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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 11, 2014
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| US 08646334 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor including: a base; at least one component which moves relative to the base; and one or more locking mechanisms for locking the at least one component in a predetermined stationary position in response to external stimuli exceeding predetermined thresholds in at least first and second directions, where the first direction is different from the second direction. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180462 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646373 | Kucherov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan R. Kucherov (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K. Hubler (Highland, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nova Research, Inc. (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan R. Kucherov (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K. Hubler (Highland, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reducing the effects of a blast wave includes armor plating configured to face a supersonic blast wave. The armor plating has a surface consisting of alternating tall and short peaks with valleys between the peaks. The peaks and valleys are positioned such that the supersonic blast wave reflects from the side surfaces of the tall peaks as a regular reflection that at least partially suppresses Mach reflection of the supersonic wave caused by the short peaks and the valleys. The surface may also be designed to not trap reflected waves. The valleys can be parabolic shaped to deflect and/or dissipate transonic flow that follows the blast wave front. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454495 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646386 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for differentiating an actual air drop of a gravity dropped weapon from an accidental drop of the weapon onto a surface. The method including: connecting a first end of at least one lanyard to an airframe; releasably connecting a second end of the at least one lanyard to a power generation device such that release of the second end with the power generation device initiates power generation by the power generation device; and releasably connecting a third end of the at least one lanyard to at least a portion of an air velocity sensor such that release of the third end one of activates or exposes the air velocity sensor to an air stream; and differentiating the actual air drop from the accidental drop based at least on a detection of an air velocity by the air velocity sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297234 |
| 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 12/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646540 | Eckholm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Eckholm (Scottsdale, Arizona); Brian J. Cashion (Gilbert, Arizona); Dustin C. Moran (Glendale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Firetrace USA, LLC (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Eckholm (Scottsdale, Arizona); Brian J. Cashion (Gilbert, Arizona); Dustin C. Moran (Glendale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for passive non-electrical dual stage fire suppression according to various aspects of the present invention include detecting a fire with a first active fire suppressant unit and changing the status of a second fire suppressant unit from “stand-by” to “active” when the first fire suppressant unit releases a fire suppressant agent. After the first fire suppressant unit has released its fire suppressant agent, the second fire suppressant unit may detect a continued and/or a new fire and release a second fire suppressant agent in response to the detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/839593 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire extinguishers 169/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646612 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Monodisperse metal oxide nanopowders are prepared by treating a dispersion of crude metal oxide nanopowder with ultrasonication, allowing the dispersion to settle, and subjecting the remaining suspended portion to centrifugation to obtain a supernatant comprising metal oxide nanopowder. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423987 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/12.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647048 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Richard W. Monahan (Farmington, Connecticut); David C. Pimenta (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Richard W. Monahan (Farmington, Connecticut); David C. Pimenta (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a gas turbine engine, a nozzle structure located adjacent to the gas turbine engine, a flexible annular seal linking the gas turbine engine and the nozzle structure, the flexible annular seal having a plurality of corrugate sections, and a reinforcement member positioned between two of the plurality of corrugate sections. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173954 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647067 | Pandey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vidhu Shekhar Pandey (West Chester, Ohio); Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vidhu Shekhar Pandey (West Chester, Ohio); Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade includes an airfoil and integral platform at the root thereof. The platform is contoured in elevation from a bank adjacent the pressure side of the airfoil to a trough commencing behind the airfoil leading edge. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/330783 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/223.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647124 | Bardsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Scott Bardsley (Boston, Massachusetts); Mark P. Ottensmeyer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph T. Samosky (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Steven L. Dawson (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus to provide simulation of a human casualty. In one embodiment an autonomous casualty simulator includes a processing module having a scenario progression controller and a physiological modeling system to receive sensor input and to control effectors. The autonomous casualty simulator can be contained in a nominal human mannequin form. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/732536 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647503 | Clements et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin A. Clements (North Royalton, Ohio); Robert Nyzen (Hiram, Ohio); John P. Ogger (Lyndhurst, Ohio); William T. Flynn (Horton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Industrial Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin A. Clements (North Royalton, Ohio); Robert Nyzen (Hiram, Ohio); John P. Ogger (Lyndhurst, Ohio); William T. Flynn (Horton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A filter assembly for a fuel delivery system for actuators and fuel control system of an aircraft engine includes a wash flow filter. Fuel flow velocity is increased through the filter through use of a recirculating passage that is effectively achieved through use of an ejector pump. A portion of the pressurized fuel delivered by the main fuel pump is diverted and serves as a motive fluid that scavenges unfiltered flow from downstream of the filter and recirculates or discharges the recirculated flow to an inlet of the filter. This provides increased velocity to maintain sufficient washing of the filter openings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935900 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647569 | Federspiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Federspiel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Frankowski (Imperial, California); Brendan C. Mack (Pasadena, California); Scott W. Morley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Meir Rosenberg (Newtown, Massachusetts); Robert G. Svitek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALung Technologies, Inc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Federspiel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Frankowski (Imperial, California); Brendan C. Mack (Pasadena, California); Scott W. Morley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Meir Rosenberg (Newtown, Massachusetts); Robert G. Svitek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A paracorporeal respiratory assist lung is configured with an annular cylindrical hollow fiber membrane (fiber bundle) that is rotated at rapidly varying speeds. Fluid (for example, blood) is introduced to the center of the device and is passed radially through the fiber bundle. The bundle is rotated at rapidly changing velocities with a rotational actuator (for example, a motor or magnetic coupling). The rotation of the fiber bundle provides centrifugal kinetic energy to the fluid giving the device pumping capabilities and may create Taylor vortexes to increase mass transfer. Rotation of the fiber bundle increases the relative velocity between the fluid and the hollow fibers and increases the mass transfer. The porosity of the fiber bundle may be varied to enhance gas exchange with the blood. Alternatively, a rotating core may be used with a stationary fiber bundle. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084100 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647616 | Baylink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Baylink (Redlands, California); Kin-Hing William Lau (Redlands, California); Xuezhong Qin (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Gene-modified, inflammation-specific monocytes that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene, where the 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene is expressed to produce functional 1-alpha-hydroxylase enzyme when the monocytes transdifferentiate into gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages. Gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene. A method for treating one or more than one inflammation-related condition or disease, the method comprising administering gene-modified, inflammation-specific monocytes that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene, where the 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene is expressed to produce functional 1-alpha-hydroxylase enzyme when the monocytes transdifferentiate into gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766733 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647617 | Marshall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivienne S. Marshall (San Antonio, Texas); Richard A. Banas (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Catherine J. Trumpower (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stemnion, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivienne S. Marshall (San Antonio, Texas); Richard A. Banas (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Catherine J. Trumpower (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to novel methods for modulating inflammatory and/or immune responses. Such methods utilize compositions comprising extraembryonic cells (herein referred to as EE cells) including but not limited to extraembryonic HLA-G positive cells (herein referred to as EHP cells) and amnion-derived multipotent progenitor cells (herein referred to as AMP cells); compositions comprising expanded EE cell populations, and/or cell lysates and/or conditioned media derived therefrom, alone or in combination with each other and/or in combination with various extracellular matrices and/or devices and/or other suitable active agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483346 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647633 | Heath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Heath (Lanstuhl, Germany); Arthur M. Friedlander (Gaithersburg, Maryland); George W. Anderson, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland); Susan L. Welkos (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Heath (Lanstuhl, Germany); Arthur M. Friedlander (Gaithersburg, Maryland); George W. Anderson, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland); Susan L. Welkos (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a purified fusion protein comprising all or part of F1 antigen of Yersinia pestis fused to the amino terminus of all of V antigen of Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica, or Yersinia pseudotuberculosis that is isolated from its expression vector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115870 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647824 | Spormann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided that relate to the bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes, particularly the bioremediation of vinyl chloride by Dehalococcoides-like organisms. An isolated strain of bacteria, Dehalococcoides sp. strain VS, that metabolizes vinyl chloride is provided; the genetic sequence of the enzyme responsible for vinyl chloride dehalogenation; methods of assessing the capability of endogenous organisms at an environmental site to metabolize vinyl chloride; and a method of using the strains of the invention for bioremediation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/294927 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647894 | Niyogi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intermolecular, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intermolecular, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandip Niyogi (San Jose, California); Sean Barstow (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for depositing graphene is provided. The method includes depositing a layer of non-conducting amorphous carbon over a surface of a substrate and depositing a transition metal in a pattern over the amorphous carbon. The substrate is annealed at a temperature below 500° C., where the annealing converts the non-conducting amorphous carbon disposed under the transition metal to conducting amorphous carbon. A portion of the pattern of the transition metal is removed from the surface of the substrate to expose the conducting amorphous carbon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/726834 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647918 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a graphene material on a surface are presented. A metal material is disposed on a material substrate or material layer and is infused with carbon, for example, by exposing the metal to a carbon-containing vapor. The carbon-containing metal material is annealed to cause graphene to precipitate onto the bottom of the metal material to form a graphene layer between the metal material and the material substrate/material layer and also onto the top and/or sides of the metal material. Graphene material is removed from the top and sides of the metal material and then the metal material is removed, leaving only the graphene layer that was formed on the bottom of the metal material. In some cases graphene material that formed on one or more side of the sides of the metal material is not removed so that a vertical graphene material layer is formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785118 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648051 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald M. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky); Paula J. Bates (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, LLC (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald M. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky); Paula J. Bates (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the proliferation of malignant and/or hyperplastic cells in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a guanosine rich oligonucleotide. The present invention also provides oligonucleotides which are capable of being specifically bound to a specific cellular protein which is nucleolin and/or nucleolin in nature, which is implicated in the proliferation of cells, specifically malignant and/or hyperplastic cells, and a method for their selection. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/978032 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648105 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Dongwon Yoo (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Dongwon Yoo (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diarylthiohydantoin compounds and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/333543 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648332 | Jen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Yen-Ju Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Tae-Dong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Seattle, Washington); Brent M. Polishak (Seattle, Washington); Yanqing Tian (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Yen-Ju Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Tae-Dong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Seattle, Washington); Brent M. Polishak (Seattle, Washington); Yanqing Tian (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Alkoxy-substituted phenyltetraene nonlinear optically active compounds, films and devices that include the compounds, and methods for making and using the compounds, films, and devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474168 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648390 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | High electron mobility transistors and fabrication processes are presented in which a barrier material layer of uniform thickness is provided for threshold voltage control under an enhanced channel charge inducing material layer (ECCIML) in source and drain regions with the ECCIML layer removed in the gate region. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775309 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648463 | Thacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Jing Shi (Carlsbad, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Jing Shi (Carlsbad, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip module (MCM) that includes at least two substrates, having facing surfaces, which are mechanically coupled by a set of coupling elements having a reflow characteristic, is described. One of the two substrates includes another set of coupling elements having another reflow characteristic, which is different than the reflow characteristic. These different reflow characteristics of the sets of coupling elements allow different temperature profiles to be used when bonding the two substrates to each other than when bonding the one of the two substrates to a carrier. For example, the temperature profiles may have different peak temperatures and/or different durations from one another. These reflow characteristics may facilitate low-cost, high-yield assembly and alignment of the substrates in the MCM, and may allow temperature-sensitive components to be included in the MCM. |
| FILED | Monday, May 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/781732 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648480 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne P. Liu (San Diego, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Hugo F. Jazo (San Diego, California); Brian B. Dick (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne P. Liu (San Diego, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Hugo F. Jazo (San Diego, California); Brian B. Dick (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a housing disposed within a fluid having a fluid flow. A first member is located substantially external to the housing and is directly exposed to the fluid flow and lengthwise positioned transverse to the direction of the fluid flow. The first member is configured to vibrate independently of the housing responsive to direct exposure to the fluid flow. A coil is coupled to one end of the first member. The coil is disposed within the housing and shielded from direct fluid flow. A magnet is disposed within the housing separate from and adjacent to the coil. The magnet is shielded from direct fluid flow. Magnetic flux from the magnet induces an electric current through the coil responsive to relative motion between the magnet and the coil caused by vibration of the first member. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/532607 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648596 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colin T. Elliott (San Francisco, California); Christopher John White (Portola Valley, California); James R. White (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Active Spectrum, Inc. (Foster City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin T. Elliott (San Francisco, California); Christopher John White (Portola Valley, California); James R. White (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer comprising a miniaturized radio-frequency (RF) microwave cavity resonator. The miniaturized RF microwave cavity resonator receives a carrier signal from a circulator, modulates the signal path signal, and reflects the carrier signal back to the circulator to amplify the carrier signal prior to demodulation. A mixer receives and demodulates the carrier signal and outputs an audio signal to generate an ESR spectrum for analyzing a chemical composition of a fluid sample. The ESR spectrum represents a magnetic susceptibility of the fluid sample to a magnetic resonance cause variation in a resonant frequency of the miniaturized RF microwave cavity resonator. In a desired aspect, the carrier signal is split into two paths prior to demodulation. The two paths are demodulated by different mixers to produce two separate outputs, an absorption spectrum and a dispersion spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906822 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648759 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen Wang (Fullerton, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California); Jason G. Milne (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Wang (Fullerton, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California); Jason G. Milne (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are devices, systems and techniques for establishing a variable height conformal antenna array having a planar backplane. More particularly, positioning of radiating elements can be made insensitive to variable ground height by selecting a suitable radiating element, such as a flared notch and arranging them to have a profile such that their outer extremities are positioned along a conformal, curved shape. Differences in radiator heights can be taken up by the addition of parallel vertical ground planes disposed between the radiating elements and the backplane. Adjacent vertical ground planes effectively form cutoff waveguide sections that naturally isolate the backplane from the radiating elements. The vertical ground planes edges effectively form a virtual curved ground for the radiating elements, following curvature of the array profile. Accordingly, heights of radiating elements are uniform with respect to the virtual ground, while being allowed to vary with respect to the backplane. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249587 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648837 | Tran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nghia X. Tran (San Diego, California); Hoa V. Phan (Escondido, California); Sunny J. Fugate (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael H. Bruch (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nghia X. Tran (San Diego, California); Hoa V. Phan (Escondido, California); Sunny J. Fugate (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael H. Bruch (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A data transfer device comprising: a body; a tip coupled to the body, wherein the tip has a dielectric constant value suitable for interacting with a capacitive touch screen of a separate device; a control unit mounted to the body; and an electronic switch mounted to the body and operatively coupled to the control unit, wherein the switch is disposed to connect the tip to a ground source when the switch is in a closed configuration and to break the connection between the tip and the ground source when the switch is in an open configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/833687 |
| ART UNIT | 2692 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649014 | Gan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiaoqiang Gan (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiaoqiang Gan (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes first and second optical branches. The first optical branch is formed at an interface between a first substrate and a second substrate, and the second optical branch is formed at an interface between the second substrate and an ambient medium. The second substrate defines first and second spaced apart slits that are each coupled to the first and second optical branches. The first slit is configured to receive at least partially coherent light from a light source and in response excite at least one surface plasmon polariton mode in each of the first and second optical branches. The second slit is configured to combine the surface plasmon polariton modes received from the first and second optical branches and emit scattered light into at least one of the first substrate and the ambient medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894699 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649086 | Kartner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz X. Kartner (Newton, Massachusetts); Gilberto Abram (Brooklyn, New York); William P. Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shu-Wei Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edilson L. Falcao-Filho (Recife, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kartner (Newton, Massachusetts); Gilberto Abram (Brooklyn, New York); William P. Putnam (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shu-Wei Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edilson L. Falcao-Filho (Recife, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhancement cavity includes a plurality of focusing mirrors, at least one of which defines a central aperture having a diameter greater than 1 mm. The mirrors are configured to form an optical pathway for closed reflection and transmission of the optical pulse within the enhancement cavity. Ring-shaped optical pulses having a peak intensity at a radius greater than 0.5 mm from a central axis are directed into the enhancement cavity. Accordingly, the peak intensity of the optical pulse is distributed so as to circumscribe the central apertures in the apertured mirrors, and the mirrors are structured to focus the pulse about the aperture toward a central spot area where the pulse is focused to a high intensity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894620 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/346 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649195 | Mao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaolin Mao (Tempe, Arizona); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona); Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); Peregrine Power LLC (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaolin Mao (Tempe, Arizona); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona); Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for controlling a modular three-phase converter including two or more interleaved, parallel connected Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) utilizing a hybrid Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVM) control scheme are provided. For the hybrid SVM control scheme, six active vectors utilized for SVM define six sectors in a space vector plane. Each sector is divided into two or more regions having corresponding optimal SVM switching sequences. In operation, a revolving reference voltage vector is sampled to provide a reference voltage vector. The SVM controller then identifies one of the regions in one of the sectors that corresponds to an angle and, in some embodiments, a magnitude of the revolving reference voltage vector and applies the corresponding optimal SVM switching sequence to the two or more interleaved, parallel connected VSCs. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081557 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649606 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qi Zhao (South Pasadena, California); Christof Koch (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qi Zhao (South Pasadena, California); Christof Koch (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for generating saliency models are discussed. Saliency models can be applied to visual scenes to generate predictions on which locations in the visual scenes are fixation locations and which locations are nonfixation locations. Saliency models are learned from fixation data on the visual scenes obtained from one or more subjects. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/025118 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649834 | Jones |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas O. Jones (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas O. Jones (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A layered superconductor device includes multiple layers of a single crystal superconducting material having intermittent layers of superconducting material dispersed in a pattern with a second material such that each layer of the multiple layers a single crystal superconducting material are interconnected via superconducting material, allowing for a continuous current path, and a thickness of the superconducting material never exceeds a first predetermined thickness. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613244 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649847 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biopsy needle has a central axis and includes one or more sensing regions, each sensing region formed by a plurality of sensing optical fibers located over a particular extent of said central axis and inside the outer shell of the needle. The sensing optical fibers are coupled to a wavelength interrogator. A steerable catheter has a central axis and outer shell, the outer shell coupled to a plurality of optical fibers in sensing regions and actuation regions, the sensing regions formed over particular extents of the central axis by bonding gratings to the inner surface of the outer shell, and the actuation regions formed by coupling optical energy into shape memory alloys bonded to the outer shell. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562855 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/433 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649848 | Crane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert L. Crane (Kettering, Ohio); Michael P. Buchin (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Crane (Kettering, Ohio); Michael P. Buchin (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method are described for synchronizing a pulsed source of the near infrared illumination used in visualizing subcutaneous structures with the background illumination normally extant in medical treatment settings that allow both enhanced image acquisition and use of higher power pulsed infrared illumination sources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548313 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650000 | Africa, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James H. Africa, Jr. (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Thomas G. Poley (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Africa, Jr. (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Thomas G. Poley (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented analysis method is provided for identifying a flight trajectory of a bogey relative to earth's surface. The method includes a first step of obtaining first and second altitudes and velocities of the bogey separated by a first time interval. The second step calculates a first difference between the first and second velocities divided by the first time interval to obtain an acceleration vector. The third step calculates an acceleration magnitude from the acceleration vector. The remaining steps characterize the vectors and magnitude to report whether the bogey represents a ballistic projectile in a particular phase of Boost, Apogee or Descent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385472 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650186 | Beck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew E. Beck (San Diego, California); Geoffrey Boeing (San Diego, California); Debra L. Shannon (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accenture Global Services Limited (Dublin, Ireland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew E. Beck (San Diego, California); Geoffrey Boeing (San Diego, California); Debra L. Shannon (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for improving the management of requirements in systems and systems of systems. Multiple requirements databases may be interfaced, and language processing tools may be used to identify requirements having related content. The relevancy of requirements may be based on the semantic distance between terms in the network, their semantic relations, the number of related terms in the requirements, etc. A user may be presented with a navigable cross-section of requirements data relevant to search terms. Thus, added visibility and ease of access is provided for systems and systems of systems. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/846895 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650213 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed privacy preserving data mining techniques are provided. A first entity of a plurality of entities in a distributed computing environment exchanges summary information with a second entity of the plurality of entities via a privacy-preserving data sharing protocol such that the privacy of the summary information is preserved, the summary information associated with an entity relating to data stored at the entity. The first entity may then mine data based on at least the summary information obtained from the second entity via the privacy-preserving data sharing protocol. The first entity may obtain, from the second entity via the privacy-preserving data sharing protocol, information relating to the number of transactions in which a particular itemset occurs and/or information relating to the number of transactions in which a particular rule is satisfied. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/752708 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650413 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); Michael Stephen Floyd (Cedar Park, Texas); Maria Lorena Pesantez (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); Michael Stephen Floyd (Cedar Park, Texas); Maria Lorena Pesantez (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments provide an assigned counter of a first set of counters and stores a value for an activity of a set of activities forming a set of stored values. The value comprises the count multiplied by a weight factor specific to the activity. A power manager manages the first set of counters, receives a set of activities to be monitored for a unit, groups the portion into subsets based on at least one of a frequency of occurrence of each activity and power consumption for each activity, sums the stored values corresponding to each activity in each subset to reach a total value for each subset, multiplies the total value of each subset by factor corresponding to the subset to form a scaled value for each subset, and sums the scaled value of each subset to form a power usage value. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/749179 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650516 | McIlrath |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa G. McIlrath (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa G. McIlrath (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for generating and verifying circuit layouts from computer-aided design tools for vertically integrated, three-dimensional integrated circuits are disclosed. In one instance, a 3-D technology file of these teachings is obtained by providing an identifier for two or more circuit levels, providing for each one of the two or more circuit levels an identifier for a 2-D technology file corresponding to each of the one or more circuit levels and providing a file structure including the two or more circuit levels and each identifier, corresponding to each one of the one or more circuit levels, for the 2-D technology file corresponding to each one of the two or more circuit levels. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585412 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650623 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to manage risk associated with access to information within a given organization. The overall risk tolerance for the organization is determined and allocated among a plurality of subjects within the organization. Allocation is accomplished using either a centralized, request/response or free market mechanism. As requested from subjects within the organization for access to objects, i.e. information and data, are received, the amount of risk or risk level associated with each requested is quantified. Risk quantification can be accomplished using, for example, fuzzy multi-level security. The quantified risk associated with the access request in combination with the identity of the object and the identity of the subject are used to determine whether or not the request should be granted, denied or granted with appropriated mitigation measures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/623838 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
08647410 — Microfabricated artificial lung assist device, and methods of use and manufacture thereof
| US 08647410 | Borenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph L. Charest (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Ching-Ming Hsiao (Amherst, New Hampshire); Tatiana Kniazeva (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph L. Charest (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Ching-Ming Hsiao (Amherst, New Hampshire); Tatiana Kniazeva (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems and methods for exchanging gas in an oxygenator device, and methods for preparing and using such oxygenator devices. The systems and methods can be used to transfer oxygen to blood to assist lung function in a patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/116219 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647569 | Federspiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Federspiel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Frankowski (Imperial, California); Brendan C. Mack (Pasadena, California); Scott W. Morley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Meir Rosenberg (Newtown, Massachusetts); Robert G. Svitek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALung Technologies, Inc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Federspiel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brian J. Frankowski (Imperial, California); Brendan C. Mack (Pasadena, California); Scott W. Morley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Meir Rosenberg (Newtown, Massachusetts); Robert G. Svitek (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A paracorporeal respiratory assist lung is configured with an annular cylindrical hollow fiber membrane (fiber bundle) that is rotated at rapidly varying speeds. Fluid (for example, blood) is introduced to the center of the device and is passed radially through the fiber bundle. The bundle is rotated at rapidly changing velocities with a rotational actuator (for example, a motor or magnetic coupling). The rotation of the fiber bundle provides centrifugal kinetic energy to the fluid giving the device pumping capabilities and may create Taylor vortexes to increase mass transfer. Rotation of the fiber bundle increases the relative velocity between the fluid and the hollow fibers and increases the mass transfer. The porosity of the fiber bundle may be varied to enhance gas exchange with the blood. Alternatively, a rotating core may be used with a stationary fiber bundle. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084100 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647620 | Stafford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrboro, North Carolina); Dengmin Feng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrboro, North Carolina); Dengmin Feng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chimeric Factor VII polypeptides and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823382 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647661 | Sachdeva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mandip Sachdeva (Tallahassee, Florida); Punit Shah (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mandip Sachdeva (Tallahassee, Florida); Punit Shah (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Dermal delivery is best suited for the various skin diseases or disorders. However, the stratum corneum limits the permeation of number of suitable pharmaceutical agents for dermal delivery. Certain embodiments of the present invention include surface modified multilayered nanostructures. The modification was completed by using fatty acids enabling delivery of a significant amount of one or more pharmaceutical agent(s) into deeper layers of the epidermis and dermis to treat skin diseases or disorders. Each active pharmaceutical agent can be encapsulated into the separate layers of the nanostructures. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289733 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647673 | Panyam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayanth Panyam (Plymouth, Minnesota); Judith A. Whittum-Hudson (Novi, Michigan); Alan P Hudson (Novi, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayanth Panyam (Plymouth, Minnesota); Judith A. Whittum-Hudson (Novi, Michigan); Alan P Hudson (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of nanoparticles and targeting moieties for imaging and treating Chlamydial infection are provided, including nanoparticles conjugated to folic acid and comprising at least one antibiotic effective against Chlamydia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/670191 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647678 | Hematti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peiman Hematti (Madison, Wisconsin); Jaehyup Kim (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peiman Hematti (Madison, Wisconsin); Jaehyup Kim (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a purified, novel anti-inflammatory population of macrophage and methods of making and using such macrophage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862506 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/577 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647818 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Shaw (Birmingham, Alabama); Beatrice H. Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); Frederic Bibollet-Ruche (Birmingham, Alabama); Peter D. Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UAB Research Foundation, University of Alabama Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Hereinafter the Government) Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Shaw (Birmingham, Alabama); Beatrice H. Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); Frederic Bibollet-Ruche (Birmingham, Alabama); Peter D. Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided which employ chimeric polypeptides having at least one heterologous epitope for a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) neutralizing antibody. These chimeric polypeptides behave as molecular scaffolds which are capable of presenting the various heterologous HIV-1 epitopes. The invention demonstrates that a heterologous epitope recognized by the HIV-1 neutralizing antibody can be more fully exposed to neutralizing antibodies when presented within the backbone of the chimeric polypeptide than when the epitope is presented within the context of an HIV-1 backbone. Polynucleotides encoding these chimeric polypeptides are also provided. Immunogenic compositions are provided which comprise a chimeric polypeptide having at least one heterologous epitope that interacts with an HIV-1 neutralizing antibody. Immuno genie compositions comprising chimeric polynucleotides encoding the chimeric polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Vaccines comprising such immunogenic compositions are also provided. Further provided are methods which employ the immunogenic compositions of the invention. Such methods include, for example, methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject, methods for generating antibodies specific for the chimeric polypeptide or the chimeric polypeptide, and methods for inhibiting or preventing infection by HIV-1 in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/816624 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647825 | Vrana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kent E. Vrana (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Willard M. Freeman (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Kathleen A. Grant (Portland, Oregon); Steve Gonzales (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent E. Vrana (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Willard M. Freeman (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Kathleen A. Grant (Portland, Oregon); Steve Gonzales (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions according to embodiments of the present invention are provided that specifically and sensitively detect alcohol consumption and whether alcohol consumption is moderate or high in a subject. Aspects of the present invention relate to assays of panels of proteins for detecting non-consumption, moderate consumption and high consumption of ethanol by a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987425 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647827 | Blakely et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randy D. Blakely (Brentwood, Tennessee); John N. Mason (Nashville, Tennessee); Ian D. Tomlinson (Nashville, Tennessee); Sandra J. Rosenthal (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy D. Blakely (Brentwood, Tennessee); John N. Mason (Nashville, Tennessee); Ian D. Tomlinson (Nashville, Tennessee); Sandra J. Rosenthal (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the finding that IDT307 and analogs thereof are fluorescent substrates transported by several neurotransmitter transporters. Provided are methods for the analysis of neurotransmitter transport and binding using IDT307 and its analogs. The invention also provides rapid methods for screening for modulators of neurotransmitter transport. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/111713 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647840 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides orthogonal translation systems for the production of polypeptides comprising unnatural amino acids in methylotrophic yeast such as Pichia pastoris. Methods for producing polypeptides comprising unnatural amino acids in methylotrophic yeast such as Pichia pastoris are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/734995 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647861 | Ingber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Dongeun Huh (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Dongeun Huh (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method includes a body having a central microchannel separated by one or more porous membranes. The membranes are configured to divide the central microchannel into a two or more parallel central microchannels, wherein one or more first fluids are applied through the first central microchannel and one or more second fluids are applied through the second or more central microchannels. The surfaces of each porous membrane can be coated with cell adhesive molecules to support the attachment of cells and promote their organization into tissues on the upper and lower surface of the membrane. The pores may be large enough to only permit exchange of gases and small chemicals, or to permit migration and transchannel passage of large proteins and whole living cells. Fluid pressure, flow and channel geometry also may be varied to apply a desired mechanical force to one or both tissue layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/054095 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647868 | Wallin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reidar Wallin (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reidar Wallin (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and cell lines for overexpressing functional gamma-carboxylated proteins are disclosed by way of genetically engineered cell lines which over-express VKORC1. Also disclosed is the antisense inhibition of expression of calumenin in conjunction with overexpression of VKORC1 which also increases expression of functional gamma-carboxylated proteins. Gamma-carboxylated proteins of interest may include blood coagulation factors such as human clotting factors IX and VII. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/095514 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647869 | Tilly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan L. Tilly (Windham, New Hampshire); Dori C. Woods (Weymouth, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. 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 | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447075 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648035 | Llano-Sotelo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beatriz Llano-Sotelo (Prospect Heights, Illinois); Alexander S. Mankin (River Forest, Illinois); Dorota Klepacki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beatriz Llano-Sotelo (Prospect Heights, Illinois); Alexander S. Mankin (River Forest, Illinois); Dorota Klepacki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses compositions of peptide inhibitors of protein synthesis, and methods of identifying peptide inhibitors that are capable of inhibiting protein synthesis through an interaction at a stem-loop H18 in 16S rRNA of a 30S ribosomal subunit. Screening methods for peptides are disclosed, in addition to methods of determining the affinity of a test compound for a ribosomal subunit. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673283 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648047 | Toole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan P. Toole (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Suniti Misra (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Shibnath Ghatak (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan P. Toole (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Suniti Misra (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Shibnath Ghatak (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for sensitizing multi-drug resistant cancer or radiation resistant cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents are provided. Compositions include ligands of hyaluronan receptors, including glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronan oligomers and derivatives of these oligomers, hyaluronan binding proteins, antibodies specific for hyaluronan receptors, hyaluronan mimetics, inhibitors of hyaluronan synthesis, and stimulators of hyaluronan degradation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/338809 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648050 | Cleary et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Cleary (Brandon, Mississippi); Stanley W. Chapman (Jackson, Mississippi); Robert E. Kramer (Brandon, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Cleary (Brandon, Mississippi); Stanley W. Chapman (Jackson, Mississippi); Robert E. Kramer (Brandon, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of ameliorating amphotericin treatment side effects in a mammal that comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a formulation that comprises a polyene active ingredient that includes amphotericin B, wherein the amphotericin B compound is present, in terms of polyene content, in an amount greater than 90%, and non-amphotericin B polyene compounds are present in an amount of no greater than 10%, and a pharmaceutically effective carrier; and administering a therapeutically effective amount of said formulation to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985256 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648052 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra-Dhawan (Fontana, California); Kathy A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra-Dhawan (Fontana, California); Kathy A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The compositions include EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides as well as anti-EMP2 antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868788 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648059 | Villarreal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francisco Villarreal (Chula Vista, California); Katrina Go Yamazaki (La Jolla, California); Pam Rajendran Taub (San Diego, California); Alan Maisel (Solana Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francisco Villarreal (Chula Vista, California); Katrina Go Yamazaki (La Jolla, California); Pam Rajendran Taub (San Diego, California); Alan Maisel (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method of reducing infarct size in the heart following permanent ischemia or ischemia/reperfusion (IR) event or method for delaying, attenuating or preventing adverse cardiac remodeling comprising administering a drug selected from the group consisting of epicatechin, derivatives thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the subject is a human or a veterinary animal. Additionally the disclosure provides a method of treating subarachnoid hemorrhage or atrial fibrillation or of enhancing or preserving migration, seeding, proliferation, differentiation and/or survival of stem cells in injured heart tissue comprising administering a drug selected from the group consisting of epicatechin, derivatives thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The effects of epicatechin administration are sustained over time. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/922170 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648064 | Youngs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain one or more additional active moieties and/or groups therein. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with one or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with two or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902807 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648105 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Dongwon Yoo (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Dongwon Yoo (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diarylthiohydantoin compounds and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/333543 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648112 | Seeram et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Navindra P. Seeram (Kingston, Rhode Island); David Heber (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Navindra P. Seeram (Kingston, Rhode Island); David Heber (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention is drawn to ellagitannin metabolites (e.g., urolithin) that find use in treating or preventing a neoplastic disease in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452204 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648114 | Ramkumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vickram Ramkumar (Springfield, Illinois); Debashree Mukherjea (Springfield, Illinois); Len Rybak (Springfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vickram Ramkumar (Springfield, Illinois); Debashree Mukherjea (Springfield, Illinois); Len Rybak (Springfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating and preventing toxic side effects of platinum-based chemotherapy agents are disclosed, in which transplatin is administered to a subject. Transplatin is shown to have protective effects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity, nephotoxicity and neurotoxicity. Anti-inflammatory activity of transplatin is demonstrated and methods and compositions for treating and preventing inflammatory pain are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836398 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/492 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648169 | Saragovi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Uri Saragovi (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Uri Saragovi (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death and/or glaucoma using modulators of neurotrophic receptors that comprise β-turn peptidomimetic cyclic compounds or derivatives thereof. The neurotrophic receptor modulators can be used alone, in combination and/or in conjunction with one or more other compounds, molecules or drugs that treat or prevent ocular hypertension, RGC death and/or glaucoma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/312975 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648170 | Kiessling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura Lee Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph Robert Klim (Madison, Wisconsin); Lingyin Li (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Lee Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph Robert Klim (Madison, Wisconsin); Lingyin Li (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of growing and maintaining pluripotent cells on an insoluble substrate that presents a peptide that binds to glycosaminoglycans, such as heparin. Specifically, methods of growing and maintaining pluripotent cells on substrates having a chemically defined surface presenting at least one peptide having basic amino acid residues separated by one or two hydrophobic amino acid residues. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563009 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648171 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall S. Davis (Birmingham, Alabama); Max D. Cooper (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall S. Davis (Birmingham, Alabama); Max D. Cooper (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to members of the Fc receptor homolog (FcRH) subfamily, as well as fragments and variants thereof. Each FcRH is a Type I transmembrane receptor, preferably, comprises an extracellular region, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmic region. The cytoplasmic region preferably comprises one or more immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory or activation motifs (“ITIMs” or “ITAMs). The invention provides polypeptides, nucleic acids, vectors, expression systems, and antibodies and antibody fragments related to the FcRHs as well as uses thereof. Such uses include uses in the diagnosis and treatment of a malignancy of hematopoietic cell lineage or an inflammatory or autoimmune disease in a subject and in the modulation of a humoral immune response in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835226 |
| 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 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648176 | Davis Orcutt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly Davis Orcutt (Somerville, Massachusetts); Karl Dane Wittrup (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly Davis Orcutt (Somerville, Massachusetts); Karl Dane Wittrup (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features, inter alia, compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer and infectious disease. The compositions include engineered proteins that specifically bind a metal chelate and may be bispecific. For example, the engineered proteins may bind (a) a target (e.g., a cellular protein) on a cancerous cell or a pathogen and (b) a metal chelate comprising DOTA, or an active variant thereof, and a metal ion such as a radionuclide. By virtue of the multiple binding sites, the engineered protein effectively delivers a metal chelate to a cell one wishes to destroy. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715162 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648198 | Furukawa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hiro Furukawa (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Erkan Karakas (Huntington, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiro Furukawa (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Erkan Karakas (Huntington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are enhanced N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their methods of use and treatment, e.g., of Formula (I): wherein one or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, or the ring formed by the joining of R1 and R2, is a hydrophobic moiety which confers enhanced antagonist activity as compared to existing NMDA receptor antagonists, e.g., ifenprodil. Compounds described herein are designed based on the discovery that ifenprodil binds within the allosteric domain of the GluN1/GluN2B NMDA receptor, particularly at the interface between GluN1 and GluN2B subunits. In silico methods are further described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/353992 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648205 | Youngs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain one or more additional active moieties and/or groups therein. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with one or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with two or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021337 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649576 | Scorcioni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ruggero Scorcioni (Arlington, Virginia); Giorgio Ascoli (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Bonnie Lasher (Lorena, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruggero Scorcioni (Arlington, Virginia); Giorgio Ascoli (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Bonnie Lasher (Lorena, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system comprising: generating at least one slice image by carpeting a multitude of digital images based upon a two-dimensional (2-D) reference system, each of the multitude of digital images associated with a location in the 2-D reference system and each showing a representation of an arborization and/or landmark such that digital images not showing a representation of an arborization and/or landmark are excluded; carpeting the multitude of digital images together to create a slice image; aligning the slice image with other similarly created slice images using landmark information to determine the amount of 2-D rotation and/or translation to be applied to each slice image; vectorizing the representation of the arborization on each slice image, the vectorization creating a series of segments; assigning a type to at least one of the series of segments based on a unique characteristic of arborization; and grouping related segments together. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/763758 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649589 | Gareau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan S. Gareau (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan S. Gareau (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein provide methods for noninvasive assessment of keratinocytes. Digital imaging and processing of gray-levels are used to identify cells. More specifically, embodiments provide an automated algorithm that may be used to identify keratinocytes, and/or to specify the coordinates/locations of keratinocytes, through noninvasive confocal imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407667 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649845 | McIntyre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio); J. Luis Lujan (Mayfield Heights, Ohio); Ashutosh Chaturvedi (Powell, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio); J. Luis Lujan (Mayfield Heights, Ohio); Ashutosh Chaturvedi (Powell, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying and activating specific axonal pathways for achieving therapeutic benefits during a neural stimulation, such as deep brain stimulation. Clinical data, diffusion tensor tractography, and computer models of patient-specific neurostimulation may be used to identify particular axonal pathways activated by deep brain stimulation and to determine their correlations with specific clinical outcomes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317459 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649847 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biopsy needle has a central axis and includes one or more sensing regions, each sensing region formed by a plurality of sensing optical fibers located over a particular extent of said central axis and inside the outer shell of the needle. The sensing optical fibers are coupled to a wavelength interrogator. A steerable catheter has a central axis and outer shell, the outer shell coupled to a plurality of optical fibers in sensing regions and actuation regions, the sensing regions formed over particular extents of the central axis by bonding gratings to the inner surface of the outer shell, and the actuation regions formed by coupling optical energy into shape memory alloys bonded to the outer shell. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562855 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/433 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649870 | Mrva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Julie H. Grill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Maria E. Bennett (Lyndhurst, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic Uninary Solutions, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Julie H. Grill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Maria E. Bennett (Lyndhurst, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A stimulation electrode assembly comprises an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically conductive portion to apply electrical stimulation to nerve or muscle in the adipose tissue region and at least one expandable anchoring structure deployable from the lead to engage adipose tissue and resist dislodgment and/or migration of the electrically conductive portion within the adipose tissue region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980989 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08646261 | Meisner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory P. Meisner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jihui Yang (Lakeshore, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory P. Meisner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jihui Yang (Lakeshore, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermoelectric devices, intended for placement in the exhaust of a hydrocarbon fuelled combustion device and particularly suited for use in the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine propelling a vehicle, are described. Exhaust gas passing through the device is in thermal communication with one side of a thermoelectric module while the other side of the thermoelectric module is in thermal communication with a lower temperature environment. The heat extracted from the exhaust gasses is converted to electrical energy by the thermoelectric module. The performance of the generator is enhanced by thermally coupling the hot and cold junctions of the thermoelectric modules to phase-change materials which transform at a temperature compatible with the preferred operating temperatures of the thermoelectric modules. In a second embodiment, a plurality of thermoelectric modules, each with a preferred operating temperature and each with a uniquely-matched phase-change material may be used to compensate for the progressive lowering of the exhaust gas temperature as it traverses the length of the exhaust pipe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892983 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646335 | Kotovsky |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a contact stress sensor that includes one or more MEMS fabricated sensor elements, where each sensor element of includes a thin non-recessed portion, a recessed portion and a pressure sensitive element adjacent to the recessed portion. An electric circuit is connected to the pressure sensitive element. The circuit includes a pressure signal circuit element configured to provide a signal upon movement of the pressure sensitive element. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349492 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08646511 | Marra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Paul J. Zombo (Cocoa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Paul J. Zombo (Cocoa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil can be formed with features to facilitate measurement of its wall thickness. An outer wall of the airfoil can include an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface of the airfoil can have an outer inspection target surface, and the inner surface of the airfoil can have an inner inspection target surface. The inner and outer target surfaces can define substantially flat regions in surfaces that are otherwise highly contoured. The inner and outer inspection target surfaces can be substantially aligned with each other. The inner and outer target surfaces can be substantially parallel to each other. As a result of these arrangements, a highly accurate measurement of wall thickness can be obtained. In one embodiment, the outer inspection target surface can be defined by an innermost surface of a groove formed in the outer surface of the outer wall of the airfoil. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/850147 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/150.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647057 | Orosa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Orosa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Matthew Montgomery (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Orosa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Matthew Montgomery (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust diffuser system and method for a turbine engine includes an inner boundary and an outer boundary with a flow path defined therebetween. The inner boundary is defined at least in part by a hub structure that has an upstream end and a downstream end. The outer boundary may include a region in which the outer boundary extends radially inward toward the hub structure and may direct at least a portion of an exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the hub structure. The hub structure includes at least one jet exit located on the hub structure adjacent to the upstream end of the tail cone. The jet exit discharges a flow of gas substantially tangential to an outer surface of the tail cone to produce a Coanda effect and direct a portion of the exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the inner boundary. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/944177 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/182.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647167 | Heilbron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valerie J. Heilbron (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Adam Wade Cook (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Valerie J. Heilbron (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Adam Wade Cook (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An illuminated display device with a base member with a plurality of cavities therein. Illumination devices illuminate the cavities and emit light through an opening of the cavities in a pattern, and a speaker can emit sounds in synchronization with the pattern. A panel with translucent portions can overly the base member and the cavities. An animated talking character can have an animated mouth cavity complex with multiple predetermined mouth lighting configurations simulative of human utterances. The cavities can be open, or optical waveguide material or positive members can be disposed therein. Reflective material can enhance internal reflectance and light emission. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907692 |
| ART UNIT | 3716 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Amusement devices: Toys 446/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647413 | Soloveichik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Benjamin Rue Wood (Niskayuna, New York); Sarah Elizabeth Genovese (Delmar, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Latham, New York); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Benjamin Rue Wood (Niskayuna, New York); Sarah Elizabeth Genovese (Delmar, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for recovering carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is disclosed. The method includes the step of reacting CO2 in the gas stream with fine droplets of a liquid absorbent, so as to form a solid material in which the CO2 is bound. The solid material is then transported to a desorption site, where it is heated, to release substantially pure CO2 gas. The CO2 gas can then be collected and used or transported in any desired way. A related apparatus for recovering carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is also described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/609454 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647512 | Viswanathan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating a liquid hydrocarbon material from a body of water. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of mixing a plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites with a liquid hydrocarbon material dispersed in a body of water to allow the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each to be adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material to form a mixture, applying a magnetic force to the mixture to attract the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material, and removing said plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material from said body of water while maintaining the applied magnetic force, wherein the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites is formed by subjecting one or more metal lignosulfonates or metal salts to microwave radiation, in presence of lignin/derivatives either in presence of alkali or a microwave absorbing material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/751185 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647536 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan M. Russell (Ames, Iowa); Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Hyong J. Kim (Ames, Iowa); Andrew E. Freichs (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Russell (Ames, Iowa); Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Hyong J. Kim (Ames, Iowa); Andrew E. Freichs (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite is provided having an electrically conducting Al matrix and elongated filaments comprising Ca and/or Sr and/or Ba disposed in the matrix and extending along a longitudinal axis of the composite. The filaments initially comprise Ca and/or Sr and/or Ba metal or alloy and then may be reacted with the Al matrix to form a strengthening intermetallic compound comprising Al and Ca and/or Sr and/or Ba. The composite is useful as a long-distance, high voltage power transmission conductor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136599 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647573 | Regan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Frederick Regan (San Mateo, California); James Michael Birch (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Frederick Regan (San Mateo, California); James Michael Birch (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated and autonomous diagnostic apparatus that is capable of dispensing collection vials and collections kits to users interesting in collecting a biological sample and submitting their collected sample contained within a collection vial into the apparatus for automated diagnostic services. The user communicates with the apparatus through a touch-screen monitor. A user is able to enter personnel information into the apparatus including medical history, insurance information, co-payment, and answer a series of questions regarding their illness, which is used to determine the assay most likely to yield a positive result. Remotely-located physicians can communicate with users of the apparatus using video tele-medicine and request specific assays to be performed. The apparatus archives submitted samples for additional testing. Users may receive their assay results electronically. Users may allow the uploading of their diagnoses into a central databank for disease surveillance purposes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/712345 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647737 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Sheng Chao (Greensburg, Pennsylvania); Shanshan Liu (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Sheng Chao (Greensburg, Pennsylvania); Shanshan Liu (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a process for forming crack-free dielectric films on a substrate. The process comprise the application of a dielectric precursor layer of a thickness from about 0.3 μm to about 1.0 μm to a substrate. The deposition is followed by low temperature heat pretreatment, prepyrolysis, pyrolysis and crystallization step for each layer. The deposition, heat pretreatment, prepyrolysis, pyrolysis and crystallization are repeated until the dielectric film forms an overall thickness of from about 1.5 μm to about 20.0 μm and providing a final crystallization treatment to form a thick dielectric film. Also provided was a thick crack-free dielectric film on a substrate, the dielectric forming a dense thick crack-free dielectric having an overall dielectric thickness of from about 1.5 μm to about 20.0 μm. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250926 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647773 | Goodenough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John B. Goodenough (Austin, Texas); Jian-Tao Han (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Goodenough (Austin, Texas); Jian-Tao Han (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates a niobium oxide useful in anodes of secondary lithium ion batteries. Such niobium oxide has formula LixM1−yNbyNb2O7, wherein 0≦x≦3, 0≦y≦1, and M represents Ti or Zr. The niobium oxide may be in the form of particles, which may be carbon coated. The disclosure also relates to an electrode composition containing at least one or more niobium oxides of formula LixM1−yNbyNb2O7. The disclosure further relates to electrodes, such as anodes, and batteries containing at least one or more niobium oxides of formula LixM1−yNbyNb2O7. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods of forming the above. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194551 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647814 | Dravid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glennview, Illinois); Suresh K. Donthu (Evanston, Illinois); Zixiao Pan (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glennview, Illinois); Suresh K. Donthu (Evanston, Illinois); Zixiao Pan (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for nanopatterning of inorganic materials, such as ceramic (e.g. metal oxide) materials, and organic materials, such as polymer materials, on a variety of substrates to form nanopatterns and/or nanostructures with control of dimensions and location, all without the need for etching the materials and without the need for re-alignment between multiple patterning steps in forming nanostructures, such as heterostructures comprising multiple materials. The method involves patterning a resist-coated substrate using electron beam lithography, removing a portion of the resist to provide a patterned resist-coated substrate, and spin coating the patterned resist-coated substrate with a liquid precursor, such as a sol precursor, of the inorganic or organic material. The remaining resist is removed and the spin coated substrate is heated at an elevated temperature to crystallize the deposited precursor material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805546 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647824 | Spormann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided that relate to the bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes, particularly the bioremediation of vinyl chloride by Dehalococcoides-like organisms. An isolated strain of bacteria, Dehalococcoides sp. strain VS, that metabolizes vinyl chloride is provided; the genetic sequence of the enzyme responsible for vinyl chloride dehalogenation; methods of assessing the capability of endogenous organisms at an environmental site to metabolize vinyl chloride; and a method of using the strains of the invention for bioremediation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/294927 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647840 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides orthogonal translation systems for the production of polypeptides comprising unnatural amino acids in methylotrophic yeast such as Pichia pastoris. Methods for producing polypeptides comprising unnatural amino acids in methylotrophic yeast such as Pichia pastoris are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/734995 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647897 | Weil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin D. Weil (Del Mar, California); Stephen T. Connor (Stanford, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin D. Weil (Del Mar, California); Stephen T. Connor (Stanford, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing and depositing air-stable, easily decomposable, vulcanized ink on any of a wide range of substrates is disclosed. The ink enables high-volume production of optoelectronic and/or electronic devices using scalable production methods, such as roll-to-roll transfer, fast rolling processes, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426307 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647915 | Aytug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tolga Aytug (Knoxville, Tennessee); David K. Christen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Özgur Polat (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tolga Aytug (Knoxville, Tennessee); David K. Christen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Özgur Polat (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A hetero-junction device and fabrication method in which phase-separated n-type and p-type semiconductor pillars define vertically-oriented p-n junctions extending above a substrate. Semiconductor materials are selected for the p-type and n-type pillars that are thermodynamically stable and substantially insoluble in one another. An epitaxial deposition process is employed to form the pillars on a nucleation layer and the mutual insolubility drives phase separation of the materials. During the epitaxial deposition process, the orientation is such that the nucleation layer initiates propagation of vertical columns resulting in a substantially ordered, three-dimensional structure throughout the deposited material. An oxidation state of at least a portion of one of the p-type or the n-type semiconductor materials is altered relative to the other, such that the band-gap energy of the semiconductor materials differ with respect to stoichiometric compositions and the device preferentially absorbs particular selected bands of radiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/974425 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648019 | Pol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vilas G. Pol (Naperville, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Kuldeep Mistry (Darien, Illinois); Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilas G. Pol (Naperville, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Kuldeep Mistry (Darien, Illinois); Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to carbon-based materials as anti-friction and anti-wear additives for advanced lubrication purposes. The materials have various shapes, sizes, and structures and are synthesized by autogenic reactions under extreme conditions of high temperature and pressure. The lubricant compositions comprise carbon-based particles suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon carrier. Optionally, the compositions further comprise a surfactant (e.g., to aid in dispersion of the carbon particles). Specifically, the novel lubricants have the ability to significantly lower friction and wear, which translates into improved fuel economies and longer durability of mechanical devices and engines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/247717 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648231 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenbiao Yang (Riverside, California); Stephen Karr (Camarillo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenbiao Yang (Riverside, California); Stephen Karr (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods for modulating plant growth and organogenesis using dominant-negative receptor-like kinases. The disclosure further provides a method for increasing plant yield relative to corresponding wild type plants comprising modulating the expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Wall-Associated Kinase-like 14 polypeptide or a homolog thereof, and selecting for plants having increased yield or growth on a nutrient deficient substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/624647 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648295 | Enke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christie G. Enke (Placitas, New Mexico); Steven J. Ray (Bloomington, Indiana); Alexander W. Graham (Bloomington, Indiana); Gary M. Hieftje (Bloomington, Indiana); Charles J. Barinaga (West Richland, Washington); David W. Koppenaal (Richland, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Christie G. Enke (Placitas, New Mexico); Steven J. Ray (Bloomington, Indiana); Alexander W. Graham (Bloomington, Indiana); Gary M. Hieftje (Bloomington, Indiana); Charles J. Barinaga (West Richland, Washington); David W. Koppenaal (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined distance-of-flight mass spectrometry (DOFMS) and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) instrument includes an ion source configured to produce ions having varying mass-to-charge ratios, a first detector configured to determine when each of the ions travels a predetermined distance, a second detector configured to determine how far each of the ions travels in a predetermined time, and a detector extraction region operable to direct portions of the ions either to the first detector or to the second detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695675 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648314 | Popov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Popov (Newport News, Virginia); Pavel Degtiarenko (Williamsburg, Virginia); Igor V. Musatov (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Popov (Newport News, Virginia); Pavel Degtiarenko (Williamsburg, Virginia); Igor V. Musatov (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fast neutron imaging apparatus and method of constructing fast neutron radiography images, the apparatus including a neutron source and a detector that provides event-by-event acquisition of position and energy deposition, and optionally timing and pulse shape for each individual neutron event detected by the detector. The method for constructing fast neutron radiography images utilizes the apparatus of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136074 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648524 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Michael C. Schlamp (Plainsboro, New Jersey); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Michael C. Schlamp (Plainsboro, New Jersey); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicolor electronic display is based on an array of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals. Nanocrystals which emit light of different colors are grouped into pixels. The nanocrystals are optically pumped to produce a multicolor display. Different sized nanocrystals are used to produce the different colors. A variety of pixel addressing systems can be used. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211664 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649177 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Michael A. Gaynes (Vestal, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Daniel P. Simco (Pound Ridge, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Michael A. Gaynes (Vestal, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Daniel P. Simco (Pound Ridge, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a liquid-cooled electronic system is provided which includes an electronic assembly having an electronics card and a socket with a latch at one end. The latch facilitates securing of the card within the socket. The method includes providing a liquid-cooled cold rail at the one end of the socket, and a thermal spreader to couple the electronics card to the cold rail. The thermal spreader includes first and second thermal transfer plates coupled to first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the card, and thermally conductive extensions extending from end edges of the plates, which couple the respective transfer plates to the liquid-cooled cold rail. The extensions are disposed to the sides of the latch, and the card is securable within or removable from the socket using the latch without removing the cold rail or the thermal spreader. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451714 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649188 | Tao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fengfeng Tao (Clifton Park, New York); Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi (Clifton Park, New York); John Thomas Herbon (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fengfeng Tao (Clifton Park, New York); Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi (Clifton Park, New York); John Thomas Herbon (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A power generator includes one or more full bridge inverter modules coupled to a semiconductor opening switch (SOS) through an inductive resonant branch. Each module includes a plurality of switches that are switched in a fashion causing the one or more full bridge inverter modules to drive the semiconductor opening switch SOS through the resonant circuit to generate pulses to a load connected in parallel with the SOS. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/285102 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649911 | Avagliano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron John Avagliano (Niskayuna, New York); Ralph Teichmann (Cohoes, New York); Kirk Gee Pierce (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Paul David Hopewell (Staffordshire, United Kingdom); Ameet Shridhar Deshpande (Pune, India); Sukru Alper Eker (Guilderland, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron John Avagliano (Niskayuna, New York); Ralph Teichmann (Cohoes, New York); Kirk Gee Pierce (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Paul David Hopewell (Staffordshire, United Kingdom); Ameet Shridhar Deshpande (Pune, India); Sukru Alper Eker (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique is provided for operating a wind farm at increased rated power output. The technique includes sensing a plurality of operating parameters of the wind turbine generator, assessing the plurality of operating parameters with respect to respective design ratings for the operating parameters, and intermittently increasing a rated power output of the wind turbine generator based upon the assessment. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/144931 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650240 | Eichenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); John A. Gunnels (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); John A. Gunnels (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for performing a complex matrix multiplication operation are provided. A vector load operation is performed to load a first vector operand of the complex matrix multiplication operation to a first target vector register. The first vector operand comprises a real and imaginary part of a first complex vector value. A complex load and splat operation is performed to load a second complex vector value of a second vector operand and replicate the second complex vector value within a second target vector register. The second complex vector value has a real and imaginary part. A cross multiply add operation is performed on elements of the first target vector register and elements of the second target vector register to generate a partial product of the complex matrix multiplication operation. The partial product is accumulated with other partial products and a resulting accumulated partial product is stored in a result vector register. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/542324 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/607 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650262 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Endpoint-based parallel data processing in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI, including establishing a data communications geometry, the geometry specifying, for tasks representing processes of execution of the parallel application, a set of endpoints that are used in collective operations of the PAMI including a plurality of endpoints for one of the tasks; receiving in endpoints of the geometry an instruction for a collective operation; and executing the instruction for a collective operation through the endpoints in dependence upon the geometry, including dividing data communications operations among the plurality of endpoints for one of the tasks. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963671 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650338 | Blocksome 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) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Amith R. Mamidala (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fencing direct memory access (‘DMA’) data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer, the PAMI including data communications endpoints, each endpoint including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the endpoints coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through DMA controllers operatively coupled to segments of shared random access memory through which the DMA controllers deliver data communications deterministically, including initiating execution through the PAMI of an ordered sequence of active DMA instructions for DMA data transfers between two endpoints, effecting deterministic DMA data transfers through a DMA controller and a segment of shared memory; and executing through the PAMI, with no FENCE accounting for DMA data transfers, an active FENCE instruction, the FENCE instruction completing execution only after completion of all DMA instructions initiated prior to execution of the FENCE instruction for DMA data transfers between the two endpoints. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784198 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650580 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer, the parallel computer including a plurality of compute nodes that execute a parallel application, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the compute nodes and the endpoints coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources, including receiving in an origin endpoint of the PAMI a data communications instruction, the instruction characterized by an instruction type, the instruction specifying a transmission of transfer data from the origin endpoint to a target endpoint and transmitting, in accordance with the instruction type, the transfer data from the origin endpoint to the target endpoint. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/681903 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650581 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Internode data communications in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes that each include main memory and a messaging unit, the messaging unit including computer memory and coupling compute nodes for data communications, in which, for each compute node at compute node boot time: a messaging unit allocates, in the messaging unit's computer memory, a predefined number of message buffers, each message buffer associated with a process to be initialized on the compute node; receives, prior to initialization of a particular process on the compute node, a data communications message intended for the particular process; and stores the data communications message in the message buffer associated with the particular process. Upon initialization of the particular process, the process establishes a messaging buffer in main memory of the compute node and copies the data communications message from the message buffer of the messaging unit into the message buffer of main memory. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/711108 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08647451 | Apblett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen Wallace Apblett (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Nicholas Ferdinand Materer (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Wallace Apblett (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Nicholas Ferdinand Materer (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing an explosive testing agent is disclosed. The method includes synthesizing hydrogen bronze nanoparticles and placing the nanoparticles on a test platform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/825846 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647644 | Torney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francois Jean George Torney (Beaumont, France); Kan Wang (Ames, Iowa); Victor Shang-Yi Lin (Ames, Iowa); Brian G. Trewyn (Ames, Iowa); Supratim Giri (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francois Jean George Torney (Beaumont, France); Kan Wang (Ames, Iowa); Victor Shang-Yi Lin (Ames, Iowa); Brian G. Trewyn (Ames, Iowa); Supratim Giri (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an article having a mesoporous silicate matrix, such as a particle, having one or more pores; and one or more releasable caps obstructing one or more of the pores for delivery of one or more agents to plant cells or other chlorophyll containing cells, or fungi. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788147 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647814 | Dravid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glennview, Illinois); Suresh K. Donthu (Evanston, Illinois); Zixiao Pan (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glennview, Illinois); Suresh K. Donthu (Evanston, Illinois); Zixiao Pan (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for nanopatterning of inorganic materials, such as ceramic (e.g. metal oxide) materials, and organic materials, such as polymer materials, on a variety of substrates to form nanopatterns and/or nanostructures with control of dimensions and location, all without the need for etching the materials and without the need for re-alignment between multiple patterning steps in forming nanostructures, such as heterostructures comprising multiple materials. The method involves patterning a resist-coated substrate using electron beam lithography, removing a portion of the resist to provide a patterned resist-coated substrate, and spin coating the patterned resist-coated substrate with a liquid precursor, such as a sol precursor, of the inorganic or organic material. The remaining resist is removed and the spin coated substrate is heated at an elevated temperature to crystallize the deposited precursor material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805546 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648009 | Foley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry C. Foley (University Park, Pennsylvania); Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan (University Park, Pennsylvania); Andrew P. Marencic (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher L. Burket (Linden, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry C. Foley (University Park, Pennsylvania); Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan (University Park, Pennsylvania); Andrew P. Marencic (Princeton, New Jersey); Christopher L. Burket (Linden, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoporous and mesoporous carbon materials are fabricated in a pyrolysis process in which a starting mixture including a carbonizing polymer and a pyrolyzing polymer are employed. In one instance, the carbonizing polymer and pyrolyzing polymer are joined together in the form of a block copolymer. In another instance, the carbonizing polymer is a polyfurfuryl alcohol and the pyrolyzing polymer is polyethylene glycol diacid. These two polymer materials are mixed together and not copolymerized. The pore structure of the material may be controlled by controlling the molecular weight of various of the polymer components. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/740425 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648064 | Youngs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain one or more additional active moieties and/or groups therein. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with one or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with two or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902807 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648205 | Youngs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wiley J. Youngs (Akron, Ohio); Matthew J. Panzner (Akron, Ohio); Carolyn L. Cannon (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain one or more additional active moieties and/or groups therein. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with one or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes that contain an anti-fungal and/or anti-microbial moiety and/or group in combination with two or more additional active moieties and/or groups selected from fluoroquinolone compounds or derivatives thereof; steroids or derivatives thereof; anti-inflammatory compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-fungal compounds or derivatives thereof; anti-bacterial compounds or derivatives thereof; antagonist compounds or derivatives thereof; H2 receptor compounds or derivatives thereof; chemotherapy compounds or derivatives thereof; tumor suppressor compounds or derivatives thereof; or C1 to C16 alkyl heteroatom groups where the heterotatom is selected from S, O, or N. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021337 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648294 | Prather et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly A. Prather (Encinitas, California); Joseph E. Mayer (Encinitas, California); Marc Gonin (Thun, Switzerland); Katrin Fuhrer (Thun, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly A. Prather (Encinitas, California); Joseph E. Mayer (Encinitas, California); Marc Gonin (Thun, Switzerland); Katrin Fuhrer (Thun, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Among other things, methods, systems, apparatus for performing on-the-fly apportionment are described. In particular, a mass spectrometry apparatus includes an ionization laser to produce a deionization laser beam. The apparatus also includes a particle beam path that receives aerosol particles and intersects the ionization laser beam at a location where aerosol particles are desorbed and ionized by the laser beam. The apparatus also includes an ion extractor located at or near the ionization location to separate positive ions and negative ions desorbed from the aerosol particles and to direct the positive ions along a first direction of an ion path and the negative ions along a second, opposite direction of the ion path. The apparatus also includes a first reflectron located at a first side of the ion extractor, on the ion path, to reflect the positive ions along a first reflection path that deviates from the ion path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/446146 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0095 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648332 | Jen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Yen-Ju Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Tae-Dong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Seattle, Washington); Brent M. Polishak (Seattle, Washington); Yanqing Tian (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Yen-Ju Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Tae-Dong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Seattle, Washington); Brent M. Polishak (Seattle, Washington); Yanqing Tian (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Alkoxy-substituted phenyltetraene nonlinear optically active compounds, films and devices that include the compounds, and methods for making and using the compounds, films, and devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474168 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648734 | Harnett |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cindy K. Harnett (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cindy K. Harnett (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for collecting data includes a remote sensor assembly and a central data collection device. The remote sensor assembly has a data bus, a remote wireless node, and a plurality of remote sensor modules in wired communication with the remote wireless node via the data bus. Each of the remote sensor modules converts a sensed condition into data in response to a request from the remote wireless node. The central data collection device has a master wireless node for periodically wirelessly communicating with the remote wireless node. The remote wireless node collects data from each of the plurality of remote sensor modules and periodically transmits the data to the master wireless node. The remote sensor modules are interchangeable and new remote sensor modules may be added. The remote wireless node may detect the sequence of the attached remote sensor modules to enable three-dimensional mapping of the sensed conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676450 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/870.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648958 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (Stanford, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California); Marc S. Levoy (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (Stanford, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California); Marc S. Levoy (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542575 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649008 | Kashani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir H. Kashani (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); Doheny Eye Institute (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Kashani (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Combined spectral and polarimetry imaging and diagnostic techniques are disclosed, including an imaging system that simultaneously records spatially co-registered spectral and polarization information from an image of a target scene such as an ocular structure or material or device in an around the eye. Image acquisition and image calibration by such an imaging system or an imaging spectrometer or polarimeter are also disclosed. Methods of data storage and image display relevant to medical practice in general and ophthalmology practice specifically are further disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021524 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649014 | Gan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiaoqiang Gan (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lehigh University (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiaoqiang Gan (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Filbert Bartoli (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes first and second optical branches. The first optical branch is formed at an interface between a first substrate and a second substrate, and the second optical branch is formed at an interface between the second substrate and an ambient medium. The second substrate defines first and second spaced apart slits that are each coupled to the first and second optical branches. The first slit is configured to receive at least partially coherent light from a light source and in response excite at least one surface plasmon polariton mode in each of the first and second optical branches. The second slit is configured to combine the surface plasmon polariton modes received from the first and second optical branches and emit scattered light into at least one of the first substrate and the ambient medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894699 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649558 | Gleicher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Gleicher (Madison, Wisconsin); Feng Liu (Portland, Oregon); Yuzhen Niu (Shandong, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Gleicher (Madison, Wisconsin); Feng Liu (Portland, Oregon); Yuzhen Niu (Shandong, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Video data is processed with region-based warping. In accordance with various example embodiments, video data having a plurality of source video frames is processed as follows, for each source video frame. Pixels representing the source video frame and at least one temporally-adjacent video frame are used to generate a motion history map, based upon frame-to-frame movement of at least one region in the source video frame and temporally-adjacent video frames. At least one salient region is identified in the source video frame based upon the motion history map and static image saliency data. Weighting data is determined for warping pixels corresponding to background regions of the source video frame differently than pixels corresponding to the at least one salient region in the source video frame. Using the weighting data, the pixels representing the source video frame are warped to generate pixels representing a warped video frame. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149609 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649607 | Hayat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sanjay Krishna (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Biliana Stefanova Paskaleva (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Majeed M. Hayat (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sanjay Krishna (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Biliana Stefanova Paskaleva (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, systems, and methods integrating spectral information with spatial feature extraction of image data, providing simultaneous spatial and spectral feature selection of the image data, can be used in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, an edge signature for the edge between two materials can be defined using ratios of identified spectral bands, where the edge signature can be combined with a spatial mask to obtain a joint spatio-spectral mask. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013744 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/199 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650436 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Governors For Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Yang (Saunderstown, Rhode Island); Weijun Xiao (Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for recovering data associated with a damaged file stored in a NAND gate array memory. The method includes the steps of: identifying all meta data associated with the damaged file; identifying each logical block address of all identified meta data; collecting all physical block addresses associated with one of the identified logical block addresses or the identified meta data; counting in a replace table (ReplTable) a number of matches to a physical block address of the damaged file for each physical block address of the damaged file; choosing a block in a linked list that corresponds to the physical block address of the block in the linked list; and linking all chosen blocks to form a replicated file. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/684945 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08646677 | Beringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Durwood M. Beringer (Suffield, Connecticut); Mark E. Caron (Somers, Connecticut); Edmund P. Taddey (West Springfield, Massachusetts); Brian P. Gleason (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Durwood M. Beringer (Suffield, Connecticut); Mark E. Caron (Somers, Connecticut); Edmund P. Taddey (West Springfield, Massachusetts); Brian P. Gleason (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assembling a metallic-graphite structure includes forming a wetted graphite subassembly by arranging one or more layers of graphite fiber material including a plurality of graphite fibers and applying a layer of metallization material to ends of the plurality of graphite fibers. At least one metallic substrate is secured to the wetted graphite subassembly via the layer of metallization material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534692 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/124.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647251 | Kling |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Kling (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Kling (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An end-configuration of components to be moved or positioned is first obtained. This end-configuration determines the relative positioning and orientation of the components with respect to each other when in a final, desired configuration. A folding pattern is then obtained that is formed by interior vertices defining corresponding tessellation facets. The folding pattern can be induced to transition from a first folded configuration to a second folded configuration. When in the second folded configuration mounting facets, which are a subset of the tessellation facets, are arranged by the geometry of the folding pattern into positions and orientations with respect to each other that correspond to the end-configuration of the components. A foldable structure is then obtained that folds in accordance with the folding pattern, and the components are affixed to their respective mounting facets. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/722405 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web 493/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08648288 | Pain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Thomas J Cunningham (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Thomas J Cunningham (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Pixels, imagers and related fabrication methods are described. The described methods result in cross-talk reduction in imagers and related devices by generating depletion regions. The devices can also be used with electronic circuits for imaging applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727164 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649000 | Anderson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S Anderson (La Crescenta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S Anderson (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a spectroscopic probe comprising at least one whispering gallery mode optical resonator disposed on a support, the whispering gallery mode optical resonator comprising a continuous outer surface having a cross section comprising a first diameter and a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter. A method of measuring a Raman spectrum and an Infra-red spectrum of an analyte using the spectroscopic probe is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277954 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649609 | Morfopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arin C Morfopoulos (Altadena, California); Thang D Pham (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arin C Morfopoulos (Altadena, California); Thang D Pham (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of modules, a plurality of memory banks, and a multiplexor. Each module includes at least one agent that interfaces between a module and a memory bank. Each memory bank includes an arbiter that interfaces between the at least one agent of each module and the memory bank. The multiplexor is configured to assign data paths between the at least one agent of each module and a corresponding arbiter of each memory bank based on the assigned data path. The at least one agent of each module is configured to read data from the corresponding arbiter of the memory bank or write modified data to the corresponding arbiter of the memory bank. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071299 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08646334 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor including: a base; at least one component which moves relative to the base; and one or more locking mechanisms for locking the at least one component in a predetermined stationary position in response to external stimuli exceeding predetermined thresholds in at least first and second directions, where the first direction is different from the second direction. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180462 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647251 | Kling |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Kling (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Kling (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An end-configuration of components to be moved or positioned is first obtained. This end-configuration determines the relative positioning and orientation of the components with respect to each other when in a final, desired configuration. A folding pattern is then obtained that is formed by interior vertices defining corresponding tessellation facets. The folding pattern can be induced to transition from a first folded configuration to a second folded configuration. When in the second folded configuration mounting facets, which are a subset of the tessellation facets, are arranged by the geometry of the folding pattern into positions and orientations with respect to each other that correspond to the end-configuration of the components. A foldable structure is then obtained that folds in accordance with the folding pattern, and the components are affixed to their respective mounting facets. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/722405 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web 493/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649195 | Mao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaolin Mao (Tempe, Arizona); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona); Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); Peregrine Power LLC (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaolin Mao (Tempe, Arizona); Rajapandian Ayyanar (Gilbert, Arizona); Amit Kumar Jain (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for controlling a modular three-phase converter including two or more interleaved, parallel connected Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) utilizing a hybrid Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVM) control scheme are provided. For the hybrid SVM control scheme, six active vectors utilized for SVM define six sectors in a space vector plane. Each sector is divided into two or more regions having corresponding optimal SVM switching sequences. In operation, a revolving reference voltage vector is sampled to provide a reference voltage vector. The SVM controller then identifies one of the regions in one of the sectors that corresponds to an angle and, in some embodiments, a magnitude of the revolving reference voltage vector and applies the corresponding optimal SVM switching sequence to the two or more interleaved, parallel connected VSCs. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081557 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649847 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong-Lae Park (Stanford, California); Richard James Black (Menlo Park, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Santhi Elayaperumal (Stanford, California); Bruce Daniel (Stanford, California); Alan Yeung (Stanford, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biopsy needle has a central axis and includes one or more sensing regions, each sensing region formed by a plurality of sensing optical fibers located over a particular extent of said central axis and inside the outer shell of the needle. The sensing optical fibers are coupled to a wavelength interrogator. A steerable catheter has a central axis and outer shell, the outer shell coupled to a plurality of optical fibers in sensing regions and actuation regions, the sensing regions formed over particular extents of the central axis by bonding gratings to the inner surface of the outer shell, and the actuation regions formed by coupling optical energy into shape memory alloys bonded to the outer shell. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/562855 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/433 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08647615 | Teal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter EA Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Adrian J. Duehl (Gainesville, Florida); Mark J. Carroll (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter EA Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Adrian J. Duehl (Gainesville, Florida); Mark J. Carroll (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for attracting honey bee parasitic mites to an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a honey bee parasitic mites attracting effective amount of at least one compound selected from butyric acid, isobutyric acid, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier or carrier material. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/220017 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647686 | Rojas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria G. Rojas (Greenville, Mississippi); Juan A. Morales Ramos (Greenville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria G. Rojas (Greenville, Mississippi); Juan A. Morales Ramos (Greenville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition suitable for the preparation of insect diet formulations, containing proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, salts, and lambda carrageenan; the composition contains maltodextrin and no agar. An insect diet formulation, containing the composition described herein and water (room temperature). A method for rearing insects from eggs, involving providing the insect diet formulation described herein and culturing the insects with the insect diet formulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229920 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647819 | Khatib |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hasan Khatib (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Khatib (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A single nucleotide polymorphic site at position 59752 of the bovine PGR gene is associated with improved fertilization rate or early embryo survival. Disclosed are nucleic acid molecules, kits, methods of genotyping and marker assisted bovine breeding methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946865 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08649021 | Montgomery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert M. Montgomery (Indialantic, Florida); Randy L. Carmean (Malabar, Florida); Charles Franklin Middleton, IV (Rockledge, Florida); James G. Tonti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Montgomery (Indialantic, Florida); Randy L. Carmean (Malabar, Florida); Charles Franklin Middleton, IV (Rockledge, Florida); James G. Tonti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing apparatus comprises an excitation source configured to induce waves in a target, and a fiber optic interferometer configured to sense the induced waves in the target. The fiber optic interferometer comprises a probe segment having a probe segment end, and an adjustable coupler configured to permit setting a gap between the probe segment end and the target. A controller is coupled to the adjustable coupler and configured to set the gap between the probe segment end and the target. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102619 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08649022 | Montgomery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert M. Montgomery (Indialantic, Florida); Randy L. Carmean (Malabar, Florida); Charles Franklin Middleton, IV (Rockledge, Florida); James G. Tonti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Montgomery (Indialantic, Florida); Randy L. Carmean (Malabar, Florida); Charles Franklin Middleton, IV (Rockledge, Florida); James G. Tonti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A material sensing apparatus comprises an excitation source configured to induce waves in a workpiece, and an optical waveguide interferometer configured to sense the induced waves in the workpiece. The optical waveguide interferometer comprises a probe segment having a probe segment end, and an adjustable coupler configured to permit setting a gap between the probe segment end and the workpiece. A controller is coupled to the adjustable coupler and configured to set the gap between the probe segment end and the workpiece. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102686 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08646565 | Gray, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic hybrid vehicle includes elements such as a hydraulic pump driven by an internal combustion engine and arranged to draw in low pressure fluid and pump the fluid at high pressure to an accumulator. A hydraulic motor is powered by the pressurized fluid. Safety processes are provided for detecting and addressing a number of conditions that may arise in the operation of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle, including an initialization procedure for start-up of the vehicle, a shut-down procedure, and procedures for detecting and responding to failure of the pump or motor, internal and external fluid leaks, and non-responsive actuation and mode control systems. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/356276 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08647824 | Spormann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford, California); Jochen A. Müller (Baltimore, Maryland); Bettina M. Rosner (Berlin, Germany); Gregory Von Abendroth (Mannheim, Germany); Galit Meshulam-Simon (Los Altos, California); Perry L. McCarty (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided that relate to the bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes, particularly the bioremediation of vinyl chloride by Dehalococcoides-like organisms. An isolated strain of bacteria, Dehalococcoides sp. strain VS, that metabolizes vinyl chloride is provided; the genetic sequence of the enzyme responsible for vinyl chloride dehalogenation; methods of assessing the capability of endogenous organisms at an environmental site to metabolize vinyl chloride; and a method of using the strains of the invention for bioremediation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/294927 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08650213 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed privacy preserving data mining techniques are provided. A first entity of a plurality of entities in a distributed computing environment exchanges summary information with a second entity of the plurality of entities via a privacy-preserving data sharing protocol such that the privacy of the summary information is preserved, the summary information associated with an entity relating to data stored at the entity. The first entity may then mine data based on at least the summary information obtained from the second entity via the privacy-preserving data sharing protocol. The first entity may obtain, from the second entity via the privacy-preserving data sharing protocol, information relating to the number of transactions in which a particular itemset occurs and/or information relating to the number of transactions in which a particular rule is satisfied. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/752708 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08650623 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Claudia Keser (Yorktown Heights, New York); Josyula R. Rao (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to manage risk associated with access to information within a given organization. The overall risk tolerance for the organization is determined and allocated among a plurality of subjects within the organization. Allocation is accomplished using either a centralized, request/response or free market mechanism. As requested from subjects within the organization for access to objects, i.e. information and data, are received, the amount of risk or risk level associated with each requested is quantified. Risk quantification can be accomplished using, for example, fuzzy multi-level security. The quantified risk associated with the access request in combination with the identity of the object and the identity of the subject are used to determine whether or not the request should be granted, denied or granted with appropriated mitigation measures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/623838 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08646319 | Prater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig Prater (Santa Barbara, California); Kevin Kjoller (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Anasys Instruments Corp. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Prater (Santa Barbara, California); Kevin Kjoller (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Dynamic IR radiation power control for use in a nanoscale IR spectroscopy system based on an Atomic Force Microscope. During illumination from an IR source, an AFM probe tip interaction with a sample due to local IR sample absorption is monitored. The power of the illumination at the sample is dynamically decreased to minimize sample overheating in locations/wavelengths where absorption is high and increased in locations/wavelengths where absorption is low to maintain signal to noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660266 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08649932 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Robert W. Foss (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for evaluating a vehicle using infrared data is provided. In particular, evaluation data for the vehicle is obtained, which includes infrared data for a plurality of sides of the vehicle as well as vehicle identification data for distinguishing the vehicle from another vehicle. The infrared data is processed to enhance a set of signal features. Additional non-infrared based data also can be obtained for evaluating the vehicle. The evaluation data is analyzed to determine whether one or more anomalies are present. The anomaly(ies) can be correlated with a possible problem with a component of the vehicle. Data on the anomaly, problem, and/or vehicle identification can be provided for use on another system, such as a remote inspection station, maintenance system, and/or the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/911613 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08648052 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra-Dhawan (Fontana, California); Kathy A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra-Dhawan (Fontana, California); Kathy A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The compositions include EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides as well as anti-EMP2 antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868788 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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 11, 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.
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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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