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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 04, 2014
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| US 08661649 | Urcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manny S. Urcia (Bellevue, Washington); Joseph A. Marshall (Kent, Washington); Douglas A. McCarville (Orting, Washington); Otis F. Layton (Bonney Lake, Washington); Adrian Viisoreanu (Kent, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manny S. Urcia (Bellevue, Washington); Joseph A. Marshall (Kent, Washington); Douglas A. McCarville (Orting, Washington); Otis F. Layton (Bonney Lake, Washington); Adrian Viisoreanu (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacture of antenna electronics attachment is disclosed. A nutplate is coupled to a mounting plate via a plurality of embedded fastening structures such that mechanical-electronic coupling means allow in-service change-out of an electronic component coupled to the nutplate. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/910825 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/592.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661835 | Farah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jorge I. Farah (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jason Hickman (Royal Palm Beach, Florida); Jose Cintron (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge I. Farah (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jason Hickman (Royal Palm Beach, Florida); Jose Cintron (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A bushing for assembling an exhaust duct liner with an exhaust duct in a gas turbine engine comprises a body, a bushing opening and a first tab. The body is insertable into a duct opening in an exhaust duct. The bushing opening extends through the body to receive a shaft of a liner fastener. The first tab protrudes from the body to extend into an interior of the duct to prevent rotation of a head of the liner fastener. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/648061 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/798 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661923 | Willett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Willett (Fairlawn, Ohio); Greg Shaw (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Willett (Fairlawn, Ohio); Greg Shaw (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a sensor interface or network of interfaces that utilizes high-temperature electronics to operate at elevated temperatures for applications that include but are not limited to aircraft and automobile engines, vehicle frames, refineries, nuclear and chemical production plants, and in downhole drilling for petroleum and natural gas. The interface or network provide connectors for a variety of sensors with analog and digital outputs, and can in turn provide data to an automated electronic control system or a monitor. Because the sensor interface may be placed in so-called “hot zones” nearer to the sensors being monitored than other systems that use conventional electronics, the sensor interface can increase noise immunity, increase reliability, decrease cost, reduce weight, and increase space. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445165 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 3/0365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01D 21/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661962 | Hart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery Hart (Landing, New Jersey); Scott Montanio (Wharton, New Jersey); Benjamin Lewin (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Steven McDonald (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Raul Galliano (Secaucus, New Jersey); John N. Gravina (Sparta, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery Hart (Landing, New Jersey); Scott Montanio (Wharton, New Jersey); Benjamin Lewin (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Steven McDonald (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Raul Galliano (Secaucus, New Jersey); John N. Gravina (Sparta, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for mounting an electronics unit, such as a digital pointing device, to a mortar bipod may include a pair of spaced-apart, generally parallel mounting brackets having respective inner faces. A pair of support rails may be fixed to opposite outer edges of the mounting brackets. A pair of support rods may be fixed between opposite lower portions of the mounting brackets. A lower guide rod housing may be fixed to first ends of the support rails. A pair of fire control guide rods may have first ends fixed to the lower guide rod housing. A plurality of shock mounts may have respective bases and tops. The shock mount bases may be fixed to the respective inner faces of the mounting brackets. The electronics unit may include a top plate fixed thereto. A pair of side plates may be fixed to the top plate. The side plates may extend generally perpendicularly from the top plate. The tops of the shock mounts may be fixed to the side plates. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197978 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/37.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661984 | Minnicino, II |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Minnicino, II (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Minnicino, II (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A sabot petal having an axis parallel to or coinciding with the launch axis. The sabot petal is formed from a plurality of stacked sheets of composite material consisting of a fiber reinforcement and a polymer resin matrix. Each composite sheet is in a plane rotationally offset from the meridional plane which is defined by the launch axis and radial axis of the sabot petal's cylindrical coordinate system. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530319 |
| 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 12/521 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662215 | Ohm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, California); Michael Bassett (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. Various head and neck morphologies are provided to allow positioning for various poses such as a stowed pose, observation poses, and inspection poses. Neck extension and actuator module designs are provided to implement various head and neck morphologies. Robot control network circuitry is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/692693 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/9.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662552 | Torres-Jara |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eduardo R. Torres-Jara (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eduardo R. Torres-Jara (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic finger that includes multiple phalanges, each phalange configured to be compliantly actuated. The robotic finger also includes compliant touch sensors that, in combination with the compliant actuation, provides the robotic finger with two levels of compliance. The two levels of compliance enable the robotic finger to gently conform to and manipulate objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027350 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663108 | O'Kane |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara L. O'Kane (Franconia, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara L. O'Kane (Franconia, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, there is disclosed a system and method for rapidly and passively identifying changes in the number of open pores in the skin of an individual in response to a stimulus without contacting the individual. This is accomplished by using a thermal camera that is sensitive in the mid-wave or long-wave infrared (3-5 or 8-14 μmeters) to observe and/or count the number of skin pores opening in response to questions being asked of the individual. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570450 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663156 | Sondeen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jill L. Sondeen (New Braunfels, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill L. Sondeen (New Braunfels, Texas); Guy A. Drew (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system and method for controlling resuscitation in a patient. In at least one embodiment, the invention includes a fluid rate measurer, a controller electrically coupled to the fluid rate measurer, and a pump. The controller is adapted to receive signals from a physiological monitor and controls the pump. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620379 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663365 | Willauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heather D. Willauer (Fairfax Station, Virginia); John Barile (Summit Point, West Virginia); Felice DiMascio (Rock Hill, Connecticut); Dennis R Hardy (Alexandria, Virginia); Frederick Williams (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather D. Willauer (Fairfax Station, Virginia); John Barile (Summit Point, West Virginia); Felice DiMascio (Rock Hill, Connecticut); Dennis R Hardy (Alexandria, Virginia); Frederick Williams (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for recovering carbon dioxide from acidified seawater using a membrane contactor and passing seawater with a pH less than or equal to 6 over the outside of a hollow fiber membrane tube while applying vacuum or a hydrogen sweep gas to the inside of the hollow fiber membrane tube, wherein up to 92% of the re-equilibrated [CO2]T is removed from the natural seawater. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571383 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663374 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Yi Wang (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Tampa, Florida); Yi Wang (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for concentrating aerosol particles can include: a sample air inlet; an enriched aerosol outlet; an aerosol lean outlet; a flow path connecting the air inlet and aerosol rich and aerosol lean outlets; and a plurality of alternately energized and grounded electrode pairs along the flow path. The aerosol rich outlet can be in fluid communication with an aerosol particle capture device. The apparatus can include a sheath air inlet providing a flow of aerosol free air over surfaces of the alternately energized and grounded electrode pairs. The apparatus can include an elongate focusing chamber having a cylindrical shape containing the alternately energized and grounded electrode pairs that are configured as circular rings. The apparatus can include one or more structures configured to impart tangential, spiral or helical flow to a stream entering through the sample air inlet. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566297 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663406 | Aubert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen A. Aubert (Abingdon, Maryland); Brian D. Roos (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Aubert (Abingdon, Maryland); Brian D. Roos (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A insensitive explosive comprises: 34.9 wt % diethylenetriamine trinitrate (DETN), 33.4 wt % ethylenediamine dinitrate (EDD), 25.4 wt % methyl-guanidine (MeNQ), and 6.3 wt % guanidine (NQ). This quaternary eutectic is used in combination with a sensitive explosive. A low melting temperature facilitates melt casting to fill 155 mm artillery shells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540573 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663450 | Kathe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Kathe (Ballston Lake, New York); Joseph Carter (Ballston Spa, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Kathe (Ballston Lake, New York); Joseph Carter (Ballston Spa, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of electrically machining a hole in a conductive work piece may include providing a tool having a conductive tool head in close proximity to the conductive work piece. A voltage may be applied across the tool head and the work piece to create an electric field in the hole at the tool head. The electric field may be asymmetric with respect to the centerline of the hole. The orientation of the hole may be altered by removing material from the work piece using the asymmetric electric field. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949910 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663522 | Orf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas D. Orf (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sylvain Danto (Clemson, South Carolina); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Paris, France); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas D. Orf (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sylvain Danto (Clemson, South Carolina); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Paris, France); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fiber draw synthesis process. The process includes arranging reactants in the solid state in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at a temperature below the melting temperature of the reactants. The fluidized preform is drawn into a fiber thereby bringing the reagents in the proximate domains into intimate contact with one another resulting in a chemical reaction between the reactants thereby synthesizing a compound within the fiber. The reactants may be dissolved or mixed in a host material within the preform. In a preferred embodiment, the reactants are selenium and zinc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271334 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/176.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663548 | Zinn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred A. Zinn (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred A. Zinn (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition may have metal nanoparticles having a diameter of 20 nanometers or less and have a fusion temperature of less than about 220° C. A method of fabricating the metal nanoparticles may include preparing a solvent, adding a precursor with a metal to the solvent, adding a first surfactant, mixing in a reducing agent, and adding in a second surfactant to stop nanoparticle formation. Copper and/or aluminum nanoparticle compositions formed may be used for lead-free soldering of electronic components to circuit boards. A composition may include nanoparticles, which may have a copper nanocore, an amorphous aluminum shell and an organic surfactant coating. A composition may have copper or aluminum nanoparticles. About 30-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter of 20 nanometers or less, and the remaining 70-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter greater than 20 nanometers. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335846 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663625 | Stroock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham D. Stroock (Ithaca, New York); Mario Cabodi (Ithaca, New York); Lawrence Bonassar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham D. Stroock (Ithaca, New York); Mario Cabodi (Ithaca, New York); Lawrence Bonassar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a monolithic biomaterial. The monolithic biomaterial has a primary network of convective flow, microfluidic channels that are embedded in a substrate, where the substrate is diffusively permeable to aqueous solutes. The present invention also relates to a method of making the monolithic biomaterial, as well as methods of using the monolithic biomaterial to facilitate healing of a cutaneous wound of a mammalian subject and of regulating cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251707 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663742 | Kissel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Kissel (Anoka, Minnesota); Charles Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Kissel (Anoka, Minnesota); Charles Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are polymer-aerogel composite coatings, devices and articles including polymer-aerogel composite coatings, and methods for preparing the polymer-aerogel composite. The exemplary article can include a surface, wherein the surface includes at least one region and a polymer-aerogel composite coating disposed over the at least one region, wherein the polymer-aerogel composite coating has a water contact angle of at least about 140° and a contact angle hysteresis of less than about 1°. The polymer-aerogel composite coating can include a polymer and an ultra high water content catalyzed polysilicate aerogel, the polysilicate aerogel including a three dimensional network of silica particles having surface functional groups derivatized with a silylating agent and a plurality of pores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121150 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663778 | Kostar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Daniel Kostar (Nashua, New Hampshire); Douglas Melton Carper (Trenton, Ohio); Suresh Subramanian (Mason, Ohio); James Dale Steible (Mason, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Daniel Kostar (Nashua, New Hampshire); Douglas Melton Carper (Trenton, Ohio); Suresh Subramanian (Mason, Ohio); James Dale Steible (Mason, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional preform, composite components formed with the preform, and processes for producing the preform and composite materials. The three-dimensional preform includes first and second sets of tows containing filaments. Each tow of the first set has a predetermined polygonal cross-sectional shape and is embedded within a temporary matrix. The preform is fabricated from the first and second sets of tows, in which the second set of tows are transverse to the first set of tows, adjacent tows of the second set are spaced apart to define interstitial regions therebetween, and the polygonal cross-sectional shapes of the first set of tows are substantially congruent to the cross-sectional shapes of the interstitial regions so as to substantially fill the interstitial regions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905244 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663852 | Nevin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly Nevin (Amherst, Massachusetts); Derek Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly Nevin (Amherst, Massachusetts); Derek Lovley (Leyden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerobic microbial fuel cell anode electrode, a fuel cell using the anode, and methods of use. An anode electrode having a conductive exterior surface and having sufficient porosity to allow a fuel-bearing liquid flowing in a cavity within the anode to escape and to supply fuel to a biologically active microbe film grown on the exterior of the anode is situated in the fuel cell. When operated in an aerobic environment, such as water, the anode and a cathode can supply electrical power to a load without the need for a semi-permeable membrane between the anode and the cathode. Several embodiments in which the anode electrode is machined from a graphite block or cylinder are described. Conditions for growing the biologically active film and for operating the fuel cell are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/976235 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663917 | Wigler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Wigler (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Robert Lucito (Mineola, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Wigler (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Robert Lucito (Mineola, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It is an object of the present invention to provide a solution to problems associated with the use of microarray technology for the analysis DNA. The present invention provides compositions and methods for the use of simple and compound representations of DNA in microarray technology. The present invention is also directed to methods for the production of High Complexity Representations (HCRs) of the DNA from cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094565 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663918 | Connolly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis M. Connolly (Rochester, New York); Charles DeBoer (Ithaca, New York); Vera Tannous (Penfield, New York); Christopher Kilcoin (Boulder Creek, California); Konstantin Aptekarev (Santa Cruz, California); David B. Bailey (Webster, New York); Richard S. Murante (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Nano-Technologies, Inc. (Henrietta, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Connolly (Rochester, New York); Charles DeBoer (Ithaca, New York); Vera Tannous (Penfield, New York); Christopher Kilcoin (Boulder Creek, California); Konstantin Aptekarev (Santa Cruz, California); David B. Bailey (Webster, New York); Richard S. Murante (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing a sample by utilizing a shearing force in the presence of a size stabilizer to break apart the sample to obtain nucleic acid molecules in a usable size range. Once nucleic acid molecules are obtained, magnetic entanglement particles are used to concentrate and clean the nucleic acid molecules for further testing. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785864 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663932 | Dresios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Dresios (Carlsbad, California); Richard Griffey (Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dresios (Carlsbad, California); Richard Griffey (Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for identifying proteins or peptide motifs of intracellular, extracellular, or extracellular matrix proteins specifically exposed in wound sites, as well as compositions for treating wounds, and methods for their use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332738 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664081 | Farooq et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mukta G. Farooq (Hopewell Junction, New York); Robert Hannon (Wappingers Falls, New York); Subramanian S. Iyer (Mount Kisco, New York); Steven J. Koester (Ossining, New York); Fei Liu (Mount Kisco, New York); Sampath Purushothaman (Yorktown Heights, New York); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York); Roy R. Yu (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mukta G. Farooq (Hopewell Junction, New York); Robert Hannon (Wappingers Falls, New York); Subramanian S. Iyer (Mount Kisco, New York); Steven J. Koester (Ossining, New York); Fei Liu (Mount Kisco, New York); Sampath Purushothaman (Yorktown Heights, New York); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York); Roy R. Yu (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer readable medium is provided that is encoded with a program comprising instructions for performing a method for fabricating a 3D integrated circuit structure. Provided are an interface wafer including a first wiring layer and through-silicon vias, and a first active circuitry layer wafer including active circuitry. The first active circuitry layer wafer is bonded to the interface wafer. Then, a first portion of the first active circuitry layer wafer is removed such that a second portion remains attached to the interface wafer. A stack structure including the interface wafer and the second portion of the first active circuitry layer wafer is bonded to a base wafer. Next, the interface wafer is thinned so as to form an interface layer, and metallizations coupled through the through-silicon vias in the interface layer to the first wiring layer are formed on the interface layer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572037 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664083 | Liang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Di Liang (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Di Liang (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | InP epitaxial material is directly bonded onto a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer having Vertical Outgassing Channels (VOCs) between the bonding surface and the insulator (buried oxide, or BOX) layer. H2O and other molecules near the bonding surface migrate to the closest VOC and are quenched in the buried oxide (BOX) layer quickly by combining with bridging oxygen ions and forming pairs of stable nonbridging hydroxyl groups (Si—OH). Various sizes and spacings of channels are envisioned for various devices. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/359775 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664182 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tso-pang Yao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hitoshi Sasajima (Hokkaido, Japan); Yoshiharu Kawaguchi (Aichi, Japan); Kai Cui (Durham, North Carolina); Chun-Hsiang Lai (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tso-pang Yao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hitoshi Sasajima (Hokkaido, Japan); Yoshiharu Kawaguchi (Aichi, Japan); Kai Cui (Durham, North Carolina); Chun-Hsiang Lai (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth using HDAC10 inhibitors are provided. Methods of treating cancer in a subject using HDAC10 inhibitors are also provided. In certain embodiments, at least one second inhibitor selected from an autophagy inhibitor, an AMPK inhibitor, and methyl pyruvate is also used in the methods. Dose packs comprising HDAC10 inhibitors and at least one second inhibitor are provided. Methods of identifying HDAC10 inhibitors are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/129035 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664612 | Luryi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Serge Luryi (Old Field, New York); Arsen Subashiev (Centereach, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serge Luryi (Old Field, New York); Arsen Subashiev (Centereach, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A scintillator detector of high-energy radiation comprising a semiconductor slab that is composed of alternating layers of barrier and well material. The barrier and well material layers are direct bandgap semiconductors. Bandgap of the well material is smaller than the bandgap of the barrier material. The combined thickness of the well layers is substantially less than the total thickness of said slab. The thickness of the barrier layers is substantially larger than the diffusion length of minority carriers. The thickness of the well layers is sufficiently large to absorb most of the incident scintillating radiation generated in the barrier layers in response to an ionization event from interaction with an incident high-energy particle. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316706 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664699 | Nuzzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph G. Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); Keon Jae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Dahl-Young Khang (Urbana, Illinois); Yugang Sun (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zhengtao Zhu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801868 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664807 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland A. Gilbert (Milford, New Hampshire); Michael D. Blazej (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland A. Gilbert (Milford, New Hampshire); Michael D. Blazej (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for distributing the power of an electromagnetic signal is presented. In one embodiment, a power distribution cavity includes, a planar cavity, input ports and output ports. The planar cavity is formed with a metallic sheet in the shape of a star pattern with a plurality of elongated star arms extending from a round center portion of the metallic sheet. The input ports are attached to the round center portion of the metallic sheet for receiving an input signal. The signals entering the cavity from the input ports creating independent resonant modes within the cavity that combine producing a tapered aperture distribution of signals at the output ports. The output ports are attached near to the outward ends of the elongated star arms. The planar cavity is thus configured to propagate electromagnetic fields at the output ports that were excited within the cavity by the input ports. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985877 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664977 | Di et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jia Di (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Christopher Smith (Rogers, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Di (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Christopher Smith (Rogers, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-threshold null convention logic circuit. The circuit includes a first circuit, a first high-threshold transistor coupled to Vcc, and an inverter receiving power from the first high-threshold transistor, driven by the first circuit, and including an output. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479706 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665034 | Ainspan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for improved tuning control of varactor circuits are disclosed. For example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of varactors for tuning a frequency value. The plurality of varactors comprises approximately sqrt(2N) varactors, where N is a number of tuning steps and the plurality of varactors are respectively sized as 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, . . . , approximately sqrt(2N)x, and where x is a unit of capacitance. A given one of the N tuning steps may be represented by more than one combination of varactors. This may be referred to as redundant numbering. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245409 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665040 | Chappell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Chappell (Lafayette, Indiana); Dimitrios Peroulis (West Lafayette, Indiana); JuSeop Lee (West Lafayette, Indiana); Eric J. Naglich (Lafayette, Indiana); Hjalti H. Sigmarsson (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Chappell (Lafayette, Indiana); Dimitrios Peroulis (West Lafayette, Indiana); JuSeop Lee (West Lafayette, Indiana); Eric J. Naglich (Lafayette, Indiana); Hjalti H. Sigmarsson (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A field programmable filter array with high spectral isolation and reconfigurability. A bank of resonators can be programmed at will and on the fly to give any type of filtering response. The order, type and bandwidth of the filter are electronically reconfigured. Each subset of resonators can switch between bandstop and bandpass configurations and form custom filter shapes consisting of combinations of bandstop and bandpass filters. The filter can include a unit cell of a resonator with a series of switches to enable coupling to any of its nearest neighbors. The path in which the flow of energy takes through the array of resonators is dynamic, and the filtering function which is created is dialable on demand. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/044295 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665055 | McHenry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. McHenry (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianguo Long (San Jose, California); Vladimir Keylin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David E Laughlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph Huth (Butler, Pennsylvania); Edward Conley (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. McHenry (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianguo Long (San Jose, California); Vladimir Keylin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David E Laughlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph Huth (Butler, Pennsylvania); Edward Conley (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses a soft magnetic amorphous alloy and a soft magnetic nanocomposite alloy formed from the amorphous alloy. Both alloys comprise a composition expressed by the following formula: (Fe1-x-yCoxMy)100-a-b-cTaBbNc where, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni and Mn; T is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, W, Ta, Zr, Hf, Ti, Cr, Cu, Mo, V and combinations thereof, and the content of Cu when present is less than or equal to 2 atomic %; N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, C, P and Al; and 0.01≦x+y≦0.5; 0≦y≦0.4; 1≦a≦5 atomic %; 10≦b≦30 atomic %; and 0≦c≦10 atomic %. A core, which may be used in transformers and wire coils, is made by charging a furnace with elements necessary to form the amorphous alloy, rapidly quenching the alloy, forming a core from the alloy; and heating the core in the presence of a magnetic field to form the nanocomposite alloy. The resulting nanocomposite alloy of the core comprises the amorphous alloy having embedded therein, fine grain nanocrystalline particles, about 90% of which are 20 nm in any dimension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310595 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665063 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dongning Guo (Chicago, Illinois); Jun Luo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongning Guo (Chicago, Illinois); Jun Luo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system including a number of wireless communication nodes spaced apart from one another. The nodes are structured to transmit and receive unique signatures. A neighborhood of nodes may be discovered based on the unique signatures. |
| FILED | Monday, September 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924413 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/5.610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665132 | Ranney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth I. Ranney (Rockville, Maryland); Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey P. Sichina (Ocean View, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth I. Ranney (Rockville, Maryland); Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey P. Sichina (Ocean View, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for generating images from projection data comprising: at least one processor for processing input data, the input data comprising positional data and image data, the image data comprising frequency data for a pre-determined number k frequencies the at least one processor operating to: a) set the frequency data to zero for a predetermined percentage of the k frequencies to form modified frequency data; b) form a preliminary image comprising an array of retained pixel values based upon first positional data and the modified frequency data; c) set the frequency data to zero for a predetermined percentage of the k frequencies to form modified frequency data; d) form a modified image comprising an array of pixels based upon the positional data and the modified frequency data; e) compare the retained array of pixel values to the pixel values of the modified image formed at step (d); f) retain the minimum pixel value at each pixel location to form an image comprising minimum pixel values; g) repeat steps (c) through (f) for L iterations each time retaining an array of pixel values; h) output the image of retained pixel values. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046250 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665266 | Vandrovec |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan Vandrovec (Great Mills, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Vandrovec (Great Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for optimizing a tile mesh for a surface in a level-of-detail hierarchy includes obtaining a plurality of elevation values for an elevation grid of the surface, downsampling the elevation grid to a resolution based on a minimum edge size for triangles of the tile mesh as determined by a level-of-detail parameter, encoding the elevation grid into a linearized quadtree of virtual nodes, iteratively optimizing the quadtree according to an adaptive sampling pattern based on one or more prioritized split tests; and converting the optimized linearized quadtree into a tile mesh. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821812 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665334 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darin Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a system and method for blur-calibration of an imaging sensor using a moving constellation are generally described herein. In some embodiments, blur-calibration of an imaging sensor includes moving a known target pattern across the field-of view (FOV) of the imaging sensor to present the target pattern across different frames at different pixel phases. Frames of images of the moving target pattern as seen in the FOV of the imaging sensor are captured to generate image data output. The image data output may be subsequently processed to generate data products representative of a shape of a point-spread function (PSF) from a high-resolution composite image generated from the captured frames. A chopper modulation may be applied to the moving target sequence and separate chopper-open and chopper-closed composite images are created. The PSF may be determined based on the difference between the chopper-open and chopper-closed composite images. The PSF may specify the shape of blur at one or more locations in the FOV. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/214683 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665361 | Rangarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prasanna Rangarajan (Dallas, Texas); Vikrant R. Bhakta (Dallas, Texas); Marc P. Christensen (McKinney, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prasanna Rangarajan (Dallas, Texas); Vikrant R. Bhakta (Dallas, Texas); Marc P. Christensen (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for capturing super-resolved images includes a camera and a projector. The projector projects a spatially periodic illumination pattern onto the scene to be captured. The spatially periodic illumination patterns may include any pattern or combination of patterns that result in complex modulation. The objects of the scene modulate the spatially periodic illumination patterns, shifting high spatial frequencies into the passband of the camera's optical transfer function. The images may be demodulated, and the demodulated components may be combined with un-modulated components. The resulting image has characteristics of the high spatial frequencies previously beyond the optical passband of the camera. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785334 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665421 | Owen, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph M. Owen, III (Derry, New Hampshire); Peter Russo (Nashua, New Hampshire); Jeffrey Minch (Nashua, New Hampshire); Kevin Larochelle (Goffstown, New Hampshire); Kenneth Dinndorf (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Owen, III (Derry, New Hampshire); Peter Russo (Nashua, New Hampshire); Jeffrey Minch (Nashua, New Hampshire); Kevin Larochelle (Goffstown, New Hampshire); Kenneth Dinndorf (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser-based infrared countermeasure (IRCM) system is disclosed. The IRCM system includes a set of receive optics, a dichroic filter, first and second detectors, a lens module and a laser. Receive optics are configured to receive optical information. The lens module reflects the optical information from the receive optics to the dichroic filter. The dichroic filter selectively splits the optical information to the first and second detectors. The first and second detectors, each of which is formed by a single-pixel detector, detects a potential missile threat from the optical information. Based on information collected by the first and second detectors, the laser sends laser beams to neutralize any missile threat. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762860 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665519 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372794 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/491.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665578 | Pelrine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Joseph S. Eckerle (Woodside, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Scott E. Stanford (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Joseph S. Eckerle (Woodside, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Scott E. Stanford (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354293 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/234 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665715 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abhrajit Ghosh (Edison, New Jersey); Alexander Poylisher (Brooklyn, New York); Ricardo Martija (Bel Air, Maryland); Ritu Chadha (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Latha Kant (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhrajit Ghosh (Edison, New Jersey); Alexander Poylisher (Brooklyn, New York); Ricardo Martija (Bel Air, Maryland); Ritu Chadha (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Latha Kant (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Network management for providing and managing Quality of Service (QoS) in converged networks, and particularly management of bursty, short-lived data loads, in an opaque network where knowledge of or control over network elements is not required. Preferential treatment is provided to some subset of the network users that require better QoS assurances from the underlying network by applying probabilistic admission control decisions in conjunction with estimated network state provides improved performance for high priority data with bursty data loads. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112254 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665915 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Shyam S. Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Shyam S. Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser apparatus uses a dysprosium doped chalcogenide glass fiber. The glass fiber has a laser pump operatively connected to it. The chalcogenide glass fiber is located in a laser cavity including one or more reflective elements such as a Bragg grating, a Bragg minor, a grating, and a non-doped fiber end face. The apparatus provides laser light output at a wavelength of about 4.3 μm to about 5.0 μm at a useful power level using laser light input at a wavelength of from about 1.7 μm to about 1.8 μm. Also disclosed is a method for providing laser light output at a wavelength of about 4.3 μm to about 5.0 μm using the apparatus of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249325 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665918 | Creeden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Creeden (Nashua, New Hampshire); Peter A. Budni (Nashua, New Hampshire); Peter A. Ketteridge (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Creeden (Nashua, New Hampshire); Peter A. Budni (Nashua, New Hampshire); Peter A. Ketteridge (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for providing high power, wavelength tunable, laser radiation, the system comprising: a plurality of seeder sources, each the source of the plurality having a different seeder wavelength; a Ytterbium doped amplifier chain, receiving radiation from the plurality of seeder sources and at least one pump source; a second harmonic generator communicating with the Ytterbium doped amplifier chain, the second harmonic generator comprising converting radiation of the seeder wavelength into radiation of a second harmonic wavelength; and wherein the second harmonic generator comprises a crystal having a plurality of grating segments, wherein each grating segment converts radiation of a different wavelength. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/408053 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665923 | Sprangle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip A. Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia); Joseph R. Penano (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Marlan O. Scully (Bryan, Texas); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Bahman Hafizi (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip A. Sprangle (Great Falls, Virginia); Joseph R. Penano (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Marlan O. Scully (Bryan, Texas); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland); Bahman Hafizi (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser pulse from an ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) is fired into the atmosphere. The USPL pulse is configured to generate a plasma filament at a predefined target in the atmosphere, in which free, or “seed,” electrons are generated by multi-photon or tunneling ionization of the air molecules in the filament. A second pulse is fired into the atmosphere to form a heater beam that impinges on the plasma filament and thermalizes the seed electrons within the plasma filament, leading to the collisional excitation of the electrons in the filament. The excited electrons collisionally excite various electronic and vibrational states of the air molecules in the filament, causing population inversions and lasing, e.g., exciting the C3Πu→B3Πg(v=0→0) transition of the N2 in the atmosphere to cause lasing at 337 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/334172 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666114 | Schloegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Schloegel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Valerie Guralnik (Mound, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ben Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schloegel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Valerie Guralnik (Mound, Minnesota); Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ben Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes at least one memory unit and at least one processing unit. The memory unit is configured to receive and store information associated with a particular geographical region. The processing unit configured to execute a computer program for discretizing an image of the geographical region into a plurality of sub-regions. Using these sub-regions, the processing unit may generate a graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges in which the nodes comprise the sub-regions. The processing unit may also geospatially partition an image of the geographical region according to the information that is associated with each of the sub-regions. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/308711 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are presented for estimating the velocity field based on a multi-image frame sequence having an integer number M frames, M is greater than two, in which a set of M−1 displaced frame difference (DFD) equations is solved including a motion compensated prediction (MCP) equation, M−2 motion compensated interpolation (MCI) equations for solving a velocity field at a first time using a set of iteration equations to determine a velocity field, and 2×(M−2) conservative velocity constraint (CVC) equations for solving a velocity field at times t2, . . . , tM−1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324039 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shiqiong Susan Young (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shiqiong Susan Young (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for improving picture quality of color images by combing the content of a plurality of frames of the same subject; comprising: at least one processor; the at least one processor comprising a memory for storing a plurality of frames of a subject; the at least one processor operating to combine the content of plurality of frames of the subject into a combined color image by performing: a process in which at least two multicolored frames are converted to monochromatic predetermined color frames; a gross shift process in which the gross shift translation of one monochromatic predetermined color frame is determined relative to a reference monochromatic predetermined color frame; a subpixel shift process utilizing a correlation method to determine the translational and/or rotational differences of one monochromatic predetermined color frame to the reference monochromatic predetermined color frame to estimate sub-pixel shifts and/or rotations between the frames; and an error reduction process to determine whether the resolution of the resulting combined color image is of sufficient resolution; the error reduction process comprising applying at least one spatial frequency domain constraint and at least one spatial domain constraint to the combined color image to produce at least one high-resolution full color image. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973667 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666470 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Pawel Rowinski (Austin, Texas); Benjamin Feldman (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Pawel Rowinski (Austin, Texas); Benjamin Feldman (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to membranes composed liquid crystals having continuous aqueous channels, such as a lyotropic liquid crystal, including a cubic phase lyotropic liquid crystal, and to electrochemical sensors equipped with such membranes. The membranes are useful in limiting the diffusion of an analyte to a working electrode in an electrochemical sensor so that the sensor does not saturate and/or remains linearly responsive over a large range of analyte concentrations. Electrochemical sensors equipped with membranes of the present invention demonstrate considerable sensitivity and stability, and a large signal-to-noise ratio, in a variety of conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/568799 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666471 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Jason Amsden (Eddington, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Jason Amsden (Eddington, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are implantable biomedical devices, methods of administering implantable biomedical devices, methods of making implantable biomedical devices, and methods of using implantable biomedical devices to actuate a target tissue or sense a parameter associated with the target tissue in a biological environment. Each implantable biomedical device comprises a bioresorbable substrate, an electronic device having a plurality of inorganic semiconductor components supported by the bioresorbable substrate, and a barrier layer encapsulating at least a portion of the inorganic semiconductor components. Upon contact with a biological environment the bioresorbable substrate is at least partially resorbed, thereby establishing conformal contact between the implantable biomedical device and the target tissue in the biological environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892001 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666547 | Cheung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth C. Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts); Ara Knaian (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth C. Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts); Ara Knaian (Newton, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular automotion digital material is useable for rapid prototyping and fabrication of continuous string conformations and two- or three-dimensional shapes through actuation of a string, surface, or volume composed of identical discrete units. Each unit is an actuated joint having a single degree of freedom. The actuated joint includes a two-part actuator having an inner active portion and an outer passive portion that are controllably rotatable relative to each other, the outer portion being configured to fit within the housing of an adjacent cellular automotion unit, and a linkage element that includes a main strut and a housing and is connected to the actuator by a pin connector. The housing is configured to house the actuator of an adjacent cellular automation unit, and the opening in the strut is rotated about the axis of symmetry of the cellular automotion unit relative to the opening in the housing so that the alignment of the cellular automotion unit will be rotated with respect to the alignment of any adjacent unit. The cellular automotion unit may include an on-board processor for controlling actuation of the cellular automotion unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732184 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666725 | Och |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz Josef Och (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz Josef Och (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system with a nonstatistical translation component integrated with a statistical translation component engine. The same corpus may be used for training the statistical engine and also for determining when to use the statistical engine and when to use the translation component. This training may use probabilistic techniques. Both the statistical engine and the translation components may be capable of translating the same information, however the system determines which component to use based on the training. Retraining can be carried out to add additional components, or when after additional translator training. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/107304 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666988 | Parthasarathy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method to configure a network of classifiers includes configuring a plurality of classifiers in a network of classifiers, such that the configuring associates a plurality of operating points with each output branch, associating a different quality profile with each output point for each output branch in the plurality of classifiers, and storing the configured network of classifiers and quality profile associations in the computer system to be used for classifying future input data according to the network configuration and quality profile association. Each classifier comprises executable code that classifies the data. Each of said classifiers has a plurality of the output branches that each output the data to another classifier. Each operating point comprises a probability of determining that a data item input to the classifier has a particular characteristic and a probability that said determination falsely detected the characteristic. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466101 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667206 | Irizarry |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Luis Irizarry (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Luis Irizarry (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for interfacing multiple inputs and outputs in a control system is provided. A digital input/output system provides a localized interface between multiple operator consoles and at least one output device to coordinate and monitor the operation of the at least one output device. The digital input/output system includes an interface device which re-routes discrete lines to and from the operator consoles and output devices and eliminates conflicting signals sent from the operator consoles to the output devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723140 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667332 | Bharadwaj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raj M. Bharadwaj (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Darryl G. Busch (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Daniel P. Johnson (Fridley, Minnesota); Ranjana Ghosh (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj M. Bharadwaj (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Darryl G. Busch (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Daniel P. Johnson (Fridley, Minnesota); Ranjana Ghosh (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for optimizing a diagnostic reasoner model, for use in connection with a diagnostic system for testing a system under test of an aircraft, includes the steps of querying for a plurality of primary indicators, further querying for a plurality of supplemental indicators, and updating the diagnostic reasoner model based at least in part on the supplemental indicators. The primary indicators identify one or more potential faults in the system under test. Each supplemental indicator provides information either validating or invalidating a particular primary indicator or association of primary indicators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739372 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David T. Hill (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Hill (Bedford, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented system for testing electronic equipment where a plurality of types of systems can be tested using a single test specification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149858 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Afshin S. Daryoush (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Peter A. Lewin (Wyndmoor, New Jersey); Rupa Gopinath Minasamudram (Bangalore, India); Mahmoud A. El-Sherif (Narberth, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Afshin S. Daryoush (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Peter A. Lewin (Wyndmoor, New Jersey); Rupa Gopinath Minasamudram (Bangalore, India); Mahmoud A. El-Sherif (Narberth, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is detecting changes in pressure in a medium, with an optical fiber having a core diameter at an immersion surface contact of the fiber of less than 10 μm; a layer of material deposited on said end of the fiber, the material being of a thickness of from about 2 nm to about 10 nm. Also disclosed is detecting pressure waves in a medium comprising: contacting the medium with a fiber optic, the fiber integrated with a light source and a detector, the fiber optic having a diameter of less than 10 μm at an immersion surface contact of the fiber; providing a thin layer of material on the immersion surface contact, wherein said thin layer of material is of a thickness in a range of from about 2 nm to about 10 nm; and detecting Fresnel back reflections from the immersion end of the fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150906 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663491 | Strouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645888 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663563 | Savran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cagri Savran (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Li Chang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zhenwen Ding (Santa Clara, California); Babak Ziaie (W. Lafayette, Indiana); Andrew Ellington (Austin, Texas); Venkata Naga Lakshmi Rekha Patchigolla (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cagri Savran (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chun-Li Chang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zhenwen Ding (Santa Clara, California); Babak Ziaie (W. Lafayette, Indiana); Andrew Ellington (Austin, Texas); Venkata Naga Lakshmi Rekha Patchigolla (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A reflective diffractometric hydrogel sensor includes an upper layer, including a microfluidic chamber formed from a substantially transparent material and configured to contain a solution, a reflective diffraction grating positioned within the microfluidic chamber, the diffraction grating including a plurality of hydrogel strips configured to change in dimension in response to a stimulus, each hydrogel strip having a top surface coated with a reflective material and a bottom surface in contact with the upper layer substrate, and a reflective surface below the reflective diffraction grating wherein when a coherent light is incident upon and reflected from the upper layer at an angle substantially normal to the upper layer an interference diffraction pattern results, including a first diffraction mode, a light intensity of which indicates the relative distance between the top surfaces of the plurality of hydrogel strips and the reflective surface. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311307 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663604 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quoc-Thang Nguyen (San Diego, California); David Kleinfeld (La Jolla, California); Lee F. Schroeder (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quoc-Thang Nguyen (San Diego, California); David Kleinfeld (La Jolla, California); Lee F. Schroeder (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for in vivo detection of a biochemical substance in an animal by culturing neurofluocytes that stably express a receptor of the biochemical substances by transfecting cells with cDNA of the receptor and a tag that will emit a detectable energy in the presence of the biochemical substance, implanting the neurofluocyte into the animal's brain; and detecting the energy emission of the tag. In a first embodiment, the biochemical substance is a neurotransmitter, the tag is a fluophore, and the step of detecting includes forming an opening in the animal's skull and optically detecting fluorescent emissions using a two-photon laser scanning microscope. Multiple biochemical substances can be simultaneously detected by culturing neurofluocytes that express different receptors and have different fluophor tags that produce fluorescent signals at distinguishable wavelengths. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676912 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663617 | Herman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira M Herman (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of wounds in a mammalian subject. Particularly, the invention relates to novel polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids that stimulate keratinocyte and endothelial cell motility and/or proliferation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652889 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663622 | Perera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liyanage P. Perera (Kensington, Maryland); Thomas A. Waldmann (Silver Spring, Maryland); Sang-Kon Oh (Baltimore, Maryland); Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liyanage P. Perera (Kensington, Maryland); Thomas A. Waldmann (Silver Spring, Maryland); Sang-Kon Oh (Baltimore, Maryland); Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions capable of augmenting the immunogenicity of a vaccine. The composition, or adjuvant, is administered to a mammal in need thereof in sequential or concurrent combination with a vaccine antigen. In one preferred aspect, the adjuvant is provided in the form of a recombinant poxvirus vector, such as a vaccinia virus vector, which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding IL-15. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/538974 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663624 | Schaffer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David V. Schaffer (Danville, California); Ryan R. Klimczak (Berkeley, California); James T. Koerber (Oakland, California); John G. Flannery (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David V. Schaffer (Danville, California); Ryan R. Klimczak (Berkeley, California); James T. Koerber (Oakland, California); John G. Flannery (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/253760 |
| 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 424/93.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663627 | Anversa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Piero Anversa (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Medical College (Valhalla, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Piero Anversa (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions, and kits for repairing damaged myocardium and/or myocardial cells including the administration cytokines are disclosed and claimed. Methods and compositions for the development of large arteries and vessels are also disclosed and claimed. The present application also discloses and claims methods and media for the growth, expansion, and activation of human cardiac stem cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/913631 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663649 | Garg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nisha J. Garg (League city, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nisha J. Garg (League city, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are vaccine compositions for control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease. The compositions comprise plasmids encoding o GPI-anchored genes ASP-2, TcG-1, TcG2 and TcG4 from Trypanosoma cruzi; plasmids encoding cytokines IL12 and GM-CSF; and plasmids encoding a gene expression system. Certain vaccine compositions comprise recombinant proteins, selected from TcG-1, TcG2 and TcG4 from Trypanosoma cruzi. In another vaccination strategy, the recombinant proteins are replaced by lysates comprising Trypanosoma rangeli cells. Further provided herein are diagnosis compositions comprising 1) recombinant proteins, selected from TcG-1, TcG2 and TcG4 from Trypanosoma cruzi; 2) antibodies that specifically binds the TcG-1, TcG2 and TcG4 proteins; 3) sense and antisense polynucleotide sequences that encode the TcG-1, TcG2 and TcG4 proteins. Said compositions can be used in diagnosing and/or evaluating efficacy of treatments against Trypanosoma cruzi infection. A diagnosis kit, and methods of diagnosing and/or treating Trypanosoma cruzi infection are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135621 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/191.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663654 | Pier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald B. Pier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Julia Wang (Brookline, Massachusetts); David McKenney (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald B. Pier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Julia Wang (Brookline, Massachusetts); David McKenney (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin (PS/A) of staphylococci. The PS/A may be isolated or synthesized and includes various modifications to the structure of native PS/A based on the chemical characterization of PS/A. The invention also relates to the use of the PS/A as a vaccine for inducing active immunity to infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, other related coagulase-negative staphylococci and organisms carrying the ica (intracellular adhesin) locus, and to the use of antibodies directed to PS/A for inducing passive immunity to the same class of infections. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645220 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/243.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663912 | Sadler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Evan Sadler (St. Louis, Missouri); Joshua Muia (St. Louis, Missouri); Weiqiang Gao (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Evan Sadler (St. Louis, Missouri); Joshua Muia (St. Louis, Missouri); Weiqiang Gao (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are fluorogenic substrates for measuring ADAMTS13 activity or ADAMTS13 inhibitor activity. Substrates can comprise an oligopeptide which can consist of up to 80 amino acids of sequence of von Willebrand Factor (VWF). The oligopeptide can include modifications of sequence of VWF, including an amino-terminal glycine, a scissile Y-M peptide, and a cysteine substitution located from 1 to 12 amino acids from the scissile Y-M in the carboxy terminal direction. A substrate can further comprise a fluorophore and a fluorescence quencher bound to the oligopeptide on opposite sides of the scissile Y-M peptide, wherein the fluorescence quencher is not identical to the fluorophore. An oligopeptide can be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which can also encode a His tag. An oligopeptide can be expressed in a cell or microorganism. Also disclosed are methods of using a fluorogenic substrate to measure ADAMTS13 activity or ADAMTS13 inhibitor activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/552272 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663917 | Wigler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Wigler (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Robert Lucito (Mineola, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Wigler (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Robert Lucito (Mineola, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It is an object of the present invention to provide a solution to problems associated with the use of microarray technology for the analysis DNA. The present invention provides compositions and methods for the use of simple and compound representations of DNA in microarray technology. The present invention is also directed to methods for the production of High Complexity Representations (HCRs) of the DNA from cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094565 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663926 | Boyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anne E. Boyer (Atlanta, Georgia); Conrad P. Quinn (Lilburn, Georgia); John R. Barr (Suwanee, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne E. Boyer (Atlanta, Georgia); Conrad P. Quinn (Lilburn, Georgia); John R. Barr (Suwanee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | One major problem in diagnosis methods presently available for anthrax is that these methods require several days to produce a result. The only existing treatment for anthrax requires administration soon after infection at a time when patients are exhibiting only mild flu-like symptoms. Thus, a patient may be days beyond the time when treatment would be effective by the time a diagnosis is made. The present invention reduces diagnosis time to as little as four hours providing same day identification of anthrax radically increasing the odds of delivering proper treatment and patient recovery. The rapid identification of anthrax lethal factor activity exhibited by the instant invention is also amenable to in vivo screening protocols for the discovery and development of anthrax vaccines and lethal factor inhibitors. The instant invention isolates and concentrates lethal factor and lethal toxin from nearly any biological sample. By capitalizing on the endopeptidase activity of lethal factor the present invention amplifies output signals producing reliable detection of picomolar concentrations of lethal factor. The instant invention involves novel purification and detection techniques and substrates for rapid, reproducible, and quantitative measurements of anthrax lethal factor in biological samples. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/675233 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663940 | Granoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Jo Anne Welsch (Berkeley, California); Joyce Plested (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Jo Anne Welsch (Berkeley, California); Joyce Plested (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for assessing bactericidal antibodies in a biological sample by use of human fresh whole blood from a non-immune human as a reaction medium for the assay. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133907 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663950 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiang Chen (Chandler, Arizona); Huafang Lai (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Chen (Chandler, Arizona); Huafang Lai (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the plant-based production of a therapeutic antibody against West Nile Virus. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521431 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663968 | Switzer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William M. Switzer (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas M. Folks (Lithonia, Georgia); Nathan D. Wolfe (Los Angeles, California); Donald S. Burke (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David M. Sintasath (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Switzer (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas M. Folks (Lithonia, Georgia); Nathan D. Wolfe (Los Angeles, California); Donald S. Burke (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David M. Sintasath (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are the simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 subtype D (STLV-3 subtype D), isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding STLV-3 subtype D polypeptides, such as STLV-3 subtype D envelope, protease, polymerase, tax, rex, and capsid polypeptides, isolated polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acids. Methods are also disclosed for detecting STLV-3 subtype D, for example by detecting a STLV-3 subtype D nucleic acid or polypeptide in the sample. Accordingly, probes, primers, and antibodies for use in detecting STLV-3 subtype D nucleic acids or polypeptides are disclosed. Therapeutic compositions which included isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a STLV-3 subtype D polypeptides or isolated polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/600995 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664177 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuqing E. Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Changyong Xue (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jifeng Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuqing E. Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Changyong Xue (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jifeng Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to peptide compositions and methods of using the peptide compositions to treat prediabetes, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371042 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664183 | Arya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bira Arya (Ellicott City, Maryland); Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bira Arya (Ellicott City, Maryland); Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that SPANX-B is uniquely expressed in a number of human tumors and that SPANX-B is an immunogenic antigen that is recognized by human T cells inducing helper CD4+ and cytolytic CD8+ T cell responses. Specific SPANX-B polypeptides and polynucleotides are disclosed that can be used to generate an immune response. In several embodiments, these polypeptides can be used for the treatment of a variety of cancers, including melanoma, colon carcinoma, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, myeloma, lung carcinoma and renal cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/203042 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 08664192 | Croce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of reducing spontaneous mutation rate of a cell in a subject in need thereof by reducing endogenous levels of miR-155 are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/414084 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664193 | de Fougerolles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Akin Akinc (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Akin Akinc (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the Factor VII gene. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619657 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664206 | DeLuca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hector F. DeLuca (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Agnieszka Flores (Madison, Wisconsin); Pawel Grzywacz (Madison, Wisconsin); Lori A. Plum (Arena, Wisconsin); Margaret Clagett-Dame (Deerfield, Wisconsin); James B. Thoden (Madison, Wisconsin); Hazel M. Holden (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hector F. DeLuca (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Agnieszka Flores (Madison, Wisconsin); Pawel Grzywacz (Madison, Wisconsin); Lori A. Plum (Arena, Wisconsin); Margaret Clagett-Dame (Deerfield, Wisconsin); James B. Thoden (Madison, Wisconsin); Hazel M. Holden (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula I are provided where X1, X2, and X3 are independently selected from H or hydroxy protecting groups. Such compounds may be used in preparing pharmaceutical compositions and are useful in treating a variety of biological conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344987 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664212 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Yuefeng Peng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Haiying Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qian Cai (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jianfeng Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Su Qiu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Yuefeng Peng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Haiying Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qian Cai (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jianfeng Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Su Qiu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to diazo bicyclic mimetics of Smac which function as inhibitors of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins. The invention also relates to the use of these mimetics for inducing apoptotic cell death and for sensitizing cells to inducers of apoptosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557804 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664260 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Han-Je Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han-Je Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a bacteriochlorin is carried out by condensing a pair of compounds of Formula II to produce the bacteriochlorin, wherein R is an acetal or aldehyde group. The condensing may be carried out in an organic solvent, preferably in the presence of an acid. The bacteriochlorins are useful for a variety of purposes such as active agents in photodynamic therapy, luminescent compounds in flow cytometry, solar cells, light harvesting arrays, and molecular memory devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443085 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664266 | Vasioukhin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valeri I. Vasioukhin (Seattle, Washington); John R. Chevillet (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for preventing or attenuating cancer progression or blocking metastasis in prostate cancer and other cancers (e.g., ovarian carcinoma, endometrial cancer, renal cell carcinoma) that are characterized by overexpression of the type II cell surface serine protease hepsin, based on the discovery of multiple disclosed compounds having activity as specific hepsin inhibitors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/874301 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664274 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Tove Bolken (N. Keizer, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Thomas R. Bailey (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Tove Bolken (N. Keizer, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Thomas R. Bailey (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain novel sulfonyl semicarbazides, carbonyl semicarbazides, semicarbazides, ureas and related compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by hemorrhagic fever viruses is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Arenaviridae (Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, Lassa, Tacaribe, Pinchinde, and VSV), Filoviridae (ebola and Marburg viruses), Flaviviridae (yellow fever, omsk hemorrhagic fever and Kyasanur Forest disease viruses), and Bunyaviridae (Rift Valley fever). |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176866 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/615 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664276 | Watt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Watt (Lexington, Kentucky); Chunming Liu (Lexington, Kentucky); Vitaliy M. Sviripa (Lexington, Kentucky); Wen Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Watt (Lexington, Kentucky); Chunming Liu (Lexington, Kentucky); Vitaliy M. Sviripa (Lexington, Kentucky); Wen Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Stilbene analogs and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the treatment of various cancers, including without limitation, colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer are disclosed. Such stilbene analogs include, for example, compounds of the following formula: wherein Ra, Rb, R4, R6, R7, R9 and R10 are all H; R2 and R3 are independently H, halo, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, N-oxides of dialkylamino, arylalkylamino, trialkylammonium, mercapto, alkylthio, alkanoyl, nitro, nitrosyl, cyano, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryl, heteroaryl, sulfonyl, sulfonamide, CONR11R12, NR11CO(R13), NR11COO(R13) or NR11CONR12R13; R11, R12 and R13, are independently, H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or a fluorine; R8 is NRCRdZ wherein Rc is H, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, Rd is an alkyl group, Z is a an unshared pair of electrons, H, alkyl or oxygen; and R1 and R5 are halogen. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360109 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664279 | Millward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Niki Zacharias Millward (Bellaire, Texas); Pratip Bhattacharya (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Niki Zacharias Millward (Bellaire, Texas); Pratip Bhattacharya (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present embodiments disclose the preparation of hyperpolarized 13C dialkyl succinate compounds and hyperpolarized 13C dialkyl fumarate compounds and their use in real time, in vivo metabolic imaging of the TCA cycle. |
| FILED | Sunday, July 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539456 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664363 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaitherburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarran Jones (Radlett, United Kingdom); David G. Williams (Epsom, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are chimeric and humanized versions of anti-CD22 mouse monoclonal antibody, HB22.7, which comprise human or humanized framework regions of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (“VH”) and light chain variable region (“VK”). The FW regions may contain one or more backmutations in which a human FW residue is exchanged for the corresponding residue present in the parental mouse heavy or light chain. The human or humanized VH framework regions may comprise one or more of the following residues: a valine at position 24 of FW1, a glycine at position 49 of FW2, and an asparagine at position 73 of FW3, numbered according to Kabat. Further provided are pharmaceutical and immunotherapeutic compositions, and methods using anti-CD22 antibodies that preferably mediate human ADCC, CDC, and/or apoptosis for: the treatment of B cell diseases in humans, including B cell malignancies, autoimmune disease, GVHD, humoral rejection, and post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781009 |
| 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 08664364 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brigitte F. Schmidt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan S. Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Peter B. Berget (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Marcel P. Bruchez (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jonathan W. Jarvik (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brigitte F. Schmidt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher S. Szent-Gyorgyi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan S. Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Peter B. Berget (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Marcel P. Bruchez (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jonathan W. Jarvik (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or structures within a cell. The biosensors may provide a signal when the biosensor is targeted and/or in response to a property of the cell or organism such as membrane potential, ion concentration or enzyme activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/524328 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664470 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor L. Perez (Pinecrest, Florida); Joe G. Hollyfield (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Robert G. Salomon (Mayfield Village, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor L. Perez (Pinecrest, Florida); Joe G. Hollyfield (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Robert G. Salomon (Mayfield Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of producing a non-human mammal having one or more pathological characteristics of retinal degeneration and/or age-related macular degeneration. In particular, the invention provides a method of producing a non-human mammal having age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The invention is also directed to non-human animals produced by the methods described herein. Methods of identifying an agent for use in inhibiting one or more pathological characteristics of retinal degeneration and/or AMD is also encompassed by the invention. Also provided is a method of treating AMD in an individual in need thereof comprising, administering to the individual an agent identified herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/256274 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666128 | Chaney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward L. Chaney (Efland, North Carolina); Stephen Pizer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lester Kwock (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Eric Wallen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William Hyslop (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert Broadhurst (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Chaney (Efland, North Carolina); Stephen Pizer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lester Kwock (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Eric Wallen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William Hyslop (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert Broadhurst (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for mapping a model of an object comprising an anatomical structure in a planning image and an intervention target region within it to intervention-guiding image data are disclosed. According to one method, an initial medial representation object model (m-rep) of an object comprising an anatomical structure is created based on image data of at least a first instance of the object. A patient-specific m-rep is created by deforming the initial m-rep based on planning image data of at least a second instance of the object, wherein the at least second instance of the object is associated with the patient. An intervention target region within the m-rep is identified in an image registered with the planning image. The patient-specific m-rep is correlated to the intervention-guiding image data of the at least second instance of the object, deformed from the planning image. The intervention target region is transferred to the intervention-guiding image according to the transformation between the m-rep in the planning image and the m-rep in the intervention-guiding image. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/738572 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666500 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an electrode array for neural stimulation. In particular it is an electrode array for use with a visual prosthesis with the electrode array suitable to be positioned on the retina. The array includes multiple attachment points to provide for even pressure across the electrode array surface. The attachment points are arranged so as to not damage retinal tissue stimulated by the electrode array. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946735 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666501 | Kilgard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MicroTransponder, Inc. (Austin, Texas); The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroTransponder, Inc. (Austin, Texas); The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Kilgard (Richardson, Texas); Navzer Engineer (Plano, Texas); David Michael Pierce (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating tinnitus comprising measuring a patient's hearing, determining the patient's hearing loss and the patient's tinnitus frequency using the measurements of the patient's hearing, programming a clinical controller with the measurements of the patient's hearing, selecting a plurality of therapeutic tones, where the therapeutic tones are selected to be at least a half-octave above or below of the patient's tinnitus frequency, setting an appropriate volume for each of the plurality of tones, repetitively playing each of the plurality of therapeutic tones, and pairing a vagus nerve stimulation pulse train with each playing of a therapeutic tone, thereby reducing the patient's perception of tinnitus. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/673764 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08661779 | Laster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter R. Laster (Oviedo, Florida); Weidong Cai (Oviedo, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, California); Kyle L. Landry (Winter Park, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter R. Laster (Oviedo, Florida); Weidong Cai (Oviedo, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, California); Kyle L. Landry (Winter Park, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector (36) for alternate fuels (26A, 26B) with different energy densities. Vanes (47B) extend radially from a fuel delivery tube structure (20B) with first and second fuel supply channels (19A, 19B). Each vane has first and second radial passages (21A, 21B) communicating with the respective fuel supply channels, and first and second sets of apertures (23A, 23B). The first fuel supply channel, first radial passage, and first apertures form a first fuel delivery pathway providing a first fuel flow rate at a given fuel delivery pathway backpressure that is essentially common to both sets of fuel delivery pathway apertures. The second fuel supply channel, second radial passage, and second apertures form a second fuel delivery pathway providing a second fuel flow rate that may be at least 1 about twice the first fuel flow rate at the given fuel delivery pathway backpressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/356131 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661808 | Bollinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, efficiency of energy storage and recovery systems employing compressed air and liquid heat exchange is improved via control of the system operation and/or the properties of the heat-exchange liquid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556637 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662008 | Abas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emmanuel Abas (Sta. Rosa, Philippines); Luca Pavani (Gilroy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel Abas (Sta. Rosa, Philippines); Luca Pavani (Gilroy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact edge coating apparatus applies coating material to an edge of a non-circular solar cell substrate without physical contact. The apparatus may include a rotatable substrate support configured to hold the substrate. The apparatus may further include an applicator configured to receive a coating material and apply the coating material to an edge of the substrate while the substrate is rotated without any portion of the applicator physically touching the edge of the substrate. The substrate support may be mechanically coupled to a cam, which contacts a follower mechanically coupled to the applicator. A variety of coating materials may be employed with the apparatus including hot melt ink and UV curable plating resist. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/069030 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662160 | DeWitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald A. DeWitt (Katy, Texas); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Daryl L. Grubb (Littleton, Colorado); Ryan P. McKay (Littleton, Colorado); William C. Gray (Parker, Colorado); Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Lance D. Underwood (Morrison, Colorado); Paul D. Deutch (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald A. DeWitt (Katy, Texas); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Daryl L. Grubb (Littleton, Colorado); Ryan P. McKay (Littleton, Colorado); William C. Gray (Parker, Colorado); Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Lance D. Underwood (Morrison, Colorado); Paul D. Deutch (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a mobile high power laser system and conveyance structure for delivering high power laser energy to and for performing high power laser operations in remote and difficult to access locations. There is further provide such systems with high power laser, handling equipment and conveyance equipment that are configured to avoid exceeding the maximum bending radius of high power optical fibers used with the conveyance structures. There are also provided embodiments of the conveyance structures having channels, lines and passages for delivering materials such as fluids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210581 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/77.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662175 | Karanikas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a tar sands formation includes providing heat to at least part of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. The heat is allowed to transfer from the heaters to at least a portion of the formation. A viscosity of one or more zones of the hydrocarbon layer is assessed. The heating rates in the zones are varied based on the assessed viscosities. The heating rate in a first zone of the formation is greater than the heating rate in a second zone of the formation if the viscosity in the first zone is greater than the viscosity in the second zone. Fluids are produced from the formation through the production wells. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/105997 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662205 | Wassell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Ellsworth Wassell (Kingswood, Texas); William Evans Turner (Durham, Connecticut); Daniel E. Burgess (Middletown, Connecticut); Carl Allison Perry (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APS Technology, Inc. (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ellsworth Wassell (Kingswood, Texas); William Evans Turner (Durham, Connecticut); Daniel E. Burgess (Middletown, Connecticut); Carl Allison Perry (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for damping vibration in a drill string can include a valve assembly having a supply of a fluid, a first member, and a second member capable of moving in relation to first member in response to vibration of the drill bit. The first and second members define a first and a second chamber for holding the fluid. Fluid can flow between the first and second chambers in response to the movement of the second member in relation to the first member. The valve assembly can also include a coil or a valve for varying a resistance of the fluid to flow between the first and second chambers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557072 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663361 | Krumhansl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Rigali (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Rigali (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Approaches for alkali metal extraction, sequestration and recovery are described. For example, a method of recovering alkali metals includes providing a CST or CST-like (e.g., small pore zeolite) material. The alkali metal species is scavenged from the liquid mixture by the CST or CST-like material. The alkali metal species is extracted from the CST or CST-like material. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096751 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/743 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663742 | Kissel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Kissel (Anoka, Minnesota); Charles Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Kissel (Anoka, Minnesota); Charles Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are polymer-aerogel composite coatings, devices and articles including polymer-aerogel composite coatings, and methods for preparing the polymer-aerogel composite. The exemplary article can include a surface, wherein the surface includes at least one region and a polymer-aerogel composite coating disposed over the at least one region, wherein the polymer-aerogel composite coating has a water contact angle of at least about 140° and a contact angle hysteresis of less than about 1°. The polymer-aerogel composite coating can include a polymer and an ultra high water content catalyzed polysilicate aerogel, the polysilicate aerogel including a three dimensional network of silica particles having surface functional groups derivatized with a silylating agent and a plurality of pores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121150 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663958 | King et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul King (Golden, Colorado); Maria Lucia Ghirardi (Golden, Colorado); Michael Seibert (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul King (Golden, Colorado); Maria Lucia Ghirardi (Golden, Colorado); Michael Seibert (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides oxygen-resistant iron-hydrogenases ([Fe]-hydrogenases) for use in the production of H2. Methods used in the design and engineering of the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases are disclosed, as are the methods of transforming and culturing appropriate host cells with the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases. Finally, the invention provides methods for utilizing the transformed, oxygen insensitive, host cells in the bulk production of H2 in a light catalyzed reaction having water as the reactant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/360756 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663965 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (El Sauzal, Spain); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (El Sauzal, Spain); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl6, and the corresponding BGL6 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL6, recombinant BGL6 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456063 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664095 | Javey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Javey (Emeryville, California); Yu-Lun Chueh (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Zhiyong Fan (Clear Water Bay, China Hong Kong) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Javey (Emeryville, California); Yu-Lun Chueh (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Zhiyong Fan (Clear Water Bay, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | Direct growth of black Ge on low-temperature substrates, including plastics and rubber is reported. The material is based on highly dense, crystalline/amorphous core/shell Ge nanoneedle arrays with ultrasharp tips (˜4 nm) enabled by the Ni catalyzed vapor-solid-solid growth process. Ge nanoneedle arrays exhibit remarkable optical properties. Specifically, minimal optical reflectance (<1%) is observed, even for high angles of incidence (˜75°) and for relatively short nanoneedle lengths (˜1 μm). Furthermore, the material exhibits high optical absorption efficiency with an effective band gap of ˜1 eV. The reported black Ge can have important practical implications for efficient photovoltaic and photodetector applications on nonconventional substrates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332743 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664143 | Worsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Thomas Yong-Jin Han (Livermore, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Octavio Cervantes (Tracy, California); Alexander E. Gash (Brentwood, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Thomas Yong-Jin Han (Livermore, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Octavio Cervantes (Tracy, California); Alexander E. Gash (Brentwood, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal oxide-carbon composite includes a carbon aerogel with an oxide overcoat. The metal oxide-carbon composite is made by providing a carbon aerogel, immersing the carbon aerogel in a metal oxide sol under a vacuum, raising the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to atmospheric pressure, curing the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol at room temperature, and drying the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to produce the metal oxide-carbon composite. The step of providing a carbon aerogel can provide an activated carbon aerogel or provide a carbon aerogel with carbon nanotubes that make the carbon aerogel mechanically robust. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281185 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664150 | Mann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas R. Mann (Rigby, Idaho); Troy J. Tranter (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas R. Mann (Rigby, Idaho); Troy J. Tranter (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing a metal oxide are disclosed. The method comprises dissolving a metal salt in a reaction solvent to form a metal salt/reaction solvent solution. The metal salt is converted to a metal oxide and a caustic solution is added to the metal oxide/reaction solvent solution to adjust the pH of the metal oxide/reaction solvent solution to less than approximately 7.0. The metal oxide is precipitated and recovered. A method of producing adsorption media including the metal oxide is also disclosed, as is a precursor of an active component including particles of a metal oxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725142 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664298 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania); Sau Pei Lee (Edison, New Jersey); Robert Iezzi (Stone Harbor, New Jersey); Daniel E. Eberly (Mine Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI Corporation (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania); Sau Pei Lee (Edison, New Jersey); Robert Iezzi (Stone Harbor, New Jersey); Daniel E. Eberly (Mine Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase separated self-healing polymeric wood coatings having a “biphasic” thermoset/thermoplastic morphology to achieve self-healing. The biphasic structure has: (i) a major “load-bearing” thermoset phase that has superior strength and performs major mechanical and structural functions, and (ii) a “self-healing” phase of a thermoplastic healing agent to repair the material and restore its mechanical and structural integrity after being damaged. The phase-separated morphology is achieved through phase separation via a reaction process. Methodologies for achieving the above mentioned “biphasic” structure in solvent borne thermally cured resin, waterborne resin, and solvent borne UV-curable resin are described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210321 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664305 | Benko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Andrew Benko (Munroe Falls, Ohio); Bruce Raymond Hahn (Hudson, Ohio); Martin Paul Cohen (Fairlawn, Ohio); Shawn Matthew Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Nicole Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Andrew Benko (Munroe Falls, Ohio); Bruce Raymond Hahn (Hudson, Ohio); Martin Paul Cohen (Fairlawn, Ohio); Shawn Matthew Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Nicole Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to functionalized lignin, rubber compositions which contain functionalized lignin and to products which have at least one component comprised of such rubber composition. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684231 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664335 | Koros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William John Koros (Atlanta, Georgia); Adam Michal Kratochvil (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William John Koros (Atlanta, Georgia); Adam Michal Kratochvil (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to thermally crosslinked polymeric compositions and methods of making thermally crosslinked polymeric compositions. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a composition comprising: a first polymer comprising a first repeat unit, the first repeat unit comprising a carboxyl group, wherein the first polymer crosslinks to a second polymer formed from a second repeat unit, and wherein the first polymer crosslinks to the second polymer without formation of an ester group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/999009 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664529 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jy-An Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fei Ren (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dominic F. Lee (Knoxville, Tennessee); Hao Jiang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jy-An Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fei Ren (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dominic F. Lee (Knoxville, Tennessee); Hao Jiang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are several examples of an apparatus for connecting the free ends of two electrical power transmission lines having conductor strands disposed around a central, reinforcing core. The examples include an inner sleeve having a body defining an inner bore passing through an axially-extending, central axis, an outer rim surface disposed radially outward from the central bore, and one or more axially-extending grooves penetrating the body at the outer rim surface. Also included is an outer splice having a tubular shaped body with a bore passing coaxially through the central axis, the bore defining an inner rim surface for accepting the inner sleeve. The inner bore of the inner sleeve accepts the reinforcement cores of the two conductors, and the grooves accept the conductor strands in an overlapping configuration so that a majority of the electrical current flows between the overlapped conductor strands when the conductors are transmitting electrical current. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360882 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664577 | Ghanbari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheryl M. Ghanbari (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory J. Kolb (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheryl M. Ghanbari (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory J. Kolb (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies described herein pertain to evaluating a beam reflected by a heliostat. A portable target that has an array of sensors mounted thereupon is configured to capture the beam reflected by the heliostat. The sensors in the array output measured values indicative of a characteristic of the beam reflected by the heliostat. Moreover, a computing device can generate and output data corresponding to the beam reflected by the heliostat based on the measured values indicative of the characteristic of the beam received from the sensors in the array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238431 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/203.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664608 | Clonts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lloyd G. Clonts (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald G. Cooper (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Morris Lowell Crow, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Bruce W. Hannan (Maryville, Tennessee); Jason P. Hodges (Knoxville, Tennessee); John D. Richards (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard A. Riedel (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd G. Clonts (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald G. Cooper (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Morris Lowell Crow, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Bruce W. Hannan (Maryville, Tennessee); Jason P. Hodges (Knoxville, Tennessee); John D. Richards (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard A. Riedel (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are sensors and methods for detecting thermal neutrons. Provided is an apparatus having a scintillator for absorbing a neutron, the scintillator having a back side for discharging a scintillation light of a first wavelength in response to the absorbed neutron, an array of wavelength-shifting fibers proximate to the back side of the scintillator for shifting the scintillation light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, the wavelength-shifting fibers being disposed in a two-dimensional pattern and defining a plurality of scattering plane pixels where the wavelength-shifting fibers overlap, a plurality of photomultiplier tubes, in coded optical communication with the wavelength-shifting fibers, for converting the light of the second wavelength to an electronic signal, and a processor for processing the electronic signal to identify one of the plurality of scattering plane pixels as indicative of a position within the scintillator where the neutron was absorbed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/510362 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664629 | Bowen, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas); Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas); Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Boron cage compound-containing materials for shielding and absorbing neutrons. The materials include BCC-containing composites and compounds. BCC-containing compounds comprise a host polymer and a BCC attached thereto. BCC-containing composites comprise a mixture of a polymer matrix and a BCC filler. The BCC-containing materials can be used to form numerous articles of manufacture for shielding and absorbing neutrons. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210985 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/516.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664630 | Metzger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bert Clayton Metzger (Seaford, Virginia); Paul Daniel Brindza (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Clayton Metzger (Seaford, Virginia); Paul Daniel Brindza (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal neutron shield comprising boron shielding panels with a high percentage of the element Boron. The panel is least 46% Boron by weight which maximizes the effectiveness of the shielding against thermal neutrons. The accompanying method discloses the manufacture of boron shielding panels which includes enriching the pre-cursor mixture with varying grit sizes of Boron Carbide. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068597 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/518.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664699 | Nuzzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph G. Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); Keon Jae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Dahl-Young Khang (Urbana, Illinois); Yugang Sun (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zhengtao Zhu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801868 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664853 | Montgomery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Montgomery (Dayton, Maryland); R. Lawrence Ives (San Mateo, California); Louis R. Falce (Surprise, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (San Mateo, California); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Montgomery (Dayton, Maryland); R. Lawrence Ives (San Mateo, California); Louis R. Falce (Surprise, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoelectric cathode has a work function lowering material such as cesium placed into an enclosure which couples a thermal energy from a heater to the work function lowering material. The enclosure directs the work function lowering material in vapor form through a low diffusion layer, through a free space layer, and through a uniform porosity layer, one side of which also forms a photoelectric cathode surface. The low diffusion layer may be formed from sintered powdered metal, such as tungsten, and the uniform porosity layer may be formed from wires which are sintered together to form pores between the wires which are continuous from the a back surface to a front surface which is also the photoelectric surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/587200 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/542 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664963 | Reese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Reese (Golden, Colorado); Arrelaine Dameron (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Kempe (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Reese (Golden, Colorado); Arrelaine Dameron (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Kempe (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A test device for measuring permeability of a barrier material. An exemplary device comprises a test card having a thin-film conductor-pattern formed thereon and an edge seal which seals the test card to the barrier material. Another exemplary embodiment is an electrical calcium test device comprising: a test card an impermeable spacer, an edge seal which seals the test card to the spacer and an edge seal which seals the spacer to the barrier material. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842770 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665049 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Miller (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Miller (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one graphene layer is formed to laterally surround a tube so that the basal plane of each graphene layer is tangential to the local surface of the tube on which the graphene layer is formed. An electrically conductive path is provided around the tube for providing high conductivity electrical path provided by the basal plane of each graphene layer. The high conductivity path can be employed for high frequency applications such as coupling coils for wireless power transmission to overcome skin depth effects and proximity effects prevalent in high frequency alternating current paths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526662 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666235 | Powell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael R. Powell (Kennewick, Washington); Greg A. Whyatt (West Richland, Washington); Daniel T. Howe (Pasco, Washington); Matthew S. Fountain (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Powell (Kennewick, Washington); Greg A. Whyatt (West Richland, Washington); Daniel T. Howe (Pasco, Washington); Matthew S. Fountain (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The efficiency and effectiveness of apparatuses for vaporizing and combusting liquid fuel can be improved using thermal conductors. For example, an apparatus having a liquid fuel vaporizer and a combustion chamber can be characterized by a thermal conductor that conducts heat from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The thermal conductor can be a movable member positioned at an insertion depth within the combustion chamber that corresponds to a rate of heat conduction from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The rate of heat conduction can, therefore, be adjusted by positioning the movable member at a different insertion depth. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945305 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric resistance heating devices 392/386 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666471 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Jason Amsden (Eddington, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Jason Amsden (Eddington, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are implantable biomedical devices, methods of administering implantable biomedical devices, methods of making implantable biomedical devices, and methods of using implantable biomedical devices to actuate a target tissue or sense a parameter associated with the target tissue in a biological environment. Each implantable biomedical device comprises a bioresorbable substrate, an electronic device having a plurality of inorganic semiconductor components supported by the bioresorbable substrate, and a barrier layer encapsulating at least a portion of the inorganic semiconductor components. Upon contact with a biological environment the bioresorbable substrate is at least partially resorbed, thereby establishing conformal contact between the implantable biomedical device and the target tissue in the biological environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892001 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666472 | Maltz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan S. Maltz (Oakland, California); Thomas F. Budinger (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Maltz (Oakland, California); Thomas F. Budinger (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A “relaxoscope” (100) detects the degree of arterial endothelial function. Impairment of arterial endothelial function is an early event in atherosclerosis and correlates with the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An artery (115), such as the brachial artery (BA) is measured for diameter before and after several minutes of either vasoconstriction or vasorelaxation. The change in arterial diameter is a measure of flow-mediated vasomodification (FMVM). The relaxoscope induces an artificial pulse (128) at a superficial radial artery (115) via a linear actuator (120). An ultrasonic Doppler stethoscope (130) detects this pulse 10-20 cm proximal to the point of pulse induction (125). The delay between pulse application and detection provides the pulse transit time (PTT). By measuring PTT before (160) and after arterial diameter change (170), FMVM may be measured based on the changes in PTT caused by changes in vessel caliber, smooth muscle tone and wall thickness. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/362326 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666922 | Hohimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan E. Hohimer (West Richland, Washington); Frank L. Greitzer (Richland, Washington); Shawn D. Hampton (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan E. Hohimer (West Richland, Washington); Frank L. Greitzer (Richland, Washington); Shawn D. Hampton (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Information processing systems, reasoning modules, and reasoning system design methods are described. According to one aspect, an information processing system includes working memory comprising a semantic graph which comprises a plurality of abstractions, wherein the abstractions individually include an individual which is defined according to an ontology and a reasoning system comprising a plurality of reasoning modules which are configured to process different abstractions of the semantic graph, wherein a first of the reasoning modules is configured to process a plurality of abstractions which include individuals of a first classification type of the ontology and a second of the reasoning modules is configured to process a plurality of abstractions which include individuals of a second classification type of the ontology, wherein the first and second classification types are different. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/051979 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667265 | Hamlet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason R. Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason R. Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection and deterrence of device tampering and subversion by substitution may be achieved by including a cryptographic unit within a computing device for binding multiple hardware devices and mutually authenticating the devices. The cryptographic unit includes a physically unclonable function (“PUF”) circuit disposed in or on the hardware device, which generates a binding PUF value. The cryptographic unit uses the binding PUF value during an enrollment phase and subsequent authentication phases. During a subsequent authentication phase, the cryptographic unit uses the binding PUF values of the multiple hardware devices to generate a challenge to send to the other device, and to verify a challenge received from the other device to mutually authenticate the hardware devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908131 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667501 | 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 | Performing a local barrier operation with parallel tasks executing on a compute node including, for each task: retrieving a present value of a counter; calculating, in dependence upon the present value of the counter and a total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a base value of the counter, the base value representing the counter's value prior to any task joining the local barrier; calculating, in dependence upon the base value and the total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a target value, the target value representing the counter's value when all tasks have joined the local barrier; joining the local barrier, including atomically incrementing the value of the counter; and repetitively, until the present value of the counter is no less than the target value of the counter: retrieving the present value of the counter and determining whether the present value equals the target value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/206590 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667502 | 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 | Performing a local barrier operation with parallel tasks executing on a compute node including, for each task: retrieving a present value of a counter; calculating, in dependence upon the present value of the counter and a total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a base value, the base value representing the counter's value prior to any task joining the local barrier; calculating, in dependence upon the base value and the total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a target value of the counter, the target value representing the counter's value when all tasks have joined the local barrier; joining the local barrier, including atomically incrementing the value of the counter; and repetitively, until the present value of the counter is no less than the target value of the counter: retrieving the present value of the counter and determining whether the present value equals the target value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683616 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08661663 | Wolfe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural probe includes a probe, wherein a tip of the probe is tapered; an insulating layer covering the probe, and one or more metallic traces, wherein the metallic traces are provide along the length of the probe. The probe also includes one or more contacts provided on the tip of the probe, wherein each of the one or more metallic traces terminates at the one or more contacts, and the one or more contacts provide an array of nanosized metallic pillars. The neural probe may also incorporate a lightguide. The lightguide may include an insulating layer providing a first cladding layer on the probe, a core layer provided on top of the first cladding layer, wherein the metallic traces and contacts are provided in the core layer with a core material, and a second cladding layer provided on top of the core layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032152 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/847 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661808 | Bollinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, efficiency of energy storage and recovery systems employing compressed air and liquid heat exchange is improved via control of the system operation and/or the properties of the heat-exchange liquid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556637 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08661905 | Ume et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ifeanyi Charles Ume (Atlanta, Georgia); Abel Valdes (Miami, Florida); Jie Gong (Atlanta, Georgia); Razid Ahmad (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ifeanyi Charles Ume (Atlanta, Georgia); Abel Valdes (Miami, Florida); Jie Gong (Atlanta, Georgia); Razid Ahmad (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-contact microelectronic device inspection systems and methods are discussed and provided. Some embodiments include a method of generating a virtual reference device (or chip). This approach uses a statistics to find devices in a sample set that are most similar and then averages their time domain signals to generate the virtual reference. Signals associated with the virtual reference can then be correlated with time domain signals obtained from the packages under inspection to obtain a quality signature. Defective and non-defective devices are separated by estimating a beta distribution that fits a quality signature histogram of inspected packages and determining a cutoff threshold for an acceptable quality signature. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/942047 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/643 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662764 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Andrew Schultz (Atlanta, Georgia); Jun Ueda (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of controlling a gaze direction of a camera, the camera is placed on a top surface of a substrate that is pivotally coupled to a frame, wherein a movement arm depends downwardly from the substrate. The movement arm is moved with two spaced apart amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators that are affixed to the frame and coupled to the movement arm by deforming the amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators as a result of applying a voltage thereto, thereby changing an angular orientation of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918109 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663286 | Bowden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anton E. Bowden (Lindon, Utah); Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah); Peter A. Halverson (Alpine, Utah); Eric M. Stratton (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anton E. Bowden (Lindon, Utah); Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah); Peter A. Halverson (Alpine, Utah); Eric M. Stratton (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A spinal implant comprises a plurality of contiguous segments, said plurality of contiguous segments configured to apply a torque to a degenerate spinal segment in any of three orthogonal axes. At least one mounting connection is configured to connect said spinal implant to a mounting mechanism, said mounting mechanism being configured to attach said spinal implant to said degenerate spinal segment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/709240 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663447 | Bocarsly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew B. Bocarsly (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Emily Barton Cole (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to various embodiments of an environmentally beneficial method for reducing carbon dioxide. The methods in accordance with the invention include electrochemically or photoelectrochemically reducing the carbon dioxide in a divided electrochemical cell that includes an anode, e.g., an inert metal counterelectrode, in one cell compartment and a metal or p-type semiconductor cathode electrode in another cell compartment that also contains an aqueous solution of an electrolyte and a catalyst of one or more substituted or unsubstituted aromatic amines to produce therein a reduced organic product. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680890 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663491 | Strouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey F. Strouse (Tallahassee, Florida); Derek D. Lovingood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645888 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663495 | Rostro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bertha Catalina Rostro (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertha Catalina Rostro (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, the present provides a heat transfer medium that includes, but is not limited to a base fluid, a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotubes, and a gelling formulation formed of an amine surfactant, an intercalating agent, and an oxygen-bearing solvent. The heat transfer medium is adapted for improved thermal conductivity with respect to the base fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/677802 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663522 | Orf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas D. Orf (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sylvain Danto (Clemson, South Carolina); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Paris, France); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas D. Orf (Somerville, Massachusetts); Sylvain Danto (Clemson, South Carolina); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Paris, France); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fiber draw synthesis process. The process includes arranging reactants in the solid state in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at a temperature below the melting temperature of the reactants. The fluidized preform is drawn into a fiber thereby bringing the reagents in the proximate domains into intimate contact with one another resulting in a chemical reaction between the reactants thereby synthesizing a compound within the fiber. The reactants may be dissolved or mixed in a host material within the preform. In a preferred embodiment, the reactants are selenium and zinc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271334 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/176.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663625 | Stroock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham D. Stroock (Ithaca, New York); Mario Cabodi (Ithaca, New York); Lawrence Bonassar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham D. Stroock (Ithaca, New York); Mario Cabodi (Ithaca, New York); Lawrence Bonassar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a monolithic biomaterial. The monolithic biomaterial has a primary network of convective flow, microfluidic channels that are embedded in a substrate, where the substrate is diffusively permeable to aqueous solutes. The present invention also relates to a method of making the monolithic biomaterial, as well as methods of using the monolithic biomaterial to facilitate healing of a cutaneous wound of a mammalian subject and of regulating cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251707 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663686 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Narayan Bhattarai (Seattle, Washington); Frederick A. Matsen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Narayan Bhattarai (Seattle, Washington); Frederick A. Matsen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions comprising an interpolymer of chitosan and polyethylene glycol, wherein the interpolymer is a liquid below 25° C. and a gel above 35° C. The present invention also provides methods for using the compositions to deliver drugs to a living body over time. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/124916 |
| 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 424/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663784 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Eungnak Han (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides structures including a substrate, a crosslinked polymer film disposed over the substrate, and a patterned diblock copolymer film disposed over the crosslinked polymer film. The crosslinked polymer comprises a random copolymer polymerized from a first monomer, a second monomer, and a photo-crosslinkable and/or thermally crosslinkable third monomer, including epoxy-functional or acrylyol-functional monomers. Also disclosed are methods for forming the structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659824 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/195.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663918 | Connolly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis M. Connolly (Rochester, New York); Charles DeBoer (Ithaca, New York); Vera Tannous (Penfield, New York); Christopher Kilcoin (Boulder Creek, California); Konstantin Aptekarev (Santa Cruz, California); David B. Bailey (Webster, New York); Richard S. Murante (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Nano-Technologies, Inc. (Henrietta, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Connolly (Rochester, New York); Charles DeBoer (Ithaca, New York); Vera Tannous (Penfield, New York); Christopher Kilcoin (Boulder Creek, California); Konstantin Aptekarev (Santa Cruz, California); David B. Bailey (Webster, New York); Richard S. Murante (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing a sample by utilizing a shearing force in the presence of a size stabilizer to break apart the sample to obtain nucleic acid molecules in a usable size range. Once nucleic acid molecules are obtained, magnetic entanglement particles are used to concentrate and clean the nucleic acid molecules for further testing. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785864 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663927 | Daunert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sylvia Daunert (Lexington, Kentucky); Sapna K. Deo (Fishers, Indiana); Patrizia Pasini (Lexington, Kentucky); Anjali Kumari Struss (San Diego, California); Harohalli Shashidhar (Lexington, Kentucky); Deborah R. Auer Flomenhoft (Lexington, Kentucky); Nilesh Raut (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvia Daunert (Lexington, Kentucky); Sapna K. Deo (Fishers, Indiana); Patrizia Pasini (Lexington, Kentucky); Anjali Kumari Struss (San Diego, California); Harohalli Shashidhar (Lexington, Kentucky); Deborah R. Auer Flomenhoft (Lexington, Kentucky); Nilesh Raut (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently-disclosed subject matter provides systems, methods, and kits for diagnosing and/or monitoring a bacteria-related condition of interest in a subject by providing a cell sensing system, each system containing a reporter molecule capable of detecting binding of a quorum sensing molecule and capable of generating a detectable signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676287 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664356 | Gellman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel Helmer Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Li Guo (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Michael Giuliano (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Helmer Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Li Guo (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Michael Giuliano (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds and methods, for example, to carry out organocatalytic Michael additions of aldehydes to cyclically constrained nitroethylene compounds catalyzed by a proline derivative to provide cyclically constrained α-substituted-γ-nitro-aldehydes. The reaction can be rendered enantioselective when a chiral pyrrolidine catalyst is used, allowing for Michael adducts in nearly optically pure form (e.g., 96 to >99% e.e.). The Michael adducts can bear a single substituent or dual substituents adjacent to the carbonyl. The Michael adducts can be efficiently converted to cyclically constrained protected γ-amino acid residues, which are essential for systematic conformational studies of γ-peptide foldamers. New methods are also provided to prepare other γ-amino acids and peptides. These new building blocks can be used to prepare foldamers, such as α/γ-peptide foldamers, that adopt specific helical conformations in solution and in the solid state. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904942 |
| 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 530/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664419 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides, but is not limited to, methods of using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having repeat units of the formula M2(DHTP) (M is a divalent metal ion; DHTP=2,5-dihydroxyterephthalate) for acetylene storage. Also provided are compositions of the same formula and acetylene, e.g., an acetylene storage material comprising [M2(DHTP)]n and acetylene. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068075 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664471 | Bevis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brooke Bevis (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin Glick (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brooke Bevis (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin Glick (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid compositions encoding rapidly maturing fluorescent proteins, as well as non-aggregating versions thereof (and mutants thereof) as well as the proteins encoding the same, are provided. The proteins of interest are proteins that are fluorescent, where this feature arises from the interaction of two or more residues of the protein. The subject proteins are further characterized in that, in certain embodiments, they are mutants of wild type proteins that are obtained either from non-bioluminescent Cnidarian, e.g., Anthozoan, species or are obtained from Anthozoan non-Pennatulacean (sea pen) species. In certain embodiments, the subject proteins are mutants of wild type Discosoma sp. “red” fluorescent protein. Also of interest are proteins that are substantially similar to, or mutants of, the above specific proteins. Also provided are fragments of the nucleic acids and the peptides encoded thereby, as well as antibodies to the subject proteins and transgenic cells and organisms. The subject protein and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of different applications. Finally, kits for use in such applications, e.g., that include the subject nucleic acid compositions, are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/844064 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08664640 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth A. Coe-Sullivan (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Seth A. Coe-Sullivan (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory device can include an active layer that has a selectable lateral conductivity. The layer can include a plurality of nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/958659 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665055 | McHenry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. McHenry (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianguo Long (San Jose, California); Vladimir Keylin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David E Laughlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph Huth (Butler, Pennsylvania); Edward Conley (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. McHenry (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jianguo Long (San Jose, California); Vladimir Keylin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David E Laughlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph Huth (Butler, Pennsylvania); Edward Conley (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses a soft magnetic amorphous alloy and a soft magnetic nanocomposite alloy formed from the amorphous alloy. Both alloys comprise a composition expressed by the following formula: (Fe1-x-yCoxMy)100-a-b-cTaBbNc where, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni and Mn; T is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, W, Ta, Zr, Hf, Ti, Cr, Cu, Mo, V and combinations thereof, and the content of Cu when present is less than or equal to 2 atomic %; N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, C, P and Al; and 0.01≦x+y≦0.5; 0≦y≦0.4; 1≦a≦5 atomic %; 10≦b≦30 atomic %; and 0≦c≦10 atomic %. A core, which may be used in transformers and wire coils, is made by charging a furnace with elements necessary to form the amorphous alloy, rapidly quenching the alloy, forming a core from the alloy; and heating the core in the presence of a magnetic field to form the nanocomposite alloy. The resulting nanocomposite alloy of the core comprises the amorphous alloy having embedded therein, fine grain nanocrystalline particles, about 90% of which are 20 nm in any dimension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310595 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665144 | Venkatachalam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Cuong M. Nguyen (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dmitri N. Moisseev (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Cuong M. Nguyen (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dmitri N. Moisseev (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide for improved estimation of environmental parameters in a dual-polarization radar system. In some embodiments, environmental parameters can be estimated using a linear combination of data received in two orthogonal polarization states. In particular, embodiments of the invention improve ground clutter and noise mitigation in dual polarization radar systems. Moreover, embodiments of the invention also provide for systems to determine the differential reflectivity and/or the magnitude of the co-polar correlation coefficient and the differential phase in a dual polarization radar system. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/387839 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666180 | Sen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Aliakbar Darabi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradeep Sen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Aliakbar Darabi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressed sensing can be mapped to a more general set of problems in computer graphics and computer imaging. Representation of a rendered scene in the formulation y=A{circumflex over (x)} produces higher-quality rendering with less samples than previous approaches. A filter formulation Φ makes point samples compatible with wavelet and therefore allows reconstruction of 2-D images from a set of measured pixels (point samples). |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/512951 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666723 | Xie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fei Xie (Portland, Oregon); Kai Cong (Portland, Oregon); Li Lei (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei Xie (Portland, Oregon); Kai Cong (Portland, Oregon); Li Lei (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention are configured to permit development and validation of a device driver or a device application program by using improved virtual devices. Such improved virtual devices facilitate driver development without use of real devices or hardware prototypes. The present invention also may be configured to permit advanced validation of a device-driver combination that would be difficult to achieve even with a real device. Certain embodiments also may detect inconsistencies between virtual and real devices, which may be used to improve drivers and device application programs and increase compatibility of such drivers and device application programs with real devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601425 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666734 | Espy-Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carol Espy-Wilson (Washington, District of Columbia); Srikanth Vishnubhotla (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol Espy-Wilson (Washington, District of Columbia); Srikanth Vishnubhotla (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a function module, a strength module, and a filter module. The function module compares an input signal, which has a component, to a first delayed version of the input signal and a second delayed version of the input signal to produce a multi-dimensional model. The strength module calculates a strength of each extremum from a plurality of extrema of the multi-dimensional model based on a value of at least one opposite extremum of the multi-dimensional model. The strength module then identifies a first extremum from the plurality of extrema, which is associated with a pitch of the component of the input signal, that has the strength greater than the strength of the remaining extrema. The filter module extracts the pitch of the component from the input signal based on the strength of the first extremum. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889298 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667380 | McLaughlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven William McLaughlin (Decatur, Georgia); Demijan Klinc (Atlanta, Georgia); Jeongseok Ha (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven William McLaughlin (Decatur, Georgia); Demijan Klinc (Atlanta, Georgia); Jeongseok Ha (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmitter device (110T) for secure communication includes: an encoder (170) configured to apply a non-systematic error correcting code (NS ECC) to a message, thus producing encoded bits with no clear message bits; and a transceiver (720) configured to transmit the encoded bits over a main channel to a receiver. A method for secure communication includes: encoding a message with an NS ECC to produce an encoded message carrying no message bits in the clear; and transmitting the encoded message over a main channel (120). The NS ECC characteristics result in an eavesdropper channel error probability under a security threshold (320) and a main channel error probability over a reliability threshold (310), whenever an eavesdropper (140) listening on an eavesdropper channel (150) is more than distance Z (220) from the transmitter. Unreliable bits in the encoded bits render the eavesdropper unable to reliably decode messages on the main channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/123669 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/790 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08661653 | Thomsen, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald Laurence Thomsen, III (Yorktown, Virginia); Roberto J. Cano (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian J Jensen (Williamsburg, Virginia); Stephen J Hales (Newport News, Virginia); Joel A Alexa (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Laurence Thomsen, III (Yorktown, Virginia); Roberto J. Cano (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian J Jensen (Williamsburg, Virginia); Stephen J Hales (Newport News, Virginia); Joel A Alexa (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of building Z-graded radiation shielding and covers. In one aspect, the method includes: providing a substrate surface having about medium Z-grade; plasma spraying a first metal having higher Z-grade than the substrate surface; and infusing a polymer layer to form a laminate. In another aspect, the method includes electro/electroless plating a first metal having higher Z-grade than the substrate surface. In other aspects, the methods include improving an existing electronics enclosure to build a Z-graded radiation shield by applying a temperature controller to at least part of the enclosure and affixing at least one layer of a first metal having higher Z-grade from the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191882 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/602.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662213 | Bradley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur T. Bradley (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur T. Bradley (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An amorphous robot includes a compartmented bladder containing fluid, a valve assembly, and an outer layer encapsulating the bladder and valve assembly. The valve assembly draws fluid from a compartment(s) and discharges the drawn fluid into a designated compartment to displace the designated compartment with respect to the surface. Another embodiment includes elements each having a variable property, an outer layer that encapsulates the elements, and a control unit. The control unit energizes a designated element to change its variable property, thereby moving the designated element. The elements may be electromagnetic spheres with a variable polarity or shape memory polymers with changing shape and/or size. Yet another embodiment includes an elongated flexible tube filled with ferrofluid, a moveable electromagnet, an actuator, and a control unit. The control unit energizes the electromagnet and moves the electromagnet via the actuator to magnetize the ferrofluid and lengthen the flexible tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/342264 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08662412 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tian-Bing Xu (Hampton, Virginia); Ji Su (Yorktown, Virginia); Xiaoning Jiang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| 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) | Tian-Bing Xu (Hampton, Virginia); Ji Su (Yorktown, Virginia); Xiaoning Jiang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The advanced modified high performance synthetic jet actuator with optimized curvature shape chamber (ASJA-M) is a synthetic jet actuator (SJA) with a lower volume reservoir or chamber. A curved chamber is used, instead of the conventional cylinder chamber, to reduce the dead volume of the jet chamber and increase the efficiency of the synthetic jet actuator. The shape of the curvature corresponds to the maximum displacement (deformation) profile of the electroactive diaphragm. The jet velocity and mass flow rate for the ASJA-M will be several times higher than conventional piezoelectric actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354808 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/102.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663495 | Rostro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bertha Catalina Rostro (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertha Catalina Rostro (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, the present provides a heat transfer medium that includes, but is not limited to a base fluid, a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotubes, and a gelling formulation formed of an amine surfactant, an intercalating agent, and an oxygen-bearing solvent. The heat transfer medium is adapted for improved thermal conductivity with respect to the base fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/677802 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663770 | Zalewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bart F. Zalewski (Broadview Heights, Ohio); William B. Dial (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zin Technologies, Inc. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bart F. Zalewski (Broadview Heights, Ohio); William B. Dial (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite structure can include providing a plurality of composite panels of material, each composite panel having a plurality of holes extending through the panel. An adhesive layer is applied to each composite panel and a adjoining layer is applied over the adhesive layer. The method also includes stitching the composite panels, adhesive layer, and adjoining layer together by passing a length of a flexible connecting element into the plurality of holes in the composite panels of material. At least the adhesive layer is cured to bond the composite panels together and thereby form the composite structure. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458627 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08665997 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Director, The National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of demodulating an AIS signal by receiving the signal, sampling the signal, estimating the carrier frequency, estimating the complex conjugate of the carrier frequency contribution to each sample, multiplying each sample by the complex conjugate and calling the results a base-banded sampled signal (BBSS), correlating the BBSS with known preambles, identifying a maximum magnitude of the BBSS/preamble correlation and its location and the associated preamble, computing a complex inner product of the preamble with a segment of the BBSS, estimating the carrier phase as an argument function of the eighth step result, estimating a complex conjugate of the carrier phase contribution to the BBSS, multiplying each fifth step result starting at the location of the maximum magnitude of the BBSS/preamble correlation by the tenth step result, and demodulating the results starting at that location. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932367 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666988 | Parthasarathy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method to configure a network of classifiers includes configuring a plurality of classifiers in a network of classifiers, such that the configuring associates a plurality of operating points with each output branch, associating a different quality profile with each output point for each output branch in the plurality of classifiers, and storing the configured network of classifiers and quality profile associations in the computer system to be used for classifying future input data according to the network configuration and quality profile association. Each classifier comprises executable code that classifies the data. Each of said classifiers has a plurality of the output branches that each output the data to another classifier. Each operating point comprises a probability of determining that a data item input to the classifier has a particular characteristic and a probability that said determination falsely detected the characteristic. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466101 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667263 | Challener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Challener (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peter S. Kruus (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Challener (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peter S. Kruus (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining with a first device, staleness of attestation measurements at a second device. The method includes booting up the second device at a first time, the second device having a communication portion, a security portion, a basic input/output system and a trusted protection module. Further, the method includes generating an initial counter based on the booting up of the second device at the first time. A current counter is then generated based on a second time after the first time. The method additionally includes providing a request to the second device from the first device, the request requesting booting information and current information, the booting information being based on the initial counter, the current information being based on the current counter. Still further, the method includes providing a response to the first device from the second device, the response including the booting information and the current information. Finally, the method includes determining, via the first device, the generated initial counter and the current counter based on the response. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/026786 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08663551 | Moore, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip A. Moore, Jr. (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The containment facility ventilation system comprises a two stage scrubber configuration. Exhaust air flows out of an animal containment facility and into a particulate scrubber, which removes particulates and reduces the alkalinity of the exhaust air. The particulate scrubber also reduces the carbon dioxide in the exhaust air. The air then flows into a chemical scrubber which effectively removes ammonia from the exhaust air. The chemical scrubber comprises a potassium bisulfate scrubber solution, and the particulate scrubber comprises a neutral calcium salt scrubber solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/894576 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08663621 | Lapointe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L Lapointe (Vero Beach, Florida); Ashot Khrimian (Rockville, Maryland); Joseph C Dickens (Elicott City, Maryland); Peter Edmund Alan Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Fatma Kaplan (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An unsaturated hydroxyl-ester pheromone for the neotropical root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus has been isolated, identified and synthesized. It is useful for trapping the weevil to reduce or prevent damage to plants. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745509 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08665133 | Khatwa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Dave Pepitone (Sun City West, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ratan Khatwa (Sammamish, Washington); Dave Pepitone (Sun City West, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for improving situational awareness on an in-trails procedures display. A radar system transmits a radar signal and receives and stores weather radar reflectivity values into a three-dimensional buffer. A processor determines whether any of the stored weather reflectivity values indicate the presence of a weather hazard and generates one or more weather hazard icons based on the stored weather reflectivity values. An in-trail procedures display device displays the generated weather hazard icons. Wake vortex information for other aircraft is generated and outputted on the in-trail procedures display. Also, the processor receives a request for an altitude change and generates an alert when the aircraft is determined not to be cleared to transition to the requested altitude based on a projected transition, any existing weather hazards, wake vortices of proximate aircraft, and in-trail procedures. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/700083 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08666679 | Barrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terence Barrett (Burlington, Vermont); Britt Holmen (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agriculture College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terence Barrett (Burlington, Vermont); Britt Holmen (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-fabricated double condenser method and apparatus for the measurement of number-size distribution of airborne nanoparticles is provided. The invention is an instrument which can measure particle size under 100 nanometers in-situ. The present invention includes features such as a small nanoparticle airborne particulate analyzer, with a voltage-stable and feedback-controlled instrument package. The invention features also include a micro-fabricated nanoparticle charging and sorting device (NCaS). The present invention provides a portable, lightweight, and efficacious particle-sizing instrument that is able to effectively count and size nanoparticles over a wide range of operating conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/077768 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08661753 | Lenox |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl J. S. Lenox (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl J. S. Lenox (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A water-resistant apparatus is provided. This water-resistant apparatus is positioned near a photovoltaic module. The water-resistant apparatus includes hollow, elongated conduits, and each conduit can hold water with surface tension based on exposure of the conduit to water. The surface tension causes a formation of a meniscus that inhibits a flow of water through the conduit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882793 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/302.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08665519 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372794 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/491.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08664419 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides, but is not limited to, methods of using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having repeat units of the formula M2(DHTP) (M is a divalent metal ion; DHTP=2,5-dihydroxyterephthalate) for acetylene storage. Also provided are compositions of the same formula and acetylene, e.g., an acetylene storage material comprising [M2(DHTP)]n and acetylene. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068075 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08664612 | Luryi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Serge Luryi (Old Field, New York); Arsen Subashiev (Centereach, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serge Luryi (Old Field, New York); Arsen Subashiev (Centereach, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A scintillator detector of high-energy radiation comprising a semiconductor slab that is composed of alternating layers of barrier and well material. The barrier and well material layers are direct bandgap semiconductors. Bandgap of the well material is smaller than the bandgap of the barrier material. The combined thickness of the well layers is substantially less than the total thickness of said slab. The thickness of the barrier layers is substantially larger than the diffusion length of minority carriers. The thickness of the well layers is sufficiently large to absorb most of the incident scintillating radiation generated in the barrier layers in response to an ionization event from interaction with an incident high-energy particle. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316706 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08665451 | 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 biological sensing apparatus comprises an excitation source configured to induce waves in a biological target, and an optical waveguide interferometer configured to sense the induced waves in the biological target. 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 biological target. A controller is coupled to the adjustable coupler and configured to set the gap between the probe segment end and the biological target. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102654 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08664298 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania); Sau Pei Lee (Edison, New Jersey); Robert Iezzi (Stone Harbor, New Jersey); Daniel E. Eberly (Mine Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI Corporation (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania); Sau Pei Lee (Edison, New Jersey); Robert Iezzi (Stone Harbor, New Jersey); Daniel E. Eberly (Mine Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase separated self-healing polymeric wood coatings having a “biphasic” thermoset/thermoplastic morphology to achieve self-healing. The biphasic structure has: (i) a major “load-bearing” thermoset phase that has superior strength and performs major mechanical and structural functions, and (ii) a “self-healing” phase of a thermoplastic healing agent to repair the material and restore its mechanical and structural integrity after being damaged. The phase-separated morphology is achieved through phase separation via a reaction process. Methodologies for achieving the above mentioned “biphasic” structure in solvent borne thermally cured resin, waterborne resin, and solvent borne UV-curable resin are described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210321 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08661862 | Mikolajczyk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryszard K. Mikolajczyk (Chicago, Illinois); Taurris D. Baskerville (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryszard K. Mikolajczyk (Chicago, Illinois); Taurris D. Baskerville (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for enhancing the security of a cluster box unit which includes a protective enclosure, internal cabinetry, door, hinge and locking system. The cluster box unit may also include outgoing mail compartment doors that are heavily constructed and rigidly reinforced, with the locks carried thereon protectively shielded, and with the extensible bolts of these locks being engaged by brackets that not only lock the outgoing mail compartment doors but also the master loading doors of the cluster box units. The cluster box unit may also include master loading doors are provided with hinges that extend the full height of the doors—hinges that are defined by pivotally interfitting elements of extrusions that very sturdily mount the master loading doors, that prevent prying or bending the doors in the vicinities of their hinges. The interfitting elements of the hinge extrusions also permit the doors to be installed on their surrounding door frames quickly and easily, and permit one or both of the master loading doors to be quickly and easily removed for service or replacement when necessary. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/168471 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Locks 070/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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