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| US 08641876 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellen Tuanying Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ellen T. Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen Tuanying Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel device for biosensing and energy storage. The present invented device comprises an electrode having a nanopore structured and bio-communicationally active cyclodextrin attached thereto. The device has demonstrated robust analytical performances for direct single subtype breast cancer measurements without mediators, or native enzyme, and without antibodies labeling; the device is capable to store energy by direct bio-communication with the living cancer cells at real time is demonstrated. It is beneficial in the health care diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/373576 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/403.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642033 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth M. Murphy (St. Louis, Missouri); Jorn C. Albring (St. Louis, Missouri); Michelle M. Sandau (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods for inducing in vivo tolerance to a foreign tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645748 |
| 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 08642042 | Mekalanos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Mekalanos (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Mekalanos (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to vaccine compositions having a carrier protein and an antigen of interest entrapped in a complex, methods of making such vaccines, and methods of vaccine administration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890565 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642046 | Camilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Camilli (Sharon, Massachusetts); Stefan Schild (Gratz, Austria); Eric Jorge Nelson (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Camilli (Sharon, Massachusetts); Stefan Schild (Gratz, Austria); Eric Jorge Nelson (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to a vaccine against Vibrio cholerae comprised of V. cholerae outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Such vaccines are relatively stable, facilitating distribution. Inventive methods generally include administration of a vaccine against Vibrio cholerae by intranasal, intraperitoneal, oral or intragastric routes. Such vaccines confer immunity to the individual, and when administered to pregnant subjects, can be conferred to the offspring of individuals. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681951 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/203.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642048 | Ades et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); Scott E. Johnson (Lilburn, Georgia); Danny L. Jue (Tucker, Georgia); Jacquelyn S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); Scott E. Johnson (Lilburn, Georgia); Danny L. Jue (Tucker, Georgia); Jacquelyn S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa pneumococcal surface adhesion A protein (PsaA) from Streptococcus pneumoniae. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Additionally, multiple antigenic peptides that provide protection against S. pneumoniae challenge are provided. These multiple antigen peptides comprise the peptides that immunospecifically bind to the monoclonal antibodies. Also provided are vaccines comprising such immunogenic peptides, and methods of conferring protective immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by administering therapeutic composition comprising the immunogenic peptides of the invention. Also provided are methods of detecting the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sample using antibodies or antigens and methods of preventing and treating Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/360382 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/244.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642073 | Mannino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raphael J. Mannino (Annandale, New Jersey); Susan Gould-Fogerite (Annandale, New Jersey); Sara L. Krause-Elsmore (Kearny, New Jersey); David Delmarre (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ruying Lu (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina); University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raphael J. Mannino (Annandale, New Jersey); Susan Gould-Fogerite (Annandale, New Jersey); Sara L. Krause-Elsmore (Kearny, New Jersey); David Delmarre (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ruying Lu (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel methods for making cochleates and cochleate compositions that include introducing a cargo moiety to a liposome in the presence of a solvent. Also disclosed are cochleates and cochleate compositions that include an aggregation inhibitor, and optionally, a cargo moiety. Additionally, anhydrous cochleates that include a protonized cargo moiety, a divalent metal cation and a negatively charge lipid are disclosed. Methods of using the cochleate compositions of the invention, including methods of administration, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/653434 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642088 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jess Dreher Reed (Middleton, Wisconsin); Christian Gerald Krueger (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Sergio Madrigal-Carballo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jess Dreher Reed (Middleton, Wisconsin); Christian Gerald Krueger (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Sergio Madrigal-Carballo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition comprising a matrix of chitosan and a tannin wherein the chitosan is electrostatically bonded to the tannin to form a chitosan-tannin composite material. The chitosan can be partially or fully deacetylated, and the tannin can be a monomeric or an oligomeric proanthocyanidin or a hydrolysable tannin. The chitosan-tannin composite material can be a nanoparticle, a hydrogel film, a bio-foam, or a biogel, or the chitosan-tannin composite material can coat a liposome. The composite materials can be used for drug delivery, for antibacterial and/or antifungal applications, for tissue engineering applications, for wound healing applications, or they can be used as adjuvants for vaccination, including oral vaccinations. The invention also provides methods of preparing the composite materials and their various forms. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875820 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2250/21166 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2013/00523 (20130101) A61F 2013/00676 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/722 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642263 | Laird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Daniel J. Weisenberger (Playa Del Rey, California); Mihaela Campan (Los Angeles, California); Tifany I. Long (Chino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Laird (South Pasadena, California); Daniel J. Weisenberger (Playa Del Rey, California); Mihaela Campan (Los Angeles, California); Tifany I. Long (Chino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred aspects provide novel high-throughput, sensitive methods (e.g., real-time PCR-based (MethyLight™) reactions) for detection and/or measurement of global genomic 5-methylcytosine content, based on measurement of DNA methylation of Alu, LINE-1 repetitive sequences, and the chromosome 1 centromeric satellite alpha and juxtacentromeric satellite 2 repeat sequences. Additional aspects provide sensitive methods for determining the amount of a DNA (e.g., in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues). Combined (mean) use of Alu and Sat2 repeat methylation measurements provides for a surprisingly close correlation with global genomic 5-methylcytosine content measurements obtained by HPLC. Methylation of Alu repeats was determined to be closely associated with HPLC-based global methylation levels, as was methylation of satellite 2 and LINE-1 global genomic 5-methylcytosine content. The assays provide surrogate markers for global genomic 5-methylcytosine content analyzes, and have substantial utility for high-throughput and population-based studies (e.g., genetic and dietary influences on global DNA methylation, folate deficiency, MTHFR gene polymorphisms, etc). |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/719033 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642265 | Felix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carolyn A. Felix (Ardmore, Pennsylvania); Donald A Baldwin (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn A. Felix (Ardmore, Pennsylvania); Donald A Baldwin (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods, and kits for detecting DNA topoisomerase II-DNA complexes are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487789 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08642269 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Acton, Massachusetts); Phillip Belgrader (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Acton, Massachusetts); Phillip Belgrader (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligation detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence difference. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543432 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642271 | Markowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Helen Moinova (Beachwood, Ohio); Lois Myeroff (Chardon, Ohio); Jean-Pierre Issa (Bellaire, Texas); Osamu Maeda (Nagoya, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Helen Moinova (Beachwood, Ohio); Lois Myeroff (Chardon, Ohio); Jean-Pierre Issa (Bellaire, Texas); Osamu Maeda (Nagoya, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating C6Orf150-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the C6Orf150 nucleotide sequences has been observed in C6Orf150-associated neoplasia such as colon neoplasia. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870674 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08642273 — Ligand sensing fluorescent acetylcholinesterase for detection of organophosphate activity
| US 08642273 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Zoran Radic (San Diego, California); Jianxin Shi (San Diego, California); Aileen Boyd (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Zoran Radic (San Diego, California); Jianxin Shi (San Diego, California); Aileen Boyd (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for the preparation and use of labeled AChE and labeled AChE inhibitory conjugate compositions for detecting accumulation of toxic materials such as organophosphates, insecticides, and other nerve agents. Also disclosed are methods for the use of labeled AChE and labeled AChE inhibitory conjugate compositions in a variety of areas, including the detecting of toxic materials in biological samples, in the area of food and water analysis, in environmental monitoring, and in industrial settings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/469731 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642277 | Condeelis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John S. Condeelis (Bronx, New York); Thomas E. Rohan (New York, New York); Frank B. Gertler (Boston, Massachusetts); Joan G. Jones (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Condeelis (Bronx, New York); Thomas E. Rohan (New York, New York); Frank B. Gertler (Boston, Massachusetts); Joan G. Jones (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for determining the risk of tumor cells undergoing metastasis, for assessing the prognosis of a subject undergoing treatment for a localized tumor, and for determining a course of treatment for a localized tumor comprising detecting the presence of an endothelial cell, a macrophage, and an invasive tumor cell in direct apposition in a tumor sample from a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/804779 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642278 | Sebti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Srikumar Chellappan (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas James Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Srikumar Chellappan (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas James Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed modulators of Rb:Raf-1 interactions are potent, selective disruptors of Rb:Raf-1 binding, with IC50 values ranging from 80 nM to 500 nM. Further, these compounds are surprisingly effective in inhibiting a wide variety of cancer cells, including osteosarcoma, epithelial lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, three different pancreatic cancer cell lines, two different glioblastoma cell lines, metastatic breast cancer, melanoma, and prostate cancer. Moreover, the disclosed compounds effectively disrupt angiogenesis and significantly inhibited tumors in nude mice derived from human epithelial lung carcinoma tumors. Accordingly, the disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, methods of treating subjects with cancer, and methods of preparing the disclosed compounds are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/562903 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642279 | Harbour |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. William Harbour (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. William Harbour (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses methods and compositions for predicting the risk of metastasis. In particular, the invention encompasses a method for correlating the the level of expression of one or more nucleic acid sequences with a risk of metastasis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989272 |
| 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 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642282 | Meyskens, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. (Irvine, California); Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Sun Yang (Foothill Ranch, California); Haitao Ji (Salt Lake City, Utah); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Thomas L. Poulos (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. (Irvine, California); Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Sun Yang (Foothill Ranch, California); Haitao Ji (Salt Lake City, Utah); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Thomas L. Poulos (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for melanoma treatment and prevention with selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor compounds and related pharmaceutical compositions, alone or in conjunction with one or more other melanoma therapies. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/348819 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642283 | Abraham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert T. Abraham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Abraham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an assay for the identification of agents which can modulate TOR-mediated phosphorylation of substrate proteins. The assays of the invention utilize substrate proteins whose amino acid sequence contains the Ser/Thr motif recognized by TOR. Naturally occurring TOR which may be used in the methods of the invention include TOR isolated from a variety of species, particularly mammalian tissues. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/441650 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642284 | Guarente et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard Guarente (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Shin-Ichiro Imai (St. Louis, Missouri); Christopher Armstrong (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard Guarente (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Shin-Ichiro Imai (St. Louis, Missouri); Christopher Armstrong (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of identifying agents which alter the NAD-dependent deacetylation activity of a Sir2 protein or a fragment of a Sir2 protein are disclosed. The acetylated protein can be a nuclear protein, such as a histone protein, or a cytoplasmic protein. The Sir2 protein employed in the methods can include at least a core domain of a Sir2 protein, such as a human Sir2 protein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 13, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/735786 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
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| US 08642294 | Greally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Greally (New York, New York); Eli Hatchwell (St. James, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Research Foundation State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Greally (New York, New York); Eli Hatchwell (St. James, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for determining the pattern of cytosine methylation in a DNA specimen, where the methods involve comparing the amount of DNA fragments generated by a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme with the amount of DNA fragments generated by a methylation-insensitive isoschizomer of the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/451431 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
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| US 08642297 | Wymer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan Wymer (Ledyard, Connecticut); Paul Taylor (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZuChem, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Wymer (Ledyard, Connecticut); Paul Taylor (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the production of L-ribitol and other rare sugars using a mannitol-1-dehydrogenase. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501997 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642329 | Tilly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Lee Tilly (Windham, New Hampshire); Dori C. Woods (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Lee Tilly (Windham, New Hampshire); Dori C. Woods (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Oogonial stem cell (OSC)-derived compositions, such as nuclear free cytoplasm or isolated mitochondria, and uses of OSC-derived compositions in autologous fertility-enhancing procedures are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/590812 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 08642332 | Goldman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Goldman (Webster, New York); Neeta Singh Roy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Goldman (Webster, New York); Neeta Singh Roy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of producing neuronal progenitor cells by providing an isolated population of progenitor cells from human brain white matter and permitting the isolated population of cells to differentiate to neuronal progenitor cells. Alternatively, neuronal progenitor cells can be produced by providing an isolated population of glial progenitor cells and permitting the isolated population of glial progenitor cells to differentiate to neuronal progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/793640 |
| 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 435/377 |
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| US 08642333 | da Silva Ferreira et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lino da Silva Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); Daniel Kohane (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Hospital Boston (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lino da Silva Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); Daniel Kohane (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a vehicle for delivering various chemicals, compositions and proteins to stem cells and embryoid bodies. The vehicle may be biocompatible and biodegradable polymer microparticles. Typically the particles will contain at least a growth factor for delivery to the embryoid bodies, and generally the growth factor induces differentiation of the cells in the embryoid body along a specific lineage. The present invention also provides methods for directing differentiation of the cells in the embryoid body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365604 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642336 | Vacanti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Young-Moon Michael Shin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Ogilvie (San Francisco, California); Alexander Sevy (Houston, Texas); Tomoyuki Maemura (Belmont, Massachusetts); Osamu Ishii (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Kaazempur-Mofrad (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin R. King (Western Springs, Illinois); Chiao-Chun Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Eli Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Young-Moon Michael Shin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Ogilvie (San Francisco, California); Alexander Sevy (Houston, Texas); Tomoyuki Maemura (Belmont, Massachusetts); Osamu Ishii (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Kaazempur-Mofrad (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin R. King (Western Springs, Illinois); Chiao-Chun Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Eli Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785865 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642342 | O'Shea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathy Sue O'Shea (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maria Morell (Granada, Spain); Yao-Chang Tsan (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathy Sue O'Shea (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maria Morell (Granada, Spain); Yao-Chang Tsan (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing populations of predominantly astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes are provided. In addition, methods of treating mammals having astroglial tumors, oligodendrocyte tumors, or neuronal tumors are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213848 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642347 | Ye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Ye (Brookline, Massachusetts); Daniel Cramer (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Ye (Brookline, Massachusetts); Daniel Cramer (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to diagnostic methods based upon the detection of peptides derived from the degradation of CA125. In particular, it is concerned with assays of urine samples collected from women for the purpose of determining whether they are at increased risk for having ovarian cancer, have decreased their risk as the result of clinical or non-clinical procedures, to monitor the efficacy of a treatment method, or to determine whether cancer has recurred or advanced. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/865508 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642349 | Yeatman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida); Jeff Xiwu Zhou (Potomac, Maryland); Gregory C. Bloom (Tampa, Florida); Steven A. Eschrich (Lakeland, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida); Jeff Xiwu Zhou (Potomac, Maryland); Gregory C. Bloom (Tampa, Florida); Steven A. Eschrich (Lakeland, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Here the inventors describe a tumor classifier based on protein expression. Also disclosed is the use of proteomics to construct a highly accurate artificial neural network (ANN)-based classifier for the detection of an individual tumor type, as well as distinguishing between six common tumor types in an unknown primary diagnosis setting. Discriminating sets of proteins are also identified and are used as biomarkers for six carcinomas. A leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV) method was used to test the ability of the constructed network to predict the single held out sample from each iteration with a maximum predictive accuracy of 87% and an average predictive accuracy of 82% over the range of proteins chosen for its construction. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/837883 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642352 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fraser J. Moss (Bay Village, Ohio); Cagdas D. Son (Ankara, Turkey); Rahul Srinivasan (Pasadena, California); Henry A. Lester (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fraser J. Moss (Bay Village, Ohio); Cagdas D. Son (Ankara, Turkey); Rahul Srinivasan (Pasadena, California); Henry A. Lester (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to detect stoichiometries of protein complexes and/or interactions between proteins based on detection and quantification of FRET and related systems and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/701482 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642357 | Elias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack A. Elias (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Chun Geun Lee (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack A. Elias (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Chun Geun Lee (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating a subject diagnosed with, or at risk for developing, pathogenic fibrosis, particularly pulmonary fibrosis. The method of the invention comprises administering to the subject a compound or composition which inhibits semaphorin (SEMA) 7A, SEMA 7A receptors, or downstream effectors. A SEMA 7A inhibitor comprises an antibody, a soluble SEMA 7A receptor, an siRNA, a ribozyme, an antisense, an aptamer, a peptidomimetic, a small molecule, a soluble receptor, or any combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604192 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642516 | Koepsel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin T. Koepsel (Madison, Wisconsin); William L. Murphy (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin T. Koepsel (Madison, Wisconsin); William L. Murphy (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Patterned SAM arrays and methods of preparing patterned SAM arrays are disclosed. Advantageously, the methods used to prepare the patterned SAM arrays allow for controlling SAM spot-to-spot conditions such as ligand identity and ligand density, which allows for preparing a wide range of SAM spots in a single array format. Additionally, the patterned SAM arrays of the present disclosure support the culture of a range of cell types. The patterned SAM arrays offer the ability to rapidly screen substrate components for influencing cell attachment, spreading, proliferation, migration, and differentiation. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465120 |
| 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 56/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642536 | Horne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William S. Horne (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Lisa M. Johnson (Marshall, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Horne (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Lisa M. Johnson (Marshall, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of fabricating biologically active, unnatural polypeptides. The method includes the steps of selecting a biologically active polypeptide or biologically active fragment thereof having an amino acid sequence comprising α-amino acid residues, and fabricating a synthetic polypeptide that has an amino acid sequence that corresponds to the sequence of the biologically active polypeptide, but wherein about 14% to about 50% of the α-amino acid residues found in the biologically active polypeptide or fragment of step (a) are replaced with β-amino acid residues, and the α-amino acid residues are distributed in a repeating pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578993 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/4.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642543 | Tezapsidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaos Tezapsidis (West Orange, New Jersey); Steven Greco (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Mark Smith (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurotez, Inc. (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos Tezapsidis (West Orange, New Jersey); Steven Greco (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Mark Smith (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The described invention provides methods for treating or preventing progression of a progressive cognitive disease, disorder or condition, and methods for improving resilience of cognitive function in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470427 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/5.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642559 | Baudry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michel Baudry (Irvine, California); Wei Xu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michel Baudry (Irvine, California); Wei Xu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising a peptide or a peptidomimetic thereof that inhibits the C-terminal domain truncation of mGluR1α by calpain, wherein the peptide is 10-30 amino acids in length and contains a sequence that is at least 70% homologous to VIKPLTKSYQGSGK. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the C-terminal domain truncation of mGluR1α by calpain, methods of inhibiting the C-terminal domain truncation of mGluR1α in a neuron, and methods of identifying a compound that inhibits the C-terminal domain truncation of mGluR1α. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/443157 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642561 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A generic structure for the peptides of the present invention includes A-X-B-C, where C is a cargo moiety, the B portion includes basic amino acids, X is a cleavable linker sequence, and the A portion includes acidic amino acids. The intact structure is not significantly taken up by cells; however, upon extracellular cleavage of X, the B-C portion is taken up, delivering the cargo to targeted cells. Cargo may be, for example, a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging, a chemotherapeutic drug, or a radiation-sensitizer for therapy. Cleavage of X allows separation of A from B, unmasking the normal ability of the basic amino acids in B to drag cargo C into cells near the cleavage event. X is cleaved extracellularly, preferably under physiological conditions. D-amino acids are preferred for the A and B portions, to minimize immunogenicity and nonspecific cleavage by background peptidases or proteases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314134 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642562 | Moe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California); Brent T. Hagen (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California); Brent T. Hagen (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of their production and use, including use in increasing de-N-acetyl sialic acid antigen of a mammalian cell and methods that exploit the increase in deNAc sialic acid antigen on such cells. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323490 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642569 | Scadden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Jonas Larsson (Lund, Sweden) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Jonas Larsson (Lund, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods and compositions for expanding hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) ex vivo and in vivo, and methods and compositions for transplanting HSPCs and treatment of anemia in a human subject. HSPCs are expanded in the presence of an inhibitor of serine threonine kinase 38 (STK38), wherein said inhibitor is preferably an RNAi agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/145706 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642577 | Almond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Merrick R. Almond (Apex, North Carolina); George R. Painter (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chimerix, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Merrick R. Almond (Apex, North Carolina); George R. Painter (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides methods and compositions for combination therapy with antiviral compounds for the treatment of poxvirus infections, such as orthopox virus infections. In one embodiment, a method of treatment of a poxvirus infection is provided that comprises administering to a host in need thereof cidofovir, cyclic cidofovir, or a salt, ester, or prodrug thereof in combination or alternation with at least a second anti-poxvirus agent. The second anti-poxvirus agent is, for example, a biologic, such as a pegylated interferon. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401805 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642596 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yijun Deng (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Theodore J. Nitz (Boyds, Maryland); Thomas R. Bailey (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania); Yuanming Zhang (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Sylvie Laquerre (Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yijun Deng (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Theodore J. Nitz (Boyds, Maryland); Thomas R. Bailey (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania); Yuanming Zhang (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Sylvie Laquerre (Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain novel semicarbazides, sulfonyl carbazides, ureas and related compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by hemorrhagic fever viruses is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to Arenaviridae (Junin, Machupo, Guanavito, Sabia and Lassa), Filoviridae (ebola and Marburg viruses), Flaviviridae (yellow fever, omsk hemorrhagic fever and Kyasanur Forest disease viruses), and Bunyaviridae (Rift Valley fever). |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/791926 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/237.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642602 | Mann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jelena Mann (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Chung K. Chu (Stratham, Georgia); Derek A. Mann (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jelena Mann (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Chung K. Chu (Stratham, Georgia); Derek A. Mann (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of an epigenetic relay pathway that controls hepatic stellate cell activation and the wound-healing response in fibrogenesis, including fibrogenesis of the injured liver. Methods of inhibiting fibrogenesis, including liver fibrogenesis and secondary disease states and conditions thereof, and in treating liver damage, including cirrhosis of the liver (which may be caused by viruses or chemicals, including alcohol), are aspects of the present invention. The methods utilize certain nucleoside compounds and/or antibodies which are optionally conjugated. Pharmaceutical compositions represent additional aspects of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/146165 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/258.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642604 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary A. Knight (San Francisco, California); Beth Apsel (San Francisco, California); Kevan M. Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary A. Knight (San Francisco, California); Beth Apsel (San Francisco, California); Kevan M. Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel compounds that are antagonists of PI3 kinase, PI3 kinase and tyrosine kinase, PI3 kinase and mTOR, or PI33 kinase, mTOR and tyrosine kinase. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/509281 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/262.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642612 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Potomac Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Potomac, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses nicotinic desensitizers and methods of selecting, testing, and using them. The present invention provides methods for selecting nicotinic desensitizers from one or more compounds by using receptor, cell, and tissue models; and methods for testing one or more nicotinic desensitizers for their therapeutic utility by using animal models. The present invention also provides compounds of formula (I) and (II) as nicotinic desensitizers. Nicotinic desensitizers of the present invention are useful for the treatment of a wide range of conditions, diseases, and disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374172 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642614 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hang Yin (Boulder, Colorado); Linda R. Watkins (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hang Yin (Boulder, Colorado); Linda R. Watkins (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of the formula: where n, m, X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2 and R3 are those defined herein. Some aspects of the invention also provides methods for using these compounds and compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/498070 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642615 | Wentland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure I in which A is —CH2—OH, —CH2NH2, —NHSO2CH3, and Y is O, S or NOH are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. 8-Carboxamides, thiocarboxamides, hydroxyamidines and formamides are preferred. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556650 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642654 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISIS Innovation Limited (Summertown, United Kingdom); Government of the USA, as Represented by the Sec-Retary, Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound which is 3-hydroxybutyl 3-hydroxybutyrate enantiomerically enriched with respect to (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate of formula (I) is an effective and palatable precursor to the ketone body (3R)-hydroxybutyrate and may therefore be used to treat a condition which is caused by, exacerbated by or associated with elevated plasma levels of free fatty acids in a human or animal subject, for instance a condition where weight loss or weight gain is implicated, or to promote alertness or improve cognitive function, or to treat, prevent or reduce the effects of neurodegeneration, free radical toxicity, hypoxic conditions or hyperglycaemia. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031006 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642656 | Mayo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin H. Mayo (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Thomas R. Hoye (St. Paul, Minnesota); Xuemei Chen (Voorheesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630394 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/569 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642660 | Goldfarb |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Scott Goldfarb (Mendon, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Scott Goldfarb (Mendon, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for altering the lifespan of a eukaryotic organism. The method comprises the steps of providing a lifespan altering compound, and administering an effective amount of the compound to a eukaryotic organism, such that the lifespan of the organism is altered. In one embodiment, the compound is identified using the DeaD assay. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/341615 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/641 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642733 | Moe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides that can elicit antibodies that bind to T-cell stimulating protein B (TspB) of N. meningitidis, and methods of use, are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505263 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642735 | Murray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martha M. Murray (Sherborn, Massachusetts); Michael F. Murray (Sherborn, Massachusetts); Jennifer Marler (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martha M. Murray (Sherborn, Massachusetts); Michael F. Murray (Sherborn, Massachusetts); Jennifer Marler (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides composition and methods for repairing a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449449 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642738 | Nelsestuen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787089 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642766 | Shenvi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan A. Shenvi (San Diego, California); Carlos A. Guerrero (San Diego, California); Jun Shi (San Diego, California); Chuang-Chuang Li (San Diego, California); Phil S. Baran (San Diego, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan A. Shenvi (San Diego, California); Carlos A. Guerrero (San Diego, California); Jun Shi (San Diego, California); Chuang-Chuang Li (San Diego, California); Phil S. Baran (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An in vitro synthesis of (+) cortistatin A from readily available precursors is disclosed, as are the syntheses of related 17-aryl substituted compounds, the 17-aryl substituted compounds themselves and novel compounds useful in their preparation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/991081 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642785 | Ellis-Davies |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham Ellis-Davies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Ellis-Davies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to photolabile or photoreleasable compounds including a caging moiety linked to an effector moiety, wherein the compounds are capable of releasing the effector moiety on irradiation, typically by flash irradiation with UV light. These compounds are particularly suitable for focal 2-photon uncaging The photoreleasable compounds can be used to deliver effector moieties such as carboxylic acids, preferably, neuroactive amino acids to sites where their activity is required. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the caging moiety is based on 4-carboxymethoxy-5,7-dinitroinlinyl and derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/520924 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642788 | Wells et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jim Wells (Burlingame, California); Adam R. Renslo (Oakland, California); Dennis Wolan (San Francisco, California); Julie Zorn (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim Wells (Burlingame, California); Adam R. Renslo (Oakland, California); Dennis Wolan (San Francisco, California); Julie Zorn (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds as activators of procaspases 3, 6 and/or 7 and related derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for their use, and methods for preparing these compounds. In one aspect, the compounds are useful for treating cancers and neoplastic diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812360 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644572 | Izatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Bennett R. Groshong (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products for managing frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) image resolution. A spectrum used to acquire an image of a subject is calibrated and default dispersion correction parameters are set. Default dispersion management parameters associated with a region of the image of the subject are also set. The image of the subject is acquires after setting the default dispersion correction parameters and the default dispersion management parameters. A quality of the acquired image is compared to a quality metric for the acquired image. The dispersion correction parameters are adjusted if the quality of the acquired image does not meet or exceed the quality metric for the acquired image. The acquired image is reprocesses based on the adjusted dispersion correction parameters. The steps of comparing, adjusting and reprocessing are repeated until the acquired image meets or exceeds the quality metric for the acquired image. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/779956 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644574 | Estépar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raúl San José Estépar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George R. Washko (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Edwin K. Silverman (Brookline, Massachusetts); John J. Reilly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ron Kikinis (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Carl-Fredrik Westin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raúl San José Estépar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George R. Washko (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Edwin K. Silverman (Brookline, Massachusetts); John J. Reilly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ron Kikinis (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Carl-Fredrik Westin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reconstructing an image includes receiving tomographic data representative of an image signal; deriving, from the image signal, a plurality of components; identifying a spatial location associated with maximum phase congruency of the components; incorporating, into an image, an edge at the spatial location; and providing an output representative of the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/444188 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644579 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gail K. Smith (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gail K. Smith (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing/predicting a degenerative disease in the hip of a subject. The method including the steps of applying a compressive force on at least one hip joint of the subject and calculating a compression index value for at least one hip joint, wherein a non-zero compression index value for the at least one hip joint is indicative of the subject developing/having a degenerative disease. The present invention also relates to a diagnostic test for determining incongruity in a hip joint of a subject, where the test includes the steps of applying a compressive force on at least one hip joint of the subject and calculating a compression index value, wherein a non-zero compression index value for the hip joint is indicative of at least mild hip joint incongruity. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/813317 |
| ART UNIT | 3626 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644937 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/610653 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644946 | Butson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes storing a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients. Patient data is received for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition. The VTA data structure is evaluated relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/128785 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645115 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Timothy Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Timothy Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | We have created novel engineered genetic counter designs and methods of use thereof that utilize DNA recombinases to provide modular systems, termed single invertase memory modules (SIMMs), for encoding memory in cells and cellular systems. Our designs are easily extended to compute to high numbers, by utilizing the >100 known recombinases to create subsequent modules. Flexibility in our engineered genetic counter designs is provided by daisy-chaining individual modular components, i.e., SIMMs together. These modular components of the engineered genetic counters can be combined in other network topologies to create circuits that perform, amongst other things, logic and memory. Our novel engineered genetic counter designs allow for the maintenance of memory and provide the ability to count between discrete states by expressing the recombinases between their cognate recognition sites. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/141165 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645412 | Woodruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278469 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/769 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08640591 | Dabich, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard Charles Dabich, II (Painted Post, New York); Huan-Hung Sheng (Horseheads, New York); Steven Alvin Tietje (Lindley, New York); Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang (Ithaca, New York); Parimal J. Patel (Joppa, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard Charles Dabich, II (Painted Post, New York); Huan-Hung Sheng (Horseheads, New York); Steven Alvin Tietje (Lindley, New York); Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang (Ithaca, New York); Parimal J. Patel (Joppa, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is directed to a transparent armor laminate having a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic strike face layer, one or a plurality of glass, glass-ceramic (“GC”), ceramic (“C”) or polymeric (“P”) backing layer behind the strike face layer, one or a plurality of spall catcher (“SC”) layers behind the backing layer(s), and a thin cover glass layer laminated to the strike face, the thin layer being the first layer to be impacted by any incoming projectile or debris. The cover glass has a thickness ≦3 mm. In another embodiment the cover glass thickness is ≦1 mm. Additionally, a defrosting/defogging element is laminated between the cover glass and the strike face. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169489 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640594 | Treadway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean Kevin Treadway (Mooresville, North Carolina); Michael Robert Eidell (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corvid Technologies, Inc. (Mooresville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Kevin Treadway (Mooresville, North Carolina); Michael Robert Eidell (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A blast shield for deflecting a blast incident on a ground vehicle includes an impact section having an exterior impact surface to face a source of the blast. The exterior impact surface defines a cross-sectional profile defining a smooth continuous curve. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361546 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640596 | Canaday et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Canaday (King George, Virginia); Jeffrey M. Pardee (King George, Virginia); Andrew C. Smith (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Canaday (King George, Virginia); Jeffrey M. Pardee (King George, Virginia); Andrew C. Smith (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A retrofit kit for exhausting gases is provided for removing combustion products from a gun turret. In some embodiments, the combustion products are toxic gases that include ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and carbon monoxide. The retrofit kit includes a fan and an EMI filter. The fan and the EMI filter are attached to the gun turret with one or more seals that provide both environmental and EMI/RFI protection. In operation, the fan is activated in response to the firing of the gun, and is powered using the power supply provided to the gun turret. In some embodiments, the fan operates for a predetermined time interval after the last operation of the gun. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199962 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640620 | Hoang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thinh Q. Hoang (Beltsville, Maryland); Charles H. Robinson (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Robert H. Wood (Laurel, Maryland); Ryan R. Knight (Bethesda, Maryland); Oliver M. Barham (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thinh Q. Hoang (Beltsville, Maryland); Charles H. Robinson (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Robert H. Wood (Laurel, Maryland); Ryan R. Knight (Bethesda, Maryland); Oliver M. Barham (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety and arming device may include a substrate and a frame fixed to the substrate. The frame may include a travel slot, a head socket, first and second gas expansion chambers having respective first and second nozzles, and first and second safety catch surfaces disposed adjacent to the respective first and second nozzles. A slider may be translatably disposed in the travel slot in the frame. The slider may include a latching head operable to latch in the head socket in an armed position of the device, a storage cavity for storing an explosive charge, first and second cantilevered arms disposed axially apart from each other and angled outwardly from the slider, and first and second deactivation cavities disposed adjacent to the respective first and second cantilevered arms. A spring may bias the slider away from the head socket. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411918 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640624 | Hassan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed Hassan (Summit, New Jersey); Marco Duca (Dover, New Jersey); Mohan Palathingal (Oradell, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey); Anthony Vella (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Hassan (Summit, New Jersey); Marco Duca (Dover, New Jersey); Mohan Palathingal (Oradell, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey); Anthony Vella (East Hanover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A kinetic energy penetrator with a longitudinal axis may include a forward segment having a lateral surface, a rear surface, and at least one air bleed channel extending from the lateral surface to the rear surface. A second segment may be disposed aft of and torsionally engaged with the forward segment. The second segment may include a front surface adjacent the rear surface of the forward segment. The forward and second segments may each be asymmetric about the longitudinal axis of the penetrator. When the penetrator is in flight, bleed air through the bleed channels may impinge on the front surface of the second segment. The second segment may separate from the front segment. Kinetic energies of each of the forward and second segments may be less than about 75 joules upon impact with a ground surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332772 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640625 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Wong (Hamburg, New Jersey); Andrew Gowarty (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Francis Donlon (Blairstown, New Jersey); Francis Renner (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Robert Sayer (Sparta, New Jersey); Carlton Adam (Newton, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey); John Dineen (Wharton, New Jersey); Anthony Farina (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Wong (Hamburg, New Jersey); Andrew Gowarty (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Francis Donlon (Blairstown, New Jersey); Francis Renner (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Robert Sayer (Sparta, New Jersey); Carlton Adam (Newton, New Jersey); Daniel Vo (Landing, New Jersey); John Dineen (Wharton, New Jersey); Anthony Farina (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A kinetic energy training cartridge simulates the performance, weight, length, and external geometry of a tactical cartridge. The training cartridge includes a cartridge case and a projectile that is secured to cartridge case by means of a sabot. The sabot includes a rearward extension that encapsulates part of the projectile, to add weight and to increase a length to diameter ratio of the projectile, so as to decrease an intrusion volume of the projectile within the cartridge case. In a preferred embodiment, the length to diameter ratio of the projectile is at least 15. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211624 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08640673 | Male |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Male (Walton on Thames, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Male (Walton on Thames, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel pipe assembly for supplying fuel to a fuel injector located within a bore of an engine cylinder head comprises a tube nut for connecting the fuel pipe to the fuel injector and a securing arrangement comprising a locking nut and a deformable clamp member for securing the fuel pipe within the tube nut. The tube nut comprises a tubular member defining an axial bore to receive the fuel pipe, a distal end shaped for cooperation with the head of the fuel pipe, and a proximal end having an attachment mechanism for engaging a compatible attachment mechanism of the locking nut. The locking nut has an axial bore to receive the fuel pipe, and an attachment mechanism for engaging a compatible attachment mechanism of the tube nut. The clamp member defines a bore to receive the fuel pipe and is deformable under compression. In a first state of engagement, the locking nut and tube nut define a volume therebetween that accommodates the clamp member in an unstrained configuration and the fuel pipe is able to move laterally. In a second state of engagement, the clamp member is compressed between the locking nut and tube nut into a strained configuration such that lateral movement of the fuel pipe is constrained. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/004132 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08641099 | Cuva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Cuva (Jupiter, Florida); Ricky A. Daigle (Barkhamsted, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Cuva (Jupiter, Florida); Ricky A. Daigle (Barkhamsted, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid coupling assembly has a single fluid connection, including a plate and at least a pair of nipples extending away from the plate in a first direction, and at least a pair of connection pipes connected to each of the nipples extending from the plate in a second opposed direction. The nipples include a thread at an outer periphery, a ramped surface spaced in a direction beyond the thread and towards the plate, and a ditch beyond the ramped surface. A fluid coupling has a thread at an inner periphery received on the thread on the nipple, and the coupling has a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers spaced by grooves, with the fingers being snapped into the ditch and is biased against the ramped surface. The plate, at least a pair of nipples and at least a pair of connection pipes are all formed of an integral piece of metal. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542075 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/124.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08641912 | Heath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Dunwei Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuri Bunimovich (Williamsville, New York); Akram Boukai (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Dunwei Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuri Bunimovich (Williamsville, New York); Akram Boukai (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A patterning method for the creation of two-dimensional nanowire structures. Nanowire patterning methods are used with lithographical patterning approaches to form patterns in a layer of epoxy and resist material. These patterns are then transferred to an underlying thin film to produce a two-dimensional structure with desired characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/125043 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08641963 | Tryon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. Tryon (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David A. Litton (West Hartford, Connecticut); Russell A. Beers (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. Tryon (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David A. Litton (West Hartford, Connecticut); Russell A. Beers (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to an improved low-cost metallic coating to be deposited on gas turbine engine components. The metallic coating consists of 1.0 to 18 wt % cobalt, 3.0 to 18 wt % chromium, 5.0 to 15 wt % aluminum, 0.01 to wt % yttrium, 0.01 to 0.6 wt % hafnium, 0.0 to 0.3 wt % silicon, 0.0 to 1.0 wt % zirconium, 0.0 to 10 wt % tantalum, 0.0 to 9.0 wt % tungsten, 0.0 to 10 wt % molybdenum, 0.0 to 43.0 wt % platinum, and the balance nickel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/168949 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys or metallic compositions 420/444 |
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| US 08641995 | Garay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Javier E. Garay (Laguna Beach, California); Jason R. Morales (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier E. Garay (Laguna Beach, California); Jason R. Morales (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Rare earth magneto-optical nanocrystalline oxides provide a material that is transparent in the visible range and has a high magnetic response to external magnetic fields. The material can be manufactured using current activated pressure assisted densification (CAPAD). The result is a rare earth magneto-optical nanocrystalline oxide having an average grain size of less than about 100 nm and a Verdet constant greater than or equal to about 300 rad T−1 m−1 for light having a wavelength of about 632.8 nm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221738 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642058 | Benaddi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamid Benaddi (Granby, Canada); Heidi Schreuder-Gibson (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center Chemical Technology Team (Natick, Massachusetts); Stedfast Inc. (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hamid Benaddi (Granby, Canada); Heidi Schreuder-Gibson (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to a novel composition which acts as a barrier to noxious agents while adding self-detoxifying catalytic treatments to neutralize the noxious and harmful warfare agents when applied for example on a fabric, or other solid support. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732881 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642087 | Dziubla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Dziubla (Frankfort, Kentucky); J. Zach Hilt (Lexington, Kentucky); Dipti Biswal (Virginia Beach, Virginia); David B. Cochran (Lexington, Kentucky); Paritosh P. Wattamwar (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Dziubla (Frankfort, Kentucky); J. Zach Hilt (Lexington, Kentucky); Dipti Biswal (Virginia Beach, Virginia); David B. Cochran (Lexington, Kentucky); Paritosh P. Wattamwar (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Antioxidant polymeric compounds are provided that comprise a plurality of monomeric portions, where each monomeric portion includes an antioxidant molecule interposed between at least two acrylate molecules, and where at least one acrylate molecule of each monomeric portion is linked by a diamine molecule to an acrylate molecule of an adjacent monomeric portion to thereby form the polymer. Methods of synthesizing polymeric compounds and methods of using the antioxidant polymeric compounds to reduce oxidative stress are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/290752 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/487 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642164 | Watson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles R. Watson (Windsor, Connecticut); John H. Vontell (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Watson (Windsor, Connecticut); John H. Vontell (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous composite substrate that includes reinforcement material disposed within a resin matrix. The resin matrix includes a first matrix region with a first density, and a second matrix region with a second density that is different than the first density. The first matrix region includes a plurality of pores that are formed by pore forming material. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/233627 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/212 |
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| US 08642232 | Markle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); Rudolf H. Hendel (Los Gatos, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas); Hwan J. Jeong (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Periodic Structures, Inc. (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); Rudolf H. Hendel (Los Gatos, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas); Hwan J. Jeong (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Direct-write lithography apparatus and methods are disclosed in which a transducer image and an image of crossed interference fringe patterns are superimposed on a photoresist layer supported by a substrate. The transducer image has an exposure wavelength and contains bright spots, each corresponding to an activated pixel. The interference image has an inhibition wavelength and contains dark spots where the null points in the crossed interference fringes coincide. The dark spots are aligned with and trim the peripheries of the corresponding bright spot to form sub-resolution photoresist pixels having a size smaller than would be formed in the absence of the dark spots. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678692 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642272 | Branchini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce R. Branchini (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Tara L. Southworth (Norwich, Connecticut); Jennifer P. DeAngelis (Whitestone, New York); Aldo Roda (Bologna, Italy); Elisa Michelini (Bologna, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Connecticut College (New London, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce R. Branchini (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Tara L. Southworth (Norwich, Connecticut); Jennifer P. DeAngelis (Whitestone, New York); Aldo Roda (Bologna, Italy); Elisa Michelini (Bologna, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid and polypeptide sequence that encodes for a luciferase of Luciola italica, as well as mutants thereof. The luciferase proteins of the present invention have been found to have extended bioluminescence emission that is red- or blue-shifted, and are useful as a bioluminescent marker or as an additive to selected materials. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924684 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08642273 — Ligand sensing fluorescent acetylcholinesterase for detection of organophosphate activity
| US 08642273 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Zoran Radic (San Diego, California); Jianxin Shi (San Diego, California); Aileen Boyd (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Zoran Radic (San Diego, California); Jianxin Shi (San Diego, California); Aileen Boyd (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for the preparation and use of labeled AChE and labeled AChE inhibitory conjugate compositions for detecting accumulation of toxic materials such as organophosphates, insecticides, and other nerve agents. Also disclosed are methods for the use of labeled AChE and labeled AChE inhibitory conjugate compositions in a variety of areas, including the detecting of toxic materials in biological samples, in the area of food and water analysis, in environmental monitoring, and in industrial settings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/469731 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642308 | Atanassov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Plamen Atanassov (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Dmitri Ivnitski (Rego Park, New York); Ramaraja P. Ramasamy (Watkinsville, Georgia); Heather R. Luckarift (Port St Joe, Florida); Glenn R. Johnson (Panama City, Florida); Carolin Lau (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Plamen Atanassov (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Dmitri Ivnitski (Rego Park, New York); Ramaraja P. Ramasamy (Watkinsville, Georgia); Heather R. Luckarift (Port St Joe, Florida); Glenn R. Johnson (Panama City, Florida); Carolin Lau (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides multi-walled carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) displaying catalytic enzymes bound to the nanotube sidewalls and devices, such as electrodes, incorporating these catalytic enzyme-bound CNTs (cebCNTs). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/178420 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642336 | Vacanti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Young-Moon Michael Shin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Ogilvie (San Francisco, California); Alexander Sevy (Houston, Texas); Tomoyuki Maemura (Belmont, Massachusetts); Osamu Ishii (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Kaazempur-Mofrad (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin R. King (Western Springs, Illinois); Chiao-Chun Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Eli Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Vacanti (Winchester, Massachusetts); Young-Moon Michael Shin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Ogilvie (San Francisco, California); Alexander Sevy (Houston, Texas); Tomoyuki Maemura (Belmont, Massachusetts); Osamu Ishii (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mohammad Reza Kaazempur-Mofrad (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Kevin R. King (Western Springs, Illinois); Chiao-Chun Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Eli Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785865 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642337 | Kiessling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Ratmir Derda (Madison, Wisconsin); Brendan P. Orner (Singapore, Singapore); James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Ratmir Derda (Madison, Wisconsin); Brendan P. Orner (Singapore, Singapore); James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the construction of arrays from self-assembling monolayers is described. The arrays have particular utility for the screening of peptides ligands that can foster the growth of cells in culture. This technique has been used to identify peptide ligands that foster the growth of human stem cells, which otherwise require an extracellular matrix in order to grow in an undifferentiated state. This also makes possible an assay to identify other such peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/291555 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642353 | Welle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard P. Welle (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard P. Welle (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device is provided for inducing the separation of constituent elements from a microfluidic sample by introducing phase changes in the microfluidic sample while contained in a microfluidic channel in the device. At least a portion of the microfluidic sample is frozen to cause fractional exclusion of the constituent element from the frozen portion of the microfluidic sample. Different portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in different sectors and at different times in order to cause movement in a desired direction of the separated constituent element. Portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in a sequential order of adjacent sectors within the microfluidic channel in order to cause sequential movement of the excluded constituent element toward one portion of the microfluidic channel. The frozen portion of the microfluidic sample is then thawed, wherein the separated constituent element remains substantially separated from the thawed, purified microfluidic sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/690115 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642561 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A generic structure for the peptides of the present invention includes A-X-B-C, where C is a cargo moiety, the B portion includes basic amino acids, X is a cleavable linker sequence, and the A portion includes acidic amino acids. The intact structure is not significantly taken up by cells; however, upon extracellular cleavage of X, the B-C portion is taken up, delivering the cargo to targeted cells. Cargo may be, for example, a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging, a chemotherapeutic drug, or a radiation-sensitizer for therapy. Cleavage of X allows separation of A from B, unmasking the normal ability of the basic amino acids in B to drag cargo C into cells near the cleavage event. X is cleaved extracellularly, preferably under physiological conditions. D-amino acids are preferred for the A and B portions, to minimize immunogenicity and nonspecific cleavage by background peptidases or proteases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314134 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642654 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISIS Innovation Limited (Summertown, United Kingdom); Government of the USA, as Represented by the Sec-Retary, Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound which is 3-hydroxybutyl 3-hydroxybutyrate enantiomerically enriched with respect to (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate of formula (I) is an effective and palatable precursor to the ketone body (3R)-hydroxybutyrate and may therefore be used to treat a condition which is caused by, exacerbated by or associated with elevated plasma levels of free fatty acids in a human or animal subject, for instance a condition where weight loss or weight gain is implicated, or to promote alertness or improve cognitive function, or to treat, prevent or reduce the effects of neurodegeneration, free radical toxicity, hypoxic conditions or hyperglycaemia. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031006 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642664 | Mitragotri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samir Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Russell M. Lebovitz (San Diego, California); Byeong Hee Hwang (Goleta, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Samir Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Russell M. Lebovitz (San Diego, California); Byeong Hee Hwang (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Solubilizing compositions are provided. The compositions comprise at least one zwitterionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant. In one embodiment, the compositions may be useful for solubilizing and remodeling and/or removing tissue on or beneath a patient's skin, optionally in conjunction with the application of energy to a region of interest on the skin. In one embodiment, at least one analyte may be collected and analyzed from the solubilized tissue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473261 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642746 | Phillips et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher S. Phillips (Forest Hill, Maryland); Albert L. Ruff (Abingdon, Maryland); James F. Dillman, III (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Phillips (Forest Hill, Maryland); Albert L. Ruff (Abingdon, Maryland); James F. Dillman, III (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are polynucleotides which may be used to calibrate or standardize quantitative nucleic acid assays. As disclosed, the polynucleotides comprise a sequence derived from a plant viroid polynucleotide or a bacterial or chloroplast Type II intron polynucleotide. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the polynucleotides. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/667273 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642762 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of preparing polymeric metallomacrocycles having measurable photo- and electroluminescence properties and devices using such materials. In an embodiment, an O-hexyl-3,5-bis(terpyridine)phenol ligand has been synthesized and transformed into a hexagonal Zn(II)-metallomacrocycle by a facile self-assembly procedure capitalizing on terpyridine-Zn(II)-terpyridine connectivity. The material is usable in an OLED device based on the photo- and electro-luminescence characteristics thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565923 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642883 | Boisvert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Charles Boisvert (Thousand Oaks, California); Daniel C. Law (Arcadia, California); Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Charles Boisvert (Thousand Oaks, California); Daniel C. Law (Arcadia, California); Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell including a base semiconductor layer having a first bandgap, an emitter semiconductor layer having a second bandgap and a depletion semiconductor layer positioned between the base semiconductor layer and the emitter semiconductor layer, the depletion semiconductor layer having a third bandgap, wherein the third bandgap is greater than the first bandgap and the second bandgap. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/852574 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642981 | Petric et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Petric (Pleasanton, California); Mark A. McCord (Los Gatos, California); Michael Madsen (Hollister, California); Alan Brodie (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron microscope assembly suitable for enhancing an image of a lithography tool includes an electron microscope configured for positioning below a lithography stage of an e-beam lithography tool, the lithography stage of the e-beam lithography tool including an aperture for providing the microscope line-of-sight to the lithography optics of the lithography tool, a translation unit configured to selectively translate the microscope along the optical axis of the lithography optics of the lithography tool responsive to a translation control system, the translation unit further configured to position the microscope in an operational state such that the optics of the microscope are positioned proximate to the lithography optics, a docking unit configured to reversibly mechanically couple the microscope with the lithography tool, the microscope configured to magnify a virtual sample plane image generated by the lithography tool. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753657 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642996 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guy Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures including parallel graphene nanoribbons or carbon nanotubes oriented along crystallographic directions are provided from a template of silicon carbide (SiC) fins or nanowires. The SiC fins or nanowires are first provided and then graphene nanoribbons or carbon nanotubes are formed on the exposed surfaces of the fin or the nanowires by annealing. In embodiments in which closed carbon nanotubes are formed, the nanowires are suspended prior to annealing. The location, orientation and chirality of the graphene nanoribbons and the carbon nanotubes that are provided are determined by the corresponding silicon carbide fins and nanowires from which they are formed. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088766 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643058 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Venda J. Porter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marc Kastner (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tamar Mentzel (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Venda J. Porter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marc Kastner (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tamar Mentzel (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optical device can include a plurality of nanocrystals positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode. The nanocrystal and at least one electrode can have a band gap offset sufficient to inject a charge carrier from the first electrode or second electrode into the nanocrystal. The device can be a secondary photoconductor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831370 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643187 | Dutta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Achyut Kumar Dutta (Sunnyvale, California); Robert Olah (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Banpil Photonics, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Achyut Kumar Dutta (Sunnyvale, California); Robert Olah (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An interconnection system is provided with reduced capacitance between a signal via and the surrounding dielectric material. By using a non-homogenous dielectric, the effective dielectric constant of the system is reduced. The signal vias are surrounded with some combination of open trenches and/or grounded vias to decrease the effective dielectric constant of the surrounding system, providing shielding from the interference of nearby signal lines and vias. The fabrication techniques provided are advantageous because they can be preformed using today's standard IC fabrication techniques. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151242 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643347 | Giuliano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Giuliano (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Giuliano (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A converter circuit and related techniques for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487781 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643530 | Bernhardt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A Bernhardt (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A Bernhardt (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for interfering with and canceling electromagnetic reflections from a conducting object such as a solid or hollow conducting sphere. The reflection of an incident electromagnetic wave from a conducting sphere can be reduced or cancelled by placing a polyhedral conducting mesh (PCM) around the conducting sphere. The incident EM wave induces electric fields in the region between the conducting mesh and the internal conducting sphere. These induced electric fields may interfere with and in some cases may completely cancel the incident EM wave and thus reduce reflection. The PCM can be tuned to reduce or cancel reflection of incident EM waves at one or more specific frequencies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/980383 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643543 | McKay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James P. McKay (Hermosa Beach, California); David A. Ksienski (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. McKay (Hermosa Beach, California); David A. Ksienski (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A phased array antenna system with intermodulation beam nulling device includes nulling phase shifters. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879962 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643548 | Worl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Tilman Worl (Maple Valley, Washington); Isaac Ron Bekker (Seattle, Washington); Dan R. Miller (Puyallup, Washington); Kenneth G. Voyce (Bellevue, Washington); Ming Chen (Bellevue, Washington); Harold J. Redd (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Tilman Worl (Maple Valley, Washington); Isaac Ron Bekker (Seattle, Washington); Dan R. Miller (Puyallup, Washington); Kenneth G. Voyce (Bellevue, Washington); Ming Chen (Bellevue, Washington); Harold J. Redd (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual beam dual-selectable-polarization phased array antenna comprises an aperture unit, a printed wiring board, radiating elements, chip units, a pressure plate, and a rear housing unit. The printed wiring board has sub assemblies bonded to each other with a bonding material providing both mechanical and electrical connection. The printed wiring board is connected to the aperture unit. The radiating elements are formed on the printed wiring board. The chip units are mounted on the printed wiring board. The chip units include circuits capable of controlling radio frequency signals radiated by the radiating elements to form dual beams with independently selectable polarization. The pressure plate is connected to the aperture unit. The aperture unit is connected to the rear housing unit such that the aperture unit covers the rear housing unit. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955259 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08644000 — Nanostructured dielectric materials for high energy density multilayer ceramic capacitors
| US 08644000 | Dogan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fatih Dogan (Rolla, Missouri); Alan Devoe (La Jolla, California); Ian Burn (Hockessin, Delaware) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Fatih Dogan (Rolla, Missouri); Alan Devoe (La Jolla, California); Ian Burn (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer ceramic capacitor, having a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of substantially titanium dioxide dielectric layers, wherein each respective titanium dioxide dielectric layer is substantially free of porosity, wherein each respective substantially titanium dioxide dielectric layer is positioned between two respective electrode layers, wherein each respective substantially titanium dioxide dielectric layer has an average grain size of between about 200 and about 400 nanometers, wherein each respective substantially titanium dioxide dielectric layer has maximum particle size of less than about 500 nanometers. Typically, each respective substantially titanium dioxide dielectric layer further includes at least one dopant selected from the group including P, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, and combinations thereof, and the included dopant is typically present in amounts of less than about 0.01 atomic percent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230926 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/301.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644037 | Raju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Clifton Park, New York); Richard S. Zhang (Rexford, New York); Ljubisa Dragolijub Stevanovic (Clifton Park, New York); Jeffrey Neal Slotnick (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, New York); Luis Jose Garces (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Clifton Park, New York); Richard S. Zhang (Rexford, New York); Ljubisa Dragolijub Stevanovic (Clifton Park, New York); Jeffrey Neal Slotnick (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, New York); Luis Jose Garces (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An AC-AC Converter for an AC source which in one embodiment has a first rectifier section rectifying the AC source into a first pulsed DC link voltage signal and a high frequency modulating section coupled to the first pulsed DC link voltage signal and producing a high frequency AC voltage signal. A high frequency transformer is coupled to the high frequency AC voltage signal producing a transformed high frequency AC signal. There is a second rectifier section coupled to the transformed high frequency AC signal and producing a second pulsed DC voltage signal and an unfolder section coupled to the second pulsed DC voltage signal and producing an output AC signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173549 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644342 | Stolfo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore J Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Ke Wang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and medium are provided for detecting anomalous payloads transmitted through a network. The system receives payloads within the network and determines a length for data contained in each payload. A statistical distribution is generated for data contained in each payload received within the network, and compared to a selected model distribution representative of normal payloads transmitted through the network. The model payload can be selected such that it has a predetermined length range that encompasses the length for data contained in the received payload. Anomalous payloads are then identified based on differences detected between the statistical distribution of received payloads and the model distribution. The system can also provide for automatic training and incremental updating of models. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/615917 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644353 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia); Shiping Chen (Dublin, California); Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia); Shiping Chen (Dublin, California); Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A packet flow side channel encoder and decoder embeds and extracts a side channel communication in an overt communication data stream transmitted over a network. The encoder selects more than one group of related packets being transmitted on the network, relates a packet of one group to a packet of another group to form a pair of packets; and delays the timing of at least one packet from each pair of packets The decoder determines inter-packet delays that are the difference in timing between two packets in a pair of packets; determines at least one inter-packet delay difference between two or more determined inter-packet delays; and extracts a bit using the at least one interpacket delay difference. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894808 |
| ART UNIT | 2469 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/516 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644358 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiang Liu (Princeton, New Jersey); Yu Yao (Princeton, New Jersey); Anthony J. Hoffman (Leonardtown, Maryland); Matthew Escarra (Princeton, New Jersey); Kale J. Franz (Burlington, Colorado); Jacob Khurgin (Pikeville, Maryland); Yamac Dikmelik (Silver Spring, Maryland); William O. Charles (Lawreceville, New Jersey); Jianxin Chen (Shanghai, China PRC); Claire F. Gmachl (Princeton, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Liu (Princeton, New Jersey); Yu Yao (Princeton, New Jersey); Anthony J. Hoffman (Leonardtown, Maryland); Matthew Escarra (Princeton, New Jersey); Kale J. Franz (Burlington, Colorado); Jacob Khurgin (Pikeville, Maryland); Yamac Dikmelik (Silver Spring, Maryland); William O. Charles (Lawreceville, New Jersey); Jianxin Chen (Shanghai, China PRC); Claire F. Gmachl (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to highly power-efficient quantum cascade sources, such as highly power-efficient quantum cascade lasers having ultra-strong coupling between injector and active regions which may be configured to provide broadband quantum cascade lasers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795954 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644437 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen H. Kim (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Merlin R. Green (Salem, Massachusetts); Benjamin A. Miller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew K. Bolstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew R. Chen (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel D. Santiago (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen H. Kim (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Merlin R. Green (Salem, Massachusetts); Benjamin A. Miller (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew K. Bolstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew R. Chen (Newton, Massachusetts); Daniel D. Santiago (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for digital compensation of a nonlinear system comprises identifying a plurality of circuit parameters of a nonlinear system. Each circuit parameter determines a nonlinear response of the nonlinear system. A first circuit parameter is chosen from the plurality of circuit parameters. The first circuit parameter determines a first effect on the nonlinear response. The first effect is at least as large a second effect from a second circuit parameter from the plurality of circuit parameters. At least one stimulus is applied to the nonlinear system. The nonlinear response of the nonlinear system is measured in response to the at least one stimulus. A compensation architecture is synthesized to substantially linearize the nonlinear response. The compensation architecture receives the nonlinear response of the nonlinear system and provides a substantially linear response. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227583 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644512 | Khazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Khazan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Adam Shawn Petcher (Billerica, Massachusetts); Daniil M. Utin (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Khazan (Arlington, Massachusetts); Adam Shawn Petcher (Billerica, Massachusetts); Daniil M. Utin (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In an aspect, the invention features a method for mission planning. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of a geographical area and displaying a graphical representation of one or more regions within the geographical area. The method also includes accepting a specification of geographical regions from a user, accepting a specification of a set of one or more receivers from the user, and accepting a specification of resource access rights associated with the specific one of the geographical regions from the user. The method also includes remotely causing access to a vehicle's resources to be provided or denied to the specified set of one or more receivers based on their association with the specific one of the geographical regions specified by the user when the vehicle is within the specific one of the geographical regions specified by the user. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/050323 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644565 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Zhi Zhou (Indianapolis, Indiana); Emrah Arslanturk (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Zhi Zhou (Indianapolis, Indiana); Emrah Arslanturk (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method segments iris images from eye image data captured from non-cooperative subjects. The method includes receiving a frame of eye image data, and determining whether a pupil exists in the image by detecting glare areas in the image. Upon finding a pupil, subsequent images are processed with reference to the pupil location and a radius is calculated for the pupil. A k means clustering method and principal component analysis are used to locate pupil boundary points, which are fitted to a conic. Using the pupil boundary, an angular derivative is computed for each frame having a pupil and iris boundary points are fitted to a conic to identify an iris region between the iris boundary and the pupil boundary. Noise data are then removed from the iris region to generate an iris segment. A method for evaluating iris frame quality and iris image segmentation quality is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055250 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644611 | Natarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Premkumar Natarajan (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Rohit Prasad (Acton, Massachusetts); Richard Schwartz (Ashburn, Virginia); Krishnakumar Subramanian (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Premkumar Natarajan (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Rohit Prasad (Acton, Massachusetts); Richard Schwartz (Ashburn, Virginia); Krishnakumar Subramanian (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for text recognition includes generating a number of text hypotheses for an image, for example, using an HMM based approach using fixed-width analysis features. For each text hypothesis, one or more segmentations are generated and scored at the segmental level, for example, according to character or character group segments of the text hypothesis. In some embodiments, multiple alternative segmentations are considered for each text hypothesis. In some examples, scores determined in generating the text hypothesis and the segmental score are combined to select an overall text recognition of the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477582 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644648 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electro-optic (EO) modulator and related device structures which can be used in conjunction with high EO materials to lower switching voltage and improve related performance parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/582518 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644759 | Schauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin M. Schauer (San Francisco, California); Robert David Hopkins (Hayward, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin M. Schauer (San Francisco, California); Robert David Hopkins (Hayward, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Offset voltages developed on floating nodes on inputs to high-performance amplifiers that are DC isolated from the data signals input to amplifiers are cancelled by connecting a highly resistive element between the input node and a predetermined potential, particularly useful in proximity communication systems in which two chips are connected through capacitive or inductive coupling circuits formed jointly in the two chips. The resistive element may be an off MOS transistor connected between the node and a desired bias voltage or a MOS transistor with its gate and drain connected to the potential. Multiple bias voltages may be distributed to all receivers and locally selected by a multiplexer for application to one or two input nodes of the receiver. The receiver output can also serve as a predetermined potential when the resistive element has a long time constant compared to the data rate or the resistive element is non-linear. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349011 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/41.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644787 | Wyse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell D. Wyse (Center Point, Iowa); Mark A. Willi (Marion, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell D. Wyse (Center Point, Iowa); Mark A. Willi (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of separating individual channels from a composite or broadband RF signal that carries the channels on respective frequencies. An RF signal is received from an antenna at a high impedance input port of a plurality of mixers. A local oscillator (LO) signal is received at a high impedance port of the plurality of mixers. The plurality of mixers separately mix the RF signal to produce a plurality of common intermediate frequency (IF) signals. The plurality of common IF signals are output to filters corresponding to the individual isolated channels then processed to derive their information content. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796980 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644898 | De Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcio C. De Andrade (San Diego, California); Anna M. Leese De Escobar (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcio C. De Andrade (San Diego, California); Anna M. Leese De Escobar (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a circuitry layer having one or more circuitry regions and a superconducting layer having a plurality of naturally-occurring defects. Potential wells are formed in the superconducting layer and located outside of the bounds of the circuitry regions. A pattern of engineered defects is formed in the superconducting layer and are configured such that, upon encountering a pulse of electromagnetic energy applied at a high potential region of the superconducting layer prior to energizing any circuits within the circuitry layer and when the superconducting layer is in a superconducting state, magnetic flux trapped within the naturally-occurring defects is directed to one or more of the potential wells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461530 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644991 | Ohm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, California); Michael Bassett (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, California); Michael Bassett (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. A robot chassis with pivotable driven flippers has a pivotable neck and sensor head mounted toward the front of the chassis. The neck is pivoted forward to shift the vehicle combined center of gravity (combined CG) forward for various climbing and navigation tasks. The flippers may also be selectively moved to reposition the center of gravity. Various weight distributions allow different CG shifting capabilities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/842881 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645086 | Castle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James B. Castle (Saint Charles, Missouri); Sebastian Nervi (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Randolph B. Hancock (Wildwood, Missouri); Jared Bolin (Millstadt, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Castle (Saint Charles, Missouri); Sebastian Nervi (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Randolph B. Hancock (Wildwood, Missouri); Jared Bolin (Millstadt, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of predicting distortion in a workpiece may include measuring residual stress induced in a coupon surface of a plate coupon by a selected manufacturing operation. The induced residual stress measurements may be fitted to a curve shape function. A moment coefficient may be calculated based upon the fitted induced residual stress measurements. The moment coefficient may be used to calibrate a stress function and corresponding stress magnitude. The calibrated stress function may be applied to a model of the workpiece such that the distortion of the workpiece may be predicted. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/885441 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645290 | Tyson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); Yasmina Chitti (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); Yasmina Chitti (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions to maintain an original training set of labeled documents, where the labeled documents correspond to a variety of topics. A new labeled document corresponding to a new topic is received. The original training set of labeled documents is modulated such that the new labeled document is over-represented with respect to the original training set. This results in a modulated training set. A classifier is trained with the modulated training set to form a trained classifier. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118248 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645339 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U Kang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ching-Yung Lin (Hawthorne, New York); Jimeng Sun (Hawthorne, New York); Hanghang Tong (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | U Kang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ching-Yung Lin (Hawthorne, New York); Jimeng Sun (Hawthorne, New York); Hanghang Tong (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for managing and querying a graph. The method includes the steps of: receiving a graph; partitioning the graph into homogeneous blocks; compressing the homogeneous blocks; and storing the compressed homogeneous blocks in files where at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/294598 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645757 | Atkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark G. Atkins (Arvada, Colorado); James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark G. Atkins (Arvada, Colorado); James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Administering incident pools including receiving, by an incident analyzer from an incident queue, a plurality of incidents from one or more components of the distributed processing system; assigning, by the incident analyzer, each received incident to a pool of incidents; assigning, by the incident analyzer, to each incident a particular combined minimum time for inclusion in one or more pools, each particular combined minimum time corresponding to a particular incident; in response to the pool closing, determining, by the incident analyzer, for each incident in the pool whether the incident has met its combined minimum time for inclusion in one or more pools; and if the incident has been in the pool for its combined minimum time, including, by the incident analyzer, the incident in the closed pool; and if the incident has not been in the pool for its combined minimum time, including the incident in a next pool. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/116382 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645866 | Nestler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic icon overlay system of a present invention embodiment dynamically generates icon overlays to be applied to a primary file icon of a target file. The icon overlays convey information regarding the target file and are relevant to an end user. The icon overlay system determines icon overlays to be applied to the primary file icon based on attributes associated with an end user of the target file that are correlated with attributes of the target file itself. The system applies the icon overlay to the primary icon and displays the primary icon with the applied icon overlay at an end user system. The applied icon overlay for the same target file may vary for different end users based on user attributes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/825532 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/837 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645966 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Data analysis applications include model building components and stream processing components. To increase utility of the data analysis application, in one embodiment, the model building component of the data analysis application is managed. Management includes resource allocation and/or configuration adaptation of the model building component, as examples. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721649 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 08640529 | Sinha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for down hole gas separation from the multiphase fluid flowing in a wellbore or a pipe, for determining the quantities of the individual components of the liquid and the flow rate of the liquid, and for remixing the component parts of the fluid after which the gas volume may be measured, without affecting the flow stream, are described. Acoustic radiation force is employed to separate gas from the liquid, thereby permitting measurements to be separately made for these two components; the liquid (oil/water) composition is determined from ultrasonic resonances; and the gas volume is determined from capacitance measurements. Since the fluid flows around and through the component parts of the apparatus, there is little pressure difference, and no protection is required from high pressure differentials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225734 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/61.450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08641931 | Ginley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alex Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado); Tatiana Kaydanova (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alex Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado); Tatiana Kaydanova (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-reducing metal inks and systems and methods for producing and using the same are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method may comprise selecting a metal-organic (MO) precursor, selecting a reducing agent, and dissolving the MO precursor and the reducing agent in an organic solvent to produce a metal ink that remains in a liquid phase at room temperature. Metal inks, including self-reducing and fire-through metal inks, are also disclosed, as are various applications of the metal inks. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492567 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/519.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642139 | Knapp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela Michelle Knapp (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Monique N. Richard (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Claudia Luhrs (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Timothy Blada (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela Michelle Knapp (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Monique N. Richard (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Claudia Luhrs (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Timothy Blada (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan Phillips (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a process for making a composite material that contains structured particles. The process includes providing a first precursor in the form of a dry precursor powder, a precursor liquid, a precursor vapor of a liquid and/or a precursor gas. The process also includes providing a plasma that has a high field zone and passing the first precursor through the high field zone of the plasma. As the first precursor passes through the high field zone of the plasma, at least part of the first precursor is decomposed. An aerosol having a second precursor is provided downstream of the high field zone of the plasma and the decomposed first material is allowed to condense onto the second precursor to from structured particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480812 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/569 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642198 | Wood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven J. Wood (Shorewood, Wisconsin); Dale B. Trester (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johnson Controls Technology Center (Holland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Wood (Shorewood, Wisconsin); Dale B. Trester (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery system includes a platform having an aperture formed therethrough, a flexible member having a generally planar configuration and extending across the aperture, wherein a portion of the flexible member is coextensive with the aperture, a cell provided adjacent the platform, and a sensor coupled to the flexible member and positioned proximate the cell. The sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/614206 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642214 | Dambournet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Damien Dambournet (Saint Cloud, France); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damien Dambournet (Saint Cloud, France); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process includes preparing a solution including a silicon precursor or mixture of silicon precursors and a monomer or mixture of monomers; polymerizing the monomer to form a polymer-silicon precursor matrix; and pyrolyzing the polymer-silicon precursor matrix to form an electrochemically active carbon-coated silicon material. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/217691 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642450 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado); Matthew Page (Littleton, Colorado); Eugene Iwaniczko (Lafayette, Colorado); Tihu Wang (Littleton, Colorado); Yanfa Yan (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado); Matthew Page (Littleton, Colorado); Eugene Iwaniczko (Lafayette, Colorado); Tihu Wang (Littleton, Colorado); Yanfa Yan (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a process for forming a semi-conductor device, and solar cells (10) formed thereby. The process includes preparing a substrate (12) for deposition of a junction layer (14); forming the junction layer (14) on the substrate (12) using hot wire chemical vapor deposition; and, finishing the semi-conductor device. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/742001 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642561 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A generic structure for the peptides of the present invention includes A-X-B-C, where C is a cargo moiety, the B portion includes basic amino acids, X is a cleavable linker sequence, and the A portion includes acidic amino acids. The intact structure is not significantly taken up by cells; however, upon extracellular cleavage of X, the B-C portion is taken up, delivering the cargo to targeted cells. Cargo may be, for example, a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging, a chemotherapeutic drug, or a radiation-sensitizer for therapy. Cleavage of X allows separation of A from B, unmasking the normal ability of the basic amino acids in B to drag cargo C into cells near the cleavage event. X is cleaved extracellularly, preferably under physiological conditions. D-amino acids are preferred for the A and B portions, to minimize immunogenicity and nonspecific cleavage by background peptidases or proteases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314134 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642953 | Turteltaub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Turteltaub (Livermore, California); Ted Ognibene (Oakland, California); Avi Thomas (Mountain House, California); Paul F. Daley (El Sobrante, California); Gary A Salazar Quintero (Livermore, California); Graham Bench (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Turteltaub (Livermore, California); Ted Ognibene (Oakland, California); Avi Thomas (Mountain House, California); Paul F. Daley (El Sobrante, California); Gary A Salazar Quintero (Livermore, California); Graham Bench (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An interface for the analysis of liquid sample having carbon content by an accelerator mass spectrometer including a wire, defects on the wire, a system for moving the wire, a droplet maker for producing droplets of the liquid sample and placing the droplets of the liquid sample on the wire in the defects, a system that converts the carbon content of the droplets of the liquid sample to carbon dioxide gas in a helium stream, and a gas-accepting ion source connected to the accelerator mass spectrometer that receives the carbon dioxide gas of the sample in a helium stream and introduces the carbon dioxide gas of the sample into the accelerator mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396461 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642960 | Fischbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ephraim Fischbach (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jere Jenkins (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ephraim Fischbach (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jere Jenkins (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A flux detection apparatus can include a radioactive sample having a decay rate capable of changing in response to interaction with a first particle or a field, and a detector associated with the radioactive sample. The detector is responsive to a second particle or radiation formed by decay of the radioactive sample. The rate of decay of the radioactive sample can be correlated to flux of the first particle or the field. Detection of the first particle or the field can provide an early warning for an impending solar event. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/563969 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643249 | Post |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrostatic generators/motors designs are provided that generally may include a first cylindrical stator centered about a longitudinal axis; a second cylindrical stator centered about the axis, a first cylindrical rotor centered about the axis and located between the first cylindrical stator and the second cylindrical stator. The first cylindrical stator, the second cylindrical stator and the first cylindrical rotor may be concentrically aligned. A magnetic field having field lines about parallel with the longitudinal axis is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/609237 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643347 | Giuliano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Giuliano (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Giuliano (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A converter circuit and related techniques for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487781 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643930 | Gillaspie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dane T. Gillaspie (Golden, Colorado); Se-Hee Lee (Louiseville, Colorado); C. Edwin Tracy (Golden, Colorado); John Roland Pitts (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dane T. Gillaspie (Golden, Colorado); Se-Hee Lee (Louiseville, Colorado); C. Edwin Tracy (Golden, Colorado); John Roland Pitts (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Thin-film lithium-based batteries and electrochromic devices (10) are fabricated with positive electrodes (12) comprising a nanocomposite material composed of lithiated metal oxide nanoparticles (40) dispersed in a matrix composed of lithium tungsten oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/675118 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645447 | Gustavson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Gehrung Gustavson (Briarcliff Manor, New York); John A. Gunnels (Brewster, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Gehrung Gustavson (Briarcliff Manor, New York); John A. Gunnels (Brewster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and structure for transposing a rectangular matrix A in a computer includes subdividing the rectangular matrix A into one or more square submatrices and executing an in-place transposition for each of the square submatrices Aij. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035933 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08642013 | Annapragada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Ravi Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Efstathios Karathanasis (Atlanta, Georgia); Russell M. Lebovitz (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Ravi Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Efstathios Karathanasis (Atlanta, Georgia); Russell M. Lebovitz (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for evaluating a subject's vasculature integrity, for differentiating between a malignant lesion and a benign lesion, for evaluating the accessibility of a tumor to nano-sized therapeutics, for treating tumors, and for live or real time monitoring of a nano-probe's biodistribution. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/679742 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642111 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Arnold (New York, New York); Stephen Holler (Staten Island, New York); Ta Kang Keng (Rego Park, New York); Siyka Shopova (Staten Island, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Arnold (New York, New York); Stephen Holler (Staten Island, New York); Ta Kang Keng (Rego Park, New York); Siyka Shopova (Staten Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods using light force to fabricate WGM sensors including microresonators having target receptors selectively and substantially provided at only ribbon area of the microresonators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/783367 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642123 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashok Kumar (Tampa, Florida); Manoj Kumar Singh (Aveiro, Portugal); Sathyaharish Jeedigunta (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok Kumar (Tampa, Florida); Manoj Kumar Singh (Aveiro, Portugal); Sathyaharish Jeedigunta (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a method for the synthesis and the integration of ZnO nanowires and nanocrystalline diamond as a novel hybrid material useful in next generation MEMS/NEMS devices. As diamond can provide a highly stable surface for applications in the harsh environments, realization of such hybrid structures may prove to be very fruitful. The ZnO nanowires on NCD were synthesized by thermal evaporation technique. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/780566 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/227 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642272 | Branchini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce R. Branchini (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Tara L. Southworth (Norwich, Connecticut); Jennifer P. DeAngelis (Whitestone, New York); Aldo Roda (Bologna, Italy); Elisa Michelini (Bologna, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Connecticut College (New London, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce R. Branchini (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Tara L. Southworth (Norwich, Connecticut); Jennifer P. DeAngelis (Whitestone, New York); Aldo Roda (Bologna, Italy); Elisa Michelini (Bologna, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid and polypeptide sequence that encodes for a luciferase of Luciola italica, as well as mutants thereof. The luciferase proteins of the present invention have been found to have extended bioluminescence emission that is red- or blue-shifted, and are useful as a bioluminescent marker or as an additive to selected materials. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924684 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642337 | Kiessling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Ratmir Derda (Madison, Wisconsin); Brendan P. Orner (Singapore, Singapore); James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Ratmir Derda (Madison, Wisconsin); Brendan P. Orner (Singapore, Singapore); James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the construction of arrays from self-assembling monolayers is described. The arrays have particular utility for the screening of peptides ligands that can foster the growth of cells in culture. This technique has been used to identify peptide ligands that foster the growth of human stem cells, which otherwise require an extracellular matrix in order to grow in an undifferentiated state. This also makes possible an assay to identify other such peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/291555 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642762 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of preparing polymeric metallomacrocycles having measurable photo- and electroluminescence properties and devices using such materials. In an embodiment, an O-hexyl-3,5-bis(terpyridine)phenol ligand has been synthesized and transformed into a hexagonal Zn(II)-metallomacrocycle by a facile self-assembly procedure capitalizing on terpyridine-Zn(II)-terpyridine connectivity. The material is usable in an OLED device based on the photo- and electro-luminescence characteristics thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565923 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642791 | Dumesic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres (Madison, Wisconsin); Tianfu Wang (Ames, Iowa); Brent Howard Shanks (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres (Madison, Wisconsin); Tianfu Wang (Ames, Iowa); Brent Howard Shanks (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a process to make hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from glucose. The process includes the steps of reacting a feedstock solution comprising glucose, in the presence of a homogeneous Brønsted acid catalyst and a homogeneous Lewis acid catalyst, in a reaction vessel containing a biphasic reaction medium. The reaction medium includes an aqueous reaction solution and a substantially immiscible organic extraction solution. HMF is produced in the aqueous reaction solution and extracted into the organic extraction solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/313389 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643058 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Venda J. Porter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marc Kastner (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tamar Mentzel (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Venda J. Porter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marc Kastner (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tamar Mentzel (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optical device can include a plurality of nanocrystals positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode. The nanocrystal and at least one electrode can have a band gap offset sufficient to inject a charge carrier from the first electrode or second electrode into the nanocrystal. The device can be a secondary photoconductor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831370 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643368 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nan Sun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Donhee Ham (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nan Sun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Donhee Ham (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The Rabi frequency of oscillation of the nuclear magnetization vector of a sample in an NMR system may be controlled by modifying only the duty cycle of RF pulses delivered to the sample, without modifying the amplitude of the RF pulses, until the energy delivered at the Larmor frequency is adjusted to a desired amount. An impedance matching network between an NMR transceiver and an NMR coil may perform both power matching and noise matching simultaneously. During a transmission mode, the impedance matching network is connected to a transmitter portion of the transceiver, and the impedance of the coil is matched to the driver resistance. During a receiver mode, the impedance matching network is disconnected from the transmitter portion so that the impedance matching network remains connected only to the receiver portion, and signal-to-noise ratio in received NMR signals is maximized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/919215 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643475 | Kohno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tadayoshi Kohno (Seattle, Washington); Alexei Czeskis (Seattle, Washington); Karl Koscher (Seattle, Washington); Joshua R Smith (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tadayoshi Kohno (Seattle, Washington); Alexei Czeskis (Seattle, Washington); Karl Koscher (Seattle, Washington); Joshua R Smith (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach for defending radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and other contactless cards against ghost-and-leech (a.k.a. proxying, relay, or man-in-the-middle) attacks incorporates gesture recognition techniques directly implemented with the RFID tags or contactless cards. These tags or cards will only engage in wireless communications when they internally detect “secret handshakes.” A secret handshake recognition system is implemented on a passive WISP RFID tag having a built-in accelerometer. This approach is backward compatible with existing deployments of RFID tag and contactless card readers and is also designed to minimize the changes to the existing usage model of certain classes of RFID and contactless cards, such as access cards that are kept in a wallet or purse, by enabling execution of secret handshakes without removing the card. This novel approach can also improve the security and privacy properties in other uses of RFID tags, e.g., contactless payment cards. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/759133 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/10.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644358 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiang Liu (Princeton, New Jersey); Yu Yao (Princeton, New Jersey); Anthony J. Hoffman (Leonardtown, Maryland); Matthew Escarra (Princeton, New Jersey); Kale J. Franz (Burlington, Colorado); Jacob Khurgin (Pikeville, Maryland); Yamac Dikmelik (Silver Spring, Maryland); William O. Charles (Lawreceville, New Jersey); Jianxin Chen (Shanghai, China PRC); Claire F. Gmachl (Princeton, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Liu (Princeton, New Jersey); Yu Yao (Princeton, New Jersey); Anthony J. Hoffman (Leonardtown, Maryland); Matthew Escarra (Princeton, New Jersey); Kale J. Franz (Burlington, Colorado); Jacob Khurgin (Pikeville, Maryland); Yamac Dikmelik (Silver Spring, Maryland); William O. Charles (Lawreceville, New Jersey); Jianxin Chen (Shanghai, China PRC); Claire F. Gmachl (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to highly power-efficient quantum cascade sources, such as highly power-efficient quantum cascade lasers having ultra-strong coupling between injector and active regions which may be configured to provide broadband quantum cascade lasers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795954 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644648 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electro-optic (EO) modulator and related device structures which can be used in conjunction with high EO materials to lower switching voltage and improve related performance parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/582518 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645412 | Woodruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278469 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/769 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08641798 | Hight-Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela R. Hight-Walker (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Yonglin Liu (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, NIST (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela R. Hight-Walker (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Yonglin Liu (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A one-step process for synthesizing gold-copper bimetallic nanocubes. The process comprises the step of simultaneously reducing a copper II salt and a gold halide by 1,2-hexadecanediol in diphenyl ether, and 1-dodecanethiol as well as surfactants 1-adamantanecarboxylic acid and 1-hexadecylamine. The copper II salt may be copper (II) acetylacetonate, copper chloride, copper sulfate, or copper phosphate. The gold halide may be chloroauric acid, gold chloride, gold bromide, or tetrabromoauric acid. The reduction may occur at a temperature between about 160 and 180 degrees Celsius. The copper II salt may be copper (II) acetylacetonate and the gold halide may be chloroauric acid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/181110 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642813 | Qiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); John Kania (Madison, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); John Kania (Madison, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, reactor systems, and catalysts for converting in a continuous process biomass to less complex oxygenated compounds for use in downstream processes to produce biofuels and chemicals. The invention includes methods of converting the components of biomass, such as hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, to water-soluble materials, including lignocellulosic derivatives, cellulosic derivatives, hemicellulosic derivatives, carbohydrates, starches, polysaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, sugars, sugar alcohols, alditols, polyols, diols, alcohols, ketones, cyclic ethers, esters, carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and mixtures thereof, using hydrogen and a heterogeneous liquefaction catalyst. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339994 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642964 | Cundiff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Cundiff (Boulder, Colorado); Jared Wahlstrand (Silver Spring, Maryland); Haipeng Zhang (Longmont, Colorado); Soobong Choi (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, NIST (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Cundiff (Boulder, Colorado); Jared Wahlstrand (Silver Spring, Maryland); Haipeng Zhang (Longmont, Colorado); Soobong Choi (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A terahertz generation system that emits pulsed THz radiation and incorporates a rapidly oscillating, high voltage bias across electrodes insulated from a photoconductive material. The system includes an ultrafast optical pulse source configured to generate an optical pulse having a duration between about ten picoseconds and ten femtoseconds, the pulse further having a repetition rate of about one megahertz or higher. The system further includes a photoconductor configured to receive the optical pulse from the ultrafast optical pulse source and to generate a terahertz frequency pulse, the photoconductor having insulated electrodes. The system still further includes a radio frequency generator configured to apply an electric field to the photoconductor via the insulated electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/214685 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642982 | Plusquellic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, NIST (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, NIST (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Plusquellic (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Kevin O. Douglass (Columbia, Maryland); Stephen E. Maxwell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Joseph T. Hodges (Washington Grove, Maryland); David A. Long (Bethesda, Maryland); Gar-Wing Truong (Crawley, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fast switching arbitrary frequency light source for broadband spectroscopic applications. The light source may operate near 1.6 um based on sideband tuning using an electro-optic modulator driven by an arbitrary waveform generator. A Fabry-Perot filter cavity selects a single sideband of the light source. The finesse (FSR/ΔνFWHM) of the filter cavity may be chosen to enable rapid frequency switching at rates up to 5 MHz over a frequency range of 40 GHz (1.3 cm−1). The bandwidth, speed and spectral purity are high enough for spectroscopic applications where rapid and discrete frequency scans are needed. Significant signal-to-noise advantages may be realized using the rapid and broadband scanning features of this system in many areas of spectroscopy, e.g., process monitoring and control, reaction dynamics, and remote sensing (e.g., greenhouse gas monitoring, biological/chemical agent screening). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827476 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08643039 | Donofrio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Zhimin Jamie Yao (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Zhimin Jamie Yao (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Light emitting diodes include a diode region having first and second opposing faces that include therein an n-type layer and a p-type layer, an anode contact that ohmically contacts the p-type layer and extends on the first face, and a cathode contact that ohmically contacts the n-type layer and also extends on the first face. The anode and cathode contacts extend on the first face to collectively cover substantially all of the first face. A small gap may be provided between the contacts. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/023788 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08641960 | Medeiros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eliton S. Medeiros (Joao Pessoa PB, Brazil); Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Artur P. Klamczynski (Orinda, California); William J. Orts (Burlingame, California); Luiz H. C. Mattoso (Sao Carlos SP, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliton S. Medeiros (Joao Pessoa PB, Brazil); Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Artur P. Klamczynski (Orinda, California); William J. Orts (Burlingame, California); Luiz H. C. Mattoso (Sao Carlos SP, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a solution blow spinning method for the production of nonwoven webs of micro and nanofibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893313 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/555 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642313 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/035652 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642507 | Entry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Entry (Dania Beach, Florida); Robert E. Sojka (Twin Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Entry (Dania Beach, Florida); Robert E. Sojka (Twin Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the invention provides matrix based fertilizer formulations that reduce plant nutrient leaching into water sources. In another aspect, the invention provides matrix based formulations that reduce pesticide leaching into water sources. In still another aspect the invention provides matrix based fertilizer formulations comprising both fertilizers and pesticides wherein the formulation reduces pesticide and plant nutrient leaching into water sources. The invention also provides methods for the application of matrix based fertilizer formulations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/504401 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24209 | Finn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Description and specifications of a new and distinct ornamental blueberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from open pollinated flowers of CVAC 45 (PI 296412) is provided. This new ornamental blueberry can be distinguished by its ability to flower on new growth, its attractive combination of dark green and glossy leaves, along with flowers and edible fruit in late summer and fall; and it's vigorous, vase-shaped, compact plant habit. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506291 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08640594 | Treadway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean Kevin Treadway (Mooresville, North Carolina); Michael Robert Eidell (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corvid Technologies, Inc. (Mooresville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Kevin Treadway (Mooresville, North Carolina); Michael Robert Eidell (Huntersville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A blast shield for deflecting a blast incident on a ground vehicle includes an impact section having an exterior impact surface to face a source of the blast. The exterior impact surface defines a cross-sectional profile defining a smooth continuous curve. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361546 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642073 | Mannino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raphael J. Mannino (Annandale, New Jersey); Susan Gould-Fogerite (Annandale, New Jersey); Sara L. Krause-Elsmore (Kearny, New Jersey); David Delmarre (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ruying Lu (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina); University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raphael J. Mannino (Annandale, New Jersey); Susan Gould-Fogerite (Annandale, New Jersey); Sara L. Krause-Elsmore (Kearny, New Jersey); David Delmarre (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ruying Lu (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel methods for making cochleates and cochleate compositions that include introducing a cargo moiety to a liposome in the presence of a solvent. Also disclosed are cochleates and cochleate compositions that include an aggregation inhibitor, and optionally, a cargo moiety. Additionally, anhydrous cochleates that include a protonized cargo moiety, a divalent metal cation and a negatively charge lipid are disclosed. Methods of using the cochleate compositions of the invention, including methods of administration, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/653434 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642313 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/035652 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08642543 | Tezapsidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaos Tezapsidis (West Orange, New Jersey); Steven Greco (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Mark Smith (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurotez, Inc. (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos Tezapsidis (West Orange, New Jersey); Steven Greco (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Mark Smith (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The described invention provides methods for treating or preventing progression of a progressive cognitive disease, disorder or condition, and methods for improving resilience of cognitive function in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470427 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/5.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08640786 | Aldrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Barron Aldrich (Glendale, California); Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Seal Beach, California); Stewart Sherrit (La Crescenta, California); Mircea Badescu (La Canada Flintridge, California); Xiaoqi Bao (San Gabriel, California); James Samson Scott (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Barron Aldrich (Glendale, California); Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Seal Beach, California); Stewart Sherrit (La Crescenta, California); Mircea Badescu (La Canada Flintridge, California); Xiaoqi Bao (San Gabriel, California); James Samson Scott (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A percussive augmenter bit includes a connection shaft for mounting the bit onto a rotary drill. In a first modality, an actuator percussively drives the bit, and an electric slip-ring provides power to the actuator while being rotated by the drill. Hammering action from the actuator and rotation from the drill are applied directly to material being drilled. In a second modality, a percussive augmenter includes an actuator that operates as a hammering mechanism that drives a free mass into the bit creating stress pulses that fracture material that is in contact with the bit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909653 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Tool driving or impacting 173/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08644963 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiqiang Gao (Westlake, Ohio); Gang Tian (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiqiang Gao (Westlake, Ohio); Gang Tian (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple designs, systems, methods and processes for controlling a system or plant using an extended active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) based controller are presented. The extended ADRC controller accepts sensor information from the plant. The sensor information is used in conjunction with an extended state observer in combination with a predictor that estimates and predicts the current state of the plant and a co-joined estimate of the system disturbances and system dynamics. The extended state observer estimates and predictions are used in conjunction with a control law that generates an input to the system based in part on the extended state observer estimates and predictions as well as a desired trajectory for the plant to follow. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464558 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645114 | Norman, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Norman, Jr. (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Norman, Jr. (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating fluid flow parameter data for use in aerodynamic heating analysis. Computational fluid dynamics data is generated for a number of points in an area on a surface to be analyzed. Sub-areas corresponding to areas of the surface for which an aerodynamic heating analysis is to be performed are identified. A computer system automatically determines a sub-set of the number of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas and determines a value for each of the number of sub-areas using the data for the sub-set of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas. The value is determined as an average of the data for the sub-set of points corresponding to each of the number of sub-areas. The resulting parameter values then may be used to perform an aerodynamic heating analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899018 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08644565 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Zhi Zhou (Indianapolis, Indiana); Emrah Arslanturk (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Zhi Zhou (Indianapolis, Indiana); Emrah Arslanturk (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method segments iris images from eye image data captured from non-cooperative subjects. The method includes receiving a frame of eye image data, and determining whether a pupil exists in the image by detecting glare areas in the image. Upon finding a pupil, subsequent images are processed with reference to the pupil location and a radius is calculated for the pupil. A k means clustering method and principal component analysis are used to locate pupil boundary points, which are fitted to a conic. Using the pupil boundary, an angular derivative is computed for each frame having a pupil and iris boundary points are fitted to a conic to identify an iris region between the iris boundary and the pupil boundary. Noise data are then removed from the iris region to generate an iris segment. A method for evaluating iris frame quality and iris image segmentation quality is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055250 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645073 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Gilbert (Knoxville, Tennessee); John Douglas Birdwell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tse-Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dale V. Stransberry (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Gilbert (Knoxville, Tennessee); John Douglas Birdwell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tse-Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dale V. Stransberry (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of DNA is critical to many applications including identifying perpetrators of crimes based on genetic evidence left at crime scenes. An initial step to analyzing DNA data is detection, identification, and quantization of allele peaks in the DNA data. The invention provides a method and apparatus for accurately and expeditiously performing this initial step by sequentially checking unfitted peaks against various models including a default model, a hybrid peak model, a dual fit model and, in special situations, a narrow fit function and a saturated fit function. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913098 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08643421 | Aipperspach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony G. Aipperspach (Rochester, Minnesota); Morgan D. Davis (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew R. Ellavsky (Rochester, Minnesota); Kent H. Haselhorst (Byron, Minnesota); Kerry C. Imming (Rochester, Minnesota); Mark G. Veldhuizen (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and elastic buffer circuit are provided for implementing low power, single master-slave elastic buffers in a network chip design to provide a continuous stream of data to multiple sinks from multiple sources, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides. An elastic buffer only uses a single master-slave register. The circuit includes a finite state machine, and a latch control block (LCB) to implement the single master-slave elastic buffer removing all ½ cycle paths between buffer locations enabling usage of the single master-slave register. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795707 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645966 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Stamford, Connecticut); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Data analysis applications include model building components and stream processing components. To increase utility of the data analysis application, in one embodiment, the model building component of the data analysis application is managed. Management includes resource allocation and/or configuration adaptation of the model building component, as examples. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721649 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08645866 | Nestler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic icon overlay system of a present invention embodiment dynamically generates icon overlays to be applied to a primary file icon of a target file. The icon overlays convey information regarding the target file and are relevant to an end user. The icon overlay system determines icon overlays to be applied to the primary file icon based on attributes associated with an end user of the target file that are correlated with attributes of the target file itself. The system applies the icon overlay to the primary icon and displays the primary icon with the applied icon overlay at an end user system. The applied icon overlay for the same target file may vary for different end users based on user attributes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/825532 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/837 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08643548 | Worl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Tilman Worl (Maple Valley, Washington); Isaac Ron Bekker (Seattle, Washington); Dan R. Miller (Puyallup, Washington); Kenneth G. Voyce (Bellevue, Washington); Ming Chen (Bellevue, Washington); Harold J. Redd (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Tilman Worl (Maple Valley, Washington); Isaac Ron Bekker (Seattle, Washington); Dan R. Miller (Puyallup, Washington); Kenneth G. Voyce (Bellevue, Washington); Ming Chen (Bellevue, Washington); Harold J. Redd (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual beam dual-selectable-polarization phased array antenna comprises an aperture unit, a printed wiring board, radiating elements, chip units, a pressure plate, and a rear housing unit. The printed wiring board has sub assemblies bonded to each other with a bonding material providing both mechanical and electrical connection. The printed wiring board is connected to the aperture unit. The radiating elements are formed on the printed wiring board. The chip units are mounted on the printed wiring board. The chip units include circuits capable of controlling radio frequency signals radiated by the radiating elements to form dual beams with independently selectable polarization. The pressure plate is connected to the aperture unit. The aperture unit is connected to the rear housing unit such that the aperture unit covers the rear housing unit. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955259 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08643850 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Hartman (Huntsville, Alabama); Stephen R. Granade (Madison, Alabama); Joel Hannah (Somerville, Alabama); Arthur B. Caneer (Huntsville, Alabama) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Hartman (Huntsville, Alabama); Stephen R. Granade (Madison, Alabama); Joel Hannah (Somerville, Alabama); Arthur B. Caneer (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for automatically guiding a lifting device on a lifting apparatus to a lifting point on a load is disclosed. A beacon is associated with the lifting point on the load has a plurality of lights arranged in a predetermined pattern. A sensor on the lifting apparatus detects the lights and provides signals to a processor. The processor calculates location of the lifting point, and develops signals that directs the lifting apparatus, or an operator of the lifting apparatus, to engage the lifting point with a lifter on the lifting apparatus. The load may then be lifted and moved. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200732 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/614 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08645927 | Rammel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin G. Rammel (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin G. Rammel (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing a numerical simulation includes programming a programmable device using function blocks adapted to perform a respective part of the numerical simulation. Input data are received, and a first portion of the numerical simulation is performed on a standard computer processor. A data path is provided between the processor and the programmable device. A second portion of the numerical simulation is performed on the programmable device, and data from at least one of the first and second portions are exchanged via the data path. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/720614 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, February 04, 2014.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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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)
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