware); Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Robert M. Worden (Holt, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neeraj Kohli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Devesh Srivastava (East Lansing, Michigan); Rudy J. Richardson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Sun (Hockessin, Delaware); Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Robert M. Worden (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, devices and methods for detecting esterase activity. The present invention also provides devices and methods of detecting esterase inhibitors, for example, organophosphates. In particular, the present invention provides a biosensor comprising Neuropathy Target Esterase (NTE) polypeptides. Further, the present invention relates to medicine, industrial chemistry, agriculture, and homeland security. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/121389 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/777.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623383 | Ching |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the construction of recombinant, immunodominant polypeptides against spotted fever group Rickettsia. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the recombinant proteins, either singly or in combination, in detection and diagnostic assays of spotted fever. The proteins can also be used to induce immune response against spotted fever group Rickettsia. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480290 |
| 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 08623555 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weng Poo Kang (Nashville, Tennessee); Supil Raina (Nashville, Tennessee); Shao-Hua Hsu (Nashville, Tennessee); Siyu Wei (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weng Poo Kang (Nashville, Tennessee); Supil Raina (Nashville, Tennessee); Shao-Hua Hsu (Nashville, Tennessee); Siyu Wei (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect of the present invention, an electrode useable in an electrochemical cell includes an electrically conductive substrate, nanostructured current collectors in electrical contact with the conductive substrate, and nanoparticles of a ternary orthosilicate composite coated on the nanostructured current collectors. The ternary orthosilicate composite comprises Li2MnxFeyCozSiO4, where x+y+z=1. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480860 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623788 | Barnes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul N. Barnes (West Milton, Ohio); Timothy J. Haugan (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul N. Barnes (West Milton, Ohio); Timothy J. Haugan (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of making a high temperature superconductor having a doped, nanoparticulate pinning structure. The method includes providing a nanoparticulate pinning material, providing a cuprate material, doping the nanoparticulate pinning material with a dopant to form a doped nanoparticulate material, depositing a layer of the cuprate material on a substrate, and depositing a layer of the doped nanoparticulate material on the layer of cuprate material. The invention also provides a high temperature superconductor (HTS) having a doped, nanoparticulate pinning structure including a plurality of layers of a cuprate material and a plurality of layers of a doped nanoparticulate pinning material. At least one layer of the doped nanoparticulate pinning material is stacked between two layers of the cuprate material. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739092 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/470 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623834 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to combination therapies including triciribine and related compounds and trastuzumab or a salt thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453778 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624267 | Powell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Powell (Cary, North Carolina); Mark Brady (Carrboro, North Carolina); Stephan G. Mueller (Durham, North Carolina); Valeri F. Tsvetkov (Gasburg, Virginia); Robert T. Leonard (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A high quality single crystal wafer of SiC is disclosed having a diameter of at least about 3 inches and a 1 c screw dislocation density from about 500 cm−2 to about 2000 cm−2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776784 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624304 | Daniel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jurgen H. Daniel (San Francisco, California); Ana Claudia Arias (San Carlos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jurgen H. Daniel (San Francisco, California); Ana Claudia Arias (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A first patterned contact layer, for example a gate electrode, is formed over an insulative substrate. Insulating and functional layers are formed at least over the first patterned contact layer. A second patterned contact layer, for example source/drain electrodes, is formed over the functional layer. Insulative material is then selectively deposited over at least a portion of the second patterned contact layer to form first and second wall structures such that at least a portion of the second patterned contact layer is exposed, the first and second wall structures defining a well therebetween. Electrically conductive or semiconductive material is deposited within the well, for example by jet-printing, such that the first and second wall structures confine the conductive or semiconductive material and prevent spreading and electrical shorting to adjacent devices. The conductive or semiconductive material is in electrical contact with the exposed portion of the second patterned contact layer to form, e.g., an operative transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473463 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624494 | Dayton, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Manhattan Technologies Ltd. (Richmond Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427132 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624495 | Dayton, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Manhattan Technologies Ltd. (Richmond Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427168 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624497 | Larraza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andres Larraza (Prunedale, California); David M. Wolfe (Texarkana, Texas); Jeffrey K. Catterlin (Salinas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres Larraza (Prunedale, California); David M. Wolfe (Texarkana, Texas); Jeffrey K. Catterlin (Salinas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A THz reverse micromagnetron includes a MEMS-based reverse magnetron configuration in which the anode is located at the center of the magnetron surrounded by a cathode ring. Electrons move radially inward in the combined electric and magnetic cross-fields and can reach orbiting angular frequencies in the THz region, even with a magnetic field of the order of 1 T or less. The THz reverse micromagnetron is portable, operates at room temperature, and can be bright. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/867960 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624682 | Ridley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeff A. Ridley (Shorewood, Minnesota); Robert Compton (Plymouth, Minnesota); Mary K. Salit (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jeffrey Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff A. Ridley (Shorewood, Minnesota); Robert Compton (Plymouth, Minnesota); Mary K. Salit (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jeffrey Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In an example, a chip-scale atomic clock physics package is provided. This chip-scale atomic clock physics package includes a body defining a cavity, and a first scaffold mounted in the cavity. A laser is mounted on the first surface of the first scaffold. A second scaffold is also mounted in the cavity. The second scaffold is disposed such that the first surface of the second scaffold is facing the first scaffold. A first photodetector is mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold. A vapor cell is mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold. A waveplate is also included, wherein the laser, waveplate, first photodetector, and vapor cell are disposed such that a beam from the laser can propagate through the waveplate and the vapor cell and be detected by the first photodetector. A lid is also included for covering the cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327417 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/94.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624735 | Kellen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yael Debra Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey); Arl Saul Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yael Debra Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey); Arl Saul Kellen (Teaneck, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An alarm system for indicating the specific location of an intrusion into an enclosed space, as well as a method for installing the alarm system, are disclosed. The intrusion causes illumination of an indicator light outside the enclosed space and within the outer perimeter zone of the enclosed space, thereby indicating the specific location of the intrusion. At least one interior sensor located within the enclosed space generates a specific intrusion location signal in response to movement therein. A control system responsive to the specific intrusion location signal causes the indicator light to emit light that is visible from outside the outer perimeter zone of the enclosed space. The emitted light can indicate the specific location of an intrusion by directing light towards the specific intrusion location, and/or by surrounding the specific intrusion location, and/or by activating a light display that produces readable output of the specific intrusion location. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949738 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624773 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey Sichina (Ocean View, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey Sichina (Ocean View, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for investigating and displaying an image of an area of interest comprising a moving vehicle; at least one processor for producing an image of the area of interest; at least one first transmitter for emitting first signals substantially in a first direction, the at least one first transmitter being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one first receiver for receiving backscattered signals resulting from the first radar signals, the at least one first receiver being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one second transmitter operatively for emitting second signals in a direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the at least one second transmitter being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor; at least one second receiver for receiving backscattered signals resulting from the second signals, the at least one second receiver being operatively associated with the moving vehicle and the processor, a GPS subsystem for providing position data relating to the position of the vehicle; the at least one first receiver and the at least one second receiver operating to provide image data to the at least one processor; the at least one processor operating to combine image data from the at least one first receiver and the at least one second receiver with the position data to form a single image; and a display to display the combined image data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/942362 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624968 | Hersee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide microscope devices and methods for forming and using the microscope devices. The microscope device can include a light emitter array with each light emitter individually addressable to either emit or detect light signals. Magnified images of a sample object can be generated by a reflection mechanism and/or a transmission mechanism using one or more microscope devices in an imaging system. Real-time computer control of which microscope pixels are viewed can allow the user to digitally replicate the “fovea” function of human vision. Viewing an object from both sides in the double-sided microscope system and from multiple pixel positions can allow the microscope to reconstruct pseudo-3D images of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/880923 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625064 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for preparing films using sequential ion implantation, and films formed using same, are provided herein. A structure prepared using ion implantation may include a substrate; an embedded structure having pre-selected characteristics; and a film within or adjacent to the embedded structure and including ions having a perturbed arrangement arising from the presence of the embedded structure. The perturbed arrangement may include the ions being covalently bonded to each other, to the embedded structure, or to the substrate, whereas the ions instead may be free to diffuse through the substrate in the absence of the embedded structure. The embedded structure may inhibit or impede the ions from diffusing through the substrate, such that the ions instead covalently bond to each other, to the embedded structure, or to the substrate. The film may include, for example, diamond-like carbon, graphene, or SiC having a pre-selected phase. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567998 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625250 | Bergerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony P. Bergerson (Cedar Hill, Texas); Jason L. Hoyle (Mansfield, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Bergerson (Cedar Hill, Texas); Jason L. Hoyle (Mansfield, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compression-molded part has a conductive layer embedded in the part during molding of the part. The conductive layer is generally adjacent an outer surface of the part and is preferably formed from a mesh, a foil, a pulled screen, or multiple layers of conductive elements. The part is preferably optimized for use on the exterior of an aircraft for lightning-strike or EMI protection or for use as an antenna. Methods for forming the panels of the invention include placing the conductive layer against a mold surface of a compression mold, then forming the compression-molded part with the conductive layer embedded in the part. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/552781 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625339 | Ong |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrian E. Ong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Grandis, Inc. (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian E. Ong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A write circuit is adapted to provide a same logical bit to each of a multitude of memory cells for storage. Each of the multitude of memory cells stores either the bit or a complement of the bit in response to the write circuit. A read circuit is adapted to receive the bits stored in the multitude of memory cells and to generate an output value defined by the stored bits in accordance with a predefined rule. The predefined rule may be characterized by a statistical mode of the bits stored in the plurality of memory cells. Storage errors in a minority of the multitude of memory cells may be ignored at the cost of lower memory density. The predefined rule may be characterized by a first weight assigned to bits 1 and a second weight assigned to bits 0. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/083854 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625605 | Kastenholtz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank Kastenholtz (Medford, Massachusetts); Laura Jane Poplawski Ma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Walter Clark Milliken (Dover, New Hampshire); Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Kastenholtz (Medford, Massachusetts); Laura Jane Poplawski Ma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Walter Clark Milliken (Dover, New Hampshire); Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and computer program product for non-uniform per-packet priority marking for use with adaptive protocols is presented. A packet is received at a first network device, the packet assigned to a priority band. A priority is determined for the packet between a lowest priority of the priority band and a highest priority of the priority band, the priority for the packet selected based on a target distribution of priorities within the priority band, the target distribution comprising a distribution selected to achieve a desired capacity relationship among groups of packets assigned to different priority bands. The selected priority is assigned to the packet. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112257 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/395.420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625840 | Ravela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and an apparatus for generating a forecast weather image such as a forecast weather radar image. The method uses filters to approximate viscous alignment and to thereby determine displacement fields having meaningful structure. In various embodiments a power-law energy spectrum is utilized for deformations in the displacement field through the application of a set of Gabor filters. The Gabor filters are applied in a sequential manner to gradient error images and values of modes of motions corresponding to the Gabor filters are determined. The values are used to generate the displacement field which can then be applied to an existing weather image to generate a forecast weather image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372646 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625999 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan S. Robinson (Arlington, Massachusetts); Don M. Boroson (Needham, Massachusetts); Scott A. Hamilton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shelby J. Savage (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are an FSK modulator and a method for large-alphabet FSK modulation. The FSK modulator and the method are based on filtering of a multi-tone optical source such as a mode-locked laser which provides a comb distribution of tones. A frequency-selective component selects for transmission a subset of the tones. In various embodiments the frequency-selective component is a Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter or a microring resonator filter. A second frequency-selective component selects a subset of the tones from the comb distribution provided by the first frequency-selective component. Still more frequency-selective components can be used according to the number of tones supplied by the multi-tone optical source to the FSK modulator. The optical signal exiting the last frequency-selective component includes only a single tone which corresponds to the symbol to be transmitted. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748777 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626232 | 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 | An apparatus for digitally controlling the launch of high-power broad-band RF waves with high linearity for use with a software defined air-interface system. A wave launcher contains an Eplane array containing a plurality of Epixel partition elements is configured with a master digital controller. The master digital controller processes all signals to be launched as RF waves and develops the digital images necessary for digital synthesizers to format the signals to be converted to analog. A plurality of digital-analog converters coupled with power amplifiers convert the digital signal to analog, and the analog signal is then sent to the partition elements to be transmitted as RF waves. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/957506 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/550.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626349 | Stanczak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Stanley Stanczak (Sterling Heights, Michigan); Louis Stephen Smutek (Livonia, Michigan); Alan Wayne Brown (Canton, Michigan); David Allen Backus (Milford, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Global Embedded Technologies, Inc. (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stanley Stanczak (Sterling Heights, Michigan); Louis Stephen Smutek (Livonia, Michigan); Alan Wayne Brown (Canton, Michigan); David Allen Backus (Milford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374375 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626684 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention provides a neural network comprising multiple modalities. Each modality comprises multiple neurons. The neural network further comprises an interconnection lattice for cross-associating signaling between the neurons in different modalities. The interconnection lattice includes a plurality of perception neuron populations along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways, and a plurality of action neuron populations along a number of top-down signaling pathways. Each perception neuron along a bottom-up signaling pathway has a corresponding action neuron along a reciprocal top-down signaling pathway. An input neuron population configured to receive sensory input drives perception neurons along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways. A first set of perception neurons along bottom-up signaling pathways drive a first set of action neurons along top-down signaling pathways. Action neurons along a number of top-down signaling pathways drive an output neuron population configured to generate motor output. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325321 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626747 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A database query comprising a logical table definition and at least one route tracing indicator is forwarded to at least one distributed database node within a distributed network of databases. At least one query response is received including distributed route tracing information associated with each distributed database node that processed the database query along a path associated with the at least one query response. The received distributed route tracing information is processed to characterize query route propagation within the distributed network of databases. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561659 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/716 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626807 | Boersma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maarten Boersma (Holzgerlingen, Germany); Markus Kaltenbach (Leinfelden, Germany); Michael Klein (Schoenaich, Germany); Silvia Melitta Mueller (Altdorf, Germany); Jochen Preiss (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maarten Boersma (Holzgerlingen, Germany); Markus Kaltenbach (Leinfelden, Germany); Michael Klein (Schoenaich, Germany); Silvia Melitta Mueller (Altdorf, Germany); Jochen Preiss (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for converting a signed fixed point number into a floating point number that includes reading an input number corresponding to a signed fixed point number to be converted, determining whether the input number is less than zero, setting a sign bit based upon whether the input number is less than zero or greater than or equal to zero, computing a first intermediate result by exclusive-ORing the input number with the sign bit, computing leading zeros of the first intermediate result, padding the first intermediate result based upon the sign bit, computing a second intermediate result by shifting the padded first intermediate result to the left by the leading zeros, computing an exponent portion and a fraction portion, conditionally incrementing the fraction portion based on the sign bit, correcting the exponent portion and the fraction portion if the incremented fraction portion overflows, and returning the floating point number. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350680 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627070 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved privacy preservation techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with data mining. By way of example, a technique for preserving privacy of data records for use in a data mining application comprises the following steps/operations. Different privacy levels are assigned to the data records. Condensed groups are constructed from the data records based on the privacy levels, wherein summary statistics are maintained for each condensed group. Pseudo-data is generated from the summary statistics, wherein the pseudo-data is available for use in the data mining application. Principles of the invention are capable of handling both static and dynamic data sets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/119766 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627154 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and products are provided for dynamic administration of component event reporting in a distributed processing system including receiving, by an events analyzer from an events queue, a plurality of events from one or more components of the distributed processing system; determining, by the events analyzer in dependence upon the received events and one or more event analysis rules, to change the event reporting rules of one or more components; and instructing, by the events analyzer, the one or more components to change the event reporting rules. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/661930 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627246 | Hershey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn Hershey (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn Hershey (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The process of implementing a belief propagation network in software and/or hardware can begin with a factor-graph-designer who designs a factor graph that implements that network. A development system provides a user with a way to specify a factor graph at a high or abstract level, and then solve the factor graph, or make an instance of the factor graph in software and/or hardware based on the specification. Factor graphs enable designers to create a graphical model of complicated belief propagation networks such as Markov chains, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/006060 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627414 | McCune et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan M. McCune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Adrian M. Perrig (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anupam Datta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Virgil Dorin Gligor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yanlin Li (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bryan Jeffrey Parno (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amit Vasudevan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ning Qu (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan M. McCune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Adrian M. Perrig (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anupam Datta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Virgil Dorin Gligor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yanlin Li (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bryan Jeffrey Parno (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Amit Vasudevan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ning Qu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer including a processor and a verification device. The processor in the computer performs the steps of authenticating a secure connection between a hypervisor and the verification device, measuring the identity of at least a portion of a select guest before the select guest executes any instruction, and sending a measurement of the identity of the select guest to the verification device. The verification device compares the policy stored in the verification device with the measurement of the select guest received by the verification device. The steps of authenticating, measuring, sending, and comparing are performed after receiving a signal indicative of a request to execute the select guest and without rebooting the computer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720008 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08621822 | Brockwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Ian Brockwell (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Ian Brockwell (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Structural members having enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass include a skeleton structure formed from strips of material. Notches may be placed on the strips and a weave of tensile material placed in the notches and woven around the skeleton structure. At least one pair of structural members can be jointed together to provide very strong joints due to a weave patterns of tensile material, such as Kevlar, that distributes stress throughout the structure, preventing stress from concentrating in one area. Methods of manufacturing such structural members include molding material into skeletons of desired cross section using a matrix of molding segments. Total catastrophic failures in composite materials are substantially avoided and the strength to weight ratio of structures can be increased. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411537 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/831 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08621917 | Fedewa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew M. Fedewa (Clarkston, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. Fedewa (Clarkston, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for diagnosing a multi-mode valve train device which selectively provides high lift and low lift to a combustion valve of an internal combustion engine having a camshaft phaser actuated by an electric motor. The method includes applying a variable electric current to the electric motor to achieve a desired camshaft phaser operational mode and commanding the multi-mode valve train device to a desired valve train device operational mode selected from a high lift mode and a low lift mode. The method also includes monitoring the variable electric current and calculating a first characteristic of the parameter. The method also includes comparing the calculated first characteristic against a predetermined value of the first characteristic measured when the multi-mode valve train device is known to be in the desired valve train device operational mode. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/315566 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/114.790 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08621934 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Hughes (Lakewood, Colorado); Walter Musial (Boulder, Colorado); Darris White (Port Orange, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Hughes (Lakewood, Colorado); Walter Musial (Boulder, Colorado); Darris White (Port Orange, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus (100) for fatigue testing test articles (104) including wind turbine blades. The apparatus (100) includes a test stand (110) that rigidly supports an end (106) of the test article (104). An actuator assembly (120) is attached to the test article (104) and is adapted for substantially concurrently imparting first and second forcing functions in first and second directions on the test article (104), with the first and second directions being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. A controller (130) transmits first and second sets of displacement signals (160, 164) to the actuator assembly (120) at two resonant frequencies of the test system (104). The displacement signals (160, 164) initiate the actuator assembly (120) to impart the forcing loads to concurrently oscillate the test article (104) in the first and second directions. With turbine blades, the blades (104) are resonant tested concurrently for fatigue in the flapwise and edgewise directions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/747458 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/808 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623121 | Way et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Colin A. Wolden (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Colin A. Wolden (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a hydrogen separation membrane based on nanoporous, composite metal carbide or metal sulfide coated membranes capable of high flux and permselectivity for hydrogen without platinum group metals. The present invention is capable of being operated over a broad temperature range, including at elevated temperatures, while maintaining hydrogen selectivity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069050 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623185 | Tormoen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Garth William Tormoen (Portland, Oregon); Christopher Sean Brossia (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garth William Tormoen (Portland, Oregon); Christopher Sean Brossia (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A planarized type of coupled multi-electrode corrosion sensing device. Electrode pads are fabricated on a thin backing, such as a thin film. Each pad has an associated electrical lead for connection to auxiliary electronic circuitry, which may include a resistor associated with each electrical pad. The design permits the device to be easily placed in small crevices or under coatings such as paint. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548949 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623241 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Brian R. Kromer (Buffalo, New York); Michael M. Litwin (Cheektowaga, New York); Lee J. Rosen (Buffalo, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Lawrence W. Kosowski (West Falls, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Brian R. Kromer (Buffalo, New York); Michael M. Litwin (Cheektowaga, New York); Lee J. Rosen (Buffalo, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Lawrence W. Kosowski (West Falls, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for producing heat used in a synthesis gas production process is provided. The disclosed method and apparatus include a plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements adapted to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing stream contacting the retentate side of the membrane elements. The permeated oxygen is combusted with a hydrogen containing synthesis gas stream contacting the permeate side of the tubular oxygen transport membrane elements thereby generating a reaction product stream and radiant heat. The present method and apparatus also includes at least one catalytic reactor containing a catalyst to promote the steam reforming reaction wherein the catalytic reactor is surrounded by the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements. The view factor between the catalytic reactor and the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements radiating heat to the catalytic reactor is greater than or equal to 0.5. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542115 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623279 | Malik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic liquid (IL)-mediated sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic materials present enormous potential for effective use in analytical microextraction. One obstacle to materializing this prospect arises from high viscosity of ILs significantly slowing down sol-gel reactions. A method was developed which provides phosphonium-based, pyridinium-based, and imidazolium-based IL-mediated advanced sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid materials for capillary microextraction. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrate that ILs can serve as porogenic agents in sol-gel reactions. IL-mediated sol-gel coatings prepared with silanol-terminated polymers provided up to 28 times higher extractions compared to analogous sol-gel coatings prepared without any IL in the sol solution. This study shows that IL-generated porous morphology alone is not enough to provide effective extraction media: careful choice of the organic polymer and the precursor with close sol-gel reactivity must be made to ensure effective chemical bonding of the organic polymer to the created sol-gel material to be able to provide the desired sorbent characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300943 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623376 | Crowe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian A. Crowe (Leobendorf, Austria); Ian Livey (Vienna, Austria); Maria O'Rourke (Wiener Neudorf, Austria); Michael Schwendinger (Neusiedl am See, Austria); John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York); Benjamin J. Luft (Riverhead, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Illinois); Baxter Healthcare S.A. (Glattpark (Opfikon), Switzerland); Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Crowe (Leobendorf, Austria); Ian Livey (Vienna, Austria); Maria O'Rourke (Wiener Neudorf, Austria); Michael Schwendinger (Neusiedl am See, Austria); John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York); Benjamin J. Luft (Riverhead, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the development of chimeric OpsA molecules for use in a new Lyme vaccine. More specifically, the chimeric OspA molecules comprise the proximal portion from one OspA serotype, together with distal portion from another OspA serotype, while retaining antigenic properties of both of the parent polypeptides. The chimeric OspA molecules are delivered alone or in combination to provide protection against a variety of Borrelia genospecies. The invention also provides methods for administering the chimeric OspA molecules to a subject in the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease or borreliosis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/107796 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/190.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623451 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yong Qin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yong Qin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of making a generating device, a plurality of spaced apart elongated seed members are deposited onto a surface of a flexible non-conductive substrate. An elongated conductive layer is applied to a top surface and a first side of each seed member, thereby leaving an exposed second side opposite the first side. A plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures is grown laterally from the second side of each seed layer. A second conductive material is deposited onto the substrate adjacent each elongated first conductive layer so as to be coupled the distal end of each of the plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures. The second conductive material is selected so as to form a Schottky barrier between the second conductive material and the distal end of each of the plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures and so as to form an electrical contact with the first conductive layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943499 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623470 | Luhrs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claudia Luhrs (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Monique N. Richard (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia Luhrs (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Monique N. Richard (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a process for making a composite material that contains core-shell structured nanoparticles. The process includes providing a precursor in the form of a powder a liquid and/or a vapor of a liquid that contains a core material and a shell material, and suspending the precursor in an aerosol gas to produce an aerosol containing the precursor. In addition, the process includes providing a plasma that has a hot zone and passing the aerosol through the hot zone of the plasma. As the aerosol passes through the hot zone of the plasma, at least part of the core material and at least part of the shell material in the aerosol is vaporized. Vapor that contains the core material and the shell material that has been vaporized is removed from the hot zone of the plasma and allowed to condense into core-shell structured nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/143398 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/569 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623623 | Kahsay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robel Y. Kahsay (Wilmington, Delaware); Min Qi (Hockessin, Delaware); Luan Tao (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Paul V. Viitanen (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Yang (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robel Y. Kahsay (Wilmington, Delaware); Min Qi (Hockessin, Delaware); Luan Tao (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Paul V. Viitanen (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Yang (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Zymomonas expressing xylose isomerase from A. missouriensis was found to have improved xylose utilization, growth, and ethanol production when grown in media containing xylose. Xylose isomerases related to that of A. missouriensis were identified structurally through molecular phylogenetic and Profile Hidden Markov Model analyses, providing xylose isomerases that may be used to improve xylose utilization. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161749 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623633 | Rajgarhia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vineet Rajgarhia (Kingsport, Tennessee); Kari Koivuranta (Helsinki, Finland); Merja Penttilä (Helsinki, Finland); Marja Ilmen (Helsinki, Finland); Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Christopher Kenneth Miller (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Stacey Olson (St. Bonifacius, Minnesota); Laura Ruohonen (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vineet Rajgarhia (Kingsport, Tennessee); Kari Koivuranta (Helsinki, Finland); Merja Penttilä (Helsinki, Finland); Marja Ilmen (Helsinki, Finland); Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Christopher Kenneth Miller (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Stacey Olson (St. Bonifacius, Minnesota); Laura Ruohonen (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | Yeast cells are transformed with an exogenous xylose isomerase gene. Additional genetic modifications enhance the ability of the transformed cells to ferment xylose to ethanol or other desired fermentation products. Those modifications include deletion of non-specific or specific aldose reductase gene(s), deletion of xylitol dehydrogenase gene(s) and/or overexpression of xylulokinase. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/107882 |
| 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 435/255.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623744 | Swiler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Swiler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ernest J. Garcia (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kathryn M. Francis (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for singulating die from a semiconductor substrate (e.g. a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate or a bulk silicon substrate) containing an oxide layer (e.g. silicon dioxide or a silicate glass) and one or more semiconductor layers (e.g. monocrystalline or polycrystalline silicon) located above the oxide layer. The method etches trenches through the substrate and through each semiconductor layer about the die being singulated, with the trenches being offset from each other around at least a part of the die so that the oxide layer between the trenches holds the substrate and die together. The trenches can be anisotropically etched using a Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) process. After the trenches are etched, the oxide layer between the trenches can be etched away with an HF etchant to singulate the die. A release fixture can be located near one side of the substrate to receive the singulated die. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863509 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623941 | Tuncer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enis Tuncer (Knoxville, Tennessee); Georgios Polyzos (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enis Tuncer (Knoxville, Tennessee); Georgios Polyzos (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a nanoparticle filled dielectric material. The method includes mixing nanoparticle precursors with a polymer material and reacting the nanoparticle precursors mixed with the polymer material to form nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer material to form a dielectric composite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943734 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/442 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624006 | Gervay-Hague et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected α-O-glycolipid. The first step involves contacting a protected α-iodo sugar with a catalyst and a lipid comprising a hydroxy group, under conditions sufficient to prepare a protected α-O-glycolipid. The second step involves deprotecting the protected α-O-glycolipid under conditions sufficient to prepare the unprotected α-O-glycolipid, wherein the contacting and deprotecting steps are performed in a single vessel. The present invention also provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected β-O-glycolipid following the steps for the preparation of the unprotected α-O-glycolipid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595214 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624043 | Dumesic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Juan Carlos Serrano Ruiz (Madison, Wisconsin); Ryan M. West (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Juan Carlos Serrano Ruiz (Madison, Wisconsin); Ryan M. West (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method to make liquid chemicals. The method includes deconstructing cellulose to yield a product mixture comprising levulinic acid and formic acid, converting the levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone, and converting the γ-valerolactone to pentanoic acid. Alternatively, the γ-valerolactone can be converted to a mixture of n-butenes. The pentanoic acid can be decarboxylated yield 1-butene or ketonized to yield 5-nonanone. The 5-nonanone can be hydrodeoxygenated to yield nonane, or 5-nonanone can be reduced to yield 5-nonanol. The 5-nonanol can be dehydrated to yield nonene, which can be dimerized to yield a mixture of C9 and C18 olefins, which can be hydrogenated to yield a mixture of alkanes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/369388 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624081 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The transcription factor EIN3 is a key transcription factor mediating ethylene-regulated gene expression and morphological responses. EIN3 is degraded through a ubiquitin/proteasome pathway mediated by F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2. The link between F-box proteins and the ethylene response is a key step in modulating or regulating the response of a plant to ethylene. Described herein are transgenic plants having an altered sensitivity to ethylene, and methods for making transgenic plant having an altered sensitivity to ethylene by modulating the level of activity of F-box proteins. Methods of altering the ethylene response in a plant by modulating the activity or expression of an F-box protein are described. Also described are methods of identifying compounds that modulate the ethylene response in plants by modulating the level of F-box protein expression or activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015333 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624082 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaed, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818237 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624105 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy devices such as energy conversion devices and energy storage devices and methods for the manufacture of such devices. The devices include a support member having an array of pore channels having a small average pore channel diameter and having a pore channel length. Material layers that may include energy conversion materials and conductive materials are coaxially disposed within the pore channels to form material rods having a relatively small cross-section and a relatively long length. By varying the structure of the materials in the pore channels, various energy devices can be fabricated, such as photovoltaic (PV) devices, radiation detectors, capacitors, batteries and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772913 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624109 | Traeholt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chresten Traeholt (Frederiksberg, Denmark); Dag Willen (Klagshamn, Sweden); Mark Roden (Newnan, Georgia); Jerry C. Tolbert (Carrollton, Georgia); David Lindsay (Carrollton, Georgia); Paul W. Fisher (Heiskell, Tennessee); Carsten Thidemann Nielsen (Jaegerspris, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NKT Cables Ultera A/S (Asnaes, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chresten Traeholt (Frederiksberg, Denmark); Dag Willen (Klagshamn, Sweden); Mark Roden (Newnan, Georgia); Jerry C. Tolbert (Carrollton, Georgia); David Lindsay (Carrollton, Georgia); Paul W. Fisher (Heiskell, Tennessee); Carsten Thidemann Nielsen (Jaegerspris, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a termination unit comprising an end-section of a cable. The end section of the cable defines a central longitudinal axis and comprising end-parts of N electrical phases, an end-part of a neutral conductor and a surrounding thermally insulation envelope adapted to comprising a cooling fluid. The end-parts of the N electrical phases and the end-part of the neutral conductor each comprising at least one electrical conductor and being arranged in the cable concentrically around a core former with a phase 1 located relatively innermost, and phase N relatively outermost in the cable, phase N being surrounded by the neutral conductor, electrical insulation being arranged between neighboring electrical phases and between phase N and the neutral conductor, and wherein the end-parts of the neutral conductor and the electrical phases each comprise a contacting surface electrically connected to at least one branch current lead to provide an electrical connection: The contacting surfaces each having a longitudinal extension, and being located sequentially along the longitudinal extension of the end-section of the cable. The branch current leads being individually insulated from said thermally insulation envelope by individual electrical insulators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/532230 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/15.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624496 | Neubauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Neubauer (Sonoma, California); Milorad Popovic (Warenville, Illinois); Rolland P. Johnson (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Muons, Inc. (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Neubauer (Sonoma, California); Milorad Popovic (Warenville, Illinois); Rolland P. Johnson (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetron of improved performance capable of stabilizing the frequency and phase of magnetron output for use in particle accelerators and other applications. Thin variable-permeability blocks are attached inside the resonant anode structures of a standard magnetron design. A variable bias electromagnet, with field orthogonal in direction to the RF magnetic field, is used to vary the permeability of each block and therefore the resonant frequency of each anode structure. An electronic feedback control circuit adjusts the bias magnetic fields to lock in the frequency and phase of the magnetron output to an external low-level reference signal. Such devices may be used to provide synchronized high-power RF to many locations (e.g. the RF cavities of a particle accelerator), while requiring the distribution only of electrical power and an appropriate low-level RF reference signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908578 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625744 | Blackburn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brandon W. Blackburn (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Alan W. Hunt (Pocatello, Idaho); David L. Chichester (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia); Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon W. Blackburn (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Alan W. Hunt (Pocatello, Idaho); David L. Chichester (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to apparatus, devices, systems, and/or methods for real-time detection of a concealed or camouflaged explosive device (e.g., EFPs and IEDs) from a safe stand-off distance. Apparatus, system and/or methods of the disclosure may also be operable to identify and/or spatially locate and/or detect an explosive device. An apparatus or system may comprise an x-ray generator that generates high-energy x-rays and/or electrons operable to contact and activate a metal comprised in an explosive device from a stand-off distance; and a detector operable to detect activation of the metal. Identifying an explosive device may comprise detecting characteristic radiation signatures emitted by metals specific to an EFP, an IED or a landmine. Apparatus and systems of the disclosure may be mounted on vehicles and methods of the disclosure may be performed while moving in the vehicle and from a safe stand-off distance. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622813 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625939 | Rakich |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide system includes a first waveguide having surface roughness along at least one surface and a second waveguide substantially identical to the first waveguide and having substantially identical surface roughness along a corresponding side. The first and second waveguides are separated from each other by a predetermined distance and are configured to receive respective first and second light signals having antisymmetric modes. The predetermined distance between the first and second waveguide tends to cause cancellation of at least far-field polarization radiation emanating from the first and second waveguides and resulting from the surface roughness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306408 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626957 | Blumrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Todd E. Takken (Brewster, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Wenau, Germany); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Todd E. Takken (Brewster, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Wenau, Germany); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for enabling high-speed, low-latency global collective communications among interconnected processing nodes. The global collective network optimally enables collective reduction operations to be performed during parallel algorithm operations executing in a computer structure having a plurality of the interconnected processing nodes. Router devices are included that interconnect the nodes of the network via links to facilitate performance of low-latency global processing operations at nodes of the virtual network. The global collective network may be configured to provide global barrier and interrupt functionality in asynchronous or synchronized manner. When implemented in a massively-parallel supercomputing structure, the global collective network is physically and logically partitionable according to needs of a processing algorithm. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101566 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627334 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Intranode data communications in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes configured to execute processes, where the data communications include: allocating, upon initialization of a first process of a compute node, a region of shared memory; establishing, by the first process, a predefined number of message buffers, each message buffer associated with a process to be initialized on the compute node; sending, to a second process on the same compute node, a data communications message without determining whether the second process has been initialized, including storing the data communications message in the message buffer of the second process; and upon initialization of the second process: retrieving, by the second process, a pointer to the second process's message buffer; and retrieving, by the second process from the second process's message buffer in dependence upon the pointer, the data communications message sent by the first process. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709305 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08621954 | Dellon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Dellon (Seattle, Washington); Yoky Matsuoka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Dellon (Seattle, Washington); Yoky Matsuoka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods that may compensate for the effect of gravity on certain haptic devices, such as haptic-robot devices. An example embodiment of the disclosed systems and methods may take the form of a gravity-compensation system that includes (a) a carriage coupled to a rod having a first axis, wherein the carriage is configured to move along the first axis, (b) a displacement mechanism coupled to the carriage, wherein the displacement mechanism is configured to move the carriage along the first axis of the rod based on a displacement of an extendable arm along the first axis, and (c) a restorative-force mechanism configured to exert, on the carriage, a restorative force that acts along a second axis. The gravity-compensation system acts in a primarily passive manner, helping to ensure the safety of users at the point of human-robot interaction (pHRI). |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153614 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/490.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08622987 | Ismagilov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Delai Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Weishan Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Wenbin Du (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Delai Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Weishan Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Wenbin Du (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for sampling and/or introducing a matter to an environment comprises introducing a first array of plugs through a first microchannel of a device into an exchange region of the device in which mass transport between the environment and the plug fluid of at least one plug in the first array of plugs occurs and a second array of plugs is formed. The exchange region is in fluid communication with the first microchannel. The method further comprises directing the second array of plugs into a second microchannel downstream of and in fluid communication with the exchange region. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/737058 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623192 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sang M. Han (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Youn-Jin Oh (San Ramon, California); Cornelius Ivory (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang M. Han (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Youn-Jin Oh (San Ramon, California); Cornelius Ivory (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for concentrating, focusing and/or separating proteins using nanofluidic channels and/or their arrays. In embodiments, low-abundance proteins can be focused and separated with high resolution using separation techniques including isoelectric focusing (IEF), and/or dynamic field gradient focusing (DFGF) in combination with nanofluidic channels and/or multi-gate nanofluidic field-effect-transistors (FETs). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125096 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623196 | Kohli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neeraj Kohli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Devesh Srivastava (East Lansing, Michigan); Rudy J. Richardson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Sun (Hockessin, Delaware); Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Robert M. Worden (Holt, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neeraj Kohli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Devesh Srivastava (East Lansing, Michigan); Rudy J. Richardson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Sun (Hockessin, Delaware); Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Robert M. Worden (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, devices and methods for detecting esterase activity. The present invention also provides devices and methods of detecting esterase inhibitors, for example, organophosphates. In particular, the present invention provides a biosensor comprising Neuropathy Target Esterase (NTE) polypeptides. Further, the present invention relates to medicine, industrial chemistry, agriculture, and homeland security. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/121389 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/777.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623279 | Malik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic liquid (IL)-mediated sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic materials present enormous potential for effective use in analytical microextraction. One obstacle to materializing this prospect arises from high viscosity of ILs significantly slowing down sol-gel reactions. A method was developed which provides phosphonium-based, pyridinium-based, and imidazolium-based IL-mediated advanced sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid materials for capillary microextraction. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrate that ILs can serve as porogenic agents in sol-gel reactions. IL-mediated sol-gel coatings prepared with silanol-terminated polymers provided up to 28 times higher extractions compared to analogous sol-gel coatings prepared without any IL in the sol solution. This study shows that IL-generated porous morphology alone is not enough to provide effective extraction media: careful choice of the organic polymer and the precursor with close sol-gel reactivity must be made to ensure effective chemical bonding of the organic polymer to the created sol-gel material to be able to provide the desired sorbent characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300943 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623451 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yong Qin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yong Qin (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of making a generating device, a plurality of spaced apart elongated seed members are deposited onto a surface of a flexible non-conductive substrate. An elongated conductive layer is applied to a top surface and a first side of each seed member, thereby leaving an exposed second side opposite the first side. A plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures is grown laterally from the second side of each seed layer. A second conductive material is deposited onto the substrate adjacent each elongated first conductive layer so as to be coupled the distal end of each of the plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures. The second conductive material is selected so as to form a Schottky barrier between the second conductive material and the distal end of each of the plurality of elongated piezoelectric nanostructures and so as to form an electrical contact with the first conductive layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943499 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623491 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Toh-Ming Lu (Loudonville, New York); Gwo-Ching Wang (Loundonville, New York); Fu Tang (Troy, New York); Thomas Parker (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toh-Ming Lu (Loudonville, New York); Gwo-Ching Wang (Loundonville, New York); Fu Tang (Troy, New York); Thomas Parker (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure includes a plurality of metal nanoblades positioned with one edge on a substrate. Each of the plurality of metal nanoblades has a large surface area to mass ratio and a width smaller than a length. A method of storing hydrogen includes coating a plurality of magnesium nanoblades with a hydrogen storage catalyst and storing hydrogen by chemically forming magnesium hydride with the plurality of magnesium nanoblades. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/617249 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623493 | Nealey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark Petar Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Konstantinos C. Daoulas (Goettingen, Germany); Marcus Muller (Goettingen, Germany); Juan J. De Pablo (Madison, Wisconsin); SangMin Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Franklin Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark Petar Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Konstantinos C. Daoulas (Goettingen, Germany); Marcus Muller (Goettingen, Germany); Juan J. De Pablo (Madison, Wisconsin); SangMin Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating complex three-dimensional structures on patterned substrates and related compositions are provided. The methods involve depositing on the substrate a block copolymer material that is “mismatched” to the substrate pattern, and then ordering the material to form a complex three-dimensional structure. According to various embodiments, the copolymer material mismatches the substrate pattern in that the symmetry and/or length scale of its bulk morphology differs from that of the pattern. When ordered, a balance between the physics that determines the bulk block copolymer morphology and the physics that determines the substrate surface interfacial interactions results in a thermodynamically stable complex three-dimensional film that varies in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and has a morphology that differs from its bulk morphology. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436341 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623496 | Blick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Minrui Yu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Minrui Yu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming extremely small pores in a substrate that is used, for example, in patch clamp applications is provided that employs an energy absorbing material beyond a back side of the substrate to allow a laser to be focused adjacent the exit side of the substrate so as to generate a pore through the substrate and can also form a crater in the back side of the substrate and in which the pore may propagate from the crater in a drilling direction that can oppose a laser transmission direction. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/614237 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624006 | Gervay-Hague et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California); Wenjun Du (Mount Pleasant, Michigan); Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Mumbai, India); Matthew Schombs (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected α-O-glycolipid. The first step involves contacting a protected α-iodo sugar with a catalyst and a lipid comprising a hydroxy group, under conditions sufficient to prepare a protected α-O-glycolipid. The second step involves deprotecting the protected α-O-glycolipid under conditions sufficient to prepare the unprotected α-O-glycolipid, wherein the contacting and deprotecting steps are performed in a single vessel. The present invention also provides a one-pot method of preparing an unprotected β-O-glycolipid following the steps for the preparation of the unprotected α-O-glycolipid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595214 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624081 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongwei Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The transcription factor EIN3 is a key transcription factor mediating ethylene-regulated gene expression and morphological responses. EIN3 is degraded through a ubiquitin/proteasome pathway mediated by F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2. The link between F-box proteins and the ethylene response is a key step in modulating or regulating the response of a plant to ethylene. Described herein are transgenic plants having an altered sensitivity to ethylene, and methods for making transgenic plant having an altered sensitivity to ethylene by modulating the level of activity of F-box proteins. Methods of altering the ethylene response in a plant by modulating the activity or expression of an F-box protein are described. Also described are methods of identifying compounds that modulate the ethylene response in plants by modulating the level of F-box protein expression or activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015333 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624084 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Chile) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Coruzzi (New York, New York); Kenneth D. Birnbaum (Brooklyn, New York); Miriam Gifford (New York, New York); Rodrigo A. Gutierrez (Santiago, Chile) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific promote, wherein the miR167 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally a constitutive or inducible promoter. In some embodiments, the transgenic plant has an improved agronomic or nutritional characteristic when cultivated in nitrogen-rich conditions as compared to a wild type plant cultivated in the same conditions. Also provided herein are commercial products (e.g., pulp, paper, paper products, or lumber) derived from the transgenic plants (e.g., transgenic trees) produced using the methods provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077294 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624105 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy devices such as energy conversion devices and energy storage devices and methods for the manufacture of such devices. The devices include a support member having an array of pore channels having a small average pore channel diameter and having a pore channel length. Material layers that may include energy conversion materials and conductive materials are coaxially disposed within the pore channels to form material rods having a relatively small cross-section and a relatively long length. By varying the structure of the materials in the pore channels, various energy devices can be fabricated, such as photovoltaic (PV) devices, radiation detectors, capacitors, batteries and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772913 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624357 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monali B. Joshi (San Franciso, California); Mark S. Goorsky (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monali B. Joshi (San Franciso, California); Mark S. Goorsky (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are composite semiconductor substrates for use in semiconductor device fabrication and related devices and methods. In one embodiment, a composite substrate includes: (1) a bulk silicon layer; (2) a porous silicon layer adjacent to the bulk silicon layer, wherein the porous silicon layer has a Young's modulus value that is no greater than 110.5 GPa; (3) an epitaxial template layer, wherein the epitaxial template layer has a root-mean-square surface roughness value in the range of 0.2 nm to 1 nm; and (4) a set of silicon nitride layers disposed between the porous silicon layer and the epitaxial template layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061132 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624968 | Hersee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide microscope devices and methods for forming and using the microscope devices. The microscope device can include a light emitter array with each light emitter individually addressable to either emit or detect light signals. Magnified images of a sample object can be generated by a reflection mechanism and/or a transmission mechanism using one or more microscope devices in an imaging system. Real-time computer control of which microscope pixels are viewed can allow the user to digitally replicate the “fovea” function of human vision. Viewing an object from both sides in the double-sided microscope system and from multiple pixel positions can allow the microscope to reconstruct pseudo-3D images of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/880923 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625840 | Ravela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and an apparatus for generating a forecast weather image such as a forecast weather radar image. The method uses filters to approximate viscous alignment and to thereby determine displacement fields having meaningful structure. In various embodiments a power-law energy spectrum is utilized for deformations in the displacement field through the application of a set of Gabor filters. The Gabor filters are applied in a sequential manner to gradient error images and values of modes of motions corresponding to the Gabor filters are determined. The values are used to generate the displacement field which can then be applied to an existing weather image to generate a forecast weather image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372646 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626449 | Prather et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly A. Prather (Encinitas, California); Joseph E. Mayer (Encinitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly A. Prather (Encinitas, California); Joseph E. Mayer (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Among other things, methods, systems, apparatus for performing on-the-fly apportionment are described. In particular, spectrum data associated with a particle is acquired in real-time. The acquired real-time spectrum data is analyzing in real-time to classify the particle. Analyzing the data in real-time includes comparing the acquired spectrum data with a library of known mass spectral fingerprints to obtain a match. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/446130 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626844 | Schulzrinne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henning G. Schulzrinne (Leonia, New Jersey); Suman Ramkumar Srinivasan (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henning G. Schulzrinne (Leonia, New Jersey); Suman Ramkumar Srinivasan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and media for exchanging data between nodes of disconnected networks are provided, including: determining a query type based on whether a query received at a first node includes at least one keyword or at least a portion of a uniform resource identifier; performing a search of a cache based on the query and the query type; converting the query into a formatted query document; storing the formatted query document in a database, if the search of the cache does not yield at least a predetermined number of data items; retrieving the formatted query document from the database at a predetermined interval; multicasting the retrieved formatted query document from the first node to at least a second node; and receiving, at the first node, a formatted response document from the second node, the formatted response document resulting from a search of a cache of the second node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/593209 |
| ART UNIT | 2444 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627488 | Cormode et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham R. Cormode (Morristown, New Jersey); Cecilia M. Procopiuc (Summit, Indiana); Divesh Srivastava (Summit, New Jersey); Entong Shen (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham R. Cormode (Morristown, New Jersey); Cecilia M. Procopiuc (Summit, Indiana); Divesh Srivastava (Summit, New Jersey); Entong Shen (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are disclosed to anonymize a dataset of spatial data. An example method includes generating a spatial indexing structure with spatial data, establishing a height value associated with the spatial indexing structure to generate a plurality of tree nodes, each of the plurality of tree nodes associated with spatial data counts, calculating a localized noise budget value for respective ones of the tree nodes based on the height value and an overall noise budget, and anonymizing the plurality of tree nodes with a anonymization process, the anonymization process using the localized noise budget value for respective ones of the tree nodes. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311388 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/72 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 20/00086 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08622912 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Chin (Austin, Texas); Sridhar Madala (Houston, Texas); Graham Patrick Sattler (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fabrico Technology, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Chin (Austin, Texas); Sridhar Madala (Houston, Texas); Graham Patrick Sattler (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is directed to a transcranial Doppler probe. The transcranial Doppler probe includes a spherical bearing, a piezoelectric transducer pivotally attached to the spherical bearing, and first and second rods coupled to the piezoelectric transducer. The first rod is configured to pivot the piezoelectric transducer around a first pivot axis and the second rod is configured to pivot the piezoelectric transducer around a second pivot axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182185 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623253 | Jolley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Clyde F. Parrish (Trinity, Florida); Steven L. Parks (Rockledge, Florida) |
| 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) | Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Clyde F. Parrish (Trinity, Florida); Steven L. Parks (Rockledge, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are low-melt polyimides and poly(amic acids) (PAAs) for use in repair of electrical wire insulation, flat or ribbon wire harnesses, and flat surfaces comprised of high-performance polymers such as inflatables or solar panels applications. Also provided are methods and devices for repair of electrical insulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/033085 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623397 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Laurie McCauley (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Laurie McCauley (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A delivery device includes a hollow container, and a plurality of biodegradable and/or erodible polymeric layers established in the container. A layer including a predetermined substance is established between each of the plurality of polymeric layers, whereby degradation of the polymeric layer and release of the predetermined substance occur intermittently. Methods for forming the device are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/101993 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623453 | Keilich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter W. Keilich (South Windsor, Connecticut); Mark E. Caron (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Keilich (South Windsor, Connecticut); Mark E. Caron (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for restoring a silver oxide-containing hydrophilic coating includes heating the coating to a temperature between about 260° C. and about 540° C. and maintaining the coating at a temperature between about 260° C. and about 540° C. in an environment containing oxygen and ozone for less than 24 hours. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/074612 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623662 | Muradov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nazim Z. Muradov (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazim Z. Muradov (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, processes and compositions are provided for a visual or chemochromic hydrogen-detector with variable or tunable reversible color change. The working temperature range for the hydrogen detector is from minus 100° C. to plus 500° C. A hydrogen-sensitive pigment, including, but not limited to, oxides, hydroxides and polyoxo-compounds of tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, chromium and combinations thereof, is combined with nano-sized metal activator particles and preferably, coated on a porous or woven substrate. In the presence of hydrogen, the composition rapidly changes its color from white or light-gray or light-tan to dark gray, navy-blue or black depending on the exposure time and hydrogen concentration in the medium. After hydrogen exposure ceases, the original color of the hydrogen-sensitive pigment is restored, and the visual hydrogen detector can be used repeatedly. By changing the composition of the hydrogen-sensitive pigment, the time required for its complete regeneration is varied from a few seconds to several days. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/616246 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624769 | Wrigley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher James Wrigley (La Crescenta, California); Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California); Kenneth W. Newton (Castaic, California); Thomas J. Cunningham (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher James Wrigley (La Crescenta, California); Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California); Kenneth W. Newton (Castaic, California); Thomas J. Cunningham (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts pixel voltages from a CMOS image into a digital output. A voltage ramp generator generates a voltage ramp that has a linear first portion and a non-linear second portion. A digital output generator generates a digital output based on the voltage ramp, the pixel voltages, and comparator output from an array of comparators that compare the voltage ramp to the pixel voltages. A return lookup table linearizes the digital output values. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572098 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626478 | Norman, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Norman, Jr. (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Norman, Jr. (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a cross flow angle for a feature on a structure. A processor unit receives location information identifying a location of the feature on the structure, determines an angle of the feature, identifies flow information for the location, determines a flow angle using the flow information, and determines the cross flow angle for the feature using the flow angle and the angle of the feature. The flow information describes a flow of fluid across the structure. The flow angle comprises an angle of the flow of fluid across the structure for the location of the feature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166161 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08623390 | Schisler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Schisler (Morton, Illinois); Patricia J. Slininger (Metamora, Illinois); Tugba Adiyaman (Karsiyaka, Turkey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Schisler (Morton, Illinois); Patricia J. Slininger (Metamora, Illinois); Tugba Adiyaman (Karsiyaka, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | Six bacterial strains: Bacillus simplex strain 03WN13, Bacillus simplex strain 03WN23, Bacillus simplex strain 03WN25, Pseudomonas koreensis strain 10IL21, Pantoea agglomerans strain 10IL31, and Pseudomonas lini strain 13IL01, are superior antagonists of Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybr., the causative agent of pink rot on potatoes. These bacterial strains are effective for suppression and control of pink rot on potatoes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889702 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08623943 | Kiely et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Kiely (Missoula, Montana); Tyler N. Smith (Missoula, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Kiely (Missoula, Montana); Tyler N. Smith (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydroxypolyamides, hydroxypolyamide products, and post-hydroxypolyamides are disclosed as gel forming agents. Hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides are prepared from known methods. Hydroxypolyamide products are produced from a modified polymerization procedure which utilizes strong base for deprotonation of ammonium salts from the esterification of stoichiometrically equivalent polyacid:polyamine salts. The hydroxypolyamide products are capable of gel formation at lower concentrations than hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides from the known methods of preparation, and are therefore superior gel forming agents. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272732 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625856 | Chao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kuanglin Chao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Yud R Chen (Laurel, Maryland); Moon S Kim (Silver Spring, Maryland); Diane Chan (Odenton, Maryland); Chun-Chieh Yang (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuanglin Chao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Yud R Chen (Laurel, Maryland); Moon S Kim (Silver Spring, Maryland); Diane Chan (Odenton, Maryland); Chun-Chieh Yang (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system containing an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device detector and line-scan spectrograph is used for identifying wholesome and unwholesome freshly slaughtered chicken carcasses on high-speed commercial chicken processing lines. Multispectral imaging algorithms allow for real-time online identification of wholesome and unwholesome chicken carcasses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237310 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24135 | NeSmith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Scott NeSmith (Molena, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The variety ‘T-959’ ripens around the first week of June in southern Georgia. The fruits of the new ‘T-959’ variety are very large, firm, and have good flavor. The new ‘T-959’ variety is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The new variety is reliably propagated vegetatively. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134495 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08624118 | Kauffman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Kauffman (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Kauffman (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A water-soluble polymer coating for application to electrical wiring used in aircraft and other electrical structures is provided. The coating includes a water-soluble polymer such as polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, and methyl cellulose which is dissolved in water to form a solution. The solution may be applied to electrical wiring during manufacturing and dried to a film such that if the wire becomes damaged and exposed to water, a protective water-insoluble deposit is formed on the wiring. Alternatively, the solution may be applied to wiring which is already damaged to form a protective water-insoluble deposit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/090659 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/120.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625840 | Ravela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Ravela (Belmont, Massachusetts); William J. Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Timothy R. Langlois (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Marilyn M. Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Yang (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and an apparatus for generating a forecast weather image such as a forecast weather radar image. The method uses filters to approximate viscous alignment and to thereby determine displacement fields having meaningful structure. In various embodiments a power-law energy spectrum is utilized for deformations in the displacement field through the application of a set of Gabor filters. The Gabor filters are applied in a sequential manner to gradient error images and values of modes of motions corresponding to the Gabor filters are determined. The values are used to generate the displacement field which can then be applied to an existing weather image to generate a forecast weather image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372646 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626358 | McGuffin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas F. McGuffin (Bellevue, Washington); Reetu Gupta (Redmond, Washington); Divya Swarup Giriyappa Srinivasan (Bangalore, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. McGuffin (Bellevue, Washington); Reetu Gupta (Redmond, Washington); Divya Swarup Giriyappa Srinivasan (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew is provided. The system includes a functional module including a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground system; a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein a shortcut prompt is automatically displayed when a confirm-response message received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message is viewed, and wherein the previously-sent downlink request message is displayed when the shortcut interface is implemented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893293 |
| 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 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626459 | Di Scalea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco Lanza Di Scalea (San Diego, California); Stefano Coccia (Los Angeles, California); Ivan Bartoli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Salvatore Salamone (Buffalo, New York); Piervincenzo Rizzo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Lanza Di Scalea (San Diego, California); Stefano Coccia (Los Angeles, California); Ivan Bartoli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Salvatore Salamone (Buffalo, New York); Piervincenzo Rizzo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, methods and articles, including an inspection system that includes at least one generator to apply energy to an object at an application point to cause waves to travel, at least partly, through the object. The system further includes at least one detector configured to detect at least a portion of the waves traveling through the object, and a statistical analyzer to perform a statistical analysis based on an output produced by the at least one detector in response to the detected portion of the waves, the statistical analysis being used to determine whether at least one defect is present in the object. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121092 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08623279 | Malik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdul Malik (Tampa, Florida); Anne M. Shearrow (Lithia, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic liquid (IL)-mediated sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic materials present enormous potential for effective use in analytical microextraction. One obstacle to materializing this prospect arises from high viscosity of ILs significantly slowing down sol-gel reactions. A method was developed which provides phosphonium-based, pyridinium-based, and imidazolium-based IL-mediated advanced sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid materials for capillary microextraction. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrate that ILs can serve as porogenic agents in sol-gel reactions. IL-mediated sol-gel coatings prepared with silanol-terminated polymers provided up to 28 times higher extractions compared to analogous sol-gel coatings prepared without any IL in the sol solution. This study shows that IL-generated porous morphology alone is not enough to provide effective extraction media: careful choice of the organic polymer and the precursor with close sol-gel reactivity must be made to ensure effective chemical bonding of the organic polymer to the created sol-gel material to be able to provide the desired sorbent characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300943 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624105 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy devices such as energy conversion devices and energy storage devices and methods for the manufacture of such devices. The devices include a support member having an array of pore channels having a small average pore channel diameter and having a pore channel length. Material layers that may include energy conversion materials and conductive materials are coaxially disposed within the pore channels to form material rods having a relatively small cross-section and a relatively long length. By varying the structure of the materials in the pore channels, various energy devices can be fabricated, such as photovoltaic (PV) devices, radiation detectors, capacitors, batteries and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772913 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624158 | Denney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul E. Denney (Columbus, Ohio); Jay R. Eastman (Westerville, Ohio); Paul M. Fallara (Columbus, Ohio); Andrew P. Joseph (Pickerington, Ohio); John S. Phillips (Powell, Ohio); Michael N. Patena (Pataskala, Ohio); Tim Burnham (Reynoldsburg, Ohio); Paul Coleman (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Denney (Columbus, Ohio); Jay R. Eastman (Westerville, Ohio); Paul M. Fallara (Columbus, Ohio); Andrew P. Joseph (Pickerington, Ohio); John S. Phillips (Powell, Ohio); Michael N. Patena (Pataskala, Ohio); Tim Burnham (Reynoldsburg, Ohio); Paul Coleman (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A manipulation system controllably moves a head relative to a surface of an inhabitable structure for irradiating the surface with energy waves from the head. The manipulation system includes a positioning mechanism coupled to the head. The positioning mechanism includes a first-axis position system adapted to move the head along a first direction substantially parallel to the surface. The positioning mechanism further includes a second-axis position system coupled to the first-axis position system and adapted to move the head along a second direction substantially parallel to the surface. The manipulation system further includes an anchoring mechanism coupled to the positioning mechanism and releasably coupled to the structure. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401116 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.780 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08627065 | Leggette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wesley Leggette (Oak Park, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Bart Cilfone (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleversafe, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Leggette (Oak Park, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Bart Cilfone (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method begins by a processing module receiving a certificate chain and determining whether at least one of one or more signed certificates of the chain has a valid signature. When the at least one of the one or more signed certificates has a valid signature, the method continues with the processing module identifying one or more certificate authorities (CA) to produce identified CAs, accessing registry information that includes one or more realm identifiers (IDs) and a plurality of trusted CA IDs, determining whether one or more of the identified CAs is a trusted CA, and when the one or more of the identified CAs is a trusted CA, indicating that the certificate chain is valid, identifying a realm ID based on a trusted CA ID, and generating certificate chain validation information to include the realm ID, trusted CAs, and the indication of the validity of the certificate chain. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288076 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08627066 | Resch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Wesley Leggette (Oak Park, Illinois); Bart Cilfone (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleversafe, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Wesley Leggette (Oak Park, Illinois); Bart Cilfone (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method begins by a processing module receiving a dispersed storage network (DSN) access request that includes a requester identifier (ID), wherein the requester ID is associated with a certificate chain. When the certificate chain is valid, the method continues with the processing module accessing registry information for the DSN. The method continues with the processing module identifying one of a plurality of access control lists based on at least one of information associated with the requester ID and information associated with the certificate chain, identifying one or more entries of the one of the plurality of access control lists based on the information associated with the certificate chain to produce one or more identified entries, and generating, for the DSN access request, permissions from one or more sets of permissions associated with the one or more identified entries. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288116 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08623417 | Zale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Zale (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Greg Troiano (Pembroke, Massachusetts); Mir Mukkaram Ali (Woburn, Massachusetts); Jeff Hrkach (Lexington, Massachusetts); James Wright (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to therapeutic nanoparticles. Exemplary nanoparticles disclosed herein may include about 1 to about 20 weight percent of a mTOR inhibitor; and about 70 to about 99 weight percent biocompatible polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910328 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08625874 | Lang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ImaTx, Inc. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are devices, methods and systems for the accurate and reliable evaluation of bone structure from x-ray images. Also disclosed are related non-invasive measurement of bone structure and diagnosis and/or treatment of bone conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/644730 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08624105 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Rikard A. Wind (Johnstown, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy devices such as energy conversion devices and energy storage devices and methods for the manufacture of such devices. The devices include a support member having an array of pore channels having a small average pore channel diameter and having a pore channel length. Material layers that may include energy conversion materials and conductive materials are coaxially disposed within the pore channels to form material rods having a relatively small cross-section and a relatively long length. By varying the structure of the materials in the pore channels, various energy devices can be fabricated, such as photovoltaic (PV) devices, radiation detectors, capacitors, batteries and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/772913 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08624496 | Neubauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Neubauer (Sonoma, California); Milorad Popovic (Warenville, Illinois); Rolland P. Johnson (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Muons, Inc. (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Neubauer (Sonoma, California); Milorad Popovic (Warenville, Illinois); Rolland P. Johnson (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetron of improved performance capable of stabilizing the frequency and phase of magnetron output for use in particle accelerators and other applications. Thin variable-permeability blocks are attached inside the resonant anode structures of a standard magnetron design. A variable bias electromagnet, with field orthogonal in direction to the RF magnetic field, is used to vary the permeability of each block and therefore the resonant frequency of each anode structure. An electronic feedback control circuit adjusts the bias magnetic fields to lock in the frequency and phase of the magnetron output to an external low-level reference signal. Such devices may be used to provide synchronized high-power RF to many locations (e.g. the RF cavities of a particle accelerator), while requiring the distribution only of electrical power and an appropriate low-level RF reference signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908578 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/39.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08627070 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved privacy preservation techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with data mining. By way of example, a technique for preserving privacy of data records for use in a data mining application comprises the following steps/operations. Different privacy levels are assigned to the data records. Condensed groups are constructed from the data records based on the privacy levels, wherein summary statistics are maintained for each condensed group. Pseudo-data is generated from the summary statistics, wherein the pseudo-data is available for use in the data mining application. Principles of the invention are capable of handling both static and dynamic data sets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/119766 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08622606 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard T. Miller (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Miller (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid micro-mixer and micro-reactor array is provided having at least two bonded layers of micro-channels. The micro-mixer can include at least one input port and one output port, and a mixing and/or reaction port. At least one inlet stream separator layer can isolate the inlet ports from one another. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/238404 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08623549 | Pereira et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathalie Pereira (Piscataway, New Jersey); Glenn Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathalie Pereira (Piscataway, New Jersey); Glenn Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides electrochemical energy storage systems comprising metallolyte composites, iron fluoride composites and iron oxyfluoride composites. The present invention further provides methods for fabricating metallolyte composites. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993778 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08626359 | Andrews |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph John Andrews (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Andrews (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotorcraft control system is provided and includes a rotor blade having a moving surface operatively connected for movement among various positions, an actuator receptive of a modified control signal and operatively connected to move the surface among the various positions, a sensor operably coupled to the actuator to generate a sensor response signal reflective of a response of the actuator to the modified control signal and a controller to output the modified control signal to the actuator, the controller including a control loop to generate the modified control signal from an initial control signal that is modified by relating the initial control signal and the sensor response signal and by accounting for actuator inaccuracies, sensor sensitivities and noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226188 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/72 (20130101) B64C 27/615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/7266 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0858 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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