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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 21, 2014
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| US 08631533 | Gulian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ana M. Gulian (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania); Paul M. Gulian (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana M. Gulian (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania); Paul M. Gulian (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting footwear or the foot of a user. More particularly, a user controlled multi-functioning device that performs both cleaning and disinfecting of footwear upon contact. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus includes one or more cleaning rollers physically contacting the footwear or foot and one or more disinfectant sources, which may be radiation sources that emits UV rays e.g., or charge particle source that emits a cold plasma blast. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161536 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning 015/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08631637 | DeDe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian C. DeDe (San Diego, California); David Eugene Martinez (Temecula, California); David Lau (San Diego, California); Mark C. Tate (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian C. DeDe (San Diego, California); David Eugene Martinez (Temecula, California); David Lau (San Diego, California); Mark C. Tate (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fire enclosure for an auxiliary power unit having a hot zone formed by a gas turbine comprises an annular fire enclosure body, an axial expansion joint and a radial expansion joint. The annular fire enclosure body is configured to encapsulate the hot zone. The fire enclosure includes a first end and a second end. The axial expansion joint is connected to the first end. The radial expansion joint is connected to the second end. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/847302 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.91 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08631685 | Manalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Michel Godin (Beaconsfield, Canada); Philip Dextras (Tokyo, Japan); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Michel Godin (Beaconsfield, Canada); Philip Dextras (Tokyo, Japan); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of particle or cell characteristics, such as mass, in Suspended Microchannel Resonators (SMR's). Apparatus include in particular designs for trapping particles in SMR's for extended measurement periods and for changing the fluid properties within the SMR during the extended periods. Methods include techniques to provide for cell growth over time and over time in response to changing fluid properties to aid in determining parameters such as drug resistance and drug susceptibility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/661772 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/61.750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08631759 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marcelo Davanco (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marcelo Davanco (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An elastomeric stamp is used to deposit material on a non-planar substrate. A vacuum mold is used to deform the elastomeric stamp and pressure is applied to transfer material from the stamp to the substrate. By decreasing the vacuum applied by the vacuum mold, the elasticity of the stamp may be used to apply this pressure. Pressure also may be applied by applying a force to the substrate and/or the stamp. The use of an elastomeric stamp allows for patterned layers to be deposited on a non-planar substrate with reduced chance of damage to the patterned layer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697357 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632254 | Hammond |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hunter Hammond (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hunter Hammond (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing sump includes an annular housing having a first axial length that is substantially equivalent to an axial length of the bearing sump; an annular bearing support disposed concentrically within the annular housing and having a second axial length that is less than about 50% of the first axial length; an annular space between the housing and the bearing support; and first and second axial ribs in the form of annular segments having a central angle of less than about 60 degrees and connecting with both the housing and the bearing support. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460692 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 35/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632643 | Fronabarger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Chandler, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Fronabarger (Sun Lakes, Arizona); Michael D. Williams (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of materials suitable for use as a replacement for Tetrazene and methods of preparing such materials are described. In one embodiment, the material comprises MTX-1, as well as simple salts or complexes derived therefrom. The methods of preparing such materials include combining Tetrazene and an acid to form a suspension, where the acid is nitric acid, sulfuric acid, perchloric acid, or hydrochloric acid. A nitrite salt may be added to the suspension, where the nitrite salt is sodium nitrite, lithium nitrite, potassium nitrite, an aqueous solution of sodium nitrite, an aqueous solution of lithium nitrite, or an aqueous solution of potassium nitrite. In some embodiments, the suspension is stirred until the suspension has a white appearance. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956451 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632651 | Hicks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert F. Hicks (Los Angeles, California); Steve Babayan (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Surfx Technologies LLC (Redondo Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Hicks (Los Angeles, California); Steve Babayan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for bonding composites together that is fast and effective, and can be applied to any structure regardless of its size and shape, and its related product are disclosed. The method comprises first subjecting at least a part of a composite work piece to a low-temperature, atmospheric pressure plasma, wherein the reactive gas from the plasma is projected out of the device and onto the surface of the composite work piece, then applying an adhesive to the surface of the treated composite work piece, and joining the composite work piece together with a second work piece. The adhesive may be cured such that it forms a strong, permanent bond. The atmospheric plasma delivery device may be translated over the composite surface by hand or with a robot. The plasma device may be self-contained and portable, and can be moved to a location that is convenient for treating the composites. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/770494 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/272.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632671 | Draper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rockford K. Draper (Plano, Texas); Paul Pantano (Plano, Texas); Ru-Hung Wang (Dallas, Texas); Carole Mikoryak (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rockford K. Draper (Plano, Texas); Paul Pantano (Plano, Texas); Ru-Hung Wang (Dallas, Texas); Carole Mikoryak (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and kits for determining the presence and the concentration of nanoparticles in a given area, solution or region via cellular uptake and/or adsorption monitored through laboratory equipment. For example, the present invention provides a method of quantifying one or more nanoparticles by incubating a nanoparticle solution comprising one or more nanoparticles with one or more cells; isolating the one or more cells; lysing the one or more cells to release a cell lysate; separating the cell lysate electrophoretically on a gel; digitizing the gel to form a gel image; quantifying the nanoparticle intensity in the gel image; and correlating the nanoparticle intensity to a cell-associated nanoparticle concentration. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121395 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632721 | Andrady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony L. Andrady (Apex, North Carolina); David S. Ensor (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Randall J. Newsome (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Andrady (Apex, North Carolina); David S. Ensor (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Randall J. Newsome (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for producing fibrous materials in which the apparatus includes an extrusion element configured to electrospin a substance from which the fibers are to be composed by an electric field extraction of the substance from a tip of the extrusion element, a collector disposed from the extrusion element and configured to collect the fibers, a chamber enclosing the collector and the extrusion element, and a control mechanism configured to control a gaseous environment in which the fibers are to be electrospun. The apparatus and method provide a way to produce a fiber collection having a plurality of nanofibers disposed in relation to each other. The nanofibers in the fiber collection are preferentially oriented along a longitudinal axis of the fiber collection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243400 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/465 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632744 | Goodell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry S. Goodell (Bangor, Maine); Xinfeng Xie (Orono, Maine); Yuhui Qian (Old Town, Maine); Dajie Zhang (Columbia, Maryland); Michael L. Peterson (Orono, Maine); Jody L. Jellison (Bangor, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry S. Goodell (Bangor, Maine); Xinfeng Xie (Orono, Maine); Yuhui Qian (Old Town, Maine); Dajie Zhang (Columbia, Maryland); Michael L. Peterson (Orono, Maine); Jody L. Jellison (Bangor, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of producing a composite having carbon nanotubes is described where the carbon nanotube formation process of producing carbon nanotubes includes controlled heating of plant fiber materials in an oxygen-limited atmosphere. The plant fiber materials may be heated either cyclically or by rapid heating to produce the carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/172132 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632768 | Ildstad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzanne T. Ildstad (Prospect, Kentucky); Mary Jane Elliott (Brandenburg, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne T. Ildstad (Prospect, Kentucky); Mary Jane Elliott (Brandenburg, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to human facilitating cells (hFC), and methods of isolating, characterizing, and using such hFCs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957011 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632850 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Patrick Schultz (Blacksburg, Virginia); Kevin Creehan (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schultz-Creehan Holdings, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Patrick Schultz (Blacksburg, Virginia); Kevin Creehan (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to tooling and methods for disposing, coating, building up, repairing, or otherwise modifying the surface of a metal substrate using frictional heating and compressive loading of a consumable metal material against the substrate. Embodiments of the invention include friction-based fabrication tooling comprising a non-consumable member with a throat and a consumable member disposed in the throat, wherein the throat is operably configured such that during rotation of the non-consumable member at a selected speed, the throat exerts normal forces on and rotates the consumable member at the selected speed; and comprising means for dispensing the consumable member through the throat and onto a substrate using frictional heating and compressive loading. Embodiments of the invention also include fabrication methods using the tools described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987588 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632879 | Weisenberger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew C. Weisenberger (Georgetown, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Weisenberger (Georgetown, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible sheet of aligned carbon nanotubes includes an array of aligned nanotubes held in a polymer matrix material. The carbon nanotubes have an average length of between about 50 microns and about 500 microns. The polymer matrix has an average thickness of between about 10 microns and about 500 microns. The flexible sheet has a density of about 0.2 to about 1.0 g/cc and includes between about 98 to about 60 weight percent aligned carbon nanotubes and between about 2 and about 40 weight percent polymer. A tape of aligned carbon nanotubes, a method for producing a tape of aligned carbon nanotubes, a method of producing the flexible aligned carbon nanotube sheet material and a method of increasing unidirectional heat conduction from a work piece are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109735 |
| ART UNIT | 1789 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632918 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kang Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); Shengshui Zhang (Olney, Maryland); T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); Shengshui Zhang (Olney, Maryland); T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous rechargeable electrochemical cell includes an electrolyte composition produced through the dissolution of a thermally stable lithium salt in a lactone solvent. The resulting cell has stable performance in a wide temperature range between −40° C. and 80° C. The resulting cell operates across this wide temperature range with a commercially acceptable capacity retention, power loss characteristics, and safety characteristics across this temperature range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/345677 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632982 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiyuan Hu (Seattle, Washington); Christopher Lausted (Seattle, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiyuan Hu (Seattle, Washington); Christopher Lausted (Seattle, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fourteen markers not previously known to be associated with liver injury have been identified. Methods to diagnose a subject for liver injury using these markers are described. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785279 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633161 | Perrotti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danilo Perrotti (Dublin, Ohio); Paolo Neviani (Columbus, Ohio); Ramasamy Santhanam (Columbus, Ohio); John C. Byrd (Arlington, Ohio); Guido Marcucci (Powell, Ohio); Natarajan Muthusamy (Galloway, Ohio); Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danilo Perrotti (Dublin, Ohio); Paolo Neviani (Columbus, Ohio); Ramasamy Santhanam (Columbus, Ohio); John C. Byrd (Arlington, Ohio); Guido Marcucci (Powell, Ohio); Natarajan Muthusamy (Galloway, Ohio); Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for methods of treating a mammal who has a BCR/ABL-mediated leukemia, including chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), particularly the blast crisis stage of CML, Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph′-ALL), and refractory leukemias. The invention also provides for compounds for the treatment of these leukemias and methods of identifying anti-leukemic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/909559 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633165 | Hutchinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabeth Brooke Hutchinson (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mary Elizabeth Meyerand (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Paul Anthony Rutecki (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas Peter Sutula (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Brooke Hutchinson (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mary Elizabeth Meyerand (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Paul Anthony Rutecki (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas Peter Sutula (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for reducing the extent and progression of traumatic brain injury and its deleterious sequellae specifically cognitive decline, post-traumatic epilepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other adverse consequences depending on the progression of the initial injury, comprising administering to a TBI victim in need thereof a therapeutically-effective amount of an antiglycolytic compound, particularly 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) or glycolysis-inhibiting analogs thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of 2-DG or glycolysis-inhibiting analogs thereof for use in the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198376 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633331 | Bandosz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teresa J. Bandosz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Camille Petit (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teresa J. Bandosz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Camille Petit (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nanocomposite materials comprising: graphite-based material dispersed among transition metal-organic framework (MOF) units, wherein the graphite-based material is chemically linked to MOF units; wherein the graphite-based material is present in the range of about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the composite material. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879701 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633468 | Gaska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for reducing a number of dislocations in an active region of an emitting device is provided. A dislocation bending structure can be included in the emitting device between the substrate and the active region. The dislocation bending structure can be configured to cause dislocations to bend and/or annihilate prior to reaching the active region, e.g., due to the presence of a sufficient amount of strain. The dislocation bending structure can include a plurality of layers with adjacent layers being composed of a material, but with molar fractions of an element in the respective material differing between the two layers. The dislocation bending structure can include at least forty pairs of adjacent layers having molar fractions of an element differing by at least five percent between the adjacent layers. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/370470 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633619 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip T. Robinson (Harvard, Massachusetts); Seth M. Dziengeleski (Southbridge, Massachusetts); James K. Kazmierczak (Marlborough, Massachusetts); David J. Holigan (Atkinson, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Protonex Technology Corporation (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip T. Robinson (Harvard, Massachusetts); Seth M. Dziengeleski (Southbridge, Massachusetts); James K. Kazmierczak (Marlborough, Massachusetts); David J. Holigan (Atkinson, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects of invention provide portable power manager operating methods. One aspect of the invention provides a method for operating a power manager having a plurality of device ports for connecting with external power devices and a power bus for connecting with each device port. The method includes: disconnecting each device port from the power bus when no external power device is connected to the device port; accessing information from newly connected external power devices; determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus without power conversion; if not, determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus over an available power converter; and if so, configuring the available power converter for suitable power conversion. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620086 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633686 | Sudhoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Sudhoff (West Lafayette, Indiana); James L. Cale (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Sudhoff (West Lafayette, Indiana); James L. Cale (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for characterizing magnetic properties of materials, such as a material's anhysteretic B-H characteristic or its permeability as a function of B or H. A test apparatus for determining these magnetic properties is constructed to yield a symmetrical field distribution through material being tested to avoid localized saturation within the material. Characterization methods take into account radial variations in tangential field intensities when calculating the magnetic properties. The calculations are obtained as solutions of optimization problems through optimization methods such as genetic algorithms. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807196 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634119 | Bablumyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TIPD, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems of recording holograms that reduce the writing time, increase the diffraction efficiency, improve the resolution, or restitute color. These systems are well suited for use with an updateable 3D holographic display using integral holography and photorefractive polymer. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041407 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0011 (20130101) G03H 1/26 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634126 | George et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas George (Pittsfore, New York); Kedar Khare (New Delhi, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to a new type of phase screen, i.e., an opto-electronic device that can convert a distorted incoming optical wavefront into a plane wave or, conversely, transform a plane wave into a prescribed varying output wavefront. The basic concept involves novel binary all-digital MEMS interferometer configurations that can be used to create controlled and arbitrary optical wavefront using only 0,1 amplitude changes followed by differential propagation distances to convert these amplitude variations into controllable and/or continuous phase variations. Clustered pixel notions, such as Floyd-Steinberg, Stucki or other algorithms useful in digital half-tone printing, are simultaneously employed to create controllable grey-level variations as well as continuous phase variations. Desired grey-levels can be obtained wherein each pixel is formed by, e.g., a 3×3 or 5×5 cluster of mirrors. Both the filling-in of the outputs of the binary mirror (0,1) and the grey-levels are accomplished simply by spatial averaging over a short propagation distance. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662928 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634296 | Agarwal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anil Agarwal (North Potomoc, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ViaSat, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anil Agarwal (North Potomoc, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Satellite communications systems, methods, and related devices are described. In one embodiment, a satellite communications system is configured to dynamically allocate bandwidth among different downlink beams. The satellite may receive and compile traffic measurements and terminal parameters. The satellite may be configured with different downlink beam coverage areas, and may dynamically allocate downlink bandwidth and particular frequency channels to different beam coverage areas based on the measurements and parameters. The satellite may also assign frequency channels and time slots based on such measurements and parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815894 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634638 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Han (Melville, New York); Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jiangjian Xiao (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Sang-Hack Jung (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Yanlin Guo (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Han (Melville, New York); Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jiangjian Xiao (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Sang-Hack Jung (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Yanlin Guo (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and system for creating a strong classifier based on motion patterns wherein the strong classifier may be used to determine an action being performed by a body in motion. When creating the strong classifier, action classification is performed by measuring similarities between features within motion patterns. Embodiments of the present invention may utilize candidate part-based action sets and training samples to train one or more weak classifiers that are then used to create a strong classifier. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488911 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634682 | Stone |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wavefront Research, Inc. (Bethleham, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one configuration of the present teachings, compliant mountings are used to allow for point-to-point optical data pipe (PP-ODP) operation over wide temperature ranges. In another configuration, a long finite conjugate imager is replaced by to infinite conjugate imagers, which allows for enhanced thermal expansion tolerances. Sleeves may be used to further ruggedize the interconnect and to provide further protection from contamination. In addition, long-range capability spanning multiple boards can be achieved by the pres set of ODP configurations of these teachings that utilize edge-mounted ODP modules in PP-ODP, BB-ODP, and ODP Bus forms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/476974 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634966 | 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 | 13/374374 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635039 | Feng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Simin Feng (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simin Feng (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphical technique and three phase unwrapping techniques for retrieving bulk permittivity and permeability tensors of materials, and more specifically, the new technique provides for retrieving isotropic and anisotropic material parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032425 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635228 | Shahabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Terrago Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Document relevance is determined with respect to a region of interest (ROI). A set of location references may be associated with a set of documents. The system selects location references associated with an ROI and then selects documents corresponding to the selected location references. The selected documents can be reported or processed further. A document-location reference index can be accessed when the present system is ‘online’ and processing a request for documents relevant to an ROI. The document-location reference index may be generated and updated while the present system is ‘offline’ and not processing a request for documents. The resulting relevant documents may be provided to a user in response to a document search associated with the ROI or along with an advertisement associated with the ROI. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/619554 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635551 | Su |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Su (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rapidly analyzing and editing data files with a number of GUI's and an adaptive decimation ratio in a computer allows processing data files and signal data files within a given data segment for a better fit into a limited-size working space buffer and provides improved resolution of data segments in a simplified way using GUI's that allow the user to point and click at a computer screen instead of performing manual calculations. A large data segment is adaptively decimated to a smaller size automatically so that a lower resolution version of the data segment will be loaded into a fixed-size small buffer in hardware working space for further data editing. The decimation and loading process will be repeated until the user finds the desired data-section of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/398325 |
| ART UNIT | 2179 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08631685 | Manalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Michel Godin (Beaconsfield, Canada); Philip Dextras (Tokyo, Japan); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Michel Godin (Beaconsfield, Canada); Philip Dextras (Tokyo, Japan); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of particle or cell characteristics, such as mass, in Suspended Microchannel Resonators (SMR's). Apparatus include in particular designs for trapping particles in SMR's for extended measurement periods and for changing the fluid properties within the SMR during the extended periods. Methods include techniques to provide for cell growth over time and over time in response to changing fluid properties to aid in determining parameters such as drug resistance and drug susceptibility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/661772 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/61.750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632262 | Delianides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore Philip Delianides (Boulder, Colorado); Jonas Alexander Pologe (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kestrel Labs, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Philip Delianides (Boulder, Colorado); Jonas Alexander Pologe (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a laser to fiber coupling apparatus having a substrate 110 that supports a laser mount 120, to which is affixed a submount 130 and laser die 140, and an open slot mount 150, in which a light guide 160 is affixed with an adhesive 170, such that the light from the laser 140 is coupled into the light guide 160. The open slot arrangement permits the light guide to be moved in all six translational and rotational degrees of freedom to maximally couple the light from the laser to the light guide. Other embodiments are described and shown. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221516 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632669 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480627 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632764 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao Xiao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lin Yang (Wuhan, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao Xiao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lin Yang (Wuhan, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of achieving directed evolution of viruses by in vivo screening or “panning” to identify viruses comprising scrambled AAV capsids having characteristics of interest, e.g., tropism profile and/or neutralization profile (e.g., ability to evade neutralizing antibodies). The invention also provides scrambled AAV capsids and virus particles comprising the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990460 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632771 | Nelsestuen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ronald Bach (Eagan, Minnesota); Matthew Stone (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stephen Barrett Harvey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); The United States of America as represented by Department of Veterens Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ronald Bach (Eagan, Minnesota); Matthew Stone (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Stephen Barrett Harvey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Modifications of vitamin K-dependent polypeptides that lead to enhanced protein function on a weight or molar basis and/or increase of protein lifetime in the circulation are described. Both objectives are important for using vitamin K-dependent polypeptides for pro- and anti-coagulation therapies, as well as for other uses in the circulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/696579 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632773 | Käsermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fabian Käsermann (Burgdorf, Switzerland); Monika Rüegsegger (Thun, Switzerland); Sylvia Miescher (Bern, Switzerland); Keith Elkon (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CSL Behring AG (Bern, Switzerland); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabian Käsermann (Burgdorf, Switzerland); Monika Rüegsegger (Thun, Switzerland); Sylvia Miescher (Bern, Switzerland); Keith Elkon (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a population of antibodies enriched from an antibody preparation, wherein the enriched population of antibodies has an altered amount of sialylation in the Fab region of the antibodies as compared to the antibody preparation prior to enrichment. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of enriching a population of antibodies from an antibody preparation, wherein the enriched population of antibodies has an altered amount of sialylation in the Fab region of the antibodies as compared to the antibody preparation prior to enrichment. The present invention also relates to the population of antibodies of the invention for use in medicine, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the populations of antibodies of the invention and the use of the population of antibodies of the invention in the prevention and/or treatment of atherosclerosis, cancer and infections such as bacterial, viral or fungal infections. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/260202 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632782 | Whitehead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Kathryn A. Hanley (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Kathryn A. Hanley (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features novel attenuated dengue virus mutants and compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/240849 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632797 | Awad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hani A. Awad (Rochester, New York); Edward M. Schwarz (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hani A. Awad (Rochester, New York); Edward M. Schwarz (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of surgical grafts, and methods, for the delivery of therapeutic agents to a target tissue via acellular matrices, are described. In some embodiments, nonviable matrices are successful in preventing or lessening adhesion formation by guiding tissue repair and remodeling, while also providing the target tissue with therapeutic agents that can act as repair and remodeling factors. An exemplary method to modulate flexor tendon healing and provide elimination or reduction of fibrotic adhesions involves loading a freeze-dried flexor digitorum longus allograft with recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors for the targeted and transient expression of growth/differentiation factor 5 (GDF5). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/513161 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/425 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632979 | Willis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ian M. Willis (New Rochelle, New York); Nouria Hernandez (St Sulpice, Switzerland); Wassim Hodroj (Bures sur Yvette, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian M. Willis (New Rochelle, New York); Nouria Hernandez (St Sulpice, Switzerland); Wassim Hodroj (Bures sur Yvette, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for determining a putative agent that treats or prevent obesity and/or obesity related diseases comprising contacting cells with the putative agent and measuring the activity and/or level of Maf1 and/or the activity and/or level of KIAA1875. The present invention also provides the agent identified by the methods herein and methods of treating or preventing obesity and/or obesity related diseases in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits or downregulates Maf1 and/or activates or upregulates KIAA1875. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/298370 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632983 | Haab et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian B. Haab (Jenison, Michigan); Tingting Yue (Cary, North Carolina); Randall E. Brand (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Van Andel Research Institute (Grand Rapids, Michigan); University of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian B. Haab (Jenison, Michigan); Tingting Yue (Cary, North Carolina); Randall E. Brand (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and related kits for differentiating pancreatic cancer from a benign pancreatic disease. The method includes assaying a patient biological sample for a total level of CA 19-9 antigen and for a glycan level in specific mucin(s), and comparing the total level of CA 19-9 antigen and the glycan level in the specific mucin(s) to statistically validated thresholds, wherein a different level of total CA 19-9 antigen in the patient biological sample as compared to a statistically validated threshold and a different level of glycan level in the specific mucin(s) as compared to statistically validated thresholds indicate pancreatic cancer in the patient rather than a benign pancreatic disease. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/951718 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632988 | Skaar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric P. Skaar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Glib Pishchany (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Skaar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Glib Pishchany (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of measuring binding between hemoglobin and a microbe of interest includes: providing hemoglobin from a source of interest; contacting the hemoglobin with a microbe of interest; and measuring the binding affinity between the hemoglobin and the microbe, wherein the binding affinity is indicative of microbe virulence in the presence of the hemoglobin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/333798 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.330 |
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| US 08632989 | Rodgers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Rodgers (Lexington, Kentucky); Louis B. Hersh (Lexington, Kentucky); Nicholas Noinaj (Bethesda, Maryland); Eun Suk Song (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Rodgers (Lexington, Kentucky); Louis B. Hersh (Lexington, Kentucky); Nicholas Noinaj (Bethesda, Maryland); Eun Suk Song (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides an isolated mutant insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) having an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 over its entire length and comprises at least one amino acid substitution at any of amino acid residues 332, 339, 341, 359, 360, 361, 374, 429, 609, 898, 899 or 901 of the sequence. The mutant IDE has a differential activity relative to that of wild-type IDE. Also provided is a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484573 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632997 | Tuschl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Tuschl (Goettingen, Germany); Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts); David P. Bartel (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften E.V. (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tuschl (Goettingen, Germany); Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts); David P. Bartel (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a Drosophila in vitro system which was used to demonstrate that dsRNA is processed to RNA segments 21-23 nucleotides (nt) in length. Furthermore, when these 21-23 nt fragments are purified and added back to Drosophila extracts, they mediate RNA interference in the absence of long dsRNA. Thus, these 21-23 nt fragments are the sequence-specific mediators of RNA degradation. A molecular signal, which may be their specific length, must be present in these 21-23 nt fragments to recruit cellular factors involved in RNAi. This present invention encompasses these 21-23 nt fragments and their use for specifically inactivating gene function. The use of these fragments (or chemically synthesized oligonucleotides of the same or similar nature) enables the targeting of specific mRNAs for degradation in mammalian cells, where the use of long dsRNAs to elicit RNAi is usually not practical, presumably because of the deleterious effects of the interferon response. This specific targeting of a particular gene function is useful in functional genomic and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, October 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/897749 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633021 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lijun Xia (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rodger P. McEver (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lijun Xia (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rodger P. McEver (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of in vitro fucosylation of selectin ligands on cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplantation is disclosed. In this method, an effective amount of an α1,3-fucosyltransferase, e.g., α1,3-fucosyltransferase VI, is used in vitro to treat cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells to convert non-functional PSGL-1 or other ligands on the cell surface into functional forms that bind selectins, especially P-selectin or E-selectin. The treated cells have enhanced effectiveness in reconstituting bone marrow in patients in need of such therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/948489 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633026 | Sackstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating cells with cytokines are provided herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/038977 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
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| US 08633033 | Rubinsky 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) | Boris Rubinsky (El Cerrito, California); Cesar A. Gonzalez (Anahuac, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus of determining the condition of a bulk tissue sample, by: positioning a bulk tissue sample between a pair of induction coils (or antennae); passing a spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) through a first of the induction coils (or antennae); measuring spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) produced in the second of the induction coils (or antennae); and comparing the phase shift between the spectrum of alternating currents (or voltages) in the first and second induction coils (or antennae), thereby determining the condition of the bulk tissue sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/723696 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/149 |
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| US 08633133 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Li (Okemos, Michigan); Cheng Gu (Okemos, Michigan); Stephen A. Boyd (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Li (Okemos, Michigan); Cheng Gu (Okemos, Michigan); Stephen A. Boyd (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A clay comprising a 2:1 aluminosilicate clay having negative charge sites, the 2:1 aluminosilicate clay containing subnano-sized zero valent iron (ZVI) particles distributed on clay surfaces is provided. In one embodiment, at least some or all of the particles have a cross-section of five (5) angstroms or less. Methods of synthesizing and the novel clays and the clay-templated subnano-scale ZVI particles themselves are also described. Such novel products are useful in a variety of remediation applications, including for reduction and dechlorination reactions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/915428 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/414 |
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| US 08633154 | Pettit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Rui Tan (Mesa, Arizona); Robin K. Pettit (Fort McDowell, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to cyclodepsipeptide compounds having antineoplastic and/or antimicrobial activity, preferably Kitastatin 1. The present invention is further directed to methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth and/or microbial growth in a host inflicted therewith by administering cyclodepsipeptide compounds to the inflicted host. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786731 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.600 |
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| US 08633161 | Perrotti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danilo Perrotti (Dublin, Ohio); Paolo Neviani (Columbus, Ohio); Ramasamy Santhanam (Columbus, Ohio); John C. Byrd (Arlington, Ohio); Guido Marcucci (Powell, Ohio); Natarajan Muthusamy (Galloway, Ohio); Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danilo Perrotti (Dublin, Ohio); Paolo Neviani (Columbus, Ohio); Ramasamy Santhanam (Columbus, Ohio); John C. Byrd (Arlington, Ohio); Guido Marcucci (Powell, Ohio); Natarajan Muthusamy (Galloway, Ohio); Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for methods of treating a mammal who has a BCR/ABL-mediated leukemia, including chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), particularly the blast crisis stage of CML, Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph′-ALL), and refractory leukemias. The invention also provides for compounds for the treatment of these leukemias and methods of identifying anti-leukemic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/909559 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.600 |
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| US 08633166 | Hamann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark T. Hamann (University, Mississippi); Mohamed Ali (Oxford, Mississippi) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Hamann (University, Mississippi); Mohamed Ali (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | This present provides kaempferol-3-(2-E,3-Z-di-p-coumaroyl)-rhamnoside, kaempferol-3-(2-Z-3-E-di-p-coumaroyl)-rhamnoside, and kaempferol-3-(2,3-di-Z-p-coumaroyl)-rhamnoside compounds useful as a new class of anti-bacterial agents. These compounds are extracted from Platanus occidentalis. These compounds were found to exhibit anti-bacterial activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725156 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/27 |
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| US 08633177 | Miranda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Katrina M. Miranda (Tucson, Arizona); David A. Wink (Hagerstown, Maryland); Debra J. Salmon (Tucson, Arizona); Debashree Basudhar (Tucson, Arizona); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Saavedra (Thurmont, Maryland); Daniela Andrei (Elmwood Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland); The Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katrina M. Miranda (Tucson, Arizona); David A. Wink (Hagerstown, Maryland); Debra J. Salmon (Tucson, Arizona); Debashree Basudhar (Tucson, Arizona); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Saavedra (Thurmont, Maryland); Daniela Andrei (Elmwood Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (I) in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided is a method of treating various disorders, such as a disorder selected from the group consisting of a cardiovascular disorder, cancer, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and inflammation in a patient comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582487 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/150 |
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| US 08633230 | Rossignol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jean-Francois Rossignol (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Francois Rossignol (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for treating viral hepatitis, compounds useful in the treatment of viral hepatitis, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. In one embodiment, pharmaceutical compositions comprising nitazoxanide, tizoxanide, or derivatives and/or mixtures thereof are provided, as well as methods of treating hepatitis C using such compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/651672 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/370 |
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| US 08633250 | Schnellmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rick G. Schnellmann (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Shougang Zhuang (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick G. Schnellmann (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Shougang Zhuang (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for promoting the repair and regeneration of injured tissues, such as injuries resulting from ischemic damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622285 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/577 |
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| US 08633307 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald M. Cook (Novato, California); Matt Lyttle (San Rafael, California); Daren Dick (San Rafael, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Petaluma, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Cook (Novato, California); Matt Lyttle (San Rafael, California); Daren Dick (San Rafael, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/765844 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.600 |
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| US 08633695 | Ouwerkerk |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Ouwerkerk (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Ouwerkerk (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging scanner comprising: a main magnet providing a substantially uniform main magnetic field B0 for a subject under observation; and a radio frequency (RF) coil configured to irradiate a radio frequency (RF) pulse into a region of interest of the subject under observation, wherein the RF pulse comprises a base pulse comprising an adiabatic pulse having a first bandwidth time product (BWTP), wherein the RF pulse selectively suppresses magnetic resonance signals from more than one chemical component or more than one spatial region within the region of interest of the subject under observation, and wherein the adiabatic pulse is characterized by an amplitude modulation function and a frequency modulation function. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057903 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 08633816 | Snodgrass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Snodgrass (Jupiter, Florida); Richard T. Ellison, III (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UltraClenz, LLC (Jupiter, Florida); University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Snodgrass (Jupiter, Florida); Richard T. Ellison, III (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for monitoring personal protection items of a healthcare worker (gloves, gown, mask and respirator), using a user badge which stores data representing items worn by a worker, wirelessly communicating with the badge before the worker enters a patient zone (such as a patient room, bed area or exam table area), to see whether the worker has the required items. Patient beacons, located near patient room doors, near beds and other locations, store data representing the items required by workers who come in contact with, or close proximity to a patient, and wirelessly communicate with the badge. The patient beacon data can be set for the requirement of the patient, based on patient condition. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434375 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.120 |
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| US 08634082 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shudong Jiang (Hanover, New Hampshire); Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Jia Wang (Rochester, Minnesota); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustess of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shudong Jiang (Hanover, New Hampshire); Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Jia Wang (Rochester, Minnesota); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A diffuse optical tomography system incorporating a mode-locked, tunable laser produces pulsed light that may be used to interrogate tissue with high spatial and spectral resolution. The detection signal may be heterodyne shifted to lower frequencies to allow easy and accurate measurement of phase and amplitude. Embodiments incorporating wavelength-swept, tunable, lasers and embodiments using broadband photonic fiber lasers with spectrally-sensitive detectors are described. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/665518 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/484 |
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| US 08634923 | Sharpee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tatyana O. Sharpee (San Diego, California); Charles F. Stevens (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatyana O. Sharpee (San Diego, California); Charles F. Stevens (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes: an input configured to receive information indicative of sensed light locations; memory coupled to the input and storing indicia of receptive fields forming a mosaic, each of the receptive fields corresponding to an electrode, the mosaic including first and receptive fields having first and second shapes that are different, the memory further storing instructions; a processor coupled to the input and the memory and configured to read and execute the instructions to: analyze the information indicative of sensed light locations; determine, for each of respective ones of the sensed light locations, one or more receptive fields that include the corresponding sensed light location; and produce excitation indicia; the apparatus further including an output coupled to the processor and configured to be coupled to a retinal implant and to convey the excitation indicia toward the retinal implant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392279 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
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| US 08631757 | Roussillon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yann Roussillon (Sunnyvale, California); Jeremy H. Scholz (Sunnyvale, California); Addison Shelton (Sunnyvale, California); Geoff T. Green (Belmont, California); Piyaphant Utthachoo (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosolar, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yann Roussillon (Sunnyvale, California); Jeremy H. Scholz (Sunnyvale, California); Addison Shelton (Sunnyvale, California); Geoff T. Green (Belmont, California); Piyaphant Utthachoo (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for improved deposition systems. In one embodiment of the present invention, a deposition system is provided for use with a solution and a substrate. The system comprises of a solution deposition apparatus; at least one heating chamber; at least one assembly for holding a solution over the substrate; and a substrate curling apparatus for curling at least one edge of the substrate to define a zone capable of containing a volume of the solution over the substrate. In another embodiment of the present invention, a deposition system for use with a substrate, the system comprising a solution deposition apparatus; at heating chamber; and at least assembly for holding solution over the substrate to allow for a depth of at least about 0.5 microns to 10 mm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/369524 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/58 |
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| US 08631770 | Besmann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore M. Besmann (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore M. Besmann (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A waste gas combustion method that includes providing a combustible fuel source, in which the combustible fuel source is composed of at least methane and siloxane gas. A sodium source or magnesium source is mixed with the combustible fuel source. Combustion of the siloxane gas of the combustible fuel source produces a silicon containing product. The sodium source or magnesium source reacts with the silicon containing product to provide a sodium containing glass or sodium containing silicate, or a magnesium containing silicate. By producing the sodium containing glass or sodium containing silicate, or the magnesium containing silicate, or magnesium source for precipitating particulate silica instead of hard coating, the method may reduce or eliminate the formation of silica deposits within the combustion chamber and the exhaust components of the internal combustion engine. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021375 |
| ART UNIT | 3783 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/1.A00 |
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| US 08631927 | Saunders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Saunders (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); John D. Brady (Northridge, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Saunders (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); John D. Brady (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chain for a particulate material extrusion pump includes a plurality of links, each of the plurality of links having a link body and a link ledge, wherein each link ledge of the plurality of links at least partially overlaps the link body of an adjacent one of the plurality of links. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487856 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 15/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08632672 | Soloveichik |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The corrosion resistance of stainless steel anodes for use in alkaline water electrolysis was increased by immersion of the stainless steel anode into a caustic solution prior to electrolysis. Also disclosed herein are electrolyzers employing the so-treated stainless steel anodes. The pre-treatment process provides a stainless steel anode that has a higher corrosion resistance than an untreated stainless steel anode of the same composition. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506551 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/628 |
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| US 08632898 | Dougherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Dougherty (Waukesha, Wisconsin); James S. Symanski (Greenfield, Wisconsin); Joerg A. Kuempers (Wedemark, Germany); Uwe Koehler (Kassel, Germany); Ronald C. Miles (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Scott A. Hansen (Holland, Michigan); Nels R. Smith (Zeeland, Michigan); Majid Taghikhani (Franklin, Wisconsin); Edward N. Mrotek (Grafton, Wisconsin); Michael G. Andrew (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johnson Controls Technology Company (Holland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Dougherty (Waukesha, Wisconsin); James S. Symanski (Greenfield, Wisconsin); Joerg A. Kuempers (Wedemark, Germany); Uwe Koehler (Kassel, Germany); Ronald C. Miles (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Scott A. Hansen (Holland, Michigan); Nels R. Smith (Zeeland, Michigan); Majid Taghikhani (Franklin, Wisconsin); Edward N. Mrotek (Grafton, Wisconsin); Michael G. Andrew (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium battery for use in a vehicle includes a container, a plurality of positive terminals extending from a first end of the lithium battery, and a plurality of negative terminals extending from a second end of the lithium battery. The plurality of positive terminals are provided in a first configuration and the plurality of negative terminals are provided in a second configuration, the first configuration differing from the second configuration. A battery system for use in a vehicle may include a plurality of electrically connected lithium cells or batteries. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/976169 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/1 |
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| US 08632907 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. Martin (Georgetown, Massachusetts); Lucien Fontaine (Lincoln, Rhode Island); William H. Gardner (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | A123 Systems LLC (Livonia, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Martin (Georgetown, Massachusetts); Lucien Fontaine (Lincoln, Rhode Island); William H. Gardner (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical cell includes components that are welded from an external source after the components are assembled in a cell canister. The cell canister houses electrode tabs and a core insert. An end cap insert is disposed opposite the core insert. An external weld source, such as a laser beam, is applied to the end cap insert, such that the end cap insert, the electrode tabs, and the core insert are electrically coupled by a weld which extends from the end cap insert to the core insert. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623967 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/163 |
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| US 08632915 | Lemmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John P. Lemmon (Kennewick, Washington); Jie Xiao (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Lemmon (Kennewick, Washington); Jie Xiao (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified surfaces on metal anodes for batteries can help resist formation of malfunction-inducing surface defects. The modification can include application of a protective nanocomposite coating that can inhibit formation of surface defects. such as dendrites, on the anode during charge/discharge cycles. For example, for anodes having a metal (M′), the protective coating can be characterized by products of chemical or electrochemical dissociation of a nanocomposite containing a polymer and an exfoliated compound (Ma′Mb″Xc). The metal, M′, comprises Li, Na, or Zn. The exfoliated compound comprises M′ among lamella of Mb″Xc, wherein M″ is Fe, Mo, Ta, W, or V, and X is S, O, or Se. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088652 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.900 |
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| US 08632928 | Wallace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew P. Wallace (Davis, California); John M. Melack (Winters, California); Michael Lefenfeld (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Signa Chemistry, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Wallace (Davis, California); John M. Melack (Winters, California); Michael Lefenfeld (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A water reactive hydrogen fueled power system includes devices and methods to combine reactant fuel materials and aqueous solutions to generate hydrogen. The generated hydrogen is converted in a fuel cell to provide electricity. The water reactive hydrogen fueled power system includes a fuel cell, a water feed tray, and a fuel cartridge to generate power for portable power electronics. The removable fuel cartridge is encompassed by the water feed tray and fuel cell. The water feed tray is refillable with water by a user. The water is then transferred from the water feed tray into the fuel cartridge to generate hydrogen for the fuel cell which then produces power for the user. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/291815 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/515 |
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| US 08633376 | Plesniak |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam P. Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam P. Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic concentrator assembly that includes a housing that defines an internal volume and includes a rim, wherein the rim defines an opening into the internal volume, a photovoltaic cell positioned in the internal volume, and an optical element that includes an optically active body and a flange extending outward from the body, wherein the flange is sealingly engaged with the rim of the housing to enclose the internal volume. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563644 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633437 | Dantus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Michigan); Vadim V. Lozovoy (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Michigan); Vadim V. Lozovoy (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system is provided which selectively excites Raman active vibrations in molecules. In another aspect of the present invention, the system includes a laser, pulse shaper and detection device. A further aspect of the present invention employs a femtosecond laser and binary pulse shaping (BPS). Still another aspect of the present invention uses a laser beam pulse, a pulse shaper and remote sensing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/883703 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633472 | Boulaevskii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lev Boulaevskii (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David M. Feldmann (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexei Koshelev (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nathan A. Moody (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lev Boulaevskii (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David M. Feldmann (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexei Koshelev (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nathan A. Moody (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Terahertz radiation source and method of producing terahertz radiation, said source comprising a junction stack, said junction stack comprising a crystalline material comprising a plurality of self-synchronized intrinsic Josephson junctions; an electrically conductive material in contact with two opposing sides of said crystalline material; and a substrate layer disposed upon at least a portion of both the crystalline material and the electrically-conductive material, wherein the crystalline material has a c-axis which is parallel to the substrate layer, and wherein the source emits at least 1 mW of power. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541073 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633497 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard Lunt (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard Lunt (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A first device is provided. The first device includes an organic light emitting device, which further comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the first and second electrode. Preferably, the second electrode is more transparent than the first electrode. The organic emissive layer has a first portion shaped to form an indentation in the direction of the first electrode, and a second portion shaped to form a protrusion in the direction of the second electrode. The first device may include a plurality of organic light emitting devices. The indentation may have a shape that is formed from a partial sphere, a partial cylinder, a pyramid, or a pyramid with a mesa, among others. The protrusions may be formed between adjoining indentations or between an indentation and a surface parallel to the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731249 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633627 | El-Refaie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie (Niskayuna, New York); James Pellegrino Alexander (Niskayuna, New York); Patel Bhageerath Reddy (Schenectady, New York); Manoj Ramprasad Shah (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie (Niskayuna, New York); James Pellegrino Alexander (Niskayuna, New York); Patel Bhageerath Reddy (Schenectady, New York); Manoj Ramprasad Shah (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A permanent magnet machine includes a stator having a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth and plurality of stator windings coupled to the stator core. The stator is configured to generate a stator magnetic rotating field when the stator windings are excited with an electric current. The stator magnetic rotating field includes both synchronous sub-harmonic and super-harmonic components. The permanent magnet machine also includes a rotor that is disposed within the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of rotor magnets that are coupled to the rotor core. The rotor magnets are further configured to have a predefined orientation profile such that when the stator windings are excited with an electric current, sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields are generated in the rotor magnetic field. The stator sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields interact with the rotor sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields and produce an aiding torque on in the permanent magnet machine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/220848 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/156.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633693 | Bouchard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis-Serge Bouchard (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Vasiliki Demas (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis-Serge Bouchard (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Vasiliki Demas (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for Fourier encoding a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal is disclosed. A static magnetic field B0 is provided along a first direction. An NMR signal from the sample is Fourier encoded by applying a rotating-frame gradient field BG superimposed on the B0, where the BG comprises a vector component rotating in a plane perpendicular to the first direction at an angular frequency ω in a laboratory frame. The Fourier-encoded NMR signal is detected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/594341 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635492 | Gara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System, method and computer program product for a multiprocessing system to offer selective pairing of processor cores for increased processing reliability. A selective pairing facility is provided that selectively connects, i.e., pairs, multiple microprocessor or processor cores to provide one highly reliable thread (or thread group). Each paired microprocessor or processor cores that provide one highly reliable thread for high-reliability connect with a system components such as a memory “nest” (or memory hierarchy), an optional system controller, and optional interrupt controller, optional I/O or peripheral devices, etc. The memory nest is attached to a selective pairing facility via a switch or a bus. Each selectively paired processor core is includes a transactional execution facility, wherein the system is configured to enable processor rollback to a previous state and reinitialize lockstep execution in order to recover from an incorrect execution when an incorrect execution has been detected by the selective pairing facility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027932 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635603 | Gooding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Michael Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard Michael Shok (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Michael Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard Michael Shok (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A debugger debugs processes that execute shared instructions so a breakpoint set for one process will not cause a breakpoint to occur in the other processes. A breakpoint is set by recording the original instruction at the desired location and writing a trap instruction to the shared instructions at that location. When a process encounters the breakpoint, the process passes control to the debugger for breakpoint processing if the breakpoint was set at that location for that process. If the trap was not set at that location for that process, the cacheline containing the trap is copied to a small scratchpad memory, and the virtual memory mappings are changed to translate the virtual address of the cacheline to the scratchpad. The original instruction is then written to replace the trap instruction in the scratchpad, so the process can execute the instructions in the scratchpad thereby avoiding the trap instruction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/255138 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635711 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara R. Evans (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ida Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara R. Evans (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ida Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for functionalizing cantilevers is provided that includes providing a holder having a plurality of channels each having a width for accepting a cantilever probe and a plurality of probes. A plurality of cantilever probes are fastened to the plurality of channels of the holder by the spring clips. The wells of a well plate are filled with a functionalization solution, wherein adjacent wells in the well plate are separated by a dimension that is substantially equal to a dimension separating adjacent channels of the plurality of channels. Each cantilever probe that is fastened within the plurality of channels of the holder is applied to the functionalization solution that is contained in the wells of the well plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613627 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08631759 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marcelo Davanco (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marcelo Davanco (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An elastomeric stamp is used to deposit material on a non-planar substrate. A vacuum mold is used to deform the elastomeric stamp and pressure is applied to transfer material from the stamp to the substrate. By decreasing the vacuum applied by the vacuum mold, the elasticity of the stamp may be used to apply this pressure. Pressure also may be applied by applying a force to the substrate and/or the stamp. The use of an elastomeric stamp allows for patterned layers to be deposited on a non-planar substrate with reduced chance of damage to the patterned layer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697357 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632623 | Pferrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Pferrer (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jose A. Quevedo (Brick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Pferrer (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jose A. Quevedo (Brick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A purification method comprises directing a system having a gas phase component and a contaminant through a filter including an aerogel material, e.g., hydrophobic silica-based aerogel particles. A filter for purifying a gas phase system comprises an aerogel material in an amount sufficient to remove at least a portion of a contaminant present in the gas phase system. In preferred examples, the filter is a fluidized bed. In further examples, the filter is a packed bed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434306 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632669 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480627 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632670 | Garimella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh V. Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Hemanth Kumar Dhavaleswarapu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Niru Kumari (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh V. Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Hemanth Kumar Dhavaleswarapu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Niru Kumari (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for controllably wetting a microstructured surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086357 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632811 | Santra |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swadeshmukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A silica-based nanoformulation and method is used to treat citrus canker, inhibit the growth of mold and mildew, and add nutrients to soil used for agricultural purposes. The nanotechnology-enabled copper-loaded, silica nanoformulation (CuSiNP/NG) design is a “revolutionary re-invention” of Cu for safe application because it provides a formulation with maximum abundance of ionic Cu, provides sustained and optimal Cu ion release for long-term disease protection, better adherence to plant surfaces and structural surfaces due to gel-based nanostructure of CuSiNG, thus avoiding multiple spray applications and reducing the amount of Cu used in comparison to existing Cu compounds without compromising antibacterial activity. Thus, the silica-based nanoformulation releases copper in non-toxic quantities to the environment and the silica matrix provides an environmentally safe host material with a flexible design that is optimized to provide specific antifungal and antibacterial remediation using infrequent applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527691 |
| 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 424/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633028 | Gross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing systemic, non-specific and/or sequence specific immune responses in invertebrates, e.g., marine invertebrates such as mollusks, porifera, ctenophora, echinodermas, marine worms, cnideria and preferably crustaceans, by the administration of at least one dsRNA, that confers immunity against a pathogen, or modulates expression of gene that affects growth, reproduction, and general health or “robustness” are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying invertebrate genes, e.g., crustacean genes, the expression of which is involved in the induction of non-specific (systemic) immune responses against pathogens. Also disclosed are preferred delivery systems and methods for stably administering at least one dsRNA to a crustacean whereby the dsRNA is administered via injection, immersion, in a feed or nutrient medium or comprised in a microorganism, e.g., yeast or microalgae, that expresses said dsRNA and is ingestible by said crustacean, e.g., a shrimp. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883009 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633140 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jinsang Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jiseok Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsang Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jiseok Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A microarray includes a solid substrate having a surface, the surface having a plurality of binding spots and a plurality of reaction moieties bound to the binding spots. A reaction moiety includes a plurality of polyacetylene monomers, the polyacetylene monomers having a first coupling region and a second coupling region, the first coupling region having a first functional group operable to bind to the binding spot and the second coupling region comprising a second functional group operable to bind to an accessory molecule; and an accessory molecule having a binding region and an analyte reaction region, the analyte reaction region operable to selectively bind to the target analyte, and the binding region operable to bind to the second coupling region of the polyacetylene monomer. Upon binding a target analyte with the reaction moiety, a color change from the polyacetylene monomer occurs and the reaction moiety produces fluorescence. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714024 |
| 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 | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633331 | Bandosz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teresa J. Bandosz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Camille Petit (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teresa J. Bandosz (Teaneck, New Jersey); Camille Petit (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nanocomposite materials comprising: graphite-based material dispersed among transition metal-organic framework (MOF) units, wherein the graphite-based material is chemically linked to MOF units; wherein the graphite-based material is present in the range of about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the composite material. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879701 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633634 | Fuentes-Fernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Texas Micropower, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Texas Micropower, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erika Fuentes-Fernandez (Richardson, Texas); Pradeep Shah (Dallas, Texas); Wardia Mechtaly-Debray (Hsinchu County, Taiwan); Bruce E. Gnade (Lewisville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention is directed to integrated energy-harvesting piezoelectric cantilevers. The cantilevers are fabricated using sol-gel processing using a sacrificial poly-Si seeding layer. Improvements in film microstructure and electrical properties are realized by introducing a poly-Si seeding layer and by optimizing the poling process. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680043 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633699 | Linscott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan Richard Linscott (Stanford, California); Timothy Chevalier (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Umran S. Inan (Stanford, California); David Strauss (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Richard Linscott (Stanford, California); Timothy Chevalier (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Umran S. Inan (Stanford, California); David Strauss (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus includes detecting lightning induced electromagnetic pulses and determining a physical property of an underground structure based on the lightning induced electromagnetic pulses. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an antenna, a low noise amplifier, a processor, cable, and a transmitter. The antenna includes three substantively perpendicular loops of electrical conductors. The processor is configured to condition the amplified signal. The cable is about 100 meters in length and connects the low noise amplifier to the processor. The transmitter is configured to send conditioned data to a data aggregation system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869230 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634074 | Fugal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Fugal (Mainz, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Fugal (Mainz, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for measuring particles within a flow are provided. An aircraft transports a high volume sample rate holographic measurement instrument through a particle-containing volume of interest along a reference axis X (time). As the instrument moves relative to the volume of interest, the holographic measurement instrument transmits a collimated light beam across the volume of interest along an optical axis Z. The light beam interacts with particles contained within the volume of interest, and a high-speed, one-dimensional detector array detects incident light reflecting patterns of light intensity levels that are associated with the interaction between the light beam and the particles. A processor integrates information relating to the detected patterns and a rate of relative movement between the measurement probe and the volume of interest to determine at least a statistically meaningful sampling of time-dependent particle distribution information associated with an entirety of the volume of interest. Using the time-dependent particle distribution information and automatic reconstruction algorithms running on the processor, the processor reconstructs holograms that depict the particles within the volume of interest. These holograms are then used to measure a spatial distribution, size distribution, number density or concentration, and/or shape of the particles within the volume of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087503 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634119 | Bablumyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TIPD, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems of recording holograms that reduce the writing time, increase the diffraction efficiency, improve the resolution, or restitute color. These systems are well suited for use with an updateable 3D holographic display using integral holography and photorefractive polymer. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041407 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0011 (20130101) G03H 1/26 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634233 | Lilja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Lilja (Maplewood, Minnesota); Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Andrew P. Lyle (Boise, Idaho); Shruti R. Patil (Santa Clara, California); Jonathan D. Harms (Hopkins, Minnesota); Xiaofeng Yao (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Lilja (Maplewood, Minnesota); Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Andrew P. Lyle (Boise, Idaho); Shruti R. Patil (Santa Clara, California); Jonathan D. Harms (Hopkins, Minnesota); Xiaofeng Yao (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods that enable direct communications between magnetic tunnel junctions are provided. In one embodiment, a device includes multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions and an output magnetic tunnel junction. The multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions are connected in parallel, and the output magnetic tunnel junction is connected in series to the input magnetic tunnel junctions. In another embodiment, a device includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction, and a nano-magnetic channel. Each of the first and the second magnetic tunnel junctions has a free layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a fixed layer. The nano-magnetic channel connects the free layer of the first magnetic tunnel junction to the free layer of the second magnetic tunnel junction. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475544 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634405 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald Richard Brown (Worcester, Massachusetts); H. Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey); Boyang Zhang (Shiiiazhuang, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Richard Brown (Worcester, Massachusetts); H. Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey); Boyang Zhang (Shiiiazhuang, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for synchronizing the phases and frequencies of devices in multi-user, wireless communications systems are provided. A primary beacon signal is transmitted by a destination node in a wireless communications network to a plurality of source nodes. Secondary beacon signals are also exchanged between the source nodes. Using the primary and secondary beacon signals, the nodes generate local phase and frequency estimates which are used to control local phases and frequencies of the source nodes. The source nodes then transmit common information to the destination at carrier frequencies based on the estimated local frequencies and phases, so that the phases and frequencies of the transmitted information are synchronized to facilitate coherent combining of the bandpass signals at the destination. Phase and frequency synchronization can be applied to wireless communications systems having any number of source nodes, and effects of Doppler shifts and moving platforms are accounted for. Acoustic and radio-frequency signaling can be utilized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555390 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08632244 | Bar-Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Seal Beach, California); Shyh-Shiuh Lih (Porter Ranch, California); Mircea Badescu (La Canada Flintridge, California); Xiaoqi Bao (San Gabriel, California); Stewart Sherrit (La Crescenta, California); James Samson Scott (Torrance, California); Julian O. Blosiu (San Marino, California); Scott E. Widholm (La Crescenta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Seal Beach, California); Shyh-Shiuh Lih (Porter Ranch, California); Mircea Badescu (La Canada Flintridge, California); Xiaoqi Bao (San Gabriel, California); Stewart Sherrit (La Crescenta, California); James Samson Scott (Torrance, California); Julian O. Blosiu (San Marino, California); Scott E. Widholm (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for monitoring the properties of a fluid, such as water, in a steam pipe without mechanically penetrating the wall of the pipe. The system uses a piezoelectric transducer to launch an ultrasonic probe signal into the pipe. Reflected ultrasonic signals are captured in a transducer, which can be the same transducer that launched the probe signal. The reflected signals are subjected to data processing, which can include filtering, amplification, analog-to-digital conversion and autocorrelation analysis. A result is extracted which is indicative of a property of the fluid, such as a height of the condensed fluid, a cavitation of the condensed fluid, and a surface perturbation of the condensed fluid. The result can be recorded, displayed, and/or transmitted to another location. One embodiment of the system has been constructed and tested based on a general purpose programmable computer using instructions recorded in machine-readable non-volatile memory. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/043499 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08632510 | Ferrari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Alessandro Grattoni (Houston, Texas); Randy Goodall (Austin, Texas); Lee Hudson (Elgin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Alessandro Grattoni (Houston, Texas); Randy Goodall (Austin, Texas); Lee Hudson (Elgin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A capsule configured for in vivo refilling of a thereapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, the capsule may contain methotrexate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264069 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/288.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633869 | Devereaux et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Innovation Management Sciences (Mountain View, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Devereaux (Tujunga, California); Thomas Jedrey (Pasadena, California); Martin Agan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The system of the present invention is a highly integrated radio communication system with a multimedia co-processor which allows true two-way multimedia (video, audio, data) access as well as real-time biomedical monitoring in a pager-sized portable access unit. The system is integrated in a network structure including one or more general purpose nodes for providing a wireless-to-wired interface. The network architecture allows video, audio and data (including biomedical data) streams to be connected directly to external users and devices. The portable access units may also be mated to various non-personal devices such as cameras or environmental sensors for providing a method for setting up wireless sensor nets from which reported data may be accessed through the portable access unit. The reported data may alternatively be automatically logged at a remote computer for access and viewing through a portable access unit, including the user's own. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/723472 |
| ART UNIT | 2692 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634305 | Smithgall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Todd Smithgall (League City, Texas); Brendan Hall (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Srivatsan Varadarajan (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Todd Smithgall (League City, Texas); Brendan Hall (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Srivatsan Varadarajan (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for evaluating the performance of a Time Triggered Ethernet (TTE) system employing Time Triggered (TT) communication. A real TTE system under test (SUT) having real input elements communicating using TT messages with output elements via one or more first TTE switches during a first time interval schedule established for the SUT. A simulation system is also provided having input simulators that communicate using TT messages via one or more second TTE switches with the same output elements during a second time interval schedule established for the simulation system. The first and second time interval schedules are off-set slightly so that messages from the input simulators, when present, arrive at the output elements prior to messages from the analogous real inputs, thereby having priority over messages from the real inputs and causing the system to operate based on the simulated inputs when present. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/224871 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE44711 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming Chiang Wu (Moraga, California); Pei-Yu Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Aaron T. Ohta (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Chiang Wu (Moraga, California); Pei-Yu Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Aaron T. Ohta (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical image-driven light induced dielectrophoresis (DEP) apparatus and method are described which provide for the manipulation of particles or cells with a diameter on the order of 100 μm or less. The apparatus is referred to as optoelectric tweezers (OET) and provides a number of advantages over conventional optical tweezers, in particular the ability to perform operations in parallel and over a large area without damage to living cells. The OET device generally comprises a planar liquid-filled structure having one or more portions which are photoconductive to convert incoming light to a change in the electric field pattern. The light patterns are dynamically generated to provide a number of manipulation structures that can manipulate single particles and cells or group of particles/cells. The OET preferably includes a microscopic imaging means to provide feedback for the optical manipulation, such as detecting position and characteristics wherein the light patterns are modulated accordingly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287093 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/559.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08633028 | Gross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing systemic, non-specific and/or sequence specific immune responses in invertebrates, e.g., marine invertebrates such as mollusks, porifera, ctenophora, echinodermas, marine worms, cnideria and preferably crustaceans, by the administration of at least one dsRNA, that confers immunity against a pathogen, or modulates expression of gene that affects growth, reproduction, and general health or “robustness” are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying invertebrate genes, e.g., crustacean genes, the expression of which is involved in the induction of non-specific (systemic) immune responses against pathogens. Also disclosed are preferred delivery systems and methods for stably administering at least one dsRNA to a crustacean whereby the dsRNA is administered via injection, immersion, in a feed or nutrient medium or comprised in a microorganism, e.g., yeast or microalgae, that expresses said dsRNA and is ingestible by said crustacean, e.g., a shrimp. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883009 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633354 | Srinivasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chinnathambi Srinivasan (Martinsburg, West Virginia); Ralph Scorza (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Ann Callahan (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Chris Dardick (Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chinnathambi Srinivasan (Martinsburg, West Virginia); Ralph Scorza (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Ann Callahan (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Chris Dardick (Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | To produce early flowering genotypes, plum (Prunus domestica) was transformed with the poplar (Populus trichocarpa) Flowering Locus T1 (PtFT1) gene. Ectopic expression of 35S::PtFT1 Induced early flowering in vitro from transgenic plantlets within two months of transformation. When the transgenic plum plants were rooted and transferred to soil and grown in posts in the growth chamber, a number of additional lines flowered. Normal flowering and fruiting were observed in the greenhouse within one year of transformation. While dormancy was not necessary for growth or fruiting, FT plums were still winter hardy and floral bud set and flowering responded normally to changes in temperature. By manipulating a single gene, temperate tree crops can be effectively engineered for cultivation in new growing areas and for entirely new modes of agricultural production that are continuous, sustainable, and adaptable to climate change. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761190 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08633028 | Gross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Gross (Charleston, South Carolina); Gregory Warr (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Chapman (Charleston, South Carolina); Craig Browdy (Charleston, South Carolina); Javier Robalino (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing systemic, non-specific and/or sequence specific immune responses in invertebrates, e.g., marine invertebrates such as mollusks, porifera, ctenophora, echinodermas, marine worms, cnideria and preferably crustaceans, by the administration of at least one dsRNA, that confers immunity against a pathogen, or modulates expression of gene that affects growth, reproduction, and general health or “robustness” are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying invertebrate genes, e.g., crustacean genes, the expression of which is involved in the induction of non-specific (systemic) immune responses against pathogens. Also disclosed are preferred delivery systems and methods for stably administering at least one dsRNA to a crustacean whereby the dsRNA is administered via injection, immersion, in a feed or nutrient medium or comprised in a microorganism, e.g., yeast or microalgae, that expresses said dsRNA and is ingestible by said crustacean, e.g., a shrimp. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883009 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08634617 | Tsougarakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantinos Tsougarakis (San Francisco, California); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bhaskar Rao Vissa (San Jose, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Barry J. Linder (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ConforMIS, Inc. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantinos Tsougarakis (San Francisco, California); Daniel Steines (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bhaskar Rao Vissa (San Jose, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Barry J. Linder (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for determining meniscal size and shape for use in designing therapies for the treatment of various joint diseases. The invention uses an image of a joint that is processed for analysis. Analysis can include, for example, generating a thickness map, a cartilage curve, or a point cloud. This information is used to determine the extent of the cartilage defect or damage and to design an appropriate therapy, including, for example, an implant. Adjustments to the designed therapy are made to account for the materials used. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312339 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08633634 | Fuentes-Fernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Texas Micropower, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Texas Micropower, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erika Fuentes-Fernandez (Richardson, Texas); Pradeep Shah (Dallas, Texas); Wardia Mechtaly-Debray (Hsinchu County, Taiwan); Bruce E. Gnade (Lewisville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention is directed to integrated energy-harvesting piezoelectric cantilevers. The cantilevers are fabricated using sol-gel processing using a sacrificial poly-Si seeding layer. Improvements in film microstructure and electrical properties are realized by introducing a poly-Si seeding layer and by optimizing the poling process. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680043 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08635228 | Shahabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Terrago Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Document relevance is determined with respect to a region of interest (ROI). A set of location references may be associated with a set of documents. The system selects location references associated with an ROI and then selects documents corresponding to the selected location references. The selected documents can be reported or processed further. A document-location reference index can be accessed when the present system is ‘online’ and processing a request for documents relevant to an ROI. The document-location reference index may be generated and updated while the present system is ‘offline’ and not processing a request for documents. The resulting relevant documents may be provided to a user in response to a document search associated with the ROI or along with an advertisement associated with the ROI. |
| FILED | Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/619554 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08633819 | Brosius |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay Brosius (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SkyBitz, Inc. (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Brosius (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-mode asset tracking and monitoring system and method is provided that enables comprehensive reporting of asset position, status, and alerts. In one embodiment, the multi-mode system and method is based on the addition of a local network monitoring system to a wide area satellite network monitoring system. In this example, the local network monitoring system would add container presence and status monitoring in crowded environments (e.g., within a port facility, on-board a ship, etc.), while the wide area satellite network monitoring system would provide tracking and monitoring coverage when the container is in dispersed environments. Both the local and wide area monitoring systems work together to provide end-to-end container tracking and monitoring to thereby ensure continuous container tracking and monitoring from container loading to container unloading. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584174 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 08634119 | Bablumyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TIPD, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkady Bablumyan (San Diego, California); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems of recording holograms that reduce the writing time, increase the diffraction efficiency, improve the resolution, or restitute color. These systems are well suited for use with an updateable 3D holographic display using integral holography and photorefractive polymer. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041407 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0011 (20130101) G03H 1/26 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08633154 | Pettit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Rui Tan (Mesa, Arizona); Robin K. Pettit (Fort McDowell, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to cyclodepsipeptide compounds having antineoplastic and/or antimicrobial activity, preferably Kitastatin 1. The present invention is further directed to methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth and/or microbial growth in a host inflicted therewith by administering cyclodepsipeptide compounds to the inflicted host. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/786731 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08635078 | Aldstadt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry Aldstadt (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry Aldstadt (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes systems and methods for electronically tracking information. The tracking information may include arrival information regarding an arrival of the item and processing information regarding processing of the item. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561256 |
| ART UNIT | 3687 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08632468 | Glossop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil David Glossop (Toronto, Canada); Bradford Johns Wood (Potomac, Maryland); Thomas S. Y. Tang (Markham, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil David Glossop (Toronto, Canada); Bradford Johns Wood (Potomac, Maryland); Thomas S. Y. Tang (Markham, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for assisting/performing image-guided transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures in a portion of an anatomy of a patient include a guide needle portion having a hollow tube with a bend toward its distal tip, and a puncture needle portion that includes at least one position indicating element at its tip. The puncture needle is slidably mounted within the hollow tube of the guide needle such that a distal tip of the puncture needle can be extended from an opening in the distal tip of the guide needle and used to place a shunt between the portal and hepatic veins of a patient. The position indicating element of the puncture needle is used to produce a display of the puncture needle relative to a target vessel, including a projected path of the puncture needle that can be adjusted to accurately locate a shunt. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392817 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08633784 | Ihla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Conrad Ihla (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Robert Charles Becker (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Glen Backes (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Alan Cornett (Andover, Minnesota); Matthew S. Marcus (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Conrad Ihla (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Robert Charles Becker (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Glen Backes (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Alan Cornett (Andover, Minnesota); Matthew S. Marcus (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments relate to a contactless RF coupling device that includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The RF coupling device may provide a broadband, low loss electrical connection without mechanical contact as would a conventional mechanical connector. The first substrate includes a first ground plane on one side and a first transmission line on an opposing side. The first transmission line includes an enlarged first coupling member at an end of the first transmission line. The second substrate includes a second ground plane on one side and a second transmission line on an opposing side. The second transmission line includes an enlarged second coupling member at an end of the second transmission line. The first ground plane may not extend under the first coupling member and the second ground plane may include an opening that is aligned with the second coupling member. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174178 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/24.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
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You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2014/fedinvent-patents-20140121.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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